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You should now have your images saved in a folder on your hard drive. We will now show you how to take these images and crop them (cut out the parts you want to keep) and to resize them. 1. Open up a graphics manipulation program such as Fireworks. 2. Once the program loads, go to the FILE menu and press OPEN.   3. Open up one of the pictures that you have just downloaded in the previous lesson. 4. Once the image is open select the part of the image that you want by using the marquee tool.  Start at upper left hand corner of the image and press the left mouse button. Drag down and across the image to the bottom right hand corner of the piece you want to select.   5. Once the area is selected go to the IMAGE menu and find the CROP selection.  6. Now the last step is to resize the image. Go back to the IMAGE menu and choose the IMAGE SIZE selection .

7. Change the size to something smaller than 800 pixels x 600 pixels (the size of your screen). You may also choose the actual size in cm or inches. Once you change the size smaller do not try and change it back to a larger size as the picture quality will decrease!!(It becomes all grainy) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">8. You should now go to FILE and choose SAVE AS COPY. You should save it as either a GIF or JPG file. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">**Task:** Find two other photos you have saved on the hard drive and crop and re-size these images.