How do I crop photos after I've taken them?

Question

Hi. I often need to crop photos I've taken to get just the right content in the photo and the extraneous stuff around the edges removed. Can this be done in the camera itself, or does it need to be done after I've loaded the photo onto my computer? Do I need to get some special software to do that? If so, what program would you recommend? All I need to do to the photos is crop them--I don't need to do any fancy touch-up work, so the simplest and cheapest tool to do the job would be best.

Thanks

Answer 1

You'll have to do it outside of the camera. On your computer (Windows), open the photo in Microsoft Paint. Now use the rectangular selection tool, select what you want then click Crop. That's it. Now save the file with a different name and ensure that you save it as a jpeg and not a bmp file.

Answer 2

You don't identify your equipment but your question suggests that your immediate problem is one of composition; surely if you remove the extraneous detail BEFORE you depress the shutter then you will have no need to do the work after you have generated the image(s).



It may be anathema to some but I would recommend you buy a zoom lens which will help your composition and - perhaps - help you strengthen your composition skills to remove elements before rather than after creating images.



As you haven't noted your equipment I can't say whether your camera has a "crop" facility but any editing software (and it usually comes with the camera) should be capable of achieving what you want - once you load onto your PC / laptop.

Answer 3

Most cameras don't have a cropping facility, but some do - look at your handbook. But it's better to do it on a bigger screen in the computer. Almost certainly you have software already in your computer for simple cropping and other basic editing such as brightening/darkening. If not there are free downloads. But do work on a copy file - then if you mess up you can try again.

Answer 4

The quickest, easiest and cheapest way I know of:

1. Open the picture in Microsoft Paint

2. If the picture is bigger than your screen go to the View tab at the top and click on Zoom Out until the picture fits in your screen.

3. Go back to the Home tab and click on the dashed rectangle over the word Select.

4. Click in one corner of what you want to be your picture and the hold down the mouse button while you drag a box around the picture to what you want to be your other corner.

5. Copy the selection to your clipboard.

6. Open up another Paint window and paste your selection to that window and save.



If you want to get any real control over the dimentions you will need something like Photoshop.

Answer 5

use image editing software... can't think of any cameras that crop internally...



but you can crop BEFORE you take a shot by using the zoom option on the lens to get the shot you want... (though using your legs with a prime lens is just as good)

Answer 6

first of all, it would be superb to place a copyright observe on them in the previous putting them in a public place the place human beings might desire to get ahold of them and post them. it beats me why you will even care nonetheless, yet i do no longer understand the 1st element approximately it. Sorry, i do no longer understand what you % for a copyright. As for proving it, attempt getting the individuals interior the photographs to act as witnesses, or get the unique pictures or disc of developed pictures and produce it to courtroom with you. it relatively is an particularly troublesome question.

Answer 7

http://keerok-photography.blogspot.com/2012/09/software-for-cropping-picture.html