{"id":6457,"date":"2018-08-13T14:28:58","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T08:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=6457"},"modified":"2023-07-31T17:55:05","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T12:25:05","slug":"trim-crop-images-photos-app-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/trim-crop-images-photos-app-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Trim or Crop Images in Windows 10 Using Photos App"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Windows 10 Photos app has some interesting features that makes it a useful image previewer & editor (although only basic editing features supported). All these days, you may have been using Microsoft Paint or some third-party editors to crop or trim images, such as IrfanView, GIMP, etc. The good news is that you can not only resize images but also can crop images, rotate, add filters and effects using the Photos app<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It’s always very convenient to have a single app to preview as well as to accomplish the basic image\/video editing tasks.\u00a0This post tells you how to trim or crop images using the Photos app<\/strong> in Windows 10.<\/p>\n

Trim or Crop Images Using Photos app<\/h2>\n

To trim or crop images using the Photos app in Windows 10, follow these steps:<\/p>\n

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  1. Open the image\/photo (that you want to crop) using the Photos app.<\/li>\n
  2. Click on the Edit icon in the toolbar area (Ctrl<\/kbd> + E<\/kbd>), and click Edit<\/strong>. Clicking on the Edit option lets you to a screen where you can crop the image, add filters, effects, etc.\"crop<\/li>\n
  3. Click the Crop and rotate<\/strong>\u00a0button.
    \n\"crop<\/li>\n
  4. Drag the double-arrow selection handle(s) available on four sides appropriately. Once you select the required part of the image, click the Done<\/strong> button.\"crop<\/li>\n
  5. On the next screen, you have two options to save the image. Clicking on Save<\/strong>\u00a0overwrites the image. Clicking on Save a copy<\/strong>\u00a0creates a copy. Click one of those save options as required.\"crop<\/li>\n
  6. That’s it! You’ve now trimmed\/cropped the picture using the Photos app.
    \n\"crop<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Next, see how to resize images<\/a>, extract images from a video<\/a>, split or trim videos<\/a>, and merge videos<\/a> in Windows 10 using the built-in Photos app<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The Windows 10 Photos app has some interesting features that makes it a useful image previewer & editor (although only basic editing features supported). All these days, you may have been using Microsoft Paint or some third-party editors to crop or trim images, such as IrfanView, GIMP, etc. The good news is that you can … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[384],"class_list":["post-6457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows-10","tag-photos"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8485,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/change-picture-greyscale-photos-app\/","url_meta":{"origin":6457,"position":0},"title":"Convert Images to greyscale Using Photos app","author":"Ramesh","date":"April 4, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"This post tells you how to change a picture from color to greyscale using the built-in Photos app in Windows 10. 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