How to Generate Thumbnail Images in Bulk
- 1. how to generate thumbnail images Pictures are a massive part of the content on the Internet. A simple image search from Google can provide hundreds of thousands of results. These images are saved as a certain size but don't automatically translate well to a preview size. This is where the employment of thumbnails started. Thumbnails allow for a compact version of an image to be exhibited without diminishing quality. While this may seem a straight forward task, just reducing the size of an image will not generate a thumbnail. Reducing the size of an image will lead to loss of resolution so the image may seem blurry or an entire portion of the image may be lost. Either way, the resulting quality of the image will be sub-standard and unsuitable to really display an image. One technique of creating thumbnails involves using photo editing software. The first step is to develop a copy of the image and then open it within the editing software. Then, apply a filter to the image, such as a blur filter. This allows the image to be clear once it is resized. Then, crop the image to only show the desired parts of the image. The image then must be resized to be the suitable 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 exists. An easy search for ‘Create Thumbnails from Multiple Images' at www.hothotsoftware.com will bring up an incredible program for mass thumbnail creation. This program permits many thumbnails to be developed from numerous image files with just a few mouse clicks. Upon opening the program, you will see that the full program works within a single window, alleviating any worries of getting lost or confused within the program. The top part of the window is a field that displays any image files that you want to convert to thumbnails. Directly below this field is a button labeled ‘Add File(s)' which allows images to be added to the program. There is also the ability for the software to search for files within a specified folder. The bottom left part of the window provides information about the format of the thumbnails being produced. There are two parameters that may be modified, one involves the quality of the thumbnail and the other changes the size of the thumbnail. Below this is an option to append an alternate file extension to the output thumbnail. Lastly, the bottom right of the window has the command to begin the process. After the program begins it will convert your images and feature a note when the program is completed. If you want to explore this software, please visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyoL_2m_sD8. Image resizing can be complicated without the correct software. Using the appropriate program can shorten your production time significantly and allow you to complete more work than imagined.