Resizing an Image

When you change the size of an image, you have several choices to make:

❙You can keep the aspect ratio (height-to-width proportion) of the original or change it.

❙You can set an exact size for the image’s height or width (or both) in pixels. Or, you can set a percentage of enlargement or reduction.

❙You can change the image’s resolution (up to 1200 dpi or more, depending on your computer’s memory).

Follow these steps to resize an image:

1Choose Image Size from the Edit menu. A dialog box like the one to the right appears.

2Click to uncheck Keep Aspect Ratio if you want to change the height-to-width proportion. Leave it checked if you want to keep the proportion.

3Enter new values for the size (in pixels) or percentage of enlargement or reduction. For example, you would enter 300 to make the picture three times larger.

4Enter a value for the image’s resolution (dots per inch). Increasing resolution allows you to print high resolution images at any size.

5Click OK to apply the changes to your image.

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