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How do I change the picture size in OS X?

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rfrankl

macrumors 6502a
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Apr 15, 2006
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I am a Mac newbie and enjoying it more every day, but I can't always figure out how to do something on here right away that I used to be able to do on my PC. Usually once I do though, it is amazing how much easier it is on a Mac.

How do I change the image size and file size of a pic? Do I need a 3rd party application, or can I do it in iPhoto? I don't see any options for that. Thanks!
 
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know-it-all5

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Jun 28, 2006
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rfrankl said:
I am a Mac newbie and enjoying it more every day, but I can't always figure out how to do something on here right away that I used to be able to do on my PC. Usually once I do though, it is amazing how much easier it is on a Mac.

How do I change the image size and file size of a pic? Do I need a 3rd party application, or can I do it in iPhoto? I don't see any options for that. Thanks!
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your best bet is imagewell.
here is alink to imagewell at macupdate- http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/11375
this will make it really easy for you to adjust image size. just drag and adjust. if you have trouble "just ask"
 
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mattster16

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Apr 18, 2004
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Another thing you can do is to pick the photo in iphoto and choose file->export. You can then specify what you want the image scaled to as well as choose from a couple file formats.

You can also choose to email the photo and it will allow you to pick between small, medium, or large.
 
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Chone

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Aug 11, 2006
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I use Pixen, closest thing to Paint you´ll ever find, very neat app, universal binary, launches in less than a bounce on my MBP.
 
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usarnie1

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Feb 24, 2008
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how to change the pixel size of a photo in iphoto

Go go iphoto > select the photo that you want to change the pixel size > export > scale images no larger than > 800 x 529 > export > and it is done!
 
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kolax

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Mar 20, 2007
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Assuming you are on Leopard, when you open any image in Preview, you can go to Tools --> Adjust Size.
 
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Relunctantmac

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Feb 10, 2012
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Changing photo size in iPhoto 9

To change the size of a photo in iPhoto, select the photo and on the file menu - export - under size, choose custom, and underneath you can choose a max dimension in pixels if you want to. I needed a 120 pixel max photo and tried 4 different photo editing programs and it took hours to figure this out. The size of the file is much smaller if you use a small number of pixels.
 
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