Resize to passport scecifications in photoshop

A quick tutorial on how to precisely re-size a photo in photoshop to meet passport specifications.

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Howto & Style

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• re-size
• sizing
• photoshop
• cs3
• cs4
• cs5
• quick
• easy
• tutorial
• how-to

[faz7862]

How would i go about doing a single passport photo which im not going to print but upload through the internet?

[beetleate8]

@faz7862 You would need to know what 'pixel dimension' was required for the photo. You would then follow the cropping requirements, setting the width and height of the crop in pixels to match the specified 'pixel dimension'.

[nehemiahboaz]

Thank you. However, when I drag the image to the 38x50 window (in my case it is 2x2 inches), my photo size stays very small (instead of fitting the entire 2x2 window). What am I doing wrong? Thanks.

[beetleate8]

@nehemiahboaz Make sure that all of the files you are using are at the same resolution and you have that resolution set correctly when you are re-sizing by inches. A 600x600px image and a 144x144px image can both make a 2x2 in print but the 72 dpi file will be considerably smaller when dragged into the 300 dpi file. Hope that helps.

[MarchLikeTheMonth]

FYI the passport size requirements have changed. it is now a 2x2 image