If you've got photos you need to resize, and want to do it quickly, with no muss and fuss , you'll want this free program. Free Picture Resize Starter resizes your photos, but does much more as well, including zooming, cropping, rotating, sharpening, softening, and changing the contrast and brightness.

To resize a photo, open it in the program, enter a new size, and the program goes about its work. You can resize using a variety of measurements, including pixels, millimeters, and centimeters, among others. Before you resize, Free Picture Resize Starter tells you how many kilobytes the resized photo is, compared to the original. In addition, you'll be told how much time it will take to send the photo via email.

The photo editing tools are on the right-hand side of the screen. Choose one, select your options, and you'll be able to see previews of the finished photo as you work, so that you can alter your changes.

Particularly useful is the fact that Free Picture Resize Starter includes batch mode. That way, you can resize multiple photos in a single pass.

--Preston Gralla