FrameSize is a digital photo frame file resizer to convert standard format photos (typically 4:3) into widescreen format (typically 16:9) suitable for digital photo frames.
It allows the user to change the output width & height, displays a mask on the photo that can be moved around to obtain the best result from the desired format, can open files sequentially (suitable for resizing all images in a folder), offers image rotation, it is easy to use, and more.
This is a great tool for anyone who either has a digital photo frame and wishes to resize existing images to fit, or who has a widescreen TV/monitor and wants to resize slideshow images to suit the widescreen format.
Simple in its operation, FrameSize is a cropping tool that allows you to set the mask dimensions (default is 480x234) to conform to the device that is displaying the image.
By altering the default dimensions it can be used for other screen formats and sizes. FrameSize is not a magical photo manipulation tool but an image cropper that makes it easy to get a collection of images suitable for your presentation layout and dimensions.
Our only disappointment was that we could not alter the quality of the JPG output image. (See Update below.)
However, even with that minor complaint, we loved
Note: we have been advised that this program is not suitable for Windows 95, 98 or ME.
FrameSize has been updated to version 2.0.
The author advises that changes in this version include the following items.
- The quality of the output images may optionally be reduced, allowing even more photos to fit in a digital photo frame's memory. (This was specifically listed as a disappointment in the original CFS review.)
- If the original photograph contains information about the image produced by a digital camera or tagged in Windows (EXIF data), the data is now retained in the output image. This data is used by some digital photo frames to sort images in date order, or to overlay the image with information about the image.
- Information about each image (for example, the date taken or a description) can optionally be written at the top and bottom of the output image. The data that is displayed and the location it appears in is entirely configurable.
More than one set of options can be saved allowing for photos for several photo frames to be maintained on the same computer, each with their own output resolution and output folder.
- When opening photos in a folder sequentially, it is now possible to use the 'Back' button to return to the previous photo.
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