MSPaint brings back many memories, and not all of them good ones.  That all changes however with Windows 7.  Windows 7 Paint has received pretty much a full rewrite by Microsoft this time around.  Packed full of new features including the familiar Office style Ribbon file menu, it’s quite a jump from previous versions. 

 

Now don’t get me wrong, Paint is still light years away from Photoshop or even Paint.net but it’s honestly not that bad.  In fact, recently I’ve been using MSPaint for the simple task of quickly resizing images and I think it’s good enough to share with all you groovyReaders!  Enjoy this new Windows 7 Tip!

 

How To Use The New Windows 7 Paint Program For Image Resizing

 

1.  Right-Click the image you want to resize, then on the context menu Click Open with > Paint.

Alternatively depending on what software you have installed, you may also Click Edit.

 

2.  Once Paint loads Click the Image button on the ribbon, and then Click Resize.

 

Note: If your Paint window is large enough for the Ribbon to auto-expand the Image button will become its own ribbon menu.

 

3.  This should open to the Resize and Skew window.  Here you can choose to resize using percentage or pixels.  My preference is pixels so I know the exact dimensions of the image.  Enter the Horizontal and Vertical dimensions you would like the image to be, and then Click OK.

 

4.  Now that the image is the size you want, don’t forget to Click Save.  If you accidently try to exit without saving Paint will kindly remind you that you have not saved yet, via a pop-up.

 

All Done!

Operation image resize was a success hopefully.  Here’s an example where i’ve gone ahead and used Paint to make  my image of Sesame Street’s Cookie Monster a little bit smaller.  I hope you enjoyed this article as much as he enjoys cookies!

Tags: how-to, Microsoft, Windows 7