How to crop a photo in Paint?

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If you do not like the size of the existing photo or want to change the composition, the photo can be cropped. In this article, let's talk about how to crop a photo in Paint.

Paint is a multifunctional and very easy to manage photo and graphic editor, primarily designed to create drawings using a wide range of colors and tools.

Algorithm, as in Paint to crop the photo:

Open the program.
In the top pane of the Paint window, click Open Document and select the photo you want to crop from the files.
Click on the "Selection" tab and select the area you want to crop in the photo.
If the photo loses its color or contrast when cropping the element, you can correct it with the corresponding functions on the top panel of the Paint window
After you have completed the work with the photo,click the "Save As" button and select the folder in which you want to save the modified file. Name the file and save. If you select a photo element that you changed in the program, the screen does not display the whole picture, on the "Zoom" tab, select "Zoom out" so that the photo can be seen entirely.

You can also change the size of a picture or a photo by opening the image itself:

Select the photo you want, open it.
Right-click on the image and from the displayed functions select "Open with Paint".
Then proceed in the opened graphic editor according to the first algorithm

There are several photo editors, with which you can easily crop the photo, for more details about them, see How to crop an image.