diff --git a/.github/workflows/enforce-image-size.yml b/.github/workflows/enforce-image-size.yml
index 0dfd662a..d4d832a0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/enforce-image-size.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/enforce-image-size.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ on:
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
-  pull-requests: write
 
 jobs:
   check-images:
@@ -23,7 +22,6 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get install -y ffmpeg
 
       - name: Detect oversized images (>1280px)
-        id: scan
         shell: bash
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
@@ -36,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
               '*.png' '*.jpg' '*.jpeg' '*.PNG' '*.JPG' '*.JPEG' || true
           )
 
-          oversized=""
+          bad=0
           for f in "${files[@]}"; do
             [[ -f "$f" ]] || continue
 
@@ -53,74 +51,23 @@ jobs:
             h="${dims#*x}"
 
             if [[ "$w" -gt "$MAX" || "$h" -gt "$MAX" ]]; then
-              oversized+="${f} (${w}x${h})\n"
+              echo "::error file=$f::${f} is ${w}x${h}. Max allowed is ${MAX}px (either dimension)."
+              bad=1
             fi
           done
 
-          if [[ -n "$oversized" ]]; then
-            {
-              echo "oversized<<EOF"
-              echo -e "$oversized"
-              echo "EOF"
-            } >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-            echo "has_oversized=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          else
-            echo "has_oversized=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          if [[ "$bad" -eq 1 ]]; then
+            echo ""
+            echo "One or more images exceed ${MAX}px."
+            echo "Please fix this locally in your fork."
+            echo ""
+            echo "Note: this script requires 'ffmpeg' to be installed on your system."
+            echo "  macOS (Homebrew): brew install ffmpeg"
+            echo "  Ubuntu/Debian:    sudo apt-get install ffmpeg"
+            echo ""
+            echo "From the root directory of your workshop (not the repo root!), run:"
+            echo "  ../_imgscript/resize-image.sh"
+            echo ""
+            echo "The script will only resize images whose width or height is greater than ${MAX}px."
+            exit 1
           fi
-
-      - name: Comment on PR with fix instructions
-        if: steps.scan.outputs.has_oversized == 'true'
-        uses: actions/github-script@v7
-        with:
-          script: |
-            const marker = "<!-- image-size-check -->";
-            const max = 1280;
-            const oversized = `${{ steps.scan.outputs.oversized }}`.trim();
-
-            const body =
-              `${marker}\n` +
-              `👋 Thanks for the PR! Some images exceed **${max}px** (width or height).\n\n` +
-              `**Oversized images:**\n` +
-              "```\n" + oversized + "\n```\n\n" +
-              `**How to fix (in your fork):**\n` +
-              "```bash\n" +
-              "chmod +x scripts/resize-images.sh\n" +
-              "./scripts/resize-images.sh\n" +
-              "git commit -am \"Resize images to ${max}px max\"\n" +
-              "git push\n" +
-              "```\n\n" +
-              "Once pushed, this check will pass automatically. 👍";
-
-            const { owner, repo } = context.repo;
-            const issue_number = context.payload.pull_request.number;
-
-            const comments = await github.paginate(
-              github.rest.issues.listComments,
-              { owner, repo, issue_number, per_page: 100 }
-            );
-
-            const existing = comments.find(
-              c => c.user?.type === "Bot" && c.body?.includes(marker)
-            );
-
-            if (existing) {
-              await github.rest.issues.updateComment({
-                owner,
-                repo,
-                comment_id: existing.id,
-                body
-              });
-            } else {
-              await github.rest.issues.createComment({
