how do you reduce the pixels of an image to fit within certain requirements

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how do you reduce the pixels of an image to fit within certain requirements

I am trying to get the pixels of an image to fit certain requirements. When I try to edit the image in iPhoto by clicking custom constrain and then enter the pixel of dimensions I want, it will not adjust the image to them. Does anyone know how I can do this?

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on May 11, 2008 1:23 PM

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LarryHN

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May 11, 2008 1:25 PM in response to aggallivan

Aggallivan

Welcome to the Apple user discussion forums

When you export photos from iPhoto as JPEGs you can set the pixel dimensions

While in iPhoto thy are maintained as full resolution so you can do what you want at any time in the future

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May 11, 2008 1:30 PM in response to LarryHN

thanks - that's helpful! do you by chance know how to do this once it is not in iPhoto? i tried to just save it as a jpeg to my desktop, but can't seem to figure out how to reduce the file size... any suggestions?

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Yer_Man

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May 11, 2008 1:34 PM in response to aggallivan

Select the pic in the iPhoto Window and go

File -> Export

in the resulting dialogue you can resize:

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Regards

TD

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LarryHN

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May 11, 2008 1:35 PM in response to aggallivan

use iPhoto and the export command - file menu ==> export - and export as a JPEG and set the pixel dimension

If you do not want to do that for some reason you will need another photo editor to modify them - Preview can do this - tools menu ==> adjust size - or any photo editor (Photoshop, PhotoShop elements, Etc)

LN

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aggallivan Author

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May 11, 2008 1:47 PM in response to LarryHN

THANK YOU!

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aggallivan Author

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May 11, 2008 1:48 PM in response to Yer_Man

THANK YOU!!!

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