


Keep in mind these presets will not crop an image so if you, for instance, use the preset for 5 x 7 inches and the image doesn’t match those proportions it will only match one of the dimensions and let the other adjust to fit the original proportions of the image. This is a pull-down list with some commonly used image sizes for web use, desktop publishing, and photo print sizes. Next we have the Fit To options seen in Figure 4. Choosing units of measurement for image resize dimensions. The latter two are most familiar to the desktop publishing crowd Figure 3. Other options are percent, inches, centimeters, millimeters, as well as points and picas. I usually size by pixels which can be seen as my default dimension setting in Figure 3. Obviously, when the image is exported as a JPEG it would be much smaller in size.īelow this, we have the image dimensions which are by default displayed in inches but might be different if you have changed this in the past. In this case, the file size is based on an uncompressed file so if you were to save this file as TIFF with compression turned off, it would be 34.4Megabytes in size. To the right of the preview window are some details about the image starting with the image file size. You can see in Figure 2 how I’ve enlarged the view so now at 100% we can see all of Stephanie’s face instead of just the small portion visible in Figure 1.įigure 2. It is not readily apparent but you can grab the sides and corners to enlarge the view. This preview window by default is a bit small but since 2013, Adobe added the ability to enlarge the entire Image Size dialogue box. I highly recommend leaving this setting at 100% as it will provide the most accurate preview of the image quality after the resize is completed. This view will update as one changes the parameters of the resize action to be performed. Starting at the left we have the preview window which by default shows a 100% view of the image being resized.

It can be called by going to the Image > Image Size item in the main menu or by pressing Control+ALT+I in Windows or CMD+ALT+I on Mac. In Figure 1 we see the Image resize dialogue box as it normally appears in Photoshop. Let’s take a tour of the settings and options starting with the preview window. The Image Size dialogue box (Figure 1) looks pretty simple but there’s a bit more here than meets the eye. Now let’s do a deeper dive into the options available when resizing any image. Choose a Resample method, or uncheck the option to change image size without changing total number of pixels.Change the Resolution value and unit of measurement if desired.Input your desired Width/Height and units of measurement for the resized image.Make sure Constrain Proportions (the vertical chain link icon) is enabled if you wish to preserve aspect ratio.In the top menu, go to Image > Image Size.
