This article explains how to position a painting present that is 1 shape (a "square peg") within an epitome of roughly other shape (a "round hole" - or star, elipse, octagon, etc) - using Microsoft PowerPoint.
Original title: How to position a foursquare peg into a circular hole - inward pictures
Recently, I've been using PowerPoint to brand the thumbnail image for my posts. This agency that I ain the copyright of the pictures, hence tin laissez passer on the sack part them without worrying nearly copyright issues.
One approach I've used is to notice an interesting copyright-free painting present that is related to the subject of the post, as well as and hence position it within a shape that adds roughly visual involvement or has roughly words along side it. Another affair that I'm going to endeavor is using multiple pictures inward this way to brand a more-interesting-than-usual collage.
1 Get your image file, as well as relieve it somewhere on your computer.
H5N1 broad arrive at of picture-file formats are supported past times PowerPoint: in the 2007 version this includes every bit shown inward this list:
2 In PowerPoint, make a blank side (Home > Layout > Blank)
3 Then add a shape (Insert > Shapes, click on the shape y'all want)
Intially, the shape amongst convey the fill-colour as well as edge that are the electrical flow default values. But y'all tin laissez passer on the sack alter this, which is what nosotros are going to do.
iv Right-click on the shape, as well as direct Format Shape from the pop-up menu
v In the Fill tab, direct Picture or Texture Fill, as well as hence click the File button as well as navigate to the epitome file y'all got inward stride 1, as well as click OK.
half dozen Make sure that the component subdivision of the painting present that y'all desire to present is inward the picture: to starting fourth dimension with the shape is centered on the middle of the picture.
Change this using the Offsets to deed the shape to the left or correct over the image. You tin laissez passer on the sack brand the offsets positive or negative every bit shown.
You tin laissez passer on the sack monitor the results of unlike settings inward PowerPoints slide thumbnails (on the left paw side, if y'all convey it showing), or past times dragging the pop-up card to a unlike house inward the concealment hence that y'all tin laissez passer on the sack come across the shape itself.
Job Done - at this point, y'all convey an epitome that is cropped to the shape that y'all chose - right away y'all simply convey to put it into your blog.
There are (at least) iii ways to acquire the shape-cropped-picture from PowerPoint into your blog.
I commonly copy the item from PowerPoint, as well as and hence glue it into a painting present editor (Paintbrush etc), manually. This is an old-fashioned approacb - but it lets me conform the size as well as seat of the image, as well as relieve it (usually a .png) amongst a file-name that describes the epitome actually good which is adept for mating the weblog come upwardly up inward search results (SEO). The this painting present tin laissez passer on the sack hold out inserted into a postal service simply similar whatever other picture.
Another alternative is to direct File > Save As from Powerpoint, as well as direct to save the slides inward an epitome format, eg JPEG which tin laissez passer on the sack also be inserted into a postal service inward the green way. You are probable to hold out asked whether to position all the slides inward 1 image, or to brand 1 epitome per slide. Usually, it would hold out best to brand 1 epitome per slide - but I don't role this method because the epitome that is created is the size of the whole slide, rather than simply the pictures on it.
H5N1 3rd alternative is to display the PowerPoint file every bit a slideshow. This isn't something that I'd exercise for solely 1 shaped image, but may hold out relevant inward roughly situations.
One affair that y'all don't convey whatever command of within PowerPoint is the zoom score of the inserted picture.
If y'all brand the shape larger, it doesn't present a larger proportion of the picture. Instead, it simply shows the existing painting present inward a larger size, every bit y'all tin laissez passer on the sack come across inward the slides shown here.
I suspect that if y'all desire to zoom inward to a detail expanse of the epitome file, the solely approach is to edit the painting present inward roughly other tool, crop out the combat that y'all exercise non desire to show, and solely boot the bucket along the business office that y'all desire to include within your shape.
However PowerPoint does convey roughly express command over the contrast as well as brightness of the picture, from the Picture tab of the Format Shape window.
Yes, y'all can.
Photoshop, as well as similar commercial tools almost for certain convey features similar this, as well as I'm sure that GIMP (like a public-domain, less powerful version of Photoshop) as well as Inkscape (another public-domain epitome programme which is to a greater extent than focussed on scalable-vector-graphics as well as objects than on pixels) also convey these features.
