Resizing Images using PIXresizer PART 1

Resizing Images using PIXresizer
PART 1 SINGLE FILES
By www.zappysblog.com
Although Google Picasa is great for resizing images and emailing them, often, you need to resize images for
inserting into forums, where there are strict size limits, or into documents that you want to email and size is
important for speedy transfer. That’s where PIXresizer comes in; it is freeware from David De Groot and
can be downloaded from his website BlueFive Software
When downloaded to your PC it looks like this
Work with single
or multiple files
Image screen
Auto Image size
Custom Image
size
Image Information
Image file type
First create a folder in My Documents where the resized images will be stored:
From Start open My Documents
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Resizing Images using PIXresizer
PART 1 SINGLE FILES
By www.zappysblog.com
Right click mouse and
select New -Folder
Name the folder Resized Images as
this is where all your resized images
will be stored, unless you want to put
them elsewhere.
That done we can now get started so start PIXresizer:
We are working with one file for now.
Although you can apply different file sizes we
will click ‘Apply Recommended’ which is
600x600 the most common for e-mail and
posting on forums.
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Resizing Images using PIXresizer
PART 1 SINGLE FILES
By www.zappysblog.com
Click load picture and select the file where the
picture you want to resize is stored (usually in
My Pictures) and open the folder. It helps if you
change the View Menu to Thumbnails to
identify the picture.
Select the picture to be resized and click
open
The picture appears in the viewer
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Resizing Images using PIXresizer
PART 1 SINGLE FILES
By www.zappysblog.com
Click Save Picture and select the folder in My
Documents that you created earlier and named
‘Resized Images
Give the picture a name I have used ‘image
1’ and click save.
To finish you will see the ‘image saved’ box
which means the image is now resized and is in
the ‘resized images’ folder in My Documents
awaiting your attention
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Resizing Images using PIXresizer
PART 1 SINGLE FILES
By www.zappysblog.com
Now take a look at the before and after file sizes;
Go to the original image in My
Pictures and right mouse click to
reveal shortcut menu and choose
properties to see the file size.
Do the same for image 1 in the Resized
Images folder to see the file size.
The original file is 2.82MB compared
with just 67kb in the resized image, a
vast difference in storage space and
memory.
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