Resizing photos ??

[Husar]

That, and possibly because they've resized them?

And maybe even compressed.

[Tamur]

GIMP, hands down. Xiahou has it right.

I just switched from fourteen years of Photoshop use to GIMP because the overhead on Adobe's products has just become too much.

One minute startup times begone, along with all sorts of annoying behaviours. It's light, very fast, and does most of what PS can do with no problem.

For every standard photo manip, GIMP is definitely equal to PS -- it has all the nice options: auto levels, colour curves, deformation filters, etc. Plus, if you want to do extensive processing or batching, its scripting engine beats PS's for usability by a mile (1.6 km )

Highly recommended.

[Mithrandir]

check out easythumbnails. you can resize limitless pictures at one time.

[Stig]

If you just want them resized to quickly show at others just use Paint