Using imaging techniques and analysis it was possible to adequately follow the variation of the volume during convective drying of a single cherry tomato. The formulation of the shrinkage has shown a linear decrease of the dimensionless volume with decreasing moisture content of the studied material. The influence of the air temperature on the drying curves was clearly identified, as its increase caused a reduction in drying time and an increase of the moisture diffusion coefficient for both studied cases: peeled and unpeeled tomatoes.The drying time, for the unpeeled tomato, was dramatically higher than for the peeled tomato (can be ten times higher for particular drying conditions).