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How To Crop Photos on Windows with Windows Photo Editors

Everyone loves cool photos whether for personal use or for commercial use. Thankfully, these days there are lots of photo editors to that help polish up images the way we want them to be. Cropping is one way of spicing up those photos and it never seems to grow old. It is not only one of the simplest ways to resize images if you want to include them in documents, you can also crop to eliminate any distracting parts from photos. Now, how do you crop photos in your windows PC? Well, there are some marvelous third party apps that will do the job if you are photo savvy but wait, there are some free options as well! In fact, we are going to take you through how to crop photos on your windows using in built apps and one cool third party app. Let’s delve in now.

How to crop a photo on Windows with Paint

Using windows is one of the most popular and free ways of editing photos of windows. Well, it’s thanks to the fact that the Paint app is built into virtually all or rather, common windows versions-windows 7, 8 and 10. Moreover, the paint app is super easy to use and anyone-even the novice can edit an image with it. So, how do you crop your photos using paint?

The first thing you want to do is open your image with paint app. There are two ways do this, right click on the image and open with paint or launch paint then click on File>Open.

Now, there are two ways of cropping your photo. You can crop your photo into a rectangular format or you could go for free-form selection:

Crop a Photo As a Rectangle on Your PC

For the rectangular crop, click on Select and ensure the icon displayed is rectangular in shape-if not just toggle and select rectangular selection.

Then click on the image and drag your cursor to select the area you want to crop. You can always adjust the rectangular guidelines to cover the exact areas you want to be covered.

Once you are satisfied, simply click on the Crop button in the menu.

The last step is to save the new photo. Click on File>Save As to do this.

Crop a Photo As a Free Form Selection on Your PC

Cropping as a free-from selection on paint is more or less the same as cropping as a rectangle. The only difference is that you will click on the black arrow under Select and click on free-form selection

Then you can select the area you want to crop by dragging the mouse through the path. Once you are happy with your selection, click on Crop and save your file your desired location.

How to crop a photo on Windows with Photo Gallery

If you are running Windows vista, 7 or 8 then you can use Windows photo gallery to edit your photos. Follows these steps to crop your photos using the Photo Gallery app:

Step 1: Launch the Windows Photo Gallery App

First, launch the Photo Gallery app. Click on Start and search for photo gallery. From the list that appears, find Photo Gallery and click on it

Step 2: Find Your Photo

Once you have launched the app, you can look for the photo you want to edit and double click on it. This will take you to the editing mode.

Step 3: Crop Photo

In the tool bar find and click on the Crop icon and the crop grid will appear. Now you can simply resize the grid frame to cover the areas you want in the new photo. It’s that simple.

How to crop a photo on Windows with Photo Manager

The other free option for cropping photos in windows is to use Windows Photo Manager but this only comes with Microsoft office suite from 2003 to 2010. If you have it then here are the steps to crop your photo with the app:

Step 1: Open Your Photo With Windows Photo Manager

Simply right click on the photo you want to edit and open with the photo manager. If the app isn’t on your list, just click on Choose Default Program> Other Programs and select Photo Manager

Step 2: Crop Photo

After opening the photo on Windows Photo Manager, click on Edit Pictures

A toolbox will appear on the right where you will click on crop. Adjust the crop settings and the crop area to fit in with your preference, then click on OK and you are done!

A better way to crop photos on Windows

These free tools are great if you are handling small projects but if you are looking for a better way to crop and edit your photos then you will need to go for a third party app with the features you need.

One such tool is Fotophire, a photo editing app tailored for personal use and businesses. The beauty with this tool is that it has a variety of crop presets. The other amazing feature is that you also apply changes to several photos at once.

How To Crop Photos Using Wondershare Fotophire

Step 1: Install and Launch Wondershare Fotophire

Download Wondershare Fotophireand and install it on your windows PC. You can try the tool for a limited amount of time but you will only have access to limited features. After installing, launch the software and click on Photo Editor.

Step 2: Import Photo

Import the photo you want to edit by clicking on Open.

Step 3: Crop Photo

Now to crop your photo, click on the Crop Module and pick the proportion templates that suits you: crop with fixed ratio or custom ratio

Last but not least, save the image, print it or share it directly from the app.

Final Thoughts

Now that you know how to make good use of free windows apps to edit your photos, the ball is in your court now! Start playing around with the tools and if you want to go pro, then Wondershare Fotophire is one fantastic tool to jump into. Enjoy!!

How to crop, resize and enhance a photo in Windows 10

Technical Level : Basic

Summary
If you want to make quick edits to your photos, Windows 10 has all you need in built in. Microsoft Paint and Photos provide powerful editing tools you can use to crop, cut, resize and touch photos. There is no need to download a third party editor for common tasks. Here is a quick look at using both
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The following looks at using Photos or Microsoft Paint to crop a photos.

You can use Microsoft Paint or Photos app to do that and its in Windows 10.

