How to Resize a HUGE Picture

StrawartS · May 7, 2006

If you're using Windows, Microsoft offers several "power toys," or downloadable tools that make life easier.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

Download the Image Resizer power toy from the link above. Once installed, all you do to resize a picture is right click. Resize Pictures is now the 5th option on the menu. You can then resize the picture to several different sizes. The newly resized picture is created with a different file name, and your original is preserved.

The link to download the Image Resizer is on the right-hand toolbar that goes down the side of the page. It's near the bottom.

You can also resize pictures in any photo-editing program, but I really like power toys.

Archermom · May 7, 2006

THANK YOU!:clap2:

Morsaille · May 7, 2006

Thanks StrawartS! Just wish I was running XP. No power toys for me on ME..sniff

StrawartS · May 7, 2006

Morsaille - this article says that you can safely use power toys with Windows Me.

http://www.smartcomputing.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles/archive/l0905/23l05/23l05.asp&guid=

Edit - oops...that article is referring to power toys that were made for Windows 95. You can find those here, but I don't think the resize function is there:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/downloads/contents/wutoys/w95pwrtoysset/default.asp