3 Ways to Easily Resize Images in Windows XP

2024 Author: Samantha Chapman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-15 13:47

It often happens that you want to resize an image. Have you found the perfect photograph for your presentation, but is it too big? Do you want to use it for your Facebook timeline, or do you want to upload it to wikiHow? This article will give you some ideas on how to solve this problem.

Steps

Method 1 of 3: PowerToy Image Resizer

Step 1. Microsoft offers a free downloadable utility for Windows XP called Image Resize PowerToy

It allows you to resize a photo in seconds with just a few clicks.

Step 2. Download Image Resizer PowerToy

• Go to the Microsoft downloads page.

  

• Click the PowerToys tab.

  

• Find Image Resizer and click the Download link.

  

  The download should start automatically

Step 3. Install Image Resizer

Double click the.exe file and follow the installation instructions.

Step 4. Open the photos folder

In Preview view, right-click the image you want to resize and then select Resize Images.

• You can select all the images contained in the folder by typing CTRL-A.

  

• You can select a consecutive series of images by clicking on the first image and, holding down the Shift key, clicking on the last image of the series.

  

• You can also select non-consecutive images by clicking on the first photo and, holding down the CTRL key, clicking the photos you want to select one at a time.

  

Step 5. In the Resize Images dialog box, find and select the desired size by clicking the appropriate radio button

Step 6. Click the OK button

In the same folder as the original, a new resized file will be created.

• In the Resize Images dialog box, you can click the Advanced button and set your custom size; limit the operation to only those images that get smaller, or resize the original without making a copy.

  

Method 2 of 3: Windows Live Photo Gallery

Step 1. Select the image or images you want to resize

Use the method described above to select single images, a group of consecutive images, or a group of non-consecutive images.

Step 2. From the File menu, select Resize

.. You can find this option by clicking on the image with the right mouse button.

Step 3. Choose a size

In the Resize dialog there is a menu. You can choose a default value, or type a number in the Maximum size field:

• This number will change the size of the larger image and change the smaller one proportionally.

  

Step 4. Save to destination folder

Click Resize and Save if you want to save the resized file in the original folder; or click the Browse … button to choose another folder.

Method 3 of 3: Resize with Paint

Step 1. Open Paint

Click Start and enter "Paint" in the search field. When the application appears, click it to launch Paint.

Step 2. Open an image you want to resize

Click the Paint menu button, click Open, select the image and click Open again.

• The current image size is shown in the status bar.

  

Step 3. Open the Resize and Skew settings

On the Home tab, in the Image group, click Resize.

Step 4. Click the Constrain aspect ratio checkbox so that it is checked

These proportions refer to the proportion between the height and width of the image. If you do not check this box, the image may be distorted.

Step 5. Resize the image

You can choose whether to scale by percentage or by pixels.

• In the first way the height and width will be reduced by a percentage value. For example, if you want to reduce an 800 x 600 px image by 75%, enter "75" in the Horizontal or Vertical field. The new image will be 600 x 450 px.

  

• If instead you select Pixel instead of Percentage, you can enter the pixel dimensions for both the Horizontal and the Vertical side. The other side will be calculated automatically. For example, if you enter 450 as the Vertical dimension, the Horizontal dimension will automatically be changed to 600.

  

Step 6. Save the new image

Click the Paint button, select Save As…, and then click the image file type for the resized image.

Step 7. In the File Name field, enter a new name for the image, then click Save

Advice

If you don't want to install any programs, use the portable freeware program Easy Image Modifier. It allows you to change the resolution, size, format and name of different images via batch process.