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Must resize photo to square from 1920x1080

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October 7, 2023
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I need to post a photo of 1920x1080 and be square. How do I make a square with those dimensions? Thank you.

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Correct answer Leslie Moak Murray

This gives the right pixel dimensions and the right size -- I am insufferably bad at this resizing and re- fitting -- I see what you have done and I do so appreciate your help. I will have to play with it for a bit. When I figure out what you have so beautifully laid out, and I can then do it, I will post! Bad eyes and old age don't help but I'll get there. Thank you again. 🙂

You are welcome! If there re any further questions, we're here.

-edit- By the way, if you want to scale it down further and end up with white edges, you can fill them with Content-Aware and other methods.

Leslie Moak Murray

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I have to do this all the time for Instagram posts. Can you post a screenshot? You will have to make some adjustments, as @D Fosse said. I often do leave some blank edges. But let's see the image.

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--pv--Author

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Thanks so much. The photo is for a NYTimes puzzle shot.

This is a lousy example as I was just playing with the dimensions. This is not the one I would be submitting but I am sure it will work just to get me to the point of being able to meet their requirements.

Leslie Moak Murray

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You're welcome! I think the best option is to go with the 1080x1080 square to svoid blank edges:

-File>new

-Enter 1080x1080px, 300dpi (or whatever it might be to match the original image)

-Drag the original image over to it

-Scale it down to taste

D Fosse

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Crop, leave blank edges - or squeeze.

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--pv--Author

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If I crop to 5x5, the dimensions are lost -- as in 1920x1080. I am assuming those are pixel dimensions which are required for decent resolution?? I start out with 3264 x 2448 hoping that would maintain the dimensions as required.

I am on PS elements 18 -- windows 11.

D Fosse

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You can either crop to 1080 x 1080 pixels, or expand to 1920 x 1920 pixels, leaving black borders top and bottom. Or you could uncheck "constrain proportions" and squeeze the whole thing into 1080 x 1080, distorting the image.

Those are the options. There are no other possibilities.

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