How to resize images on Windows 10 with PowerToys
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Sometimes you have a photo that’s too large for an email attachment or where you’d like to use it. While you can export images into smaller sizes using many editors, Microsoft’s PowerToys has a simple tool that lets you resize images in bulk that integrates directly with the File Explorer. With just a few clicks, you can resize images to a set of preset sizes or any custom size that you’d like. There are also encoding options and several other options you can select to create images. PowerToys is currently in beta, but it has a collection of handy little tools that make managing images easier.
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Getting PowerToys
PowerToys is currently in beta and distributed in GitHub. To get PowerToys, you just need to go to the app’s releases page and download the latest version.
PowerToys is now running on your PC. If you opted to have it launch at startup, it would run in the background on your PC, and you don’t have to think about it.
How to resize images
Once PowerToys is running on your PC, you can use it within the File Explorer.
At the bottom of the Image Resizer, there are options to “Make pictures smaller but not larger,” “Resize the original picture (don’t create copies),” and “Ignore the orientation of pictures.” You can choose to turn each option on or off by checking or unchecking its corresponding box. If you clickSettingsat the bottom of the Image Resizer, you can also change the default sizes, change your encoding preference, and change naming parameters. The Image Resizer within PowerToys is very minimal, so there aren’t a lot of options or sections to dig through.
Tools that make life just a bit easier
PowerToys has a growing set of useful tools, including file resizer, that makes it easy to resize files in bulk.
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