How to resize and rotate photos

In this tutorial we will show you how to setup BatchPhoto manually (without using profiles or projects) for resizing and rotating a set of photos. The tutorial is structured into three sections: Add Photos, Add Filters and Setup & Process.

Step 1 - Add Photos

To import into the photo's list all the pictures from a given folder, press Add Folder(s), navigate to the desired folder then press Ok button to add all the pictures from the selected folder to the list. Note that the same photo can not be added twice

To refine the list by removing individual photos or even all, select one or more items and press Remove button. To remove all press Remove All

To sort the photos by Name, Type or Path, click on the associated header at the top of the list

You are now ready to move to the second step of the wizard. Press Next button or select Step 2 - Add Filters from the left panel

Step 2 - Add Filters

Press Add Filter button, a dialog box with all the available filters will be displayed

Select from the left panel the Transform section. Select from the list the Resize filter and press Add. A dialog box with the filter settings will be displayed

Adjust the Resize filter settings as you like, then press OK button
1. Type in the Width or Height edit-box the desired width or height for the output photos (the width and height can be specified either in pixels or percents), you can also use the small up and down arrows to adjust those values
2. You will notice that while adjusting one field the other will automatically adjust itself in order to keep the original photo's aspect ratio (this is valid if the Preserve original image's aspect ratio check-box is checked)
3. You don't need to worry about different photo sizes and orientations (portrait or landscape), BatchPhoto will take care to correctly resize the original photos
4. The default settings can be restored by pressing Reset button

Repeat the steps 1 and 2 to add the Rotate filter

Adjust the Rotate filter settings as you'd like, then press OK button
1. You can use the Rotate Left or Rotate Right buttons to rotate the photo to left or to right for 90 degrees
2. You can also use the Degrees slider to rotate the photo for a specified number of degrees
3. The default settings can be restored by pressing the Reset button

You can now jump to the third step of the wizard or you can continue with the 7th step to modify the output photo names

You can modify the output photo's name from the cryptic names given by your digital camera (ex. "DSC1234.jpg") to meaningful names like "Nature 2005-05-02 11-04.jpg"
1. Type in the Left edit-box whatever you'd like your photo names to begin with
2. Delete the keyword "[Filename]" from the Middle edit-box (using the Del or BackSpace keys). Press + button on the right side of the Middle edit-box and select the Date keyword from the list. A dialog-box with the Date settings will be displayed. You can accept the default settings and press OK
3. Press + button on the right side of the Right edit-box and select the Time keyword from the list. A dialog-box with the Time settings will be displayed. You can accept the default settings and press OK

You are now ready to move to the third step of the wizard. Press Next button or select Step 3 - Setup from the left panel

Step 3 - Setup

If you set Use source photo's folder for output check-box as checked all the processed photos will be saved to the same folder as the original ones. This is ok if you previously changed the names (by using the Modify Filename filter) or if you want to overwrite the original photos, but if you intend to keep them you need to select a separate folder. To do that un-check Use source photo folder for output check-box then press Select button, navigate to the desired folder then press Ok

Format. The default output format for images is JPG, this is the default format for digital cameras also and we recommend to use it for your processed photos

Settings. You can select to have the output folder opened in a new Windows Explorer window when the process is finished. The processed photo's attributes (like file date) are left the same (by default) as the originals. You can select to delete the original photos after writing the processed ones if you don't need them any longer

Congratulations! You have successfully completed the wizard, all you need to do now is press Process button (bottom-right corner) or press Process from the left panel. The Processing Photos dialog-box is displayed and all you have left to do now is to wait while the photos are being processed