Save a portion of an image as a picture
Logic: reuse parts of your images
Before I start, there is another, very
good technique that you should check out , which does a crop
with a lot of accuracy. It is from
Mukund Nadkarni on
PowerPoint Heaven.
Anyway, it is easy to save a portion of an image
as an image in both PowerPoint 2003 and 2007.
PowerPoint 2003 first:
Ass an image as your slide background.
Right click on your sidle and select Background.
![slide background menu](../images/save_portion/portion_01.jpg)
Select Fill Effects.
![fill effects menu](../images/save_portion/portion_02.jpg)
The picture tan and Select Picture. Browse
to a picture and select OK.
![select picture button](../images/save_portion/portion_03.jpg)
Click Apply.
![apply to slide](../images/save_portion/portion_04.jpg)
Draw a Freeform Curve.
![insert a curved line](../images/save_portion/portion_05.jpg)
This is the result.
![curve result](../images/save_portion/portion_06.jpg)
The the background Fill of the Autoshape
to Background.
![set background to background](../images/save_portion/portion_07.jpg)
Right click on the image and save as
Picture.
![save as picture](../images/save_portion/portion_08.jpg)
Done!
![image result](../images/save_portion/portion_09.jpg)
PowerPoint 2007 second:
PowerPoint 2007 is the same except:
1. The sequence is different.
2. We can add some special effects to the
image before we save it as a picture!
Right click on the slide and select Format
Background. Load an image via the File button.
![2007 slide background](../images/save_portion/portion_10.jpg)
Go to the Insert tab of the Ribbon and
Shapes| Curve. draw a curve around your picture.
![insert curve](../images/save_portion/portion_11.jpg)
This is the result.
![curve result](../images/save_portion/portion_12.jpg)
Set the Autoshape to background fill.
![slide background fill](../images/save_portion/portion_13.jpg)
We also add a Format tab, Soft Edges, 25
point.
![add soft edge](../images/save_portion/portion_14.jpg)
Right click and save the Autoshape as a
picture. Load it into a new slide, and this is the result!
![image result](../images/save_portion/portion_15.jpg)
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