It’s frustrating that there is no option whatsoever to in round shapes on. And I just hope that Microsoft will introduce such a feature sometime or the other. Till then we have to live with workarounds or use tools like Photoshop (that’s the best I can name). But then, we deserve an easier way out right?
Today we plan to discuss a cool trick to help us give an image a complete round shape easily using Paint and Word. It may not seem like an exact crop activity, but the result is good enough. And then you may save the resulting creation as an independent image or place it over some. Here’s how to do that.
Here's how to perform a simple crop: Select the picture you want to crop. On the Format Picture tab, go to the Adjust group and click the Crop button. Dark crop handles appear in addition to the selection handles. Drag the crop handles to select the area you want to keep. Click away from the picture.
Steps to Crop a Round Shape Using Word and MS Paint We are going to take help of MS Word here. The concept comes from the fact that we can insert images within a shape that we create on MS Word (or ). Step 1: Open the base image from which you want to crop a circular section. Crop a rectangular section on the area that you visualize for a round crop shape. Save this crop as an independent image.
Here’s the sample crop that I saved. Step 2: Open MS Word. Navigate to Insert tab - Shapes and choose Oval (ellipse). Step 3: On the MS Word canvas draw the shape with the size that you want. Hold Shift while drawing the shape; it helps to create a perfect circle. Step 4: Keep the shape selected.
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Drawing Tools will get activated with a Format tab under it. Switch to Format and then choose Shape Fill - Picture. Choose the picture that you saved in Step 1.
Your picture will be inserted and contained flawlessly within the shape. Step 5: Right-click on the shape and select Format AutoShape. Our aim here is to remove the shape border. Step 6: Ensure to be on the Colors and Lines tab.
Under Lines section, go to Color and select No Color. Click on Ok when you are done. Step 7: Right-click on the resulting shape and Copy it on to the clipboard. You may do a Ctrl + C as well. Step 8: Go back to MS Paint and paste the contents of the there. You may now save the image.
If you plan to paste this over a different background (other than white) make sure that Transparent selection is on before you paste the image. Conclusion The process may be a little time consuming but it is a foolproof technique to crop a round shape on MS Paint. It may come in handy when you do not have ready accessibility to those top notch tools like Photoshop (as Paint and Word should be there by default).
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Besides it is a way to give a perfect round shape to an image. You may try this with other shapes as well. ? Also check out the trick we have covered on. Last updated on 27 Jul, 2018.
The Picture Tools format ribbon should now be active. If not, click on the image. New in Office 2010 is the ability to see the area of the photo that you are keeping in addition to what will be cropped out. On the Format tab, click Crop.
Click and drag inward any of the four corners to crop from any one side. Notice you can still see the area to be cropped out is show in translucent gray. Press and hold the CTRL key while you drag a corner cropping handle inward to crop equally on all four sides. To crop equally on right and left or the top and bottom, press and hold down the CTRL key while you drag the center cropping handle on either side inward. You can further adjust the cropping area by clicking and dragging the picture behind the cropping area.
To accept the current dimensions and crop the photo, press escape or click anywhere outside the cropping area. You can manually crop the image to exact dimensions. This can be done by right clicking on the image and entering the dimensions in the Width and Height boxes, or in the Size group on the Format tab. Crop to a Shape Select your photo and click Crop from the Size group on the Format tab. Select Crop to Shape and choose any of the available shapes.
You photo will be cropped into that shape. Using Fit and Fill If you wish to crop a photo but fill the shape, select Fill. When you choose this option, some edges of the picture might not display but the original picture aspect ratio is maintained.
If you wish to have all of the picture fit within a shape, choose Fit. The original picture aspect ratio will be maintained.
Conclusion Users moving from previous versions of Microsoft Office are sure to appreciate the improved cropping abilities in Office 2010, especially the ability to see what will and won’t be kept when you crop a photo.