paint problem need help please.

I just bought a new laptop with the vista operating system. I drew a picture
in paint and it turned out very nice untill I saved it. To give you an
example of my problem If I draw a square and then save the pic when i reopen
it and try to change the background color there is a border of light colored
pixels that surround the square.

Are you saving it as a JPG or as BMP?

JPG is a compressed format that can cause the loss of detail.
BMP is uncompressed which means a bigger file size but no loss of detail.


"Racerx" <Racerx@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I just bought a new laptop with the vista operating system. I drew a
>picture
> in paint and it turned out very nice untill I saved it. To give you an
> example of my problem If I draw a square and then save the pic when i
> reopen
> it and try to change the background color there is a border of light
> colored
> pixels that surround the square.

I never had this problem untill I got vista. I tried both It makes no
difference.

"Buellpilot" wrote:

> Are you saving it as a JPG or as BMP?
>
> JPG is a compressed format that can cause the loss of detail.
> BMP is uncompressed which means a bigger file size but no loss of detail.
>
>
> "Racerx" <Racerx@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F76D83DD-17FB-402C-91CA-00CF1C01906B@microsoft.com...
> >I just bought a new laptop with the vista operating system. I drew a
> >picture
> > in paint and it turned out very nice untill I saved it. To give you an
> > example of my problem If I draw a square and then save the pic when i
> > reopen
> > it and try to change the background color there is a border of light
> > colored
> > pixels that surround the square.
>
>
>