Now back to the other controls. Uncheck the FILE SIZE button at the bottom if it is checked. Check the PROPORTIONS button if it is not checked. Click the down arrows next to width and height and click on pixels for both of them. This is kind of a judgement call but pixels relates much better to viewing a picture on a monitor than inches or the other choices do. Now you will see the width and height information expressed in pixels at the top. A picture that is 320 pixels wide by 240 pixels high takes up about 25 percent of the viewable space of a monitor set at 640 X 480. So that is a good size picture. The picture on this page is 374 X 282 and you can see it is taking up quite a lot of space if viewed in 640 X 480 resolution.

I find it easiest to resize an image using a percentage value, but you can try whatever is best for you. Go back to the down arrows and choose PERCENTAGE for width and height, they will be at 100% for both. If you have a picture larger than 640 X 480 pixels you will probably want to get it below that. If it is 800 X 600 more or less, place the cursor to the left of the first character in the width box and click so it jumps there. Now using the delete button delete the 100 and change it to 75, the height with automatically adjust itself if you checked the PROPORTIONS button. Click OK. The image will be reduced to 600 X 450 pixels. Still a little large for my taste but you have to make the ultimate choice concerning your pictures. I like reducing a 640 X 480 pixel image by 25 percent for eBay use.( You set the percentage to 75 percent to reduce the image by 25 percent). It's a good balance between picture size/detail and the file size.