Re-sizing stills (including dpi settings)?

I'm making a film with a lot of acquired stills at 300 dpi. I need to change the 300dpi to 72dpi. Can iPhoto do this? Or could you suggest a modest application (freeware or inexpensive) that will allow me to do this?
I have Photoshop myself, but the editor working on the stills (in a distant city) doesn't ... thus a 'modest' application he can download to do the re-sizing?
Thank you for any suggestions,
Ben

Yo Kevin,
Perfect suggestion. I have GraphicConverter. Set it up, works fine. One bug: My son is editing a film for me across the continent. I got him to download GraphicConverter. He's got a version a point or two earlier than the one I have. When he resizes the photos - going from 300dpi to 72dpi (while enlarging the actual size) - everything is fine. But! When he brings that new 72dpi version into FinalCutPro and puts it on the timeline, it has to be rendered. My 72dpi versions DON'T need to be rendered. His 300dpi versions DON'T need to be rendered. (We can't use 300dpi versions in FCP because they slow down the system.)
A mystery. Any ideas? And thanks for the good advice.
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