How to resize a photo. How to reduce the size of photos. Main tools available in the application
Hello to all site readers! Surely every blogger has encountered this situation: my picture doesn’t fit! Yes, yes, everyone had it. Often, the illustration that we want to insert for some reason does not fit on the resource or takes up too much space.
Therefore, you have to resort to various kinds of assistant programs in order to correct this situation.
Today we will talk about how to make a picture smaller.
What is it for?
For those lucky ones who have never had such a problem, I’ll tell you why it’s necessary to change the size in the first place. Since even if you have not encountered such situations, no one can guarantee that this will not happen in the future.
- The most the main problem large-sized illustrations - they get in the way fast loading site. Statistics show that on average a person is willing to wait up to 4 seconds for a resource to load. Then he begins to feel irritated. And you must agree that this feeling is completely unnecessary for your readers, who intended to open your super post with pleasant anticipation. From long loading time article, the impression from reading the information may not be so joyful. As a result, you can simply lose readers, no matter how informative and interesting your content is.
- Problem loading an image to send via or add to a post. After all, different sites have their own characteristics for posting photos or pictures. Often, if you are shooting on good camera, then the weight of the photo can reach large sizes(10 MB), which for some resources is simply not an affordable luxury.
So what to do in such situations?
Ways to reduce images
There are many ways and tips to reduce an image without harming its quality. There are both online options, and accessible to those who have problems with the Internet. Let's look at each one.
1. Website resizepiconline.com - good method change photo resolution.
Click “Upload image” - a window will open for uploading any photo from your computer. Select the image you want to reduce and upload.
Then we will have a window where you can change the selected illustration according to the following parameters: width, quality, format.
After you adjust the picture, click on “Resize”.
Quite a lot of sites work on this principle, there are both free and paid ones, it’s up to you to choose.
2. Paint program. Another method that almost everyone can use. The exception is those who use apple products and linux.
How to change an image using this program? Right-click on the picture and select “Open with” - “Paint”.
Now in the main menu, click on the “Change size” button and a window with parameters for changing will open.
Set the required size (the picture will be reduced to this resolution).
Enter this data in the “horizontal” and “vertical” fields and click “OK”:
3. Adobe program Photoshop.
Go to the program and open the desired illustration.
Next, select the “Image” - “Image Size” button. 
In the window that opens top margin set the resolution of the illustration to the size you need.
Below, check the boxes as indicated on the screenshot so that the photo scale changes in proportion to the effects and the quality does not deteriorate.
After making all changes, click “Ok”.
4. Microsoft Word program.
To do this, you need to move the required drawing into the document.
Next, select “File” - “Information” - “Options” - “Advanced” 
In the window that opens, in the “Output Quality” field, select required amount pixels.
That's all - the resolution has been reduced!
Like this in simple ways You can change the weight of images so that your website or blog loads quickly and correctly! Use the ones that are most convenient for you.
See you again!
Ekaterina Kalmykova
Hello my readers!
Changing the size of an image is a fairly important operation not only for those who create and fill their own, but also for everyday use, starting from social networks and ending with chats and forums.
Exists a large number of programs that allow you to change the resolution of the picture. But how can you ensure that the photo does not lose quality during such editing?
This is what I would like to talk to you about today. If you are wondering how to resize an image without losing quality, then you are in the right place.
PAINT
First of all, I would like to talk about the standard Paint photo editor. The set of functions of this utility is not large, but the basic capabilities are inherent.
Launch the Paint program on your PC, in the “File” tab, select “Open”. In the window that appears, we find the desired image, indicating the path to it by sequentially opening the necessary folders.
Navigating the program is very simple: next to the “Select” icon you will find the “Resize” function we need, so select it.
The window of the image editor itself appeared in front of us. We can change the size in two parameters: percentages and pixels. We select the pixels and check the “Maintain proportions” box; this will make it possible to preserve the very shape of the picture, which will not reduce the display quality. When maintaining proportions, you only need to enter one parameter (width or length), and the second will be selected automatically. It's actually quite simple, isn't it?
After the manipulations have been completed, save the file in a format convenient for you.
Also available in Paint manual editing. To do this, you need to select the entire image (press CTRL + A), then move the cursor to the lower right corner of the picture and move it to the upper left, the size will change.
After you have achieved the desired result, left-click on the unselected area and adjust the program’s working canvas to fit the image. Unfortunately, in manual mode Maintaining proportion is very difficult.
