Resize and Crop a Photo in Windows 7 Without Loosing Quality

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Resize and Crop a Photo in Windows 7 Without Loosing Quality

1. In the Pictures library, click a photo to select it. Click the triangle next to Preview and choose Paint from the menu.

Alternatively, you can open Paint from the Windows Photo Viewer. Choose Open→Paint to open the photo you’re previewing.

 

2. Click the File menu button to the left of Home and choose Save As.

The Save As dialog box opens. You can ignore the menu of file types, unless you know you want a particular file type.

 

3. Change the name in the File Name field to create a new copy of this picture. Click Save.

You’re now editing the new copy, so the original, unaltered file still exists under the original name. You may not need to do this for every photo, but saving a copy gives you some insurance against edits you can't fix.

4. To shrink the image, click Resize in the Image panel.

The Resize and Skew Dialog box appears.

 

5. In the Resize and Skew dialog box, enter a percentage less than 100 (without the percent sign) in the Horizontal field. Click OK.

If you're not happy with a change, you can undo each step by clicking the Undo button above the Home tab (or by pressing Ctrl+Z).

 

6. To crop, click Select in the Image panel above the photo. In the photo, click and drag a box over the area you want to keep and click Crop.

Everything outside this box will be deleted.

 

7. Click the Save button.

The newly cropped image is saved. However, if you decide you like the other one better, you can always go back to the original version of the image.