reducing size of an image in gimp

[James Freer]

On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 1:34 PM, Bas Roufs <basroufs at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> the programm I am using is gimp is there any other program for the same?
>> If this is possible in gimp then how to do so?
>
> I do use Gimp also for various purposes. However for quickly cropping
> images/ photo's and reducing their size, I use the package "Gwenview".
> From there I go to EDIT > resize or EDIT > crop. You can find
> "Gwenview" in the regular repository if you do not have it; it's a
> part of KDE/ Kubuntu, but you can also use it in other variants of
> *Ubuntu. For standard operations like reducing and cropping, I have
> better experiences with Gwenview than with Gimp. Gimp is very good,
> but sometimes complicated and heavy.
>
> Respectfully yours,
> Bas Roufs.

I found gThumb the best for the odd standard operation. Gimp i use for
complicated stuff and ImageMagick for bulk file reduction and
watermarks. ImageMagick is cli and so is suited for a lot of file
manipulation. I have about 20 aliases set up for imagemagick it's
fantastic.

james