Had an idea a while back to write a program that loads an image, gets its dimensions and then tells you what aspect ratio it is or is closest to (4:3, 16:9, 16:10). I don't know if any such tools exist (because I haven't looked any up) so I wrote my own. Have some screenshots:


This is a Win32 console app written in Visual C++ 2010. Right now it only supports PNG images, it acts funny when you feed it anything else.





Todo list:

• Automatically try to guess the nearest aspect ratio
• Add support for JPEG images
• Toss in a GUI? (mmm, complexity!)

System requirements:

• A PC capable of running VC++ 2010-linked EXEs
• Windows Vista or later (It will probably run under Windows XP or older but I give no support for that)

Download:

• http://www.beige-box.com/imgres_pngtest_03132012.zip - ImgRes Pre-alpha (PNG Test)

Nice! Great Idea.

...and this is what happens when you feed it a JPG image.

What did you program it in?

I didn't catch that, I see it now. *facepalm*

A bit pointless when you think of how easy it is to figure out this info simply by doing Right Click > Properties, but I guess one or two people might find this useful.

Not very useless at all when a programmer is trying to see what they themselves can do with knowledge and a keyboard!

For the end user it may seem pointless, but for the programmer it can be a great resource of information and practice...