How to Resize Pictures to Use on the Internet

resize pictures to use on the internet; Craigslist, backpage and others

From your digital camera, you can upload a high-resolution photo to many websites. Some websites will resize the high-resolution photo to a lower and less memory-intensive file. However, other websites won't automatically resize photos. In those cases, you'll need to manual resize the photos to a smaller dimension, as per the instructions of the website that will host your digital creation. You can use Microsoft Paint, included with Windows, to resize pictures.

Things You'll Need

• Graphichs Software
• Digital camera
• Computer
• Internet

Instructions

1. Use your digital camera to take pictures of the subject you need to display. Transfer the photo to your computer and save a copy to an easy-to-remember location, such as your desktop.

2. Open the Paint application by navigating to the "Start" menu. Then select "All Programs," "Accessories" and "Paint." The Paint application opens.

3. Click the "Paint" button located to the left of the "Home" tab, select "Open," navigate to the picture you want to resize, and then click "Open." The picture opens in the Paint application.

4. Navigate to the "Home" tab. Select "Resize" in the Image group. The Resize and Skew dialog appears. Make sure the box next to "Maintain aspect ratio" is checked. You can resize by percentage or pixels. Select the appropriate radio button.
   If you selected the "Percentage" radio button, input the percentage you want to resize your image in the Horizontal or Vertical field.
   If you selected the "Pixels" radio button, input the number of pixels you want to resize your image in the Horizontal or Vertical field. Between 400 and 600 pixels wide should work.

5. After you made the changes, click "OK." Click the "Paint" button and select "Save as." From the pop-up menu, select the desired file format. For most Web images, select the JPEG or GIF file format.

Tips & Warnings

• You can use any photo editor to do this project, I really like using photo shop, it is my favorite graphics editor.

• Do not copy graphic images that violate copyright law.

References

• Windows: Resize a Picture Using Paint