Slimdown 4% in 4 Seconds (PS/PSE trick)

Published: Tue, 07/04/17

July 4, 2017 | Digital Scrapper News | Volume 15 Issue 27

Hi ,

Could you stand to shed a few pounds?

There are lots of ways in Photoshop Elements to reduce the appearance of body bulge. Coming from a family of cute and chubby women, I’ve personally used just about all of them.

But if you’re looking for an all-over slimdown, here’s one quick and easy solution.

Open an image (File > Open).
In the Menu Bar, choose Image > Resize > Image Size. (PS: Choose Image > Image Size.)
In the dialog box, check Resample Image. (PS: Check Resample.)
Uncheck Constrain Proportions or click on the link icon to deactivate the Constrain option.
Set the Width Units to Percent. In older versions, you will get the same results when changing the Pixel Dimensions or the Document Size.
Set the Width to 96 (a 4% reduction). Click OK.
Save the image with a unique name and close the original without saving.

Note: The dialog box above will appear differently depending on your software version. The options, however, should be the same for every version.

Whew! I’m feeling a little lighter already.

Caution: A slimdown of 4% doesn’t seem like much, but that’s the idea. You don’t want the image to look like you’ve squeezed it. Because, that’s just creepy.

Have a great week. See you in the galleries.