quickest way to thumb by hand?
 

Someone tell me the quickest way to thumb.

photoshop? just a guess

If all the source images are in the same folder ariles would be the best bet.. But it's only for cropping and not touch ups if that's what you are after.

http://www.digitaldutch.com/

photoshop by hand.
perl + imagemagick auto.

I'll let you in on a process I picked up when thumbing all of our fhg's.

I assume you have a folder of full size pics you want to thumb.

I drop like 10 or 20 at a time into PS.
Select the "Rectangular Marquee Tool" and set it to "fixed aspect ratio 0f 1:1 and crop out the area you want if you were cropping for a square thumb. Hit save and on to the next.

When I am finished I have a whole folder of 1:1 aspect ratio pics that are still fairly large and all different sizes, usually over 600 x 600 +pixels still at this point. But they are all cropped and any more re-cropping and resizing can all be done in Batch mode from this point with excellent results every time.

Thumbing by hand or with signs is okay, but for faster results, have a girl flash her tits...

http://www.validom.de/gallery/albums...tchhiker-3.jpg

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i use ezthumbs, i can make them in under 10 seconds per gallery.