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- To resize an image on Windows, you can easily use the built-in Photos app or Microsoft Paint.
- In the Photos app, there's a 'Resize' option hidden in the side menu, which you can use to change the size and quality of an image.
- In Microsoft Paint, you can click 'Resize' and then enter the percentage or pixel size you want.
- You'll get the best results by scaling an image down — if you want to increase an image's size, you're better off using a program like Photoshop.
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It's not unusual to resize an image. In fact, if you often work with images downloaded from the internet, you'll probably find yourself resizing them a lot.
Luckily, the ability to resize images is built into nearly every photo application around. This includes two of the most popular, which are installed on every Windows 10 PC from the start: Photos, and Microsoft Paint.
Note, however, that there's a difference between resizing an image to be smaller, and resizing it to be larger. Nearly every program, Photos and Paint included, can scale an image down without issue. However, if you use these programs to make an image larger, you might find that the image loses a lot of quality.
If you need to scale an image up (greater than 100% of the original size) without getting it pixelated and blurry, then you'll need to use a program like Adobe Photoshop that includes a smart resizing feature.
But if you need to scale an image down, or you're fine with losing image quality, here's how to use Windows' built-in image resizing tools.
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How to resize an image on Windows using the Photos app
The Photos app should be the default photo viewer for nearly every image type in Windows.
1. Double-click the image file you want to resize to open it in Photos.
2. Once it's opened, click the three dots in the top-right corner, then click 'Resize.'
© William Antonelli/Business Insider Select the 'Resize' option from the side menu. William Antonelli/Business Insider3. A small pop-up will appear, offering you three preset sizes for the picture. Pick one of them, or click 'Define custom dimensions' at the bottom.
© William Antonelli/Business Insider The preset sizes are measured in megapixels. William Antonelli/Business Insider4. If you picked custom dimensions, a menu will appear that lets you set exactly how big you want the image to be. You can also choose how high quality the resized image will be — higher quality pictures look better, but have a bigger file size.
If 'Maintain aspect ratio' is checked, then you only need to change either the height or width, and the other dimension will change automatically to match it.
Set your new dimensions, and then click 'Save resized copy.'
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© William Antonelli/Business Insider You'll be shown the picture's current size at the top of this menu. William Antonelli/Business InsiderHow to resize an image on Windows using Microsoft Paint
1. Start Paint, which you can usually find in the Start menu. If it's not there, you can type 'Paint' in the Start button search box and click it when it appears in the search results.
2. Open the photo you want to resize by clicking 'File,' then 'Open,' and selecting the image from your computer's files.
3. In the top menu bar's 'Home' tab, click 'Resize.' The 'Resize and Skew' window should appear.
4. Enter the size you want to resize the image to. You can set the size by percentage (i.e. '30 percent larger'), or click 'Pixels' and enter the exact dimensions you want. As long as you keep 'Maintain aspect ratio' checked, you only need to specify the horizontal or vertical dimension, and the other dimension will be set automatically.
© Dave Johnson/Business Inisder Enter the percentage or pixel size to make the new version of your image. Dave Johnson/Business Inisder5. Click 'OK' to make the change.
6. Save the new version of your image by clicking 'File' and then 'Save As.'
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-->Little winnipeg drummer boy. Image Resizer is a Windows shell extension for bulk image-resizing. After installing PowerToys, right-click on one or more selected image files in File Explorer, and then select Resize pictures from the menu.
Drag and Drop
Image Resizer also allows you to resize images by dragging and dropping your selected files with the right mouse button. This allows you to quickly save your resized pictures in another folder.
Settings
Inside the PowerToys Image Resizer tab, you can configure the following settings.
Sizes
Add new preset sizes. Each size can be configured as Fill, Fit or Stretch. The dimension to be used for resizing can also be configured as Centimeters, Inches, Percent and Pixels.
Fill vs Fit vs Stretch
- Fill: Fills the entire specified size with the image. Scales the image proportionally. Crops the image as needed.
- Fit: Fits the entire image into the specified size. Scales the image proportionally. Does not crop the image.
- Stretch: Fills the entire specified size with the image. Stretches the image disproportionally as needed. Does not crop the image
The width and height of the specified size may be swapped to match the orientation (portrait/landscape) of the current image. To always use the width and height as specified, un-check: Ignore the orientation of pictures.
Fallback encoding
The fallback encoder is used when the file cannot be saved in it's original format. For example, the Windows Metafile (.wmf) image format has a decoder to read the image, but no encoder to write a new image. In this case, the image cannot be saved in it's original format. Image Resizer enables you to specify what format the fallback encoder will use: PNG, JPEG, TIFF, BMP, GIF, or WMPhoto settings. This is not a file type conversion tool, but only works as a fallback for unsupported file formats.
File
The file name of the resized image can be modified with the following parameters:
%1: Original filename%2: Size name (as configured in the PowerToys Image Resizer settings)%3: Selected width%4: Selected height%5: Actual height%6: Actual width
For example, setting the filename format to: %1 (%2) on the file example.png and selecting the Small file size setting, would result in the file name example (Small).png.
Setting the format to %1_%4 on the file example.jpg and selecting the size setting Medium 1366 x 768px would result in the file name: example_768.jpg.
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You can also choose to retain the original last modified date on the resized image.
Auto width/height
You can leave the height or width empty. This will honor the specified dimension and 'lock' the other dimension to a value proportional to the original image aspect ratio.
Sub-directories
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You can specify a directory in the filename format to group resized images into sub-directories. For example, a value of %2%1 would save the resized image to SmallSample.jpg