Resizing images without losing quality

[danbottomburp]

So i have various pictures i want to put together to make a banner for youtube,some images need to be resized smaller,right now i have tried dragging the corners but cannot get them the way i want without losing quality.

What is right sequence for achieving this , i also would like to know what key i hold down but vertical and horizontal changed without losing the aspect ratio or quality

 

Many thanks 

 

Daniel 

[Rick G]

If you drag in or out by the corners, it scales. If you hold shift while doing this it scales from the center. - if you hold ALT it will scale to the opposite corner. The handles on the sides will change the pictures dimensions. Control Alt and Shift also have similar effects on the side handles; just play with it a bit

 

You can resize all your images before you start with the FILE / NEW BATCH command. You can also make a new document for your banner in the exact dimensions and use the FILE / PLACE menu option to exactly put the images where you want them. A Facebook cover is 850 X 315 for example. Make a new document to size and try the Place command

[Alfred]

5 minutes ago, Rick G said:

If you hold shift while doing this it scales from the center.

 

Holding down Shift overrides the ‘Maintain Aspect Ratio’ setting in Preferences. You need to hold down Ctrl (or Cmd on a Mac) to scale from the centre.

[Rick G]

2 minutes ago, Alfred said:

 

Holding down Shift overrides the ‘Maintain Aspect Ratio’ setting in Preferences. You need to hold down Ctrl (or Cmd on a Mac) to scale from the centre.

Oops Thanks for the correction

[Alfred]

10 minutes ago, Rick G said:

A Facebook cover is 850 X 315 for example.

 

The correct size for a Facebook Timeline cover photo is 851 by 315 pixels.

[Rick G]

1 minute ago, Alfred said:

 

The correct size for a Facebook Timeline cover photo is 851 by 315 pixels.

Really? Of course that is correct

[Alfred]

1 minute ago, Rick G said:

Really? Of course that is correct

 

Just trying to keep you on your toes!

 

[4Lakes]

Alternatively, at the top click "Document", on flyout menu choose Resize Document (or just use keyboard Ctrl+Alt+I). You will now have choices of exact size to resize to (lock or unlock the aspect ratio), units of the enlargement (pixels, inches etc.), DPI, and Resampling method. The last is important to best preserve quality if enlarging the image.

If doing many images, Rick G's suggestion of a batch file is a good one.

[R C-R]

On 4/23/2018 at 10:12 AM, Alfred said:

The correct size for a Facebook Timeline cover photo is 851 by 315 pixels.

Considering all the problems Facebook & Mark Zuckerberg are having, the correct size is zero, along with canceling one's FB account. 

[Alfred]

2 minutes ago, R C-R said:

Considering all the problems Facebook & Mark Zuckerberg are having, the correct size is zero, along with canceling one's FB account. 

 

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