If you have an image that is too large, you can easily resize it through Adobe Photoshop. When you change the dimensions of an image, you can define the length and width yourself, or adjust the dimensions based on a percentage of the original size. This wikiHow teaches you how to resize an image larger or smaller in Adobe Photoshop on Windows and Mac computers.
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Step 1. Open the image you want to resize
An easy way to do this is by right-clicking the image file on your computer, selecting “ Open with, and clicked “ Photoshop " You can also run Photoshop first, opening the " File ” > “ Open, and selects an image.
Step 2. Save a new copy of the file
If you haven't made a backup of the original file, click the “ File ", choose " Save As ”, and edit the file name by adding the words “resize “or “edit” (e.g. if the file has the name “wikiHow.jpg”, you can change it to “wikiHow-resized.jpg” or “new wikiHow.jpg”). After clicking " Save ”, you can edit or use a duplicate version of the original image.
Step 3. Click the Image menu
It's in the menu bar at the top of the Photoshop window.
Step 4. Click Image Size
The “Image Size” window will open and display the current size or dimensions of the image.
By default, the numbers in the “Width” and “Height” columns have units of pixels. However, you can change other units by clicking the " Dimensions " drop-down menu at the top of the window
Step 5. Type the new dimensions into the “Width” and “Height” fields
When typing a new dimension in the " Width " field, the size or dimension in the " Height " field will automatically be changed to maintain the proportions of the image, unless you change the default settings.
- If you want to set the height and width of the image separately (without changing any of the sizes automatically), click the little chain icon on the left side of the “Width” and “Height” columns to “separate” the two dimensions or dimensions.
- If you don't want to specify the size in pixels, you can select “ Percent ” from the menu next to the “Height” and “Width” columns. After that, you can zoom in or out on the image based on its percentage to the original size. For example, if the width of the image is 2,200 pixels, changing the size in the “Width” column to the 50% level will reduce the width of the image to 1,400 pixels. Meanwhile, changing to the 200% level will enlarge the image width to 4,400 pixels.
- If the image has multiple layers that have been styled, click the gear icon in the top corner of the “Image Size” window and select “ Scale Styles ” to adjust the size of the effect on the resized image.
Step 6. Click OK
The image will reopen in a new size.
- To save a new image, click the menu " File " and select " Save ”.
- Images with the original size will remain “safe” and stored in the original directory of image storage.
