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How to easily resize images?

I would like to know how to re-size images in Ubuntu. What is the easiest tool to do so?
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edited Jul 10 at 20:48 JorgeArtware

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asked Aug 5 '10 at 15:04 myusuf3

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You want simple? Install n a u t i l u s i m a g e c o n v e r t e r It adds two context menu items in nautlius so you can right click and choose "Resize Image". (The other is "Rotate Image"). You can do a whole directory of images in one go if you like and you don't even have to open up an application to do so. Very simple to use, very simple to configure.
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answered Aug 5 '10 at 15:46 Richard Holloway

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+1 - this really is the simplest way to do it. I love it :) Hamish Downer Aug 5 '10 at 15:47 Does it work with multiple selections (ie i select 10 files - right click - select Rotate - and the 10 images are rotated) ? teo96 Nov 18 '10 at 16:06 +1 Excellent! Simple is beautiful! Nikos Steiakakis Feb 7 '11 at 12:14 great!! thank you . v2r Feb 22 '12 at 1:06 @v2r: No worries. Richard Holloway Feb 22 '12 at 9:19

First install imagemagick

s u d oa p t g e ti n s t a l li m a g e m a g i c k

Open a terminal and run this command:

c o n v e r t r e s i z e5 0 %s o u r c e . p n gd e s t . j p g

It will reduce the size by 50% You can also specify the size:
c o n v e r t r e s i z e1 0 2 4 X 7 6 8 s o u r c e . p n gd e s t . j p g

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answered Nov 18 '10 at 12:59 aneeshep

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first of all, to use convert -> sudo apt-get install imagemagick javaloper Sep 28 '12 at 12:02

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If you're just doing a couple of images, most image editors in Ubuntu (Gimp, F-Spot, etc) will let you do a basic resize. If you want to edit tens, hundreds or thousands of images, I prefer Phatch. Phatch is a GUI-based batch photo editor that will let you perform a whole load of transformations on images. s u d oa p t g e t
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ImageMagick is good but it's a bit tedious if you don't know the setting names for things. You can very quickly learn Phatch by clicking around.
edited Aug 5 '10 at 16:00 answered Aug 5 '10 at 15:25 Oli
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Thanks for this, saved my day. Palantir Mar 18 at 15:54 F-Spot does resize? Where? Martin Jul 23 at 11:17

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answered Feb 7 '11 at 12:05 Eric Johnson

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Thank you ! ;-) John Sep 24 at 10:33 Don't keep aspect ration with c o n v e r t: c o n v e r th o s p i t a l . j p gr e s i z e2 0 0 0 x !h o s p i t a l _ 2 0 0 0 . j p g Adobe Oct 5 at 22:15

ImageMagick is the package you want. It contains a number of useful command line tools for this very purpose. Here's a simple tutorial explaining how to batch resize images:http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/tip/16524.html
answered Aug 5 '10 at 15:10 popey
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GIMP is probably the easiest way, since it has a fairly simple UI for such common tasks. All you have to do is open up your image and go to Image Image Size and then change accordingly. There are ways to do batch resizing using the GIMP as well, but I don't know them by heart.
edited Aug 5 '10 at 15:15 answered Aug 5 '10 at 15:08 Tommy Brunn
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