Now adjust the zoom setting again so that you are at 100% zoom.I need to trim this down to 768 to ensure it fits without any distortion or cropping So my photo height has been set to 910 pixels. You will see that Paint will automatically change the Vertical measurement to ensure your photo does not distort.Enter the Horizontal width of your screen resolution e.g.
Generally, I resize my photo to be the exact width I need and then trim some excess from the height however you can do the opposite depending on what you want to be included in your photo Usually to make the photo fit you will need to trim either the sides or top/bottom of your photo.
I will now show you how to use Microsoft Paint to resize a photo for use as the desktop wallpaper for Windows 10 and also for Windows 7 and 8. Computer monitors come is so many different shapes and sizes now that it’s impossible to ensure that your photos are going to match the dimensions without any issues. The important part of setting a photo as your desktop wallpaper is ensuring that the width and height of the photo will match the proportions of your computers’ monitor.
I tend to find that either the photo is distorted and people’s faces look squashed or a part of the photo is chopped off to make it fit. By resizing a photo you avoid any distortion which can be encountered from time to time. As a follow-up to my previous post, how to set your own photo as your Desktop Wallpaper, I’m going to show you how to adjust the size of a photo being used as your desktop wallpaper.