# Resizing images **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [April 2, 2021, 1:14pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/resizing-images/8932 "2021-04-02T13:14:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![harrylang100](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b38774/32.png) [@harrylang100](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/harrylang100)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 1:14pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/resizing-images/8932/1 "2021-04-02T13:14:23Z")
Hello. Often, when I insert images onto cards, I find that they are not the idea size, so I resize them. In the past, I used the add-on [Resize images in editor](https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1103084694), which I really liked. I could resize an image just by dragging an edge. However, this add-on does not work as of version 2.1.41. The author has said [on the add-on’s GitHub page](https://github.com/Arthur-Milchior/anki-resize-image/issues/37) that recent changes to Anki have made it complex to get the add-on working, so he may not be able to do it. As a work-around, I have been using the [Image Style Editor add-on](https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1593969147). However, this is not ideal. Resizing an image requires several clicks and typing a number. Would it be possible for the ability to resize images by clicking & dragging to be incorporated into Anki? ---
**Author:** ![hengiesel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/hengiesel/32/920_2.png) [@hengiesel](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/hengiesel)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 1:24pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/resizing-images/8932/2 "2021-04-02T13:24:32Z")
I fully agree that this should land natively in Anki. I’ve been meaning to implement this, and it’s on my list (together with a couple other things). ---
**Author:** ![harrylang100](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b38774/32.png) [@harrylang100](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/harrylang100)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 1:54pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/resizing-images/8932/3 "2021-04-02T13:54:21Z")
Great, thank you 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2021, 11:27am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/resizing-images/8932/4 "2021-04-03T11:27:12Z")
Could you help me understand why specifying a cap on maximum width/height for all images is not sufficient? The idea behind card templates is you define the general style you want so you don’t need to mess with it for each card. ---
**Author:** ![harrylang100](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b38774/32.png) [@harrylang100](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/harrylang100)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2021, 2:15pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/resizing-images/8932/5 "2021-04-03T14:15:55Z")
Hi Damien, thanks for the reply. And thanks for your work on Anki, I really like the recent improvements. My answer is, the ideal size for the image often depends on what the image is. In example 1, the image on the front needs to be fairly small (or it would look silly), and the image on the back needs to be large (so you can read the text). I often resize images with text in, so the font is the right size (as in example 2). But it’s a different amount of resizing, depending on the image itself. _1_ ![342 - 15_08_07](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/2X/7/76dc45e46475012113cac610813fd19362132848.jpeg) _2_ ![343 - 15_09_46](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/2X/3/3eccc849e821b06f9c4e575a9a378cfd352624d6.png) Does that make sense? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 12:00pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/resizing-images/8932/6 "2021-04-06T12:00:50Z")
Thanks, appreciate you taking the time to elaborate. ---
**Author:** ![bortex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f04885/32.png) [@bortex](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/bortex)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2021, 4:03pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/resizing-images/8932/7 "2021-05-08T16:03:12Z")
For me, this is also essential. One of the best Anki add-ons as it saves a lot of time. You don’t need to worry about the size of your image, you just need to paste it, drag it until you get the ideal size and voila, ready in 3 seconds. ---
**Author:** ![harrylang100](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b38774/32.png) [@harrylang100](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/harrylang100)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2021, 6:23pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/resizing-images/8932/8 "2021-05-08T18:23:16Z")
Agreed. @Hengiesel, is there any update about this? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![hengiesel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/hengiesel/32/920_2.png) [@hengiesel](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/hengiesel)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2021, 10:10pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/resizing-images/8932/9 "2021-05-08T22:10:59Z")
I have not yet started implementing it, but it is quite far up in the priority list. I’ll let you know here, once we have something to show for 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![bean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@bean](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/bean)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2021, 5:57am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/resizing-images/8932/10 "2021-06-24T05:57:21Z")
It could cut down server costs if the image resizer optimizes the img, similar to imgr bot on github. Just an idea. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 5:00am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/resizing-images/8932/12 "2023-05-01T05:00:47Z")