# Stupid Q about changing size of pics saved on computer.
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-q-about-changing-size-of-pics-saved-on-computer/310914
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [July 3, 2005, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-q-about-changing-size-of-pics-saved-on-computer/310914 "2005-07-03T14:23:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Kitchen\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitchen_Wench)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2005, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-q-about-changing-size-of-pics-saved-on-computer/310914/1 "2005-07-03T14:23:53Z")
How the heck do I permanently change the size of the photo??? My cousin emailed a pic that was quite large. I had to use the “-” to view the entire image. I tried to “save as” and it’s still too big when I open it up.
Please help this computer illiterate Doper.
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### Author:  [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2005, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-q-about-changing-size-of-pics-saved-on-computer/310914/2 "2005-07-03T14:57:29Z")
Just about any image editing program will do it. I use Irfanview. It’s a great little program and it’s free.
[http://www.irfanview.com/](http://www.irfanview.com/)
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### Author:  [@Kitchen\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitchen_Wench)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2005, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-q-about-changing-size-of-pics-saved-on-computer/310914/3 "2005-07-03T14:58:11Z")
Nevermind… I finally figured it out. I feel like such a :wally
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### Author:  [@Kitchen\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitchen_Wench)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2005, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-q-about-changing-size-of-pics-saved-on-computer/310914/4 "2005-07-03T14:59:40Z")
Thanks for replying, **Reeder**.
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### Author:  [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2005, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-q-about-changing-size-of-pics-saved-on-computer/310914/5 "2005-07-03T15:00:40Z")
This kind of depends on what image viewing (/editing) software you have on your computer. I’ll give an answer with microsoft paint for windows XP, since that’s a good candidate.
Open up paint and load the pic. In the image menu, choose the stretch/skew command, and then enter a small percentage number for horizontal stretch and vertical stretch… say 30 (Use the same number for each or the picture’s aspect ratio will get distorted.)
Take a look at the results, undo and enter a different number if it seems too large or small. Then either save on top of the original picture file or use ‘save as’ to save the altered pic under a new name.
Hope that helps.
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### Author:  [@Kitchen\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitchen_Wench)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2005, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-q-about-changing-size-of-pics-saved-on-computer/310914/6 "2005-07-03T15:11:48Z")
Thanks, **chrisk**. I got a bit frustrated with it, so I posted a thread… And then I figured it out. sigh. But thanks for helping out!
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### Author:  [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2005, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-q-about-changing-size-of-pics-saved-on-computer/310914/7 "2005-07-03T15:17:43Z")
> [@Seeker74](#):
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> Thanks, **chrisk**. I got a bit frustrated with it, so I posted a thread… And then I figured it out. sigh. But thanks for helping out!
You’re welcome. It’s surprising just how much action you can miss on this board while composing even a quite short reply. 😉
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### Author:  [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2005, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-q-about-changing-size-of-pics-saved-on-computer/310914/8 "2005-07-03T21:06:39Z")
Open it in ie, it will autosize