Rotating and Resizing Photos - Photoshop Elements 13: The Missing Manual - page 166

isn't already in the Organizer, resize a copy of it (File→Duplicate) rather than the original.
Then, here's what you do:
1. Call up the Image Size dialog box .
Go to Image→Resize→Image Size or press Alt+Ctrl+I/Option- ⌘ -I.
2. At the bottom of the dialog box, turn on the Resample Image checkbox .
You won't be able to make any changes to the photo's pixel dimensions until you do
this.
3. In the Pixel Dimensions section, enter the dimension you want for the longer side
of the photo .
As explained earlier, you usually want 650 pixels or fewer, unless you know for sure
that your recipients have up-to-date equipment and broadband Internet connections.
Be sure to choose pixels as the unit of measurement. You just need to enter a number
for one dimension; Elements automatically figures out the other dimension as long as
the Constrain Proportions checkbox is turned on (it's near the bottom of the dialog
box).
4. Check the settings at the bottom of the dialog box .
The Scale Styles checkbox doesn't matter, so leave it off. Constrain Proportions and
Resample Image should be turned on. ( Resampling means changing the number of
pixels in an image.) The Resample Image menu lists the different resampling methods
you can choose from. Adobe recommends Bicubic Sharper when you're making an
image smaller, but you may want to experiment with the other options if you don't
like the results Bicubic Sharper gives you. (The menu includes the suggested use for
most of the methods in parentheses after their names.) Just try one option, and then
undo it and go back and try again with a different setting to see which you prefer.
5. Click OK .
Elements resizes the photo, although you may not immediately see a difference on-
screen. (To see the difference, go to View→Actual Pixels before and after you resize.)
To make your changes permanent, save the resized photo.
Sometimes Elements resizes an image automatically—for example, when you use the Organ-
izer's E-Mail command (see Emailing Photos ) . But the method described here gives you
more control than letting Elements make all the decisions for you.