So why role PowerPoint? In short, its (relatively) cheap as well as many people convey access to it already. It's also very slow to learn, compared to the other packages, as well as what y'all larn is probable to apply to lots of tasks as well as non simply inward making pictures for your blog.
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Original title: How to position a foursquare peg into a circular hole - inward pictures
One approach I've used is to notice an interesting copyright-free painting present that is related to the subject of the post, as well as and hence position it within a shape that adds roughly visual involvement or has roughly words along side it. Another affair that I'm going to endeavor is using multiple pictures inward this way to brand a more-interesting-than-usual collage.
How to position a painting present within a shape
NB PowerPoint commands are based on Office 2007 as well as 2010 - but the same principles most-likely apply inward other versions where the commands may hold out slightly different.H5N1 broad arrive at of picture-file formats are supported past times PowerPoint: in the 2007 version this includes every bit shown inward this list:
2 In PowerPoint, make a blank side (Home > Layout > Blank)
3 Then add a shape (Insert > Shapes, click on the shape y'all want)
Intially, the shape amongst convey the fill-colour as well as edge that are the electrical flow default values. But y'all tin laissez passer on the sack alter this, which is what nosotros are going to do.
iv Right-click on the shape, as well as direct Format Shape from the pop-up menu
v In the Fill tab, direct Picture or Texture Fill, as well as hence click the File button as well as navigate to the epitome file y'all got inward stride 1, as well as click OK.
Change this using the Offsets to deed the shape to the left or correct over the image. You tin laissez passer on the sack brand the offsets positive or negative every bit shown.
You tin laissez passer on the sack monitor the results of unlike settings inward PowerPoints slide thumbnails (on the left paw side, if y'all convey it showing), or past times dragging the pop-up card to a unlike house inward the concealment hence that y'all tin laissez passer on the sack come across the shape itself.
Job Done - at this point, y'all convey an epitome that is cropped to the shape that y'all chose - right away y'all simply convey to put it into your blog.
Using the picture
There are (at least) iii ways to acquire the shape-cropped-picture from PowerPoint into your blog.
I commonly copy the item from PowerPoint, as well as and hence glue it into a painting present editor (Paintbrush etc), manually. This is an old-fashioned approacb - but it lets me conform the size as well as seat of the image, as well as relieve it (usually a .png) amongst a file-name that describes the epitome actually good which is adept for mating the weblog come upwardly up inward search results (SEO). The this painting present tin laissez passer on the sack hold out inserted into a postal service simply similar whatever other picture.
Another alternative is to direct File > Save As from Powerpoint, as well as direct to save the slides inward an epitome format, eg JPEG which tin laissez passer on the sack also be inserted into a postal service inward the green way. You are probable to hold out asked whether to position all the slides inward 1 image, or to brand 1 epitome per slide. Usually, it would hold out best to brand 1 epitome per slide - but I don't role this method because the epitome that is created is the size of the whole slide, rather than simply the pictures on it.
H5N1 3rd alternative is to display the PowerPoint file every bit a slideshow. This isn't something that I'd exercise for solely 1 shaped image, but may hold out relevant inward roughly situations.
Adjusting the size as well as character of the picture
If y'all brand the shape larger, it doesn't present a larger proportion of the picture. Instead, it simply shows the existing painting present inward a larger size, every bit y'all tin laissez passer on the sack come across inward the slides shown here.
I suspect that if y'all desire to zoom inward to a detail expanse of the epitome file, the solely approach is to edit the painting present inward roughly other tool, crop out the combat that y'all exercise non desire to show, and solely boot the bucket along the business office that y'all desire to include within your shape.
However PowerPoint does convey roughly express command over the contrast as well as brightness of the picture, from the Picture tab of the Format Shape window.
Can y'all exercise this inward other tools? Why PowerPoint?
Yes, y'all can.
Photoshop, as well as similar commercial tools almost for certain convey features similar this, as well as I'm sure that GIMP (like a public-domain, less powerful version of Photoshop) as well as Inkscape (another public-domain epitome programme which is to a greater extent than focussed on scalable-vector-graphics as well as objects than on pixels) also convey these features.
So why role PowerPoint? In short, its (relatively) cheap as well as many people convey access to it already. It's also very slow to learn, compared to the other packages, as well as what y'all larn is probable to apply to lots of tasks as well as non simply inward making pictures for your blog.
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