Photoshop equivalent to "save for web"??

Hello,
I'm trying to organize all my photos into iphoto6. A problem I'm running into is sharing out (to the web/email) these massive 1.5 meg pix. The export feature doesn't give too many options for adjusting quality and playing with file size/quality ratios as you can in photoshop via the "save for web" feature. Photoshop, however, is extremely mind numbing in that you can't quickly batch convert multiple files. I'm wondering if I should learn to live with the limited optimizing functionality in iphoto's export feature or is there possibly an alternative that will allow me to batch convert multiple large pix files into web optimized, good looking .jpgs? If there is such an app, I'm also curious to hear organization strategies between the two apps.
Thanks in advance! best, Steve
Mac OS X (10.4.2)

There are a number of free applications that you can try. Three are freePhotoConverter 3.5, Resize! and iReSize. You can find all of them at VersionTracker.com by searching for resize. They offer quality level settings, size, etc.

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Op de helpdesk op mijn werk weten ze niet hoe ze me kunnen helpen. Blijkt wel dat ook de andere collega's hetzelfde probleem hebben. Maar het was nog niet echt naar boven gekomen omdat er niet veel als gif opgeslagen wordt en meestal wordt er ook gewoon gewerkt van op kantoor.
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Please excuse my English.
I suspect you will need to convince your IT people to do a self-contained PS installation on your computer. Photoshop can only do its work when the tools it needs are accessible. This would allow you to do save for web at home and at work.

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