Objective 2.3 Insert and format images

  • 2.3.1 Insert images
  • 2.3.2 Format images

2.3 Contents

2.3.2 Format images

After you insert an image on a slide, you can modify it in many ways. For example, you can crop or resize an image, change the image’s brightness and contrast, recolor it, and apply artistic effects to it. You can apply a wide range of preformatted styles to an image to change its shape and orientation, and also to add borders and picture effects.

  • If you want to display only part of the content of an image, you can crop it, or you can make parts of the image transparent by using the Remove Background tool.

Incorporate only the portion of the image that you want

You modify the image by using commands on the Format tool tab for Pictures, which is displayed only when an image is selected.

  • The Adjust group contains commands that enable you to change the image’s brightness and contrast, recolor it, apply artistic effects to it, and compress it to reduce the size of the presentation.
  • The Picture Styles group offers a wide range of picture styles that you can apply to an image to change its shape and orientation, and to add borders and picture effects. This group includes the Quick Styles gallery, which contains many style combinations that you can apply very quickly.
  • The Arrange group contains commands for specifying the relationship of the image to the page and to other elements on the page.
  • The Size group contains commands for cropping and resizing images.
    • Changes that you make to images on slides (such as cropping, removing backgrounds, and applying effects) aren’t permanent and can be reverted at any time unless you specifically choose to remove cropped content to reduce file size.

To apply a picture frame style to a selected image

  • On the Format tool tab, in the Picture Styles group, expand the Quick Styles gallery, and then click the style you want to apply.

Or

  1. On the Format tool tab, click the Picture Styles dialog box launcher.
  2. In the Format Picture pane, on the Fill & Line, Effects, Layout & Properties, and Picture pages, choose the settings you want to apply. Then click Close.

To apply artistic effects to a selected image

  1. On the Format tool tab, in the Adjust group, click the Artistic Effects button to display the Artistic Effects gallery.
  2. Point to each effect to display a live preview of the effect on the selected photo.
  3. Click the effect that you want to apply.

Point to any effect to display a preview on the original picture

To remove background elements from a selected image

  1. On the Format tool tab, in the Adjust group, click the Remove Background button to display the Background Removal tool tab and apply purple shading to the areas of the picture that the tool thinks you want to remove.
  2. Drag the white handles to define the area that you want to keep. The Background Removal tool updates its shading as you do.
  3. On the Background Removal tool tab, click Mark Areas to Keep, and then click any areas of the photo that are shaded, that you’d like to expose and keep.
  4. On the Background Removal tool tab, click Mark Areas to Remove, and then click any areas of the photo that aren’t shaded, that you’d like to remove. Depending on the simplicity of the picture, you might need to make a lot of adjustments or only a few.
  5. When you finish, click the Keep Changes button to display the results. You can return to the Background Removal tool tab at any time to make adjustments.

The accuracy of the estimate depends on the intricacy of the background

To discard changes made to a selected image

  1. On the Format tool tab, in the Adjust group, click the Reset Picture arrow.
  2. Do either of the following:
    • Choose Reset Picture to discard formatting changes only.
    • Choose Reset Picture & Size to discard all formatting and size changes.

To apply picture effects to a selected image

  • On the Format tool tab, in the Picture Styles group, click Picture Effects, point to any category to expand the gallery, and then click the effect you want to apply.

To change the brightness, contrast, or color of a selected image

In the Format Picture pane, on the Picture page, modify the settings in the Picture Corrections and Picture Color sections.

To change the size or shape of a selected image

  • Drag its sizing handles.
  • On the Format tool tab, in the Size group, change the Shape Height and Shape Width settings.
  • On the Format tool tab, click the Size dialog box launcher. Then on the Size & Properties page of the Format Picture pane, change the Height, Width, or Scale settings.

To crop a selected image

  • On the Format tool tab, in the Size group, click the Crop arrow, and then do either of the following:
    • Click Crop to Shape to display the menu of more than 150 available shapes, and then click a shape.
    • Click Aspect Ratio, and then in the Square, Portrait, or Landscape section of the menu, click an aspect ratio.

Or

  1. On the Format tool tab, in the Size group, click the Crop button to display thick black handles on the sides and in the corners of the picture.
  2. Drag the handles to define the area you want to crop to. The areas that will be cropped from the picture are shaded.
    Tip: The crop handles and sizing handles are close to each other; take care to not drag the wrong handle.
  3. When you finish defining the crop area, click away from the picture or click the Crop button again to apply the crop effect.
    Tip: To redisplay the original version of a cropped image, select it and click the Crop button.