
A really good photo editing software to use is Adobe Photoshop and if you would like to try this out, you can download a trial version at 10. I’m sure the Macintosh Operating System has an equivalent as well. There are more sophisticated photo editing software that can prevent this step, but the nice thing about Microsoft Paint is that it is already included as part of your Windows Operating System. To remove these edges, click the Eraser button and remove the edges with the eraser. As you notice from the previous photo, there are edges that extend beyond the red circle. Using this same key combination for creating a square also ensures a proportionate width and height square.ĩ. Note: Clicking the Shift Button + Control button at the same time creates a proportionate width and height circle. You can repeat the Undo function to remove previous actions as well. If the circle does not look ideal, click the Edit Menu and select Undo to remove the last action performed. This may take a few tries to get it right. Click the Shift button + Control Button at the same time and use your mouse to drag a circle over the image. Click the Line button, then click the largest line thickness and then click the Red button.Ĩ. Place the cursor in the top left corner of the image. When the Save Changes dialog box appears, click the No button.Ħ. Highlight the file you would like to crop and click the Open button.ĥ. To achieve this using Microsoft Paint, follow these instructions:ġ.

Here’s an example of an image I cropped using Microsoft Paint: For me, it’s a lot cheaper to just print an image or photo as a circle and just use a normal pair of scissors to cut it out. If I didn’t crop my images into circle, I would have to buy a circular cropping tool and attempt to cut an image after I’ve printed it.
