Tips on how to Generate Thumbnail Images in Batch

Images are a massive part of the content on the Internet. A quick image search from Google can provide hundreds of thousands of results. These images are stored as a specific size but don't automatically translate well to a preview size. This is where the employment of thumbnails began. Thumbnails allow for a compact version of an image to be shown without diminishing quality. While this may seem a straight forward task, just reducing the size of an image will not produce a thumbnail. Reducing the size of an image can lead to loss of resolution so the image may seem blurry or an entire part of the image may be lost. Either way, the resulting quality of the image will be sub-standard and unacceptable to truly display an image. One technique of developing thumbnails requires utilizing photo editing software. The initial step is to create a copy of the image and then open it within the editing software. After that, apply a filter to the image, such as a blur filter. This helps the image to be clear after it is resized. Then, crop the image to only show the desired portions of the image. The image then needs to be resized to be the proper size of a thumbnail. Lastly, apply a sharpening filter to the image to make it clear. The image can now be saved and used as a thumbnail. Fortunately, a simpler and faster option does exist. A quick search for ‘Create Thumbnails from Multiple Images' at www.hothotsoftware.com will bring up an amazing program for bulk thumbnail creation. This program enables large numbers of thumbnails to be created from many image files with just a couple of mouse clicks. Upon opening the program, you will notice that the full program runs within a single window, alleviating any worries of getting lost or confused within the program. The top area of the window is a field that exhibits any image files that you wish to change to thumbnails. Directly below this field is a button marked ‘Add File(s)' which allows images to be added to the program. There is also the ability for the software to find files within a specified folder. The bottom left portion of the window provides information about the format of the thumbnails being produced. There are two variables that may be altered, one involves the quality of the thumbnail and the other adjusts the size of the thumbnail. Below this is an option to append a different file extension to the output thumbnail. Finally, the bottom right of the window has the command to start the process. Once the program begins it will convert your images and display a note when the program is completed. If you want to learn more about this software, please visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyoL_2m_sD8. Image resizing can be complicated without the correct software. Utilizing the correct program can decrease your production time significantly and allow you to complete more work than imagined.