How to reduce image size in batch ( Free Software )

Irfanview is a free software which can be used to decrease your image size, color depth, format conversion ( e.g BMP to JPG) and many others. After I received my marriage pictures , I was really shocked to see that size of each image was around 3 MB. Later on I came to knew it was taken from Nikon Camera and has very high resolution.

Now images with sizes like 4 MB are not useful over internet. Not only it takes time to upload but also viewing the same is slow. I had one more problem that more than 300 images, now its very annoying to do it one by one. I wanted something which can do this job in a batch process.

Irfanview is small sized ( 1.1 MB only) free download software which was able to solve both of my problems with any noticeable affect on my image quality. The FAQ is also available with them.

The features of Irfan View are : -

Change Image Size by reducing resolution.
Batch Crop, Resize and reduce color depth.
Set transparency.
Output in most common image formats.
You can even use Video files.
Batch Rename.
Customized Settings can be saved into a file. This allows you not to set things again and again. Just load the settings file and convert.
Insert Text into images.
Mix any number of images together and output as one file.

Download Link : Irfan Image Software ( 1.1 MB Download Free)

Here are some images which will give you a better idea.

Irfan

Irfan Batch Options

Irfan Advanced options

This software is pretty cool and useful if you have any issues with images. It can solve them easily and is not heavy on your computer either. What is the imaging software you are using ? Share with us in comments.

Download Link : Irfan Image Software ( 1.1 MB Download Free)

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Shankar Ganesh, July 28, 2007:

Thanks for this post! Came into good use for my latest article! Stumbled!
Shivaranjan, July 28, 2007:

I am using Irfan view for the past 4 years and it is one of the best that is available.
Ashish Mohta, July 28, 2007:

Glad it helped you and thanks for stumble. wish some more ppl do it too.
Karan Goyal, July 30, 2007:

that is very important info, thanks very much. I have actually used that software Irfanview, standalone exe (did not need installation in those days). It is indeed a great software.
Ashish Mohta, July 30, 2007:

@Karan: That sounds great. I never knew it was a stand alone application. Sounds like the creator of the software has done a well job from long time. Thanks for sharing the info
ReviewSaurus, July 31, 2007:

Indeed IrfanView is one of the best out there, although, I’ve fallen in love with XNview.
Chris, August 2, 2007:

IrfanView is excellent for all the reasons you mentioned.

If I need a little more manipulation, I’ve found the free Paint.NET to be excellent - it’s effectively an Open Source version of Photoshop, and it’s a hugely powerful app.
Ashish Mohta, August 2, 2007:

@Chris: I would agree with you on paint.net. Its an excellent software and as other choice than adobe. But This software has something which others don’t have, like the post say batch processing. Thanks for your comments
arnold, August 5, 2007:

Irfanview is a great program for working with images. You can get a bunch of plugins for it. The batch conversion features are top notch. Thanks for sharing!