Resize an Image in the GIMP Application

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You're watching VisiHow. In this tutorial, we're going to show you how to resize an image in GIMP in Windows 7.

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   You should have the program open and an image ready to use

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   You can refer to our other tutorials to find out exactly how to do that. You can select the size of your canvas when you are creating a new document or when you are opening an existing image.

   

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   First click "Image" on the horizontal menu at the top of the window

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   If it is occluded by "Toolbox", then move it.

   

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   Then, click "Scale Image..." in the menu

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   The "Scale Image..." icon is a blue rectangle with a dotted rectangle next to it and an arrow. A dialogue box will appear. You will be able to select the image size and quality.

   

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   You can manually change the "Width" and "Height" values by typing a number into the text boxes

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   You can change the units by clicking the drop-down menu next to "Height"

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   After that, you can change the "X resolution" and "Y resolution" values by typing a number

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   Alternatively, click the up and down arrows

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   The arrows are located on the right-hand side of each text box.

   

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   Change the units for "X resolution" and "Y resolution" by clicking the drop-down menu next to "Y resolution"

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   Click the "Interpolation" drop-down menu

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   The default quality is set to "Cubic". You can click a different option. For this tutorial, the default quality setting is kept.

   

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    You can click "Reset" to return to all of the default values

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    Click "Cancel" to close this dialogue box and return to the image

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    Alternatively, if you are satisfied with the settings, click "Scale"

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    This will apply the settings.

    

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