Author Topic: How to crop pictures in Microsoft paint. (Read 3113 times)

Dexterhunter · « **on:** May 17, 2009, 08:00:34 PM »

Step 1: Open Microsoft paint, and click the File button. Then click the Open button. (Or just press Ctrl+O once you open up Microsoft paint)

Step 2: Find your desired image, and double click it to open it.

Step 3: Click the "crop" button (in red circle), and highlight the part of the image you want.

The rest of the tutorial is down till I decent to update it.

Flying_Chao · « **Reply #1 on:** May 17, 2009, 08:33:34 PM »

You should tell them to click "Save As" and choose something other than a bmp.

roboman2444 · « **Reply #2 on:** May 17, 2009, 08:57:49 PM »

also gimp or photoshop is an easier program to do this

Hydro · « **Reply #3 on:** May 17, 2009, 09:00:40 PM »

^^ what the

? ms paint is the bottom line easy cropping program. that and most people have it pre-installed.

RedSawn · « **Reply #4 on:** May 18, 2009, 02:44:29 AM »

Quote from: Hydro;39422

^^ what the ? ms paint is the bottom line easy cropping program. that and most people have it pre-installed.

In Photoshop you can have more complicated cutting areas easily.

Also the magic wand.

And I've had a lot of times in Paint where I couldn't continue a crop because the picture was too big for the screen.

Naryar · « **Reply #5 on:** May 18, 2009, 03:39:21 AM »

Paint is so much easier to use... and enough for RA2 screenshots.

I personally do it like you, but at Step 3 i cut the highlighted part (Ctrl X), then open a new document (generally the dimensions are really small), paste the part in it (dimensions grow to the highlighted part's ones), then save it as a png.

somestrangeguy · « **Reply #6 on:** May 18, 2009, 04:17:33 AM »

Quote from: Naryar;39437

Paint is so much easier to use... and enough for RA2 screenshots.

I personally do it like you, but at Step 3 i cut the highlighted part (Ctrl X), then open a new document (generally the dimensions are really small), paste the part in it (dimensions grow to the highlighted part's ones), then save it as a png.

This is exactly how I do it too, I do have Gimp, but it takes so long to load that I only use it if I need to crop like 10 pictures, since it and all other more advanced editing programs have the crop tool. Just select the area you want with it and press enter and the picture is cropped.

System32 · « **Reply #7 on:** May 18, 2009, 11:15:46 AM »

Quote from: roboman2444;39419

also gimp or photoshop is an easier program to do this

Yes, we open a toolbar to open a toolbar to open ANOTHER toolbar to get a preview to open a toolbar.......

roboman2444 · « **Reply #8 on:** May 18, 2009, 03:14:16 PM »

not with mine
just click on the crop tool and crop it.

Sage · « **Reply #9 on:** May 18, 2009, 07:43:47 PM »

I highlight, then go to edit and hit "crop." No dragging needed.