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Thanks Tom,
See, one learns something new everyday!
Even if it is something that is simpel.
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cheers
george
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>>>> Paint doesn't have a crop function.
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>>> Umm, yes it does.
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>> Let me clarify my statement
>> yes it will reduce the canvas to a certain number of pixels (crop), if
>> you're lucky and your area of interest happens to be in the left hand
>> upper corner, you're almost done. Otherwise you need to resort to
>> selecting an area (with the difficulty of getting it to the right
>> dimensions and in the right place), cutting/copying it and pasting it on
>> a smaller canvas.
>> Programs like Irfanview just put a exactly (# pixels)defined rectangle on
>> exactly the coordinates you need and otherwise you can just visually drag
>> the selection rectangle to the place you want it, followed by a simple
>> copy.
>> IMHO works easier.
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> While I agree Infranview is better, Paint does crop, and can be resized
> with great ease. You don't need to do what you stated in Paint to
> accomplish the task. One can draw the square outline, or the draw outline,
> copy that selected area, clear the line, select all, delete the whole
> image, then paste the clipboard. Then all one has to do is resize the
> outline of the original canvas by dragging the edges of that original
> layout to the newer size image, and it is very easy. All you do is resize
> the original canvas to the newer pasted size.
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