On a note related to the one below about working with digital photos, I have stopped using Resize! X which I mentioned previously. The reason is that I discovered that files processed with Resize! X lose their EXIF information.

Here's an example of the EXIF info that gets lost:

File size: 78767 bytes
File date: 2002:09:02 03:04:41
Camera make: Canon
Camera model: Canon PowerShot G1
Date/Time: 2002:08:14 19:50:18
Resolution: 800 x 600
Flash used: Yes
Focal length: 7.0mm (35mm equivalent: 36mm)
CCD width: 7.06mm
Exposure time: 0.017 s (1/60)
Aperture: f/2.0
Focus dist.: 0.82m
Metering Mode: center weight
Jpeg process: Baseline
File Upload Date: 09-02-2002 03:04:41
Item Capture Date: 08-14-2002 19:50:18

Another reason is that I prefer to have sharpening applied to all downsampled photos and the author of Resize! X, Cedric de Jacquelot, politely informed me that he is not planning on adding any new features.

So what I do now is use a Photoshop Droplet that reduces the Image Size 39.0625% (with Constrain Proportions) and applies the Unsharp Mask filter (Amount=70%, Radius=1 pixel, Threshold=5). This scales my original 3-Megapixel photos (2048x1536) down to 800x600 and sharpens them. (Since it's scaling by percentage, it handles both portrait- and landscape-oriented photos.) I then drag and drop the folder containing my photos onto ExifRenamer and I'm set to upload my photos to my Web gallery!

You can see the results by going to this latest album, clicking on an individual photo, and clicking on "full" for the View Images option. To see the EXIF information, click on the "photo properties" link.