-                owner,
-                repo,
-                issue_number,
-                body
-              });
-            }
-
-      - name: Fail if oversized images found
-        if: steps.scan.outputs.has_oversized == 'true'
-        run: |
-          echo "Oversized images detected. See PR comment for instructions."
-          exit 1
diff --git a/_imgscript/resize-image.sh b/_imgscript/resize-image.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..a835825e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_imgscript/resize-image.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+MAX=1280
+
+# Recursively find images (exclude .git just to be safe)
+find . \
+  -type f \
+  \( -iname "*.png" -o -iname "*.jpg" -o -iname "*.jpeg" \) \
+  -not -path "./.git/*" \
+  -print0 |
+while IFS= read -r -d '' f; do
+  [[ -f "$f" ]] || continue
+
+  # Read dimensions safely (single-line output: WxH)
+  dims="$(ffprobe -v error -select_streams v:0 \
+    -show_entries stream=width,height \
+    -of csv=p=0:s=x "$f" || true)"
+
+  if [[ -z "$dims" ]]; then
+    echo "Skipping (ffprobe failed): $f"
+    continue
+  fi
+
+  w="${dims%x*}"
+  h="${dims#*x}"
+
+  # Skip if already within bounds (no re-encode)
+  if [[ "$w" -le "$MAX" && "$h" -le "$MAX" ]]; then
+    echo "Skipping (already <= ${MAX}px): $f (${w}x${h})"
+    continue
+  fi
+
+  ext="${f##*.}"
+  base="${f%.*}"
+  ext_lc="$(printf '%s' "$ext" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')"
+  tmp="${base}.tmp.${ext_lc}"
+
+  echo "Resizing: $f (${w}x${h} → max ${MAX}px)"
+
+  ffmpeg -loglevel error -nostdin -i "$f" \
+    -vf "scale='min(iw,${MAX})':'min(ih,${MAX})':force_original_aspect_ratio=decrease" \
+    -y "$tmp" || {
+      echo "Failed on: $f" >&2
+      rm -f "$tmp"
+      continue
+    }
+
+  mv -f "$tmp" "$f"
+done
diff --git a/scripts/img-resize/resize-recur.sh b/scripts/img-resize/resize-recur.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 18364bc8..00000000
--- a/scripts/img-resize/resize-recur.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# run this script in the root directopry of a workshop to recursivley resize all larger images to max 1920px
-# you need to have ffmpeg installed. Should work on Linux and Mac
-
-find . -type f \( -iname "*.png" -o -iname "*.jpg" -o -iname "*.jpeg" \) -print0 |
-while IFS= read -r -d '' f; do
-  ext="${f##*.}"
-  base="${f%.*}"
-  ext_lc="$(printf '%s' "$ext" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')"
-  tmp="${base}.tmp.${ext_lc}"
-
-  echo "Resizing: $f"
-  ffmpeg -loglevel error -nostdin -i "$f" \
-    -vf "scale='min(iw,1920)':'min(ih,1920)':force_original_aspect_ratio=decrease" \
-    -y "$tmp" || {
-      echo "Failed on: $f" >&2
-      continue
-    }
-
-  mv -f "$tmp" "$f"
-done
-
diff --git a/scripts/resize-image.sh b/scripts/resize-image.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 99c20d70..00000000
--- a/scripts/resize-image.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -euo pipefail
-
-MAX=1280
-
-find . -type f \( -iname "*.png" -o -iname "*.jpg" -o -iname "*.jpeg" \) -print0 |
-while IFS= read -r -d '' f; do
-  [[ -f "$f" ]] || continue
-
-  # Read dimensions
-  read -r w h < <(
-    ffprobe -v error -select_streams v:0 -show_entries stream=width,height \
-      -of default=noprint_wrappers=1:nokey=1 "$f" | tr '\n' ' '
-  )
-
-  # Skip if already within bounds (no re-encode)
-  if [[ "${w:-0}" -le "${MAX}" && "${h:-0}" -le "${MAX}" ]]; then
-    echo "Skipping (already <= ${MAX}px): $f (${w}x${h})"
-    continue
-  fi
-
-  ext="${f##*.}"
-  base="${f%.*}"
-  ext_lc="$(printf '%s' "$ext" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')"
-  tmp="${base}.tmp.${ext_lc}"
-
-  echo "Resizing: $f (${w}x${h} -> max ${MAX}px)"
-
-  ffmpeg -loglevel error -nostdin -i "$f" \
-    -vf "scale='min(iw,${MAX})':'min(ih,${MAX})':force_original_aspect_ratio=decrease" \
-    -y "$tmp" || { echo "Failed on: $f" >&2; rm -f "$tmp"; continue; }
-
-  mv -f "$tmp" "$f"
-done
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