Written By Mike Power
How To Resize An Image
These steps will teach you how to resize an image using Microsoft Paint. This easy to use application found under the start menu on Windows will help you resize pictures in no time.
Open the image in Paint.
Select the entire image using the Select button in the Home tab and choose Select All. A dashed line will appear around the edge.
Open the Resize and Skew window by navigating to the Home tab and selecting the Resize button.
Use the Resize fields to change the size of the image either by percentage or by pixels. Paint will automatically maintain the aspect ratio, to alter this uncheck Maintain Aspect Ratio, then input a value into the horizontal and vertical axis.
Hit OK to resize your image. If your images doesn’t turn out as planned hit Undo to cancel your changes.
Click and Drag the boxes around the edges of the canvas to remove excess white-space.
Hit Save As in the File tab and specify JPEG picture before naming and saving your image.
How to batch resize JPEGs using NXPowerLite
If you need to resize lots of images, you can use a JPEG Compressor like NXPowerLite Desktop. It comes with a 14-day free trial, that will allow you to resize your batch of images easily.
Download NXPowerLite JPEG Compressor for Windows or Mac.
Click on the Optimize profile dropdown, and select “New optimize profile…”.
Give the profile a name like “Resize JPEGs”, click on the JPEG tab, and check the “Resize images for display at:” box. We’d suggest picking 1920 x 1080 from the dropdown. Click OK.
Click “Add files” to select files individually, or “Add folder” if all the images you want to resize are in a single folder or its sub-folders. You can also drag files onto the application to add them.
Set the “Save setting:” to either create new copies, which will make new resized copies of your images, or choose to replace the original files with the resized versions.
When you are ready, click the “Optimize” button to start resizing your JPEGS.
