An attentive computer user must have noticed that the image files have different extensions: BMP, GIF, JPG, etc. The latter format is most widely used, since most digital cameras create pictures in it.
When saving files to JPG, compression is mandatory, and the user can adjust its intensity. With this mechanism, you can easily select the required file size. However, too high a compression value leads to a significant loss in image quality. To solve this, you can crop the photo, removing all unnecessary and focusing on the most necessary. In fact, this operation is similar to the one when a person takes a paper photograph and scissors out a site of his choice.
With regard to the electronic image, this allows to reduce the file size, while maintaining the original quality.
Crop photo
The main task is to select an editor program that has this feature. Most often, when asked about how to crop a photo, it is recommended to use Photoshop. Indeed, the capabilities of this image manipulation program are more than sufficient, but there are simpler solutions. One of them is the Paint editor built into the Windows operating system.
How to use MS Paint
This solution is part of all systems from Microsoft, so there are no problems with the search - everything is always at hand. To start, you need to press the combination of buttons Win + R. As a result, the “Run” window appears, where in the corresponding line you can type the desired command. In this case, the file name is mspaint.
After starting the program, press Ctrl + O, use the explorer to specify the desired image file and crop the photo. You can run the program in another way. To do this, in the explorer on the desired file, click the right mouse button and select the “Change” command in the menu list that appears - MS Paint will start automatically. Comfortable enough. It remains only to choose the best method for you.
If the opened picture does not fit on the screen, then holding down the Ctrl button, you need to rotate the mouse wheel down (towards yourself). This will reduce the scale by fitting it to the screen resolution. By the way, it makes sense to open the main editor window on the entire desktop, which will greatly simplify the work with the program.
Next, crop the photo. To do this, click the "Select" button. Here you can select the operating modes. By the way, an arbitrary method is still automatically reduced to a rectangular one, so there is no special sense in using it. Thus, we indicate the selection of the rectangular region and crop the photo. The dotted line must be copied to the clipboard. To do this, press the right mouse button in it and select the “Copy” command. You can also use the standard combination Ctrl + C, but do not forget to press the left mouse button once in the selected area to indicate the desired area to the system.
After that, select "Create" in the program menu and press Shift + Insert. The copied area will be pasted into an empty template, all that remains is to save the file.
Although this method allows you to reduce the size of the file, its main purpose is to selectively make any picture from the existing plot.