Cool Resizer2016

Cool Resizer is a small Windows application whose purpose is to help you resize images using batch processing.

Clean feature lineup

The tool impresses with an intuitive design that makes it really easy for you to learn how to tweak the dedicated parameters.The program employs an Explorer-like panel that gives you the possibility to browse throughout the entire content of your computer. It is able to automatically reveal the pictures comprised in the selected directory.Photos can be previewed in a small panel or can be opened in a dedicated window. In addition, you are allowed to manually select the pictures that you want to resize or process all of them.

Resizing options

Cool Resizer gives you the possibility to select between different resizing profiles which differ in terms of quality, namely small thumbnail (120 pixels), normal thumbnail (160 pixels), large thumbnail (250 pixels), email (480 pixels), web large (860 pixels), web very large (1024 pixels), large (1280 pixels), and very large (1600 pixels). On the downside, you cannot configure custom resizing parameters.The application offers support for batch actions which means you can resize multiple images at the same time. In addition, you are allowed to check out a list with recently opened directories and access several preset locations from your computer, such as My Pictures and My Documents.Tests have shown that Cool Resizer carries out the resizing process quickly and offers very good output results. It does not eat up a lot of CPU and memory resources so the overall performance of the computer is not affected.

Bottom line

All things considered, Cool Resizer provides a simple and efficient software solution for helping you resize photos to formats compatible with email and web platforms. The intuitive design makes it suitable especially for less experienced users.