Photo cropping

[puddle-duck]

I have recently joined a dating site & I need to upload a picture of myself for a profile picture. Problem is that all of the photos I have of me on my comp are of me in a group. The site does seem to have a photo cropping option, but the several times I have tried this the newly cropped pic doesn't show up, when I click on my profile it shows the group shot.

Is there anything I can do on my comp to crop the pic down before uploading to the said site?
Thanks.

[Buenchico]

You've probably got some suitable software on your computer already but, rather than trying to guess what you might have, I'll suggest downloading and installing Irfanview. (It's an excellent, free image-viewing and manipulation program, which deserves a place on everyone's computer):
http://www.irfanview.com/

Open a group photo in Irfanview. Click with your mouse at the top-left corner of the area you wish to select. Keep the button held down while you drag to the bottom-right corner. (You'll see your selected area framed by a rectangle on your screen). Go to Edit > Crop Selection. Then go to File > Save As, to save your cropped image with a new name.

Chris

[AlBags]

IrfanView .. The King : )

[deggers316]

absolutely irfanview

[wildwood]

Yah for Irfanview. It should be part of Windows.

[TTG]

You can also use Paint to crop a picture. Start, Programs, Accessories, Paint. Irfanview is a lot more powerful and worth downloading.

[puddle-duck]

Thanks Chris & everyone else for your answers, appreciate it. :)

I have now uploaded a picture took a bit of working out, but got there in the end. :)

Thanks all.

[carlton23]

Sorry to disagree Chris, but I find `Picasa3` is just as good, and can do the same cropping, and very easy.