A screenshot - a screenshot - is most often taken to show to someone else. However, the snapshot taken using the Print Screen key contains a lot of unnecessary things. It is advisable to remove unnecessary areas from the screenshot, especially when the weight of the image file is important or some private information gets on the image. The easiest way to do this is using the standard Windows editor - it is called MS Paint.
It is necessary
Graphic editor MS Paint
Instructions
Step 1
Start the graphics editor. In the latest versions of Windows - 7 and Vista - just press the Win key, type pai and press Enter.
Step 2
Upload the screenshot to Paint. If it is already saved, just drag and drop the file into the application window. If the screenshot was taken using the Print Screen button and is still in the clipboard, use the paste operation - press the Ctrl + V key combination.
Step 3
Several functions of the graphics editor can be used to crop an image. If you need to reduce the height by cutting off the bottom part, or make it narrower by removing the vertical rectangle on the right, you can use the function of changing the image properties. To do this, click on the blue button at the upper left edge of the program window and select the "Properties" item from the menu. This command has shortcuts Ctrl + E - you can use them as well.
Step 4
In the image properties window, change the numbers in the Width and Height boxes. By default, these parameters are measured in points, but you can check the box "centimeters" - these units are more convenient if the screenshot is supposed to be printed. Click OK and the image will be resized.
Step 5
Another method allows you to more accurately select the area that should remain in the screenshot. This must be done using the selection tool. Expand the "Select" drop-down list on the "Home" tab in the menu and select the "Rectangular Region" item. Then, with the help of the mouse, select the area that should be left, and click on the "Trim" button - it is located in the menu to the right of the "Select" button. Paint will resize the picture according to the selection you specified.
Step 6
You can leave in the screenshot not a rectangular area, but an area of any shape. To do this, instead of the "Rectangular Region" item in the list of the "Select" button, select the "Freehand Region" item. Then use the mouse pointer to circle the desired area and click the "Delete" button. Paint will first erase everything that is left outside the border of the outlined area, and then resize the image to the new dimensions of the screenshot.
Step 7
Save the edited picture. The corresponding dialog is invoked by the Ctrl + S keyboard shortcut. If you opened a screenshot from a file, Paint will do without asking for the file name and the location to save it, but will simply overwrite the original file.
