When I first read that - I thought it meant to take an 8 x 10 and shrink it to a 5 x 7.

I still think it means that.

However - I have also - finally - learned that "reducing" can also mean "removing" little dots or pixels - so that the picture is "less dense" - and has less clarity/detail.

At least, that's what I think it means.

Ah...and here I thought you were gonna tell me how I could reduce my size in pictures. LOL

Maybe PhotoShop or airbrushing? But I have no idea of how to do either one.

I have had success resizing pictures using www.picresize.com , Anita. It is free and easy to use. Hope this helps.

This is my resizing place:
https://www.reduceimages.com/

It's limited but free and doesn't set off my virus protections.

In computer terms to resize means to reduce or enlarge file size not physical size. Most programs used for viewing, storing and manipulating photos includes an option to resize (aka change file size) a picture. In many programs it requires you to do a "save as" to save the resized photo. For sharing pics on line a smaller file size does indeed mean less pixels and it does not reduce the clarity of the photo. High pixel count is really only necessary for printing photos in commercial applications like magazines. Most digital cameras have setting options to default all pics to a certain file size. If you reset your camera's settings there is no need to resize the photo for on line sharing.

When I export a photo for sharing I use different sizes (my computer has several) (med for this board) lge for Facebook and so on. I export to the desktop first.