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How to shrink an image file

February 12, 2023

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Are high-quality photos taking up too much space on your hard drive? Want to send vacation pics to a friend but they’re too large for your email client? To solve these problems, you need an image size shrinker. Movavi Photo Editor Photo Editor is the perfect choice for shrinking and editing images.

In this guide, you’ll learn how to shrink photo sizes using Movavi Photo Editor. The program runs on all recent versions of Windows and macOS.

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Step 1. Install the software

Open the downloaded file and follow the instructions on the screen. Once the installation is complete, launch the program.

Step 2. Add images

Choose the file for which you want to shrink the picture size and drag them to the workspace or add them by clicking Browse for Images.

Step 3. Shrink images

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On the main toolbar, click the Resize icon. For your convenience, you can choose from the Preset Sizes list or define a custom width and height in the corresponding boxes. If you want to scale image width and height dimensions independently, click the Keep aspect ratio icon. Click the Apply button to make the changes to your image.

Choose a ready-made preset or set a custom size

Step 4. Save your pictures

Once you set the desired photo size, click the Save button in the top right-hand corner of the program to export the image in an appropriate file format.

You can also reduce the size of large PNG or TIFF pictures by changing the format and output quality. In the Saving photo dialog box, choose Image JPEG and move the Quality slider to the left to shrink the photo size. A high compression ratio will result in poor image quality, so we recommend you to set this value to no less than 90%.