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{Resizing Images!}

For this task we were given a program to download but alas with most things the program is only functional on a Windows based PC. As a designer I only own apple products! So I did a little research as to how I could re-size images myself. I know that I can do this via photoshop and illustrator but the process is time consuming. Then I came across this site. Using a simple program called Preview, which comes standard on all mac's I have the ability to re-size photos in batches without loosing my original high quality images.

The steps were so simple!

1. Select the desired images.
2. Click and drag the selected images to the Preview icon on your dock (it’s best to use copies and not the originals).
3. When Preview opens, press Command Key+A to select all thumbnails in the sidebar.

4. Go to Preview’s menu, click Tools and select Adjust Size.

5. Input the desired size.
6. Click OK.
7. Save the resized images (Click File and select Save All).
 Steps taken from this site.

And Low and BEHOLD! My smaller images (of my smaller self!)

Learning to re-size images properly is an important tool to have when creating documents, presentations and designs for web. It is important to re-size an image in such a way that no important information is lost and there is no proportion mistakes made. This is something that cant be achieved by simply cropping the image or changing the pixel quality. Of course this is only one way to re-size an image, there are a lot more programs out there with the same capabilities. The best thing about this one though is that it is FREE! And instead of saving your new image over the originals it creates a new folder for your re-sized images.

After I re-sized the pictures I uploaded them to Flickr. This was such an easy task! A great way to share photo's with others. Also a fantastic way to save images for other sites such Wiki's and Weebly!