Fast Image Resizer for Java1.4

Fast Image Resizer for Java is a free and open-source software program with a pretty self-explanatory name: it lets you change the dimension of image files quickly, and it's written in Java.However, the app comes prepared with other graphic processing functions as well, such as watermarks. It supports only .jpg and .jpeg file types.

No installation needed, besides Java

If have Java installed on the PC, you don't need to set up anything else. This means that you can save the program files anywhere on the HDD or on a USB flash drive and just click the executable to directly launch Fast Image Resizer for Java. It doesn't add new entries to the Windows registry.

Intuitive interface and options

Made from a common-looking window split into several panes, the interface lets you navigate directories using a tree view to locate images, resize multiple photos at the same time (thanks to the fact that batch processing is supported), preview thumbnails, and explore other options.

Customize output settings and apply watermarks

When it comes to the output images, you can adjust the JPEG quality, resize the pictures while preserving the aspect ratio and specify the new dimensions, as well as apply text or image watermarks, place them anywhere on the pictures, customize the font type, color and size, as well as preview changes.

Rename files, create archives, and generate web galleries

What's more, you can add a prefix to the new file names, convert them to lowercase, or rename files using numbers. Fast Image Resizer for Java lets you rotate pictures, resize and immediately compress them to ZIP archives, as well as put together a web gallery complete with HTML files and folder structures.

Evaluation and conclusion

We haven't come across any stability issues in our tests, thanks to the fact that the program didn't hang, crash or display error messages. It had a good response time and minimal impact on computer performance, running on low CPU and RAM.On the other hand, we've noticed that Fast Image Resizer for Java is not compatible with newer Java editions. We must also take into account the fact that it hasn't been updated for a long time.