Resizing Your Images

 
If you are not sure if you have suitable software already installed on your PC for resizing your images, you could use the following free software. It is very good at resizing images, particularly if you have many files to resize. Note that this software is for the PC and not compatible with Macs.

www.bluefive.pair.com/pixresizer.htm

You will need to download the file and then run setup.exe to install the program. If you have any problems then please contact us.   

Instructions for resizing images using PIXresizer

When you run PIXresizer you can choose one of two options when resizing your files:
1. Work with multiple files

2. Work with one file

WORK WITH MULTIPLE FILES

If you have several files to resize this is the best option.

1. Select the Source and Destination:
 

- Click on <Source> and select the folder containing your images
- Click on <Destination> and select the folder to copy the resized images to. (if you wish you can create a new folder here)

2. Select new size
- Make sure “Equal Height” is ticked
- “Set the size of the larger dimension” to be around 800. (Do not worry if it is not exactly 800, as it only needs to be approximate)

3. Select file format
- Select “JPEG”

4. Save pictures
- Select “Enlarge picture size if needed”
- Check that “Output Greyscale” is NOT selected

Click <Save Pictures>

Note – Do NOT use the “quick settings or <Apply recommended> on the bottom left of the screen.
 

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WORK WITH ONE FILE

1. Load Picture
- Click on <Load Picture> and select the image you wish to resize, and click <Open> The image will be displayed in the top right hand corned or the screen. (Do not worry if it seems a bit distorted/stretched as this is not how the image will really look)

2. Select new size
- Select “Custom size”
- “Set the height to around 800. (Do not worry if it is not exactly 800, as it only needs to be approximate). The height is the second of the two dimensions
- Make sure that “Maintain aspect ratio” is ticked

3. Select file format
- Select “JPEG”

4. Save picture
-- Check that “Output Greyscale” is NOT selected

Click <Save Picture>

Note – Do NOT use the “quick settings or <Apply recommended> on the bottom left of the screen.