Once you have mastered the basics of image manipulation, it is quite easy to resize an image. The two best ways for visitors of this site are by using either the Gimp, or MS Paint.
You probably already have MS Paint installed in your PC, so no need to download or purchase any software. With MS Paint, there are some limitations. You cannot choose a pixel size for your image, nor a compression factor... you resize by percentages.
So if you would like to convert a 500px wide image to a 300px wide image, you need to resize it by 60%. This method takes some guesswork if you are trying to fit an image into a fixed width web page column.
The Gimp allows you to resize images in a number of different ways.
So if you would like to convert a 500px wide image to a 300px wide image, you need to resize it by 60%. This method takes some guesswork if you are trying to fit an image into a fixed width web page column.
GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It can do almost anything that the commercial package "Photoshop" can do, but best of all, "The Gimp" is FREE. That's right, it is open source software that you can download for free and use immediately.
See our page on converting jpgs with the Gimp.
The Gimp's website has its own tutorials section for beginners, and there is even a basics section to that.
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You can get a large number of add-ons and plugins for the Gimp. Once you have mastered its basic functionality, you might be ready to try some advanced image editing/creation techniques. You can find many of them at either the gimp.org website or on Sourceforge.
