Topic 15: Resizing a Photo

As we did with cropping a photo, well explore resizing a photo in two different programs (MS Office and MS Paint).  We'll again use right clicking - open with to open in each program.  Be sure to have a photo ready to try the exercise.  Let's start with MS Office.  Above the picture you'll click "Edit" and that will bring some editing options up on the side.

By clicking resize you'll be presented with some options for resizing your photo.  You can choose custom, predefined and percentage.  For this exercise we'll try percentage.  Click the bubble next to the box making that box active, then insert 30 and click "OK" underneath.  The image has now been resized to 30 percent of it's original.

In Paint the technique is similar, but you'll see differences off the bat, as the picture doesn't automatically fit the screen.  This will show you the great contrast in size that truly happens with a 30% resize.  Click resize at the top of the page and options for resizing will appear.  You'll notice that the top of the pop-up box says percentage and it locks one height or width in when the other number is entered (i.e. you only have to add 30 into one box).  Go ahead and add 30 into a box and click "OK."  That's it, that image has been resized!

 

For this task, please download this picture and resize it to 30% of its original.