How to Place One Image Onto Another in Paint

While it lacks advanced editing tools such as you see in professional-grade software, Microsoft Paint has enough features to let you do simple graphics work. At some time or another you have probably wanted to combine two pictures into one. To achieve this effect in Paint, you can import one image into the other. You can import as many pictures as you can fit into a single drawing area.

Instructions

1. Click the blue button with an arrow in the top right of the Microsoft Paint window. Or click the arrow on the Quick Access Toolbar if it is displayed.

2. Click "Open." Locate the picture on the computer that you want to use as the background image. Double-click the file or click "Open."

3. Click "Paste" on the Paint ribbon and then click 'Paste from."

4. Search the computer for the picture that you want to place on top of the background image. Double-click the file or click "Open."

5. Drag the imported picture to position it over the image in the background. To adjust the size of the picture, click and drag one of the control handles around it.

6. Click the blue menu button and click "Save As." Type a unique name, choose an image format and save the composite as a new file.