If the photos are not yet saved in iPhoto, go to "Import" under "File. Once they have been successfully imported, they will display in the right-hand window of iPhoto. Export your photos.
Under "File" select "Export. Wait for a window to appear. The window will be entitled "Export Photos" and it is from here that you will be able to compress them. Select a size. You can select from the size options, but for most purposes, 40 to 60KB is convenient. To do this, select "Medium" under "Size. Select "Export. You can choose wherever you like, but for simplicity, it is best to save them to your desktop. Import the newly sized photos.
You can now go back to iPhoto, select "Import" again, and then choose your photos from the desktop. Method 2. Share your photo. At the bottom of the window in iPhoto, there is a share icon that looks like a square and an arrow. Click on this icon. Select "Email" from the menu that appears. Resize your photo. When you choose to email the photo, you will have the option of resizing the image. Select "Medium" under "Size.
Send the image. You can now send the image to yourself via email and then download the resized image from your email account. ColorSync Utility is one of those default Mac apps you might not even know exists. Its purpose is to help you finely control color profiles on your system.
But you can also use this hidden gem to resize images in a hurry. One point to note about using ColorSync Utility to resize an image: images resized in this way must maintain their aspect ratio.
To get started:. You can then click File from the menu bar and pick Save , Save As , or Export to save the resized image. If you want to resize an image on your Mac simply to attach it to an email, you can actually resize that image in the Mail app itself:.
While you can't resize an image in Mail to a specific size, if you only want to resize it so that it's smaller for the email message, then this is convenient. If you're using an older Mac that isn't compatible with the latest version of macOS, it's possible that you still have iPhoto.
So for you legacy Mac users, here's how to resize your images with iPhoto. In order to resize an image with iPhoto, that image must be in your iPhoto library.
If you use iPhoto to import your images from an iPhone or digital camera, then this is already done. If you're grabbing an image from the web, the best way to import it is by dragging the image into an iPhoto window.
Once you have the image in your library, you can export and resize it as you see fit. Resize by following these steps:. You can also choose the file type, compression quality, whether or not to strip location information, and set a prefix filename. If there is an issue with photo library, you can get the photos by recovering of iPhoto albums.
Once you are done with adding images to the library then you may proceed to resize the images. The application keeps a hold on the aspect ratio and avoids the uneven resizing of the photos. Here is how you can resize images using iPhoto:. Launch the iPhoto application and select the photo to resize.
You can choose the file type and compression quality along with the resizing of images with iPhoto. It also allows you to create a prefix for a series of images. If it is required the bulk of images are there that you want to process.
You can resize the images using these applications and export into the desired location. The Preview and iPhoto applications are two of the most interactive and easy apps on your Mac for image resizing. Senior Editor, Content Analyst and a fan of exceptional customer service. John develops and publishes instructional and informational content regarding partition management, Windows hot-fixes, data management and computer troubleshooting.
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