Comments on: Shrink O’Matic

By: Heinrich

Heinrich — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:59:16 +0000

Got me some link lovin’…yeah! :)

By: Kyos

Kyos — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 06:39:13 +0000

The only thing missing in this program is the ability to add watermarks.

By: Chris Finnegan

Chris Finnegan — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:03:25 +0000

Hi Quentin,
Well done with this tool, it does the job easily, great user interface and funky design! As a previous poster said, this is great for website design clients who want to update their own website without shelling out for a photoshop licence. Nice and simple, add a crop feature and thats all thats needed to optimize jpgs. I have recommended shrink-o-matic on my website design blog at http://www.clickwebdesign.com.au/website-design-blog/optimize-images-for-fast-downloads.html

By: Quentin T

Quentin T — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:49:00 +0000

Absolutely!
You even get some link love in the Version History on the project’s page… Thanks for submitting the idea!

By: Heinrich

Heinrich — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:45:44 +0000

Hey Quentin!

Noticed that the image counter has been added in the new version (v0.2.6). Awesome! :)

By: Quentin T

Quentin T — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:47:18 +0000

OK, so if 0.2.4 works correctly I guess this is the experimental feature introduced with 0.2.5 that wreaked havoc…
I’ve asked the question on the LiveDocs (thinking this could be a Snow Leopard+AIR bug) but will try to disable that “browser drag’n drop” thing on Macs, to see if it helps!

I’ll keep you guys informed, thanks for the feedback.

By: SteveyD

SteveyD — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:45:54 +0000

Just to note that I too had the OSX drag and drop issue running the same setup as @Strubbles. Downgraded to 0.2.4 and it’s working again. Thanks for a really handy app, hope you figure out the issue!

By: Quentin T

Quentin T — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:16:26 +0000

Sounds like a good idea, I will try to implement it in the next version!

By: Heinrich

Heinrich — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:39:45 +0000

Awesome app! One thing I would love to see though is a counter telling you how many files are being shrunk and how many are still left to go!

Great work man!

By: Quentin T

Quentin T — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:29:20 +0000

Sorry about that but don’t worry, every version is still available at the project’s page…
I have no Mac so this is hard for me to debug, folks!

By: Strubbles

Strubbles — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:04:02 +0000

I had shrink-o-matic installed on my Mac and LOVED it.
Then I went for the upgrade and now it does not work. Pictures bounced right back.
Found a comment you made to someone else with a link to download the latest.
Now my photos go in, GO appears, nothing happens.
I would like my original app back.
Thanks

By: Quentin T

Quentin T — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:20:55 +0000

Man, you’re absolutely right…
I don’t know if I can fix that but I will try to hunt that bug down!

Happily you still can use the Browse button.

By: Quentin T

Quentin T — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:50:56 +0000

OK, I can’t test it myself but I will ask friends and see if I can debug that…

By: JP

JP — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:46:47 +0000

Quentin,

I was dropping 4288 × 2848 3.8MB jpeg’s. I’ve shrunk them before, that’s why I’m puzzled. I’ve dropped some other sizes and, SOM won’t even accept those.

By: Quentin T

Quentin T — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:33:54 +0000

I will investigate on that and keep you informed…
Thanks for sending this.

A question, however: what kind of files were you trying to drop?

By: JP

JP — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:10:09 +0000

Hello,

For some reason, the drag and drop ability in Shrink O’Matic has disappeared. I am running the most recent version of SOM, v0.2.5, the current version of the AIR runtime, and Snow Leopard 10.6.2. Has Snow Leopard broken this function? I use SOM all the time, and I’m pretty bummed out that this is broken.

By: the_gummibear

the_gummibear — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:02:16 +0000

I love the tool!
The only ‘option’ I miss (to ditch Photoshop for easy resizing etc) is a de-interlace option.

I work a lot with video, which leaves me with interlaced jpg-files.

By: b2k

b2k — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:54:39 +0000

Thanks for app. I was using ACDSee for ages for batch resizing. Now Shrink O’ Matic is my favourite. Saved the day ;)

By: John Delaney

John Delaney — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:55:12 +0000

Very sweet tool and efficient time saver. Shrink has an intuitive user interface and the drag and drop is awesome. I saw it referenced on LinkedIn and have been promoting it myself.

Noise on the Line!

By: mAD

mAD — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:14:24 +0000

it’s nice but i want to take 500 x 375 pics and do x 375 why? :S