TDX Knowledge: Crop and Resize Images for Use in an Article

Before inserting images into your knowledge base article it's important to crop, resize them, and add any highlights if necessary.

There are many tools available for editing images. This article focuses on Preview for the Mac and Paint for Windows. Both are free tools that come with their respective operating systems.

• Cropping an Image
• Resizing an Image

Cropping an Image

Cropping out extraneous parts of an image helps focus the viewer's attention on what's important.

Windows

1. Navigate to the image you'd like to edit. 
2. Right-click on the image and select Open with > Paint. 
3. Click on Select in the toolbar.
   • If necessary, choose the Rectangular selection from the drop-down menu.
4. Drag a selection around the part of the image you want to keep.
5. Click Crop on the Home tab.
6. Click the Save button at the top.

Mac

Resizing an Image

Images should be as small as possible but be easy to read. Images should be no more than 600 pixels wide.

• Note: You can resize an image directly in TDX. See Add an Image to an Article.

Windows

1. Navigate to the image you'd like to edit. 
2. Right-click on the image and select Open with > Paint. 
3. Click on Resize in the toolbar.
4. Click the radio button next Pixels.
5. Enter the value you want for the image width in the Horizontal field.
    
6. Click OK.
7. Click the Save button at the top.

Mac

Additional Information

• For examples of effectively cropped and resized images, see Create Effective Images.
• For help with creating a screenshot, see Take a Screenshot.