Version 3 of the Image Resizer will be a major re-thinking of the powertoy. The original one was great, but it was obviously designed in the XP era of computing. This will also be the version where major new features are introduced. Adding these new features will be tricky as many users are opposed to "bloat". I promise to find the simplest, least UI-impacting way of implementing them.

To get a feel for what this version will be like, check out my Image Resizer 3.0 Brainstorming, Image Resizer 3.0 Update, and Image Resizer 3 CTP blog posts.

Proposed Changes

• UI refresh
  • "Resize Pictures Here" Option (See Resize image to new folder)
  • Progress Bar
  • Fix: Program Hangs During Resize
• WIC-enabled codec support
  • Multi-frame support (animated GIFs, multi-page TIFFs, etc.)
  • Fix: Keep ALL metadata!
• Check for Updates
• Recycle replaced images
• Resize Units (Percent, Pixels, etc.)
• Customise File Names
• Editable Default Sizes
• Select JPEG quality level
• Resize Modes (Stretch, Scale, etc.)
• Ignore Image Rotations
• More product branding
• Optionally strip metadata
• Option to keep modified date
• One installer to rule them all...
• Multi-threaded resizing
• Please vote for others on the Issue Tracker tab!