Quote Originally Posted by cairnswm
Not sure thats the right term but in MS Paint if you resize the picture the edges get blurred into the background.

But tonight by accident I found a solution....

It doesn't do it to cut pieces of the picture - so if you go select all and then while a selection is available you choose Image/Stretch the selected piece will be smaller and with sharp edges.

Cool - one of my permanent headaches sorted out.
Don't tell me you're drawing with pain(t)
Do yourself a favour and use something else..
(The Gimp rules )