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Cropping an Image using MS Paint |
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We have a graphic below that will eventually be scaled down to meet certain height and width constraints.  This image has too much background area which will result in the subject of the picture, in this case the dog, becoming smaller than desired when the photograph is scaled down. The best solution is to crop the unnecessary background area from the image using a graphic editing program. We have produced this guide to demonstrate how to crop an image using MS Paint, a common graphic editing application that comes installed on most windows PCs. Most graphic editors have a "crop" feature. MS Paint does not, and requires a few extra steps. Step 1. Selecting and "cutting" out what we want to keep.
The first step is selecting the part of the image we want to keep. Use the select tool which looks like
a square made of dotted lines. Click and drag with your mouse to make a selection. Once the selection is made, click edit and then cut as shown below. At the moment, the dog we just cut out of the image is saved in our computer's memory. As long as we don't use cut or copy again it will remain there until we're ready to use it. We will be pasting it back shortly. 
Step 2. Preparing to paste back onto a fresh surface.
Click the size grip on the bottom right hand corner of the image and drag in the direction shown below until the image surface has almost disappeared.
Step 3. Pasting our cropped image.
click edit and then paste as shown below.  We now have a graphic that will retain much more detail when scaled down.  |
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