How to Compress a Picture With Paint
- 1). Click "Start," "All Programs," "Accessories" and choose "Paint" from the list of applications.
- 2). Click the "File" menu and choose "Open..." from the drop-down menu.
- 3). Select the image you wish to compress and click the "Open" button.
- 4). Click the "File" menu and choose "Save as...."
- 5). Enter a name for the image, choose "GIF" from the "Save as type" drop-down menu and click "Save." An alert might open up, warning you that some loss of quality may occur. Click "Yes."
- 6). Right-click the newly saved image and verify that the file size has significantly been reduced. For example, the original might be at 117 kilobytes and the compressed is reduced to 25 kilobytes.
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