Pixelate an Image, Change Its Resolution to Highest or Lowest

The Internet is flooded with hundreds of apps to edit your photos, each with its own unique feature set and limitations. This tutorial is an attempt to help you get started with some of the prominent apps to pixelate your images and change their resolutions. As you adapt to new strategies and get proficient with multiple applications, you can maximize your photo editing goals. Let’s begin.

A. Pixelate Your Image Using Adobe Photoshop (Desktop Application)

1. Open Adobe Photoshop.
2. Click on File > Open.
3. Locate the image you want to pixelate.
4. Click on the Filter menu, and select Convert for Smart Filters. This will turn your image into a smart object.
5. If you want, you can also add, remove or alter smart filters or make them invisible.
6. You can also change the level of pixelation of your image by simply moving the slider in the Preview window to the right or left. By moving it to the right, you’re increasing the pixelation level. By moving it to the left, you’re decreasing it.
7. Since the default preview is in the thumbnail format, you can use the zoom tools to see how your pixelation will actually look.

B. Changing Image Resolution

Method 1: Using Adobe Express (Web App)

Adobe Express is a Web-based free image resizer that lets you change the image resolution and image scale level. Adobe Express comes with a wide variety of image resolutions to choose from, depending on where you want to use your image. If you want to specify an image resolution of your own choice, you’re also covered.

1. Visit the Adobe Express website.
2. Click on Browse on your device to manually locate and select the image from your computer. Or, you can simply drag it over the drop area to upload it.
3. Choose an automated image resolution by selecting the website/ service where you want to use your image (for example, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, etc.). If you want to specify resolution manually, select the Custom option.
4. Optional: You can also move the Image scale slider to adjust the scaling of your image.
5. Click Download to start downloading your image.

Method 2: Using CorelDraw Graphics Suite (Desktop Application)

CorelDraw is considered one of the alternatives of Adobe Photoshop. It is a powerful image manipulation software used by professional graphics designers, vector image illustrators and those who deal with typography tools. You can use CorelDraw to change the resolution of your image.

1. Open CorelDraw.
2. Click on File > Open.
3. Locate the image for which you want to change the resolution.
4. Click on Image > Resample.
5. In the new dialog, you can not only change the image resolution but also change the aspect ratio, alter the vertical and horizontal measurements of your image, and disable anti-aliasing.
6. Specify the Height and Width in Inches. If you want to specify them in any other unit, select the relevant option instead of Inches.
7. To set image aspect ratio, enter the appropriate values in the Percentage Height and Width boxes.
8. Click on OK.

Bonus Tip: Delete Duplicate Images of Highest/ Lowest Resolutions

Using a third-party tool called PictureEcho, you can find duplicate photos at lightning speed and then take action on duplicate versions of your choice.

When you run a duplicate scan using PictureEcho, the program identifies duplicates on your PC and shows results in the form of thumbnails. Your photos are grouped into different groups based on the similarity. Since the duplicate result may contain hundreds of files, automated selection patterns are provided for simplification.

You can retain images by their resolution. For example: You may choose theRetain the highest resolution image in each group option to automatically un-mark images with higher resolution and mark images with lower resolution. All the marked images will be selected for deletion, and any unmarked images will be kept unchanged. Similarly, Retain the lowest resolution image in each group automatically un-marks images with lowest resolution and marks those with higher resolution for deletion.

Other Features of PictureEcho

• PictureEcho provides two scan modes: Exact Match and Similar Match.
• Exact Match compares your images for 100% accuracy. The scan results will deliver only those files that are fully identical in nature. Similar Match, on the contrary, will perform a deep analysis to find images that are nearly identical in nature. This has the potential to bring a maximum number of duplicate files. You can further customize the Similarity threshold by moving the slider to the right or left.
• Cloud Scan: Your purchase of PictureEcho comes with a free subscription to Cloud Duplicate Finder. Using Cloud Duplicate Finder, you can find duplicate photos on your cloud platforms such as OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox, Box Cloud, Amazon S3, etc. without downloading a single file to your PC. Not only does this save your time, but also your Internet bandwidth.
• Lightroom Classic and Lightroom CC Scans: If you’re a photographer, you may probably have Adobe Lightroom installed on your computer. You can use PictureEcho to automatically find dupes and optimize the size and speed of your Lightroom database.
• Image Organizer: Using this feature, you can re-organize your images into a directory-structure of your choice based on their creation/ modification year, month, date, etc.
• Clear Empty Folders: Using this feature, you can get rid of unwanted empty folders on your PC.