How to Make My JPG Smaller
Reducing the size of a JPG is a simple task that can be accomplished using MS Paint, a native Windows application. This utility allows you to reduce the image to a certain pixel size or percentage of the original image. The smaller image occupies less memory space on your computer and can be used as a profile thumbnail on different social networking websites.
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Instructions
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Click the "Start" menu, open "Computer" and navigate to the image file that you want to resize. Right-click the file, select "Open with" and select "Paint" from the list of applications.
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Reduce the image to a random size. Hover the mouse toward any corner of the image. The mouse cursor will be replaced by a two-sided arrow when it points at the corner. Left-click and drag the image inwards to reduce its size to the desired point. Press "Ctrl" and "S" to save the smaller image on your computer.
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Reduce the image to a pixel size or percentage. Click the "Resize and Skew" icon in the "Image" tab of the top ribbon. The "Resize and Skew" window will open. Check the option "Percentage" or "Pixels" to specify whether you want to reduce the image to a pixel size or percentage. Specify the parameters to which the image is to be shrunk in the respective fields. Click "OK" to implement the changes. Press "Ctrl" and "S" to save the smaller image.
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