Client/non-webmasters image optimization?

[Champj]

Hello all,

Does anyone have any recommendations as to an image resize/optimization tool or software that would be easy for the graphics challenged?

We have many clients/internal employees able to upload images for immediate use on several websites and I'm trying to avoid the obvious size problems inherent to those folks no being 'web savvy'. Being such, it's got to be simple and effective. Any suggestions are appreciated.

BTW, I couldn't get the site search to work so I just thought I'd post, sorry if this has been addressed before.

[Matt Probert]

Very simply, educate them to publish images (assuming photographic images) as Jpegs.

Matt

[tbear]

Why not give Picasa a try, it's free and might do the job.

[abbeyvet]

I have found that most of them manage the xat image optimiser very well, even the most technically challanged get the hang of it quite quickly.

[Champj]

They already start as jpgs, problem is most are unbelievably large in file size. I need something that will help them optimize put is not as complicated as a Photoshop would be for them.

Am looking into the xat prog, looks like it's very similar to spinwave's cruncher and may be just what the doc ordered.

Thanks!

[topr8]

ulead smartsaver pro

is exactly what you want ... easy to use, visual comparison side by side, preset options and fantastic compression.

cheap too (but not free)

[schwartz]

Champj: I would spend as much effort educating users about how to use the tool you choose as you do finding the right tool. I would suggest creating a small tutorial with "how-to's" outlining step-by-step instructions on such things as: resizing, cropping, adjusting contrast, optimizing suggestions, etc. This has worked well for me in the past when training novice users.