How to reduce the size of the photo

While loading images to the site, social network, in a presentation and other text document, it is often necessary to change their size. You can do this in several ways using special online applications or programs from Microsoft Office. There are no special skills to reduce the photo, so even a novice PC user can cope with this task.

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How to reduce the size of the photo using the Paint Program

The easiest and most affordable way to reduce the weight of the image is to use the standard Windows Editor - Paint. With it, you can change the format and number of pixels, due to which the size of the image will decrease.

How to do it:

• Open the program by clicking "Start" - "Paint".

• Download the image for editing by clicking Open.

• Open the "Resize" section, and check the box in front of the "pixels".

• Now for example, reducing the image size. Instead of the indicated 1050 pixels horizontally, point to 604 pixels. Since the program automatically retains the proportions of the picture, it will also decrease along the vertical.

• Then select "Save As ..." and the desired format for saving. The optimal option for the file is the JPEG type.

As a result, the size of the picture from 62.3 KB decreased to 44.0 kb.

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How to reduce the size of the photo using the Picture Manager Editor

You can reduce the weight of the picture using the Picture Manager program, which is included in Microsoft Office and eat almost on any computer.

How to do it:

• Open the program by pressing the "MICROSOFT OFFICE" - "Microsoft Office" tools - "Microsoft Office Pictures Manager". Or hover the mouse over the image and in the context menu, select "Open Using" - "Microsoft Office Pictures Manager".

• Load the desired photo and click "Change Figure". After that, a block with keys to edit the image will appear. At the bottom, there will be two necessary tools: "Size changes" and "Compression of the picture".

• If you need to adjust the image resolution, choose "Change Size". Here you can specify the desired size of the photo. To do this, check the checkbox near the "Arbitrary Height and Width" item, and make the parameters into empty cells.

• Or you can choose the "percentage of the original width and height" item and set the percentage of decrease in the picture, for example, 50%.

• After that, you need to confirm the changes to "Save". Then select "Save as" and be sure to rename the file to save the source.
• If you need to squeeze the picture without changing its graphical resolution, select "Squeeze Pictures".
• Then select the necessary action: squeeze for document, website or e-mail.
• Click "OK" and specify the new file name.

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Reduce the size of the photo using online services

If you use standard Windows applications, you can not, you can resort to a simple online photo editor, for example, resizepiconline.

• Go to this link.
• Load a photo.

• Set the desired image size, its quality level and type of file using the slider.

• Click "Change Size" and "Download". After that, the new photo will boot on your computer.

Reduce the size of the picture can be simple actions to adjust image parameters. For this you do not need to install additional software or receive professional skills. But remember that the photo often lose their primary quality after such editing.