Mal, I know exactly what you mean, I kept having the same problem. It it not the same as cropping the pic. My son had to show me....while in paint, go down to the very edge of the bottom right corner and you should be able to "grab" the corner there, and pull it up to close in your photo so it will be just the photo. I hope this makes sense. You should see when you pull the corner up, it will turn that white area gray, it means you have it right. Hope this helps!!