can i resize photos in iPhoto?

1 - you can not resize photos in iphoto

2 - once you have exports a photo iPhoto is no longer involved

3 - you can resize a photo during export to the desktop

4 - you actually need to share information about what you have and wha tyou want to do to get valid help - versions etc

LN

LarryHN wrote:

1 - you can not resize photos in iphoto

2 - once you have exports a photo iPhoto is no longer involved

3 - you can resize a photo during export to the desktop

4 - you actually need to share information about what you have and wha tyou want to do to get valid help - versions etc

LN

In response to Number 4. Ok Larry, So I am trying to resize a photo in Iphoto for the Facebook dimentions of the banner which is 851 x 315 to fill the banner fully without it cutting over the edges. So I cannot import it from desktop then resize it by adding it to iphoto for dimention corrections? I have not exported it once. 😕 - Komu

Disregard.

in iPhoto crop to 851 x 315 - this will make the imae fit the banner exactly (it does not "resize" the photo - it does change the photo pixes dimensions ratio

To resize export it with a maximum dimension of 851 and you will now have an image on disk that is 851 pixels by 315 pixels

LN

Thanks for the tip on resizing. I usually use photoshop to size my photo, but since I just got this new macbook pro, I didn't have photoshop on it yet and I desperately needed to resize something, and your tip help me do it.

But if anyone is looking to resize photos to a specific dimensions, you should use photoshop. Not a bad program. iPhoto has its limitation and I wish that apple would include that feature into the program.

You can resize to any exact specific size you what by cropping and exporting from iPhoto with a maximum dimension

eacty as I previously posted

Easy in iPhoto

Crop to the dimensions you want (250x200 for example) and export (file menu ==> export) using a custom size setting the max dimension to what you want (250 in this example)

It pays to read the thread before posting that you can not do something that has aready been explained in the thread

LN

Using Photoshop for resizing is a bit of a sledhgehammer/peanut operation.

Open the photo in Preview.

Under the Tools menu note the option to Resize.

Thanks Terence... your wording is perfect and i appreciate it.

Larry, it isn't that i didn't want to pay attention to your comment. I did pay attention. I didn't want to do the cropping part. I want my entire image intact. I appreciate your advice and will read more closely next time.

Terence, I still use photoshop because I do some heavy lifting in the software and been using it for a long time. I will however post a video tutorial of what you just showed me about resizing in preview so that apple fans can find out how to do it easier..

Thanks a bunch everyone. My problem has been resolved

If you want a specific six you must drop to that size - you can not make a 3200x2500 image 3200x2200 with cropping - if the image is already the proportions you want then of course you would not crop - you would only export

But the general answer to having a specific size is to crop to that size and then export using the maximum dimension feature - there is no other way to get aan arbitrary specific size

LN

You are right Larry.. I didn't understand what you mean. Thank you for your advice...

Take care..

iPhoto is junk software. You can't re-size a photo. I tried 6 times and every export remained the same size no matter what I tried. This feature should not be barried. If it worked right they would list it properly in the menu. Useless software. They better hurry up with their new version.

Junk comment. You can resize in two different ways with iPhoto. It's not difficult.

Exporting at different sizes works very well in iPhoto. Set the size to "Custom" in the Export panel and you can export at arbitrary size.

Does not work for me. I wound up using Preview. Nothing I tried would upscale the image. I tried lots of combinations and the image size re-fused to change. Please don't even bother trying to tell me it works. It does not work!

Nothing I tried would upscale the image.

You can resize an image when exporting and make it smaller. But iPhoto will not let you waste your disk space by adding redundant pixels to enlarge the pixel size beyond what is actually present in the image file. It would be pointless.