How do i resize a picture without distortion

Everytime i try to resize(smaller) a picture it becomes distorted. Is there a way to avoid distortion.

Thanks

It depends. You can't make a 1600x1200 image into a 400x300 image without it looking distorted.
What size is the source image, and what size are you trying to scale it down to?

[QUOTE=Galaphile]You can't make a 1600x1200 image into a 400x300 image without it looking distorted.
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I think you can, or atleast I know I can.
There might be away to change the way that pshop resizes from bicubic to smart resize, look at prefs or at teh resize screen.

Well it's possible, but it will lose quality and maybe look distorted. Like MCL said, did you change the way photoshop resizes it in the 'Image Size' dialogue? I know you can change the option there.

Constrain the transform box with the Shift button - or add dimensions into the context sensitive tool bar at the top, obviously any deviation from original proportions without constraining will result in distortion.