Reduce Image Dimensions in Microsoft Paint

These notes are based on Microsoft Paint 5.1 on PC. Other versions will be similar. These instructions are intended as a basic guide, and do not contain optimised images themselves, as they are designed to be used on campus by UTAS staff.

Reduce the size with the Stretch/Skew option: Chose Image > Stretch/Skew.... Reduce the Horizontal and Vertical values by the same amount, so the image is not distorted.














Save your image

To see how much you have reduced the download speed of your page by optimising images, send your page to your live site and get an analysis of your page speed from the Web Page Analyzer.