Would you like to know how to add text in Paint, how to resize image in Paint, or how to crop a photo in Paint? If yes, this video will walk you through the steps to do these tasks.
Microsoft Paint is a paint program that comes bundled with Windows 8.1. Paint also was a part of Windows operating systems prior to this OS. How do you find this paint program in Windows 8.1? A quick way to find Paint is to search for it: Move the cursor along the right edge of the screen, and click the search icon. Type paint in the search box. Click Paint to launch this paint program.
Paint 3D, which has more features, is the name of the paint program in Windows 10 operating system.
How to Add Text in Paint?
It's easy to use Microsoft Paint to add text on a blank canvas or blank space on a canvas with an image. You can also overlay text on an image on the canvas.
After you know how to add text in Paint, you would like to know how to edit text. Once you add text using Microsoft Paint, you cannot edit it.
If you wish to edit the text or move the text box to a different location, do so before you click outside the text box.
TIP: A key point of how to add text in Paint is you can make it opaque or transparent. In the first case, the background color of the canvas will cover any content beneath the text. In the second, any content beneath the text will be visible.
How to Resize Image in Paint?
Using Microsoft Paint, you can easily resize an image, maintaining the aspect ratio or without maintaining it.
How to resize image in Paint by percentage? It's easy. All you have to do is to enter the number, either for horizontal or vertical resizing. This is assuming you want to maintain the aspect ratio of the image. Microsoft Paint will then instantly resize the image, according to the percentage entered by you.
Do you wish to know how to resize image in Paint without maintaining the aspect ratio? All you need to do is to uncheck the "Maintain aspect ratio" checkbox.
How to Crop a Photo in Paint?
For your project, you would want to use only a part of an image. In such a scenario, you should know how to crop a photo in Paint. The crop tool in Microsoft Paint allows you to retain only a part of the image you choose, with a single click.
It also helps to know how to crop a photo in Paint, because you can select rectangular and non-rectangular part of an image to crop. The Free-form selection tool of this paint program allows you to create your own path on the image and then crop it.
Now that you know how to add text in Paint, how to resize image in Paint, and how to crop a photo in Paint, you may want to use this paint program that comes bundled with Windows 8.1. The reason is despite its limitations, Paint can do these and a few other basic tasks quickly.