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To make a visually strong PowerPoint presentation, you should use shapes and pictures. You can also fill your shapes with pictures. Maybe sometimes you end up with not so desirable results. Primarily, you’ll find that PowerPoint insists on filling the entire picture within the shape. In the process, the picture itself may appear distorted.
To learn more, choose your version of PowerPoint. If we do not have a tutorial for your version of PowerPoint, explore the version closest to the one you use.
Reposition Picture Fills within Crop in PowerPoint 2016
Reposition Picture Fills within Crop in PowerPoint 2013
Reposition Picture Fills within Crop in PowerPoint 2010
Reposition Picture Fills within Crop in PowerPoint 2011

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While you can conventionally crop pictures in PowerPoint to a rectangular constraint, you can also opt to use another shape to crop instead. This tutorial explains the Crop to Shape option that lets you choose non-rectangular cropping shapes for your pictures; the results tend to look like a picture contained within a shape.
To learn more, choose your version of PowerPoint. If we do not have a tutorial for your version of PowerPoint, explore the version closest to the one you use.
Crop Picture to Shape in PowerPoint 2016
Crop Picture to Shape in PowerPoint 2013
Crop Picture to Shape in PowerPoint 2010
Crop Picture to Shape in PowerPoint 2011

Tutorial Code: 09 04 02
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Cropping an area of a picture removes extraneous areas, and lets you add focus to the areas of the picture that are appropriate to the topic of your presentation. The Crop tool lets you achieve these edits and more. Cropping works with both pictures that are inserted on slides, or with pictures that constitute a shape fill.
To learn more, choose your version of PowerPoint. If we do not have a tutorial for your version of PowerPoint, explore the version closest to the one you use.
Crop Pictures in PowerPoint 2016
Crop Pictures in PowerPoint 2013
Crop Pictures in PowerPoint 2010
Crop Pictures in PowerPoint 2011

Tutorial Code: 09 04 01
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Imagine this scenario: you chose what you thought was a perfect picture. So you inserted the picture, and then enhance it using the cool picture editing options available in PowerPoint. And then, you discover a better picture, or your boss asked you to use another picture. You also need to retain all the effects and animations! You could delete the original picture and start all over again, and yes, that is a long process! Or, you can change any existing picture into another with just a couple of clicks. Explore more in the following tutorials – select the one that matches your PowerPoint version:
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Change Picture in PowerPoint 2010
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Change Picture in PowerPoint 2011
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PowerPoint is a slide program that also includes some cool picture editing tools up its sleeve. When we say “cool”, we certainly do not mean just inserting a picture, or even the fact that you can apply corrections or recolor hues. PowerPoint provides around 23 filters as part of its new Artistic Effects option. Some of these filters (effects) can make your pictures look like paintings or sketches, and others can change the texture of your pictures. Apply any effect of your choice, and make sure you play around with all the options available to be aware of the surprisingly different results you can achieve right within PowerPoint.
To learn more, choose your version of PowerPoint. If we do not have a tutorial for your version of PowerPoint, explore the version closest to the one you use.
Artistic Effects for Pictures in PowerPoint 2016
Artistic Effects for Pictures in PowerPoint 2013
Artistic Effects for Pictures in PowerPoint 2010
Artistic Effects for Pictures in PowerPoint 2011

Tutorial Code: 09 01 17
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