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Plain-language guides to image sizes, formats and file weights. Learn how resizing works, how to avoid stretched images, and how to pick the right format — then put it into practice with the free, browser-based resizer.

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Basics

What Is Image Resizing?

Pixels, dimensions and what really happens when an image changes size. A jargon-free starting point if you are new to working with digital images.

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Formats

JPG vs PNG vs WebP

Which format should you export to? Compare compression, transparency, quality and file size across the three formats that matter on the web.

Compare formats

How-to

Resize Without Distortion

Stretched or squashed images usually come from a broken aspect ratio. Learn the simple formula — and the tool settings — that keep proportions correct.

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Optimization

Resizing vs Compression

Resizing changes pixel dimensions; compression changes how pixels are stored. Understand both and you can make any image dramatically lighter.

Learn the difference

Put the guides into practice

Open the free browser-based resizer, drop in an image, and apply what you have learned — no uploads, no sign-up, no watermarks.

Open the Image Resizer