It should be noted that with the help of Paint you can both increase and decrease the size of any picture.
Adobe PhotoShop
If you want to master all the features of this program, then I recommend that you take the course " Photoshop from A to Z in video format" After completing the course, you will be able to create miracles with this software, even if now you know almost nothing.
Change photo size and weight using this software- counts universal method. Despite the range of possibilities, editing of this nature in PhotoShop is very simple.
To begin with, you actually need to have Photoshop installed on your computer. If on PC this software already installed, click on the photo right click mouse and select the “Open with” option, find PhotoShop among the entire list and select it.
Or first run the program, and then go to the “File” - “open” menu.
On the toolbar you will see the “Image” section, select it. In the menu, select “Size...”, after which the image editing tool will be launched.
After these manipulations, save the files in BMP format. In this case, there is no difference between the original and the reduced copy. Or, leave it JPG format, but when saving in the “Image Quality” block, instead of the number 8 put 10, this will give maximum quality picture.
If you save a picture for the purpose of later posting it on the Internet, for example, on your blog, then it is better to save it in a different way (so that it weighed less). Look at the screenshots below:
In addition to these options, there are hundreds of other types on the Internet software that perform similar functions. You can also use online services, they also do an excellent job of their duties, as a rule, they all have detailed instructions.
Sincerely! Abdullin Ruslan
With invention digital photography appeared new problem- the problem of its processing. Many new programs called image editors came into being, with which you could resize a photo, crop it, or even add an interesting effect.
I think many users encountered this problem when they wanted to post a photo on a forum or in social network, but its size was too large. Read below about whether to trim it or simply reduce the volume but leave the size the same.
In general, the easiest way to resize a photo is in any graphics editor. The simplest, even standard Paint, will do. However, the resizing function is also present in other, more advanced ones, for example, in the famous Photoshop. So let's start simple and launch Paint. Typically in Windows XP/7 it is located at Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> Paint.For Windows 8/8.1 due to the lack of a Start menu, use the search on the computer. By pressing the combination Windows keys + C.
Select Search and enter the name of the Paint program
IN running program we need to open the image that we want to resize.
After that, look for the “Resize” button at the top.
A form with settings opened in front of us.
Here we can set, change the size vertically or horizontally, as a percentage or directly, in pixels. Before resizing, I advise you to check the “Maintain proportions” box so that our picture remains smooth and neat, and not elongated or “fat.” After this, you can safely change our size. As an example, I'll scale the photo down by 25%.
And, indeed, our picture has become smaller. Note that while maintaining the proportions, we can set the size only horizontally or only vertically, since the second value will change automatically.
Well, it seems that now you know how to resize a photo, right? If so, that's great! By the way, in one form or another, the resizing function is included in any graphic editor, depending on where you like it. It seems that resizing is over, it's time to move on to reducing the volume of the photo, without changing the sides of the photo.
For this we need a more advanced editor Adobe Photoshop. In what we hope is already a running program, let’s open our original image. Please note that the original photo size is 5.48 KB.
I wonder what it will be like after reduction? Let's find out.
A large window with many options and settings opened in front of us. We need fields at the top right, namely the “Set” field and the field below it, with a choice of image format.
In the "Set" field, I selected the "Low" footnote JPEG quality». Original size at the same time it decreased to 3.73 KB. Click “Save” and select the path to save.
Thus, we reduced the weight of the photo by about 35-40%, which is quite good. However, this method should not be abused, since this will greatly reduce the quality of the image. Use it only when absolutely necessary. But physical size the pictures remain the same and we don’t have to look at the small photo.
How to resize and compress an image using Paint.NET
Paint.NET provides us with ability to influence compression force and the size of the output photo. Therefore, we recommend using it.
This program is also usually already installed on the computer. Try pressing start again and entering Paint.NET.
If found, run it, if not, then you can download it from this link. The program is free. Install it and run it.
Just like in the program described above, open the file on your computer, and then go to the “Image” > “Resize” menu, or the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + R.
“How to reduce the size of a photo?” - this is the question many people ask inexperienced users PCs who decide to upload their photo to the avatar of a website.
Today, we will try to help you solve this “problem”.
Reduce photo size using Paint.
Paint is the simplest graphic editor, and it does not require installation (provided that your device is based on the Windows operating system).
1. So, to reduce the size of a photo, you first need to open the program itself.
2. Drag the image to be processed into the window that opens and select the “Square” icon.
3. You can change the size as in percentage, and in pixel.
The easiest way is to change the pixels. To prevent your photo from being distorted, check the box next to “Keep proportions” when processing.
