Microsoft Paint is a very easy program to use and available to all if you’re a Windows user without the need for an internet connection, and will thus be used in this tutorial. You can use any program you prefer and there are free online tools available. Graphic design software is rather expensive and if you can resize images without Photoshop, why not? This quick tutorial will show you how to resize images without Photoshop In this tutorial I will explain how you can make an image smaller than 2MB without affecting the quality of the image at all. When using WordPress it will not allow you to upload images larger than 2MB. Also when you click on ‘Details’ on the properties menu screen you will see the dimensions (width and height) are high. You need images to be less than 2 MB to use on your website. Firstly, if the image was taken with a high quality camera phone or SLR you will notice that the image is physically large, maybe10MB(Megabytes) or more. When you right click with the mouse on an image and then click on properties you will see the properties menu open up. So to re-size an image means that you will have to use less pixels per inch or centimeter while still maintaining the best quality of the image.

This refers to the pixel density instead of the actual ‘length or breadth’ of the image. I want to show you how to resize images without Photoshop as larger images will slow downloading speed and affect your visitors’ experience. Resize images quick and easy to upload to your website

How to change image size in illustrator