It is not uncommon for your columnist to receive photo contributions in the original sizes produced by readers’ cameras. However, files like 10MB in size or larger with some even reaching 20MB generally take a long time for sending and downloading via email. In times when the Internet is running slow, I have asked some readers to resize and resend their photos. Just in case you are in need of a small but effective resizing software, look up the freeware RIOT (Radical Image Optimization Tool) which dramatically reduces file size without skimping on quality. It has a dual view interface to compare the original with the optimized image in real time and instantly see the resulting file size. Users will be able to control compression, number of colors, metadata settings, and select image format (JPG, GIF or PNG) for the output file. And RIOT can be integrated as plug-in in [...]
