Resizing an Image using Microsoft Photo Editor (MSPE)

Resizing an Image using
Microsoft Photo Editor (MSPE)
There are two ways to begin. Use whichever is easier for you.
Find the picture you want to resize, then left click on it once to highlight it…
…then right click
to open a menu of choices.
Click on the “Open With” choice...
list of programs that
the image.
Double click on
Photo Editor.
…to get a
will open
Microsoft
Another way to begin
is to click Start> Programs > Microsoft Photo Editor > Open
as shown below:
W
hile in
MSPE,
click on
File >
Find
and
open
the
image
you
want to
resize.
Once you’ve selected your image and opened
Microsoft Photo Editor, you’re ready to begin resizing
the image….
In this
example
we’ll resize a
large image.
The image is
called
“cicada
killer wasp.jpg.” It has a file size of 1,264 kb or 1.264 Mb.
It’s physical size is 1755 pixels by 1194 pixels. That means it’s too large to fit
completely on a typical computer screen.
Let’s assume that we need to reduce the physical size of the image to around
200 pixels by 200 pixels.
Now click on Image and then on Resize
The Resize
box should
come up.
With the dropdown box,
change
Inches to
Pixels.
Change either the Width or Height of the image to fit your needs.
Notice that
the other
dimension
will change
accordingly.
Then click OK.
Your image has
now been resized.
The next step is to
save the resized
image without
overwriting the original image.
Follow the steps below to save and rename your image.
You’re done!!
Congratulations!!
The resulting resized
file is only 12kb (1/100th
the size of the original).
The physical size is 200
pixels by 136 pixels, a
much more reasonable
size for Web use.
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