resizing pictures from scanner

Paint.NET?

Gunner, by the looks of it Sniper has cropped the image to remove the border and then resized it.

BTW, you didn't put the picture in your scanner very straight.

Much better. What did you do?

I could tell you but then I'd have to kill you.

Just kidding.

Open the pic with "Paint"...yep, the crappy program that comes with Windows.

Use the Selection tool to outline just the pic,

Right-click on the selected section and hit "Copy to"

Name it and save to a folder,

Open the saved pic with Paint,

Click "Image" > Stretch/Skew, in the stretch area increase the Hor and Vert to whatever % you want and save.

Easier than it sounds, once you've done it a couple of times, it takes about 30 seconds.

BTW, don't know what scanner software you use, with my HP you scan it once then select the part of the pic you want and scan again. This way you just get the pic and not the entire page.

Thanks to all! paint works, and also ifranview.The picture was straight, the scanner was crooked.

The picture was straight, the scanner was crooked.

And I thought it was old age setting in. ;) Only joking.

Actually, you are closer to the truth than you know!

Actually, you are closer to the truth than you know!

Well, you still have a sense of humour and that's what's important.