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Resize an image
Resize any image by exact pixels or percentage. Lock the aspect ratio to avoid distortion, or resize freely. Nothing leaves your device.
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Exact pixels vs. percentage — and why aspect ratio matters
Resizing by exact pixel dimensions gives precise control when you need a specific size (a required upload dimension, a specific display size); resizing by percentage scales proportionally without needing to calculate the target pixel size yourself. Locking the aspect ratio prevents stretching — entering a width without a matching, proportional height distorts the image, which is almost never what you actually want.
Upscaling vs. downscaling
Downscaling (making an image smaller) is essentially lossless in terms of the information that remains — you're discarding pixels, not inventing them. Upscaling (making an image larger than its original resolution) can't add real detail that wasn't there; it interpolates between existing pixels, which is why an upscaled image reliably looks softer than a genuinely higher-resolution original.
Will resizing my image make it blurry?
Downscaling (making it smaller) doesn't blur the image — it's a lossless reduction of pixel count. Upscaling (making it larger than its original size) does soften the result, since the tool has to interpolate new pixels between existing ones rather than having real additional detail to draw on.
Should I lock the aspect ratio when resizing?
Almost always yes — locking it ensures width and height scale together proportionally. Unlocking it and changing width/height independently stretches or squashes the image, which is rarely the intended effect outside of a specific deliberate distortion.
What's the difference between resizing and cropping?
Resizing scales the entire image up or down, keeping all original content but changing overall dimensions; cropping removes part of the image to change its dimensions while keeping the remaining content at its original scale. They solve different problems and are sometimes used together.
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