Click the Edit button (pencil icon) or press Ctrl + E

Resize the anchors to your desire then click the Check Mark

In Microsoft Paint, use the Crop Selection button, then select the area of the photo you want to Crop, then click Crop.

If you want to resize, under the same Home tab, click Resize, then enter dimensions:

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For a while now, I have been unable to crop photos like I used to 🙁

I used to be able to select the area I wanted to crop but now it only lets me crop from right to left and I am not able to select the area I want to crop. When it crops, I have to put my cursor into the middle of the photo to move the area cropped but it never gives a satisfactory crop.

Everything seemed fine until I got an update, I didn’t realise it had updated until I realised that things looked different :/

Can anyone please help me or recommend another good photo editor?

Thank you very much in advance 🙂

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Crop out pesky photo bombers on your computer or mobile device

There’s nothing more annoying than snapping the greatest picture ever taken only to later find a stranger looming in the background. Luckily for you, there are free and premium tools to easily crop that pesky photo bomber right out of the frame.

Below, we’ve put together a comprehensive guide on how to crop a photo, whether you prefer Windows, MacOS, or mobile platforms. While you’re it, take a look at our picks for the best free photo editing software and our detailed guide on how to remove a background image.

Windows 10

Use the Photos app

While Windows 10 still provides the legacy Microsoft Paint tool we’ve come to know and love since 1985, the Photos app is now the default viewer and editor. Cropping an image is easy, and here’s how.

Step 1: Right-click on the image you want to crop and select Open With on the pop-up menu, followed by Photos. If the Photos app is still your default viewer, then you can simply double-click on the image instead.

Step 2: With the image loaded in the app, click the Crop button located on the toolbar, as shown above.

Step 3: Use your mouse to drag the borders and set the crop window. Alternatively, click the Aspect Ratio button to set a specific crop ratio, like widescreen or square.

Step 4: Click the Save a Copy button or click the Down Arrow and select Save to make changes to the original photo.

Use Paint

Microsoft Paint isn’t exactly robust. It’s not laden with advanced tools or impressive capabilities, but it still lingers in Windows 10 after Microsoft threatened to depreciate the long-standing tool in 2017. It’s a favorite go-to application for creating artwork from scratch to making simple edits to photos, like cropping.

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Step 1: Right-click on the image and select Open With on the pop-up menu, followed by Paint.

Step 2: Click the Select button and drag the tool to encompass the portion of the image you wish to crop.

Step 3: Click the Crop button directly right of Select.

Step 4: Click File, followed by Save to apply the changes to the original file, or select Save As to save the edited image as a copy.

Use the Snipping Tool

Windows 10 includes other built-in tools that allow users to easily crop images by just clicking and dragging. Aptly referred to as the Snipping Tool, it is an easy way to crop and save images with no editing skills required. However, Microsoft will eventually depreciate this tool for the newer Snip & Sketch.

Step 1: Load the image you want to crop on the screen.

Step 2: Type “snip” in the taskbar’s search field and select Snipping Tool in the results.

Step 3: Click the New button in the Snipping Tool window.

Step 4: A transparent white overlay washes across the screen, and the mouse cursor turns into crosshairs. Click and drag the crosshairs to select the area you’d like to screenshot and crop, and then release the mouse to create a new snip.

Step 5: The resulting screenshot appears in the app. Use the pen, highlighter, and eraser tools to modify the cropped image if needed.

Note: The multicolored Teardrop Logo lets users open their snips in Paint 3D for more advanced image editing.

Step 6: Click File, followed by Save As to save the cropped screenshot to your PC.

Use Snip & Sketch

Snip & Sketch is the updated version set to replace the Snipping Tool, but it’s also accessible on Windows 10. The functions of Snip & Sketch are more or less the same as the Snipping Tool, but there are a few key differences. Snip & Sketch can capture hard-to-get screenshots that can’t be captured with the Snipping Tool, like program menu options or icon directions that only appear when the mouse is hovering.

Step 1: Load the image you want to crop on the screen.

Step 2: Press the Windows + Shift + S keys. The screen should dim, and a toolbar appears along the top, as shown above.

Step 3: Select the Rectangular Snip tool located on the left end and use the mouse to create a box around the image. Here, you can go ahead and crop the image or wait until step 5.

Step 4: When a notification appears, reporting that the image is now available on the clipboard, click the notification.

Step 5: When the cropped image appears in the Snip & Sketch app, edit it as needed using the pen, highlighter, pencil, and so on. There’s a crop tool, too, if you didn’t do so when capturing the screenshot.

Step 6: Click the Disk button to save the image.

MacOS

Use the Preview app

Apple’s Preview app is less of a pain when finding and cropping images stored on your Mac. It’s also the default image viewer that provides a few editing tools.

Step 1: Right-click on the image and select Open With on the pop-up menu, followed by Preview. If the Preview app is still your default viewer, just double-click on the file.

Step 2: Use the mouse cursor to draw a box around the portion you want to keep.

