Paint Brush

Paint is a feature in Windows 7 or 10 that you can use to create drawings on a blank drawing area or in existing pictures. Many of the tools you use in Paint are found in the Ribbon, which is near the top of the Paint window. The following illustration shows the Ribbon and other parts of Paint.

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• Paint: Click the Start button . In the search box, type Paint, and then, in the list of results, click Paint.

Crop a Picture by using paint

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1. Click the Paint button , click Open, click the picture you want to crop, and then click Open.
2. On the Home tab, in the Image group, click Select.
3. Click and drag to select the element you want to keep in the picture, and then click Crop.
4. Click the Paint button , point to Save as, and then click the picture file type for the cropped picture.
5. Type a new file name in the File name box, and then click Save.

To resize a picture using Paint

1. Click the Paint button , click Open, click the picture you want to resize, and then click Open.

2. On the Home tab, in the Image group, click Resize.

3. In the Resize and Skew dialog box, select the Maintain aspect ratio check box so that the resized picture will have the same aspect ratio as the original picture.

   If the Maintain aspect ratio check box is selected, you only need to enter the horizontal value (width) or vertical value (height). The other box in the Resize area is updated automatically.

4. Do one of the following in the Resize area, and then click OK:

   • To resize your picture by a certain percentage, click Percentage, and then enter a percentage to reduce the width by in the Horizontal box or a percentage to reduce the height by in the Vertical box.

   • To resize the picture so it's a specific size, click Pixels, and then enter a new width in the Horizontal box or new height in the Vertical box.

5. Click the Paint button , point to Save as, and then click the picture file type for the resized image.

6. Type a new file name in the File name box, and then click Save.