4. Save your changes.
Making photos smaller using Microsoft Office 2010.
This method will also be useful to users whose computers/laptops are running the popular operating system Windows.
1. Right-click on your photo and select the “Open with” option, now click on the inscription “ Microsoft Office 2010".
2. A window will open in which you will see your image. Click on "Picture" and select "Resize".
3. It should appear on the right extra menu, in which you can choose standard size or arbitrary. Choose the option that you like best. For example, the “Standard width and height” option, and then the “Message - small” option.
4. Click on the “OK” button, then “File” and “Save”.
Making photos smaller using Avatan Photo Editor.
If you don’t know what kind of graphic editor this is, we advise you to read this article.
1. Type avatan.ru in your browser.
2. Click on the “Open” button and select the desired image.
3. On the right, select the Resize option.
4. Check the box next to “Maintain proportions” and indicate the size you need. Now you need to click “Apply” and then select the “Save” tab.
Congratulations, you now know how to reduce the size of a photo!
If you are faced with the task of how to reduce the size JPG file, then let's try to figure out this situation together. Very often, the image size needs to be reduced so that photographs or pictures do not take up much disk space. Many users often send a large number of photos via e-mail, but as a rule, at all mail servers There is a limitation on the amount of information in one letter.
Because of this, many people are unable to send images to email, thereby falling into a stupor and not knowing how to get out of the situation. Also, if you upload image files to cloud service or transmit over the network, this will happen faster if the image has a small weight. Therefore, files must be reduced in size while trying not to spoil the image quality.
JPEG(pronounced "japeg", English: Joint Photographic Experts Group)– most popular raster format Images. Files that contain images have the JPG extension
If you pay attention, the names of many graphic images on your computer look like (“photo title”.jpg or “photo title”.jpeg). The .jpg extension is the most popular.
JPG files are perfectly compressed, both with and without loss of quality. Accordingly, it all depends on what the user wants to receive in end result. Exists great amount programs and online service ov, for image compression. Therefore, let's look at how to reduce the size of a JPG file, different ways and programs. In order to determine the initial weight of the image, you need to right-click on it and select “Properties”.
How to reduce the size of an image using standard Windows tools?
If you don’t have to resize an image often, then a standard one will be suitable for such purposes. Paint program. Its functionality will be sufficient for our purposes. So Paint allows you to perform the following functions:
- Possibility to add various text to the image;
- Filling individual elements;
- Ability to trim unnecessary fragments;
- Inserting another image and more.
If you edit an image and add new elements, its size will change.
To reduce the size of a jpg file using graphic editor Paint, follow the instructions below.
Advice! If the image is very large, then you can set the size to 1024x768. Also choose the correct ratio of length and width, otherwise the image will not look entirely correct.
How to reduce JPG file size using Microsoft Office programs.
Since the MS Office software package is installed on most user computers. Then we will use this tool to edit the size of the JPG file.
Note! Your Microsoft Office package must include the MS program Picture Manager
In order to figure out how to reduce the size of a JPG file using MS Picture Manager, do the following:
Advice! The more the image is compressed, the worse its quality will be. Therefore, choose the golden mean.
We reduce the size of a JPG file using online services.
If the methods described above do not suit you or you need to compress a very large number of images, then you can use online image compression services. One of these services is https://tinypng.com
With its help, you can reduce the image size to the maximum possible, while the program itself performs all the actions for you. You will only need to add the image to the online service. 
Note! After compression, you will be visually presented by how many percent the weight of the image has decreased after processing.
After adding a picture or photograph, the program will automatically analyze the file and, if possible, compress it. In this case, the image size, length and width, remains unchanged. tinypng.com service works with different formats graphic images, so it will suit many users.
Another online service that allows you to change the size of an image file is irfanview.com. The service supports working with various formats images. Unlike tinypng.com, the user chooses the settings for the created image. 
You can set the image size manually or choose from the suggested options.
For better compression, the program has various filters. In the saving parameters, you can also set values that will reduce the size of the output file.
Reduce the image size using the Snagit editor.
Not long ago, I wrote an article, in this article I touched upon the consideration Snagit programs, which can take not only screenshots of the screen, but also edit the resulting images. This program is perfect for our purposes, now I will show you and tell you how to reduce the size of a JPG file using the Snagit editor.
I suggest doing everything point by point.
