{"id":57628,"date":"2022-06-01T17:56:08","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T17:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/faq\/quick-answer-how-to-resize-an-image-in-illustrator-without-distortion\/"},"modified":"2022-06-01T17:56:08","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T17:56:08","slug":"quick-answer-how-to-resize-an-image-in-illustrator-without-distortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/faq\/quick-answer-how-to-resize-an-image-in-illustrator-without-distortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick Answer: How to resize an image in illustrator without distortion?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Currently, if you want to resize<\/strong> an object (by clicking and dragging a corner) without distorting it, you need to hold down the shift key. I would like (at least the option) to have Illustrator maintain aspect ratio by default when resizing, and hold shift to distort.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n People ask also, how do I resize an image<\/strong> in proportionally in Illustrator<\/strong>? Hit Ctrl + A on PC or \u2318 + A to select all the art in your file. Look in the top bar or Transform window and you’ll see the width and height of your selection. link clicked, enter a new height or width dimension and hit enter which will then scale your image<\/strong> proportionally.<\/p>\n Amazingly, how do I resize<\/strong> an image without losing quality in Illustrator? <\/p>\n Also know, how do I resize an image without distorting it? <\/p>\n Furthermore, how do I resize<\/strong> in Illustrator<\/strong> without changing stroke? To keep stroke width constant, or change (along with other properties) in proportion to objects and text when resizing, go to Edit>Preferences>General \u2013 then check or uncheck \u201cScale Strokes and Effects\u201d.<\/p>\n To resize an image with Illustrator, grab the Selection Tool and click on your image to bring up the scaling handles in the corners of your image. Click and drag one of those handles to scale your image. You can hold Shift while scaling to lock the aspect ratio. Continue on for more detailed instructions.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n To save your Illustrator document as a 300 DPI PNG or JPG image, go to File>Export>Export As\u2026 and choose your preferred file format, that is JPG or PNG. In the options dialog box, click the resolution drop-down and select \u201cHigh (300ppi)\u201d. Then click ok. If you are saving as an Illustrator file as vector .<\/p>\n<\/p>\n If you want to reduce image size and save space without losing quality, there are two main tactics that you can use \u2013 resizing images and compressing them with lossless or non-aggressive lossy compression.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Resizing, especially enlarging, can create distortion or blurring of the photo.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Make sure the \u201cConstrain Width and Height Proportions\u201d button is activated. This makes sure when you scale your artwork, the dimensions remain proportionate. Enter your desired height, we will enter 70\u201d here, and press enter. Your artwork then scale proportionately so your artwork remains correct.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n In Illustrator, when you draw an object, apply a stroke, then scale that object up or down, you can control whether or not the stroke size gets scaled too, or stays the same. The way you control this feature is from the \u201cTransform\u201d palette (Window > Transform).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Select the object(s) to be rescaled. Double-click the Scale tool. The Scale dialog appears. Enter a value in the Scale area of the dialog to resize both height and width to a uniform percentage.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n You need to do View > Show bounding box. If you can’t get it to work, you can take the free transform tool. The icon you’re seeing is that of the Free Transform Tool and the anchor points appear as if the Bounding Box is not activated.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Currently, if you want to resize an object (by clicking and dragging a corner) without distorting it, you need to hold down the shift key. I would like (at least the option) to have Illustrator maintain aspect ratio by default when resizing, and hold shift to distort. People ask also, how do I resize an …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57628"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57628\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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