Step 3: Click Tools on the menu bar, followed by Crop on the drop-down menu.

Step 4: Click File on the menu bar, followed by Export to save the edit as a copy. Otherwise, select Save to apply the edits to the current photo.

Use the Photos app

Photos is a photo management and editing app exclusive to Apple’s MacOS, one that works similarly to the now-defunct iPhoto. Like Preview and Photo Booth, the minimalist image software comes preinstalled in the latest iterations of MacOS, meaning anyone with a machine running MacOS Yosemite or later has access to the app. Using the aptly titled Photos, you can easily group photos into albums, tag them, categorize them, and crop them.

Step 1: Open the picture you wish to edit. Click the Edit button in the upper-right corner. You may be prompted to add the image to your library at this point.

Step 2: The Adjust, Filters, and Crop tabs appear. Select Crop.

Step 3: If desired, click Aspect listed on the right to choose an aspect ratio for the resulting crop. Otherwise, manually adjust the rectangle to fit the portion of the image you wish to crop.

Step 3: Click the yellow Done button in the upper-right corner to finish.

Chrome OS

Use the Gallery app

Like Windows 10 and MacOS, Google’s operating system for Chromebooks has a default image viewer that provides a few basic tools.

Step 1: Right-click on the image and select Open With Gallery on the pop-up menu. Alternatively, if Gallery is still your default image viewer, just double-click to open.

Step 2: Click the Crop & Rotate button on the toolbar.

Step 3: The crop tool is set to Free by default. Use the mouse cursor to move the borders and set the crop window. Alternatively, select one of the five other options for a specific crop window.

Step 4: Click the Close button to close the Crop & Rotate tool. Alternatively, you can click the three-dot More button and select Save As on the drop-down menu if you don’t want to apply the edits to the original file.

Step 5: Click the blue Save button, or click the blue Down Arrow to select Save As and save the edits as a copy.

Alternatives

Photoshop

Though Photoshop isn’t necessary if you merely need to crop an image, it remains the most well-known piece of photo editing software. Though the premium software is expensive, you can always opt for the free trial if you’d like to test out its remarkable capabilities. When it comes to cropping, Photoshop lets you do it in just a couple of steps.

Step 1: Open the picture you want to edit. Next, select the Crop Tool from the left toolbar. It resembles a square with several lines protruding from two corners.

Step 2: Adjust your selection to capture the portion of the image you wish to keep.

Step 3: When ready, click the Check Mark on the options bar at the top of the window, as shown above.

Step 4: Select Save to apply the change to the current image or Save As to create a new file.

Pixlr (web)

Pixlr is a great image editor built for web browsers. The freemium software requires you to do little more than upload an image or enter a URL for a photo before cropping the image.

Step 1: Load the main Pixlr website and select either the Advanced Pixlr E or the Playful Pixlr X option . Either image editor works efficiently, but the advanced option offers more tools and features for image editing.

Note: You may need to enable Adobe Flash if your current settings block it.

Step 2: With the tool chosen, select the Open Image button on the left.

Step 3: Choose the photo you wish to upload and crop.

Step 4: Pre-resize the image if prompted. If you’re uploading a large image, the tool will present three options: Ultra HD, Full HD, or Web. You can also manually enter a new size. Click the Apply button to finish uploading the image.

Step 4: Click the Crop Icon located on the toolbar. Alternatively, you can press the C Key to enter crop mode.

Step 5: Free mode is toggled on by default, allowing you to adjust the size by moving the sides in and out accordingly. Here are two other options:

• Ratio — This keeps the image aspect ratio locked. If the preset is set to None, then you’ll see a square boundary based on the image width that you can adjust. Click the Down arrow next to Preset to find a list of different aspect ratios you can apply to the image.
• Size — Enter the exact height and width you want to use.

Step 6: Click Save to apply your changes.

Step 7: A Save Image pop-up appears. Set the file name, file type, and quality, and then click the blue Download button.

Pixlr (Apple/Google)

If you’re using the Pixlr app to crop photos on your mobile device, here’s how to do it on Android.

Step 1: With the app open, tap the Photos icon on the main screen and choose a photo stored on your device.

Step 2: Tap the Toolbox icon on the bottom left. This opens the Tools menu.

Step 3: Tap the Crop icon.

Step 4: Adjust the grid to cover the portion of the image you want to keep. Alternatively, choose a preset aspect ratio to adjust your crop.

Step 5: To finalize your cropped selection, click the green Check Mark icon at the bottom of the screen.

Step 6: By clicking Done, you will finalize the edits you have made to your image, so ensure it is cropped to your liking before doing so.

Step 7: From here, you will have different options to save and share your image. You can choose to save the picture to your device, or you can post the image to social media outlets, including Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. If you tap More , you’ll get even more options, like sending it to someone through text or email.

You can do far more than just cropping your images with this program, so you can continue using it for other editing or fine-tuning tasks. Using one program for all of these image editing options makes taking and sharing your pictures a simple task.