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If you have an image that's too big to work with, you can easily resize it in Adobe Photoshop. When changing an image's dimensions, you can specify your own length and width measurements or adjust the size by a percentage of its current size. This wikiHow teaches you how to make an image larger or smaller in Adobe Photoshop for Windows and macOS.

1

Open the image you want to resize.

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  1. An easy way to do this is to right-click the image on your computer, select Open with , and then choose Photoshop . You can also launch Photoshop first, go to File > Open , and select the image.
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Create a backup.

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  1. If you haven't already made a backup of the original file, click the File menu, select Save As , and edit the file's name to contain the word "resized" (e.g., If the file was called wikiHow.jpg , rename it wikiHow-resized.jpg ). Once you click Save you'll be working with the new duplicate version of the image.
3

Click the "Image" menu.

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  1. A new menu will expand.
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4

Click "Image Size" on the menu.

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  1. You'll see your image's current size here.
    • The Width and Height values are in pixels by default, but you can choose different units of measurement by clicking the "Dimensions" drop-down above near the top of the window.
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Enter new dimensions.

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  1. Unless you change the default settings, typing a new dimension for Width will automatically update the Height measurement to keep the proportions correct.
    • If you want to specify both the height and the width without one changing the other, click the small link icon to the left of the Width and Height blanks to unlink the two measurements. [1]
    • If you don't want to specify the size in pixels, you can select Percent from the menus next to the Height and Width values. Then you can choose to grow or shrink the image size by a percentage of the original size. For example, if the width of the image is 2200 px wide, changing the Width value to 50% will decrease the width to 1400 px. Changing it to 200% would increase the size to 4400 px.
    • If the image has layers with applied styles, click the gear icon at the top-right corner of the Image Size window and select Scale Styles to scale the effects in the resized image. [2]
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Click "OK."

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  1. The image will now re-open in its new size.
    • To save the new image, click the File menu and select Save .
    • The original size of the image is still saved to the image's original location.

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    How do I save the image after I resize it?
    Matthew Weil
    Community Answer
    Double click on the image you want to save. Something will appear that has multiple options. You press "save," then save it under whatever name you want.
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    Will the picture not be blunt?
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    You can use command t if your device is mac, or control t if it's a PC computer.
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    I have edited the picture to send to somebody. When I try to resize it, which is something that I have done thousands of times, I cannot do it. What have I done?
    Community Answer
    Try saving it under a different name first and then do it. Sometimes it works. s your original file a .psd or .pdf? If you edited the file in Photoshop, you have to export the changed version again as a pdf.
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      You can use Adobe Photoshop on your PC or Mac to change the size of nearly any image. First, if you haven't made a backup of the original image, click the File menu, select Save as , enter a new filename for the resized image, such as filename-resized, and then click Save . Then, click the Image menu and select Image Size . You'll see your image's current size in pixels next to "Width" and "Height." If you'd rather use a measurement unit other than pixels, such as millimeters or inches, click the triangle next to "Dimensions" and select that unit. Now, type the new width size into the "Width" box. When you enter a width, the height value changes automatically to retain the image's proportions, ensuring that the resized version doesn't stretch or warp. If you need to specify exact Height and Width sizes, click the link button to turn off automatic proportioning, and then enter your measurements.

      A different way to resize the image is to grow or shrink it by a percentage of its original size. To do this, select Percent from the menus next to "Height" and "Width," and then enter a percentage value. For example, if you want the height to be twice as large as it is now, you'd enter "200 percent." Once you're satisfied with the size settings, click OK to view your newly-resized image. Remember to click the File menu and select Save so you don't lose your work.

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