How_To_Crop_Photos.htm

Monday November 28th, 2016 6:34 AM

How To Crop Photos - Head Shots Made Easy

Objective:

Provide instructions to cull portrait photo from image file.

Conclusion:

Microsoft Paint is a standard application in Windows
that makes it easy to crop photos from image files such as JPEG (jpg) files.
Instructions on

launching paint,
opening image file,
cropping and
saving the head shot appear below.

Note: Take care not to overwrite the original image file when saving your new head shot image.

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How To Crop a Head Shot Image in Paint

Crop The Photo

The image is loaded into paint.exe ready to edit

Click On
Select Tool
Position Mouse above and left of target image.
Hold and drag left mouse button to select target image
Open Right Click Menu
Crop

Image after Cropping

Save the Cropped Image

Click On
Save As
JPEG picture
Save the file according to family portrait naming convention and location.

Save to File Using a Memorable File Name

Click On
c:\gystdoit\jpg	Save the file to family portrait folder
Rachel_Gaffey_103-20_baby.jpg	Name the file according to family portrait naming convention First_Last_IND-ID_description.jpg

The easiest way to open an image file in Paint is through Windows Explorer right click menu

Click On	Load the Image File to Paint via Windows Explorer
Win Key + E	Open up Windows Explorer using the shortcut keys press Windows Key and E
C:\gystdoit\jpg\	Navigate to folder with image file. This example uses folder name C:\gystdoit\jpg\
Rachel_Gaffey_and_Virginia_Dunn.jpg	Find the image filename of interest Note: You may find it easier to find file if you first sort the list by filename Click on Name (column header in Right Pane) This sorts file list into alphabetical order Alternatively you can sort list by date by clicking on Date column header
Right Click on the image filename	Our example below uses image file Rachel_Gaffey_and_Virginia_Dunn.jpg Right clicking on the file name opens the context menu where you will select the Open With option
Open With
Paint

Click On	Starting Windows Paint Application
Start Button	As an alternative to loading an image file through Windows Explorer you can launch Paint then open the file using Paint Menu accessible through the Paint main menu
All Programs
Accessories
Paint

Click On	Load the Image File thru Paint Menu
Paint Main Menu Icon	See the area highlighted in top photo above 3. Save As
Open	The Paint Open option launches a Windows Explorer type navigation pane.
Navigate to image file of interest	Find the the image file that contains the head shot you want.
Open button	Opens the selected image file in the Windows Paint editor.

SOURCE
URL:	John Gaffey,
email:	coonrodkid69@gmail.com
Date Acquired:	Monday November 28th, 2016 8:08 AM
Prepared By:	John Gaffey
Last Updated:	Monday November 28th, 2016 8:08 AM