Paint: Reduce pictures automatically
In this practical tip, we will show you how to reduce the size of your pictures in Paint.
How to shrink your images in Paint
The "Paint" program is free image editing software for computers with a Windows operating system. To shrink an image, proceed as follows:
- Start the picture editing program "Paint" and open the picture you want to edit.
- Click the "Resize" command and select the "Pixel" option to automatically shrink your image.
- Enter the desired number of pixels in the horizontal or vertical bar to reduce your image. With the check mark in the function "Keep aspect ratio" the other value is automatically optimally adapted to the format. You will get an image with an even aspect ratio.
A comparable image editing software is the free program "Gimp". Here we show you how to change the canvas size of your pictures with Gimp.