4. To reduce the dimensions of the photo, click Image > Resize/Resample.

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1 How to Resize Pictures Using IrfanView Irfanview is a free program that you can download off the Internet. It allows you to view pictures and make simple changes. If you don't have picture viewing software, Irfaview provides an easy way to view and alter digital photos on your computer. 1. Download and install IrfanView. 2. Open IrfanView. Click File > Open. 3. Browse to the photo you wish to shrink, left-click the name of the photo to select it and click the Open button. The photo will appear in the IrfanView window. 4. To reduce the dimensions of the photo, click Image > Resize/Resample. 5. Select the options you prefer and click OK. 6. To reduce the quality of a.jpg image without changing its dimensions, click File > Save As and select JPG - JPEG Files from the drop-down list. Click the Options button and use the slide bar to select a lower image quality. This will reduce the disk space used by the photo. 7. After altering the image, click File > Save As and select a new file name. Click the Save button to create the new image. Step By Step Resizing Large Images Using IRFANVIEW: 1. Download and install IrfanView from the link below and run it. After the IrfanView is installed you can access it using the icon. It looks like this: 2. Open IrfanView. Double click the Irfanview icon on your desktop to open the photo program. Click File > Open. In this tutorial we will optimize an image called SceneWater.jpg stored in folder Pictures on the Desktop., but you can use any other picture.

2 3. Browse to the photo you wish to shrink. A window (as above) will open. Browse to the folder where you store your photos and select the image you're going to resize. In our example is the SceneWater.jpg. Left click on it once to select it than click the OPEN button.

3 4. To reduce the dimensions of the photo, click Image > Resize/Resample. 5. Select the options you prefer and click OK. If using the image SceneWater.jpg, you will see the width is 720 pixels, the height is 577 pixels and the DPI (dots per inch) is 72. Too big!! That translates into 10 x 8 inches (there are 72 pixels per inch). We need to reduce the physical size of the image. The 72 dpi is fine. Make sure the PRESERVE ASPECT RATIO box has a check mark in it.

4 Erase (select and delete) the 720 in the WIDTH box and type translates to 6 inches. (remember pixels = 1 inch). Because you have the PRESERVE ASPECT RATIO checked, the width will automatically change to 346 (4.8 inches). If you have any number other than 72 in the DPI window, (e.g. 300, 150) change it now by erasing your number and typing 72. Click OK. 6. To reduce the quality of a.jpg image without changing its dimensions, click File > Save As and select JPG - JPEG Files from the drop-down list. Click the Options button and use the slide bar to select a lower image quality. This will reduce the disk space used by the photo. 7. After altering the image, click File > Save As and select a new file name. If you simply click SAVE, you will override your original image, which you might not want to do. I always keep my original images. A window will open. Make sure you're saving your new image so you don't lose it. Browse to the folder where you want to save the image and give it a new name -- I have called it Mountains. Type this new name in the FILE NAME: window. SAVE AS TYPE: drop menu down and drag your mouse down to JPG - JPEG Files to select the.jpg option. Click the SAVE button. You now have a new image, called Mountains.jpg, 432 x 346 pixels (6" x 4.8") at 72 dpi with a much more manageable image size to send your friends via .

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6 Note: If you'd like to take this one step further, here are instructions for CROPPING your image. With your newly resized image open, LEFT click on the image to determine the top left corner of where you'd like to begin your cropping and holding your left mouse button down, drag over your image to the right and in a downward motion till you 'select' the area you'd like to KEEP. If it doesn't work right the first time, left click on it again, and drag again until you're happy with the area you'd like to save. I've selected the 'main' part of the photo above and am eliminating some of the sky and some of the black section at the bottom of the image.

7 Now go to EDIT, drag your mouse down to Crop selection and let go of your mouse button. Our newly cropped and resized photo. You need to save it again because you have made changes to the image since your last save. So click on FILE then drag your mouse down to SAVE (name will remain as Mountains.jpg), click SAVE.