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ImageResize
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    • Thumbnail
    • ImageRotate
    • ImageCrop
    • ImageTake
    • ImagePad
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    • ImageSize
    • ImagePyramid
    • ArrayResample
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      • ImageRotate
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ImageResize[image,width]

gives a resized version of image that is width pixels wide.

ImageResize[image,{size}]

gives a resized version of image with a maximum pixel width or height given by size.

ImageResize[image,{width,height}]

gives a resized version of image that has exactly the specified pixel width and height.

ImageResize[video,…]

gives a video in which every frame is resized.

ImageResize[image,{width,depth,height}]

gives a resized version of a 3D image with the specified dimensions.

Details and Options
Details and Options Details and Options
Examples  
Basic Examples  
Scope  
Data  
Parameters  
Options  
Padding  
Resampling  
Applications  
Properties & Relations  
Possible Issues  
Interactive Examples  
See Also
Tech Notes
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  • See Also
    • Thumbnail
    • ImageRotate
    • ImageCrop
    • ImageTake
    • ImagePad
    • ImageDimensions
    • ImageSize
    • ImagePyramid
    • ArrayResample
    • SpatialTransformationLayer
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    • Video Processing
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    • See Also
      • Thumbnail
      • ImageRotate
      • ImageCrop
      • ImageTake
      • ImagePad
      • ImageDimensions
      • ImageSize
      • ImagePyramid
      • ArrayResample
      • SpatialTransformationLayer
    • Related Guides
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      • 3D Images
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    • Tech Notes
      • Image Processing

ImageResize

ImageResize[image,width]

gives a resized version of image that is width pixels wide.

ImageResize[image,{size}]

gives a resized version of image with a maximum pixel width or height given by size.

ImageResize[image,{width,height}]

gives a resized version of image that has exactly the specified pixel width and height.

ImageResize[video,…]

gives a video in which every frame is resized.

ImageResize[image,{width,depth,height}]

gives a resized version of a 3D image with the specified dimensions.

Details and Options

  • Image resizing changes the pixel dimensions of an image. This is needed when enlarging an image for viewing purposes or creating thumbnails when previewing a collection of images. It is also used to conform collections of images into a common size when batch processing, training, etc.
  • ImageResize[image,w] and ImageResize[image,{s}] preserve the original aspect ratio of image.
  • Specifications for width, height and depth can be any of the following:
  • dd pixels
    {d}maximum d pixels
    Scaled[s]a multiple s of the original size
    Allpreserve the original dimension
    Automaticdetermine value from aspect ratio
    Tiny,Small,Medium,Largepredefined absolute sizes
  • ImageResize[image,w] is equivalent to ImageResize[image,{w,Automatic}].
  • ImageResize[image,{size}] is equivalent to ImageResize[image,{{size},{size}}].
  • To obtain an image with an aspect ratio r, use ImageResize[image,w{1,r}].
  • The following options can be given:
  • Padding "Reversed"padding method
    Resampling Automaticresampling method

Examples

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Basic Examples  (1)

Resize an image to be 100 pixels wide:

Scope  (5)

Data  (3)

Resize a grayscale image:

Resize frames of a video:

Resize a 3D image:

Parameters  (2)

Specify the width of the resulting image:

Resize by a factor of :

Use Automatic to explicitly preserve the aspect ratio of the image:

Resize an image to have the larger dimension no greater than 200 pixels:

Specify both width and height dimensions:

Resize in one dimension only:

Specify a named size:

Resize a 3D image:

Resize given the new width:

Resize given the new height:

Options  (4)

Padding  (3)

By default, "Reversed" padding is used:

Use constant padding:

When resampling method is set to "Nearest", all padding methods return the same result:

With constant padding, the padding value is converted to the color space of the target image:

Resampling  (1)

By default, "Lanczos" resampling method is used when resizing an image:

Use method "Nearest":

Applications  (3)

Create an image thumbnail:

Conform and classify a list of day and night images.

Here is an example set containing labeled images of day and night:

Calculate the average dimension of the example images:

Create the classifier:

Try this classifier on a few test images:

Get a list of images from the web and then conform them:

Conform dimensions of the list of images:

Conform while imposing an aspect ratio that averages over the images:

Properties & Relations  (4)

Resampling method "Nearest" is used when increasing the size of an image with only a few pixels:

Use "Linear" resampling:

Use ImageResize instead of Size argument in ImageTransformation:

Thumbnail is equivalent to ImageResize using size specification Small and "Fixed" padding:

Importing an image with given ImageSize is equivalent to resizing after Import:

Possible Issues  (2)

Downsizing with no interpolation will give poor results for thin objects:

Use first-order interpolation:

Reducing the size of an image with high-frequency content may result in a moire pattern:

Blur the image to reduce the moire effect:

Interactive Examples  (1)

Create a pan and zoom application while fixing the displayed image size:

See Also

Thumbnail  ImageRotate  ImageCrop  ImageTake  ImagePad  ImageDimensions  ImageSize  ImagePyramid  ArrayResample  SpatialTransformationLayer

Function Repository: ImageSuperResolution  ContentAwareImageResize

Tech Notes

    ▪
  • Image Processing

Related Guides

    ▪
  • Basic Image Manipulation
  • ▪
  • Video Editing
  • ▪
  • Video Computation: Update History
  • ▪
  • Image Processing & Analysis
  • ▪
  • Geometric Operations
  • ▪
  • Image Computation: Update History
  • ▪
  • 3D Images
  • ▪
  • Computational Photography
  • ▪
  • Video Processing

History

Introduced in 2008 (7.0) | Updated in 2014 (10.0) ▪ 2021 (13.0)

Wolfram Research (2008), ImageResize, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ImageResize.html (updated 2021).

Text

Wolfram Research (2008), ImageResize, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ImageResize.html (updated 2021).

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2008. "ImageResize." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2021. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ImageResize.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2008). ImageResize. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ImageResize.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_imageresize, author="Wolfram Research", title="{ImageResize}", year="2021", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ImageResize.html}", note=[Accessed: 01-December-2025]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_imageresize, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={ImageResize}, year={2021}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ImageResize.html}, note=[Accessed: 01-December-2025]}

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