There are lots of reasons why you may want to resize your images. Perhaps they’re too big and you can’t upload at the quality you need to. Or maybe you have thousands of pictures on your computer and you want a new way to organize them. At the end of the day, though, it all boils down to one main question: how do I resize my images for free?
Have you ever wanted to resize pictures or edit images on your computer? Maybe you wanted to add borders or logos to them, or maybe crop out the background. The good news is that there are many free photo editing software you can use for editing, resizing and cropping images!
Adobe Photoshop Express
Verdict: Adobe Photoshop Express is the first candidate for the title of the best free photo resizing software. You can quickly crop an image to fit any kind of social media. It is even possible to resize images and optimize page content for faster loading.
Being what it is, the program offers further instruments like effects or straightening tools to make sure your images are perfect. If resizing is a bit confusing, just take a look at my chart that simplifies conversion between all the common sizes.
Resizing.app
What We Like
- Several resize options.
- Clean design that’s easy to use.
- Pick from several output formats.
What We Don’t Like
- Can’t resize in bulk.
- Doesn’t show the final file size or dimensions before downloading.
- Must upload the file from your computer (not the web).
Probably the fastest and easiest way to resize a picture is with the Resizing.app website. The image you choose loads on the page quickly, and you have a few options for how to change the size.
You can select the crop tool to visually cut out the part you want to keep. This works by having you drag the crop box over the part you want to keep, or you can enter the exact pixels to ensure that the crop is uniform as you see fit. There are also some preset sizes so that you can get the image resized to fit Facebook, Twitter, and other sites.
The other method is by entering the exact dimensions you want the picture to end up being. A percentage option is included here as well so that you can instantly cut the photo down by 10%, or 50%, etc.
This tool is also available via a Chrome extension but it’s identical to the web version, just easier to access at any time.
When you’re done, you can save to PNG, JPG, WEBP, BMP or TIFF.
Social Image Resizer Tool
What We Like
- Extremely easy to use.
- Several template sizes.
- Manual crop option.
- Multiple output formats.
What We Don’t Like
- Can’t enter the new size in numbers.
- Limited file-output options.
Social Image Resizer Tool does just what the name implies. After uploading a photo from your computer or entering its URL, you can resize it to fit perfectly with some of the most popular social media websites.
An image can be resized to fit a Facebook cover photo, a Twitter header image, a Pinterest board thumbnail, a YouTube profile photo, a favicon, and many others.
You get total control over what part of the image gets resized by dragging and dropping the crop tool to any area of the picture.
When you’re finished, the picture will resize to what you’ve chosen and then show you what it looks like before you decide to download it. You can save it to your computer or email it to someone using the online form.
BeFunky
BeFunky is a great free image resize tool that offers a lot of options. You can resize your image by width or height or by percentage scale. For example, if you know you need your photo to be 500 pixels wide, you can type that into the “Width” field. It will automatically choose the height so that the image isn’t distorted.
If you want to choose width and height yourself, just uncheck the “Lock Aspect Ratio” box. Be careful, as this can make the photo quality worse when the ratio changes.
You can choose basic photo resizing and editing for free. If you want more options, you can upgrade to BeFunky premium for a fee. This will get you access to options like photo filters and effects, touch-ups, frames, text, and more.
Best for: Quick and simple photo resizing.
B.I.R.M.E
B.I.R.M.E. stands for “Batch Image Resizing Made Easy.” This bulk image resizer can help you resize several images at one time, instead of doing them one by one. You can also add a border to each photo. Just choose how many pixels thick you want it to be.
One of the best features of B.I.R.M.E. is that you can preview the photos before you’re done, so you know how they’ll look. This can make the editing process faster and easier.
Best for: Resizing multiple images at the same time.
Free Image & Photo Optimizer
This image resizer tool allows you to give the perfect size to your digital images. Created by Shopify, Free Image & Photo Optimizer lets you add your photos (maximum 6) by dragging them to the tool’s interface or uploading them from your device. Then you choose what dimensions you want to resize the images to. Options include Compact (1024*1024 pixels), Medium (2048*2048 pixels), and Large (4472*4472 pixels).
The tool is quite simple to use. There are no complex settings, and you can quickly resize the images in different dimensions. Whether you’re resizing for a social media update, a newsletter, or a product image for an ecommerce store, simple and fast image resizing makes things convenient.
Best for: Resizing images in different dimensions quickly.
Resize Now!
What We Like
- Basic and advanced settings.
- Resize the image to a size that fits a specific website.
- Resize by a custom pixel size.
What We Don’t Like
- No way to downsize while maintaining the aspect ratio.
- Can’t pick which format to save the image to.
Resize Now! is able to resize multiple images at once. You can also use it to rotate any of your pictures.
The basic settings let you choose a small, medium, or large size. The advanced options provide greater control, letting you alter the quality, choose specific pixel sizes, plus sharpen the pictures and/or make them black and white.
The download links to the resized photos appear off to the side, and they’re valid for 15 minutes before the images are destroyed from Resize Now!.
Simple Image Resizer
What We Like
- Very simple.
- Multiple resizing methods.
What We Don’t Like
- No advanced options.
- Can’t decouple X-Y axis resizing.
This website truly is a simple image resizer. Just upload a picture and choose specific dimensions you’d like the new one to be. You can instead adjust a slide bar to make the photo 20%, 50%, 80%, or any other percentage smaller.
Once you’ve resized the image with Simple Image Resizer, just right-click the download link to save it to your computer.
Conclusion:
There are many photo editing software available for Windows and Mac that allows you to resize pictures. Some of these software complies with basic image resizing requirements and goes a step further to allow users to create funny images from selected photos. On the other side, there are professional graphics tools that offer advanced functions such as color-adjustment, editing, photo retouching, text adding, and arrangement which can be used by beginners or professionals to meet everyday image editing needs.