Techie Tip of the Week: Fit Photos to Shapes in PowerPoint
Friday, January 18th, 2013Last week, we talked about how to autofit a photo into a text box using Picture or Texture Fill.
Today’s tip will show how you can fit a photo into a particular shape (oval, arrow, triangle, etc.).
- Select the picture or pictures that you want to crop to a specific shapeNote: If you are cropping multiple pictures, you must crop to the same shape. To crop to different shapes, crop the pictures individually.
-
In PowerPoint 2007/2010 (Windows), in Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Size group, click the arrow under Crop, and then click Crop to Shape.
In PowerPoint 2011 (Mac), in Format Picture, in Adjust, click the arrow to the side of Crop, and then click Mask to Shape.

Windows
Macintosh
- Select the desired shape.





