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Reviewer: DrBob Version: FrameSize 2.0 Date: Feb 3, 2008 Rating: |
I looked everywhere for a program like this, then Framesize came to the rescue. This is a fantastic program with great flexibility. Set for your frame's pixel count (width & height) and it resizes your photos to that precise size, retaining the originals. Some Tips: To best use the great feature that embeds small, unobjectionable text in your resized photo, edit the filename of the original to contain the text you want in the photo; if you do not, it just uses the photo's file name and camera's do not have very descriptive names! E.g., I put "Swimming in Lake George with Sonny" (no quotes) first in the file name and left the original camera name for tracking purposes. You can insert 8 pieces of information in the photo from the EXIF data that most digital cameras in the last few years automatically add to photos. I used at the top, left justified, Picture Taken Date, Camera Maker, Camera Model. At the bottom, left justified, I used File Name. I played around with the Quality of the jpg resize encoding and found that at 5 or 6 (out of 8), I could not tell the difference - and I am picky. A smaller quality number = smaller file size and if you frame does not mess with it, more pictures can be stored in the frame's memory. Your mileage may vary. The EXIF data is preserved, so you can sort your resized photos by the Picture Taken date. Right click on any column title to add a Picture Taken column to Windows Explorer. Then sort and add the pictures to the frame in Picture Taken Date order if you like to show them chronologically. |