subject: Digital Photography - Simple Steps To Edit Your Digital Photos [print this page] Paint is a great little pre-installed photo editing software. Although, it does not have the sophistication or the in depth features of Photoshop, it still can do a lot of impressive editing. Paint tends to be underused either because people do not have the knowledge or experience of how to use it or they are not aware that they have it installed on their computer.
If you have the Paint editing software on your computer and you would like to learn how edit a photo or picture, then follow these steps:
Step One
Press the Windows icon key on your keyboard. This can be located on the left side of the space bar. When the Start menu appears select All Programs, then Accessories and then Paint.
Step Two
When the Paint software window opens, go to File and then Open. This will give you the option to locate and find the photo you want to edit. When you have found it select the file and open it. The image will appear in the editing window of Paint.
Step Three
At this point you can begin to edit your selected photo. Paint has a number of ways in which you can edit as follows:
Color Editing: In the bottom left hand corner you will see a palette where you can choose varies colours. These colors can be applied to your photo in a number of ways. For example, you can apply the colours using a brush or an airbrush. These tools can be found on the upper left side bar and you can easily identify them as they use a symbol of what they actually do. There is also a Color Dropper and Fill With Color Tool to change your photo with.
Add Text: If you want to add text to your photo for example, the date and the location the photo was taken then you can do this with the Paint editing tool. All you have to do is click on the Text Tool and create a text box on the selected area of the photo. In the box you can type in your desired text.
Image Modifier: With this tool you can change the shape, style colors, you can make it longer by stretching the image or flip it upside down or sideways. You can use this editing command by selecting Image from the top task bar.
Step Four
When you have finished editing your photo you can save it to a file. You can either print it out or email it to a friend.
