How do I resize a picture?

Often people have a question about how to change the size of the image. For example, when a site needs to upload a picture of a certain size, you need to crop the avatar or send the picture by mail. The latter is especially true for people who do not have a fast unlimited Internet. This allows you to save traffic and send documents much faster. However, not everyone knows how to change the size of a picture. Let's try to figure this out.

There are several ways to convert an image. Let's start, perhaps, with the simplest.

How do I resize a picture?

Microsoft Office

This program allows you to quickly not only decide how to change the size of the picture, but also to crop it. This is done as follows:

1. Find the necessary image on the computer, right click on it and select the line "Open as ...". Then in the additional menu "Microsoft Office 2010". This program is included in the standard package, so there is nothing extra to install.
2. The necessary image was opened before us. Now, on the menu bar, find "Figure" and the line "Resize". The new image size we can choose from standard options. For example, for a message or a web. Also, there is a possibility to enter the size of the picture in pixels independently or to select a percentage of the old one. Just click on "Ok" and save the changes.
3. Also this program allows you to crop the image. To do this, open the "Drawing" tab in the menu bar and open "Cut". A frame appeared around the picture. Now we can cut off as many pixels on each side as needed.
4. Again, click on "Ok" and save all the changes.

This is the easiest way to change the size of a picture.

Photoshop

Photoshop is an excellent program for processing any images. It allows you to change the brightness, edit the color, remove all unnecessary, create a collage and much more. In particular, it will solve the problem of how to change the resolution of a picture. To do this, you must select the required format when saving the image. Everything is extremely simple.

We go into the program Photoshop of any version. Outwardly it may seem that it is very complicated. And this is true, but it's quite easy to change the size of the image in it:

1. Select "File", "Open" or press Ctrl + O. In the window that appears, select the required image.
2. In the menu bar select "Image" and the term "Image Size".
3. In the window that appeared, we can simply specify the required size in pixels or as a percentage of the original size. There are many options in this program, but if you are not a professional, you can do without them. Click on "Ok" and see that the original picture has changed.
4. Then again click on "File", select the line "Save as" and select the required format. The most common of these is jpeg. Pictures of GIF format weigh less, and png allows you to save complex elements, for example, a transparent background.

Also, you can use other graphic editors to perform this action . Typically, the process looks much the same.

In addition, it should be noted online editors, which will not require you to install additional software on your computer. For example, the site Radikal.ru allows you to immediately download an image to the Internet and change its size automatically. Click on "Browse", select the source file and in the line "Reduce to", note the required number of pixels. As a result, we get not only a smaller image, but also a link to it. This is very convenient if you want to insert it into a blog or forum.

Now you know how to resize the picture. This is not difficult, if the process is approached seriously. Good luck to you!