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How to Make Rectangle Photos Oval in Powerpoint

Crop a Movie into a Circumvolve on a PowerPoint Slide Using Crop to Shape

by Avantix Learning Team | Updated Nov 7, 2021

Applies to: Microsoft^® PowerPoint^® 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019 and 365 (Windows)

You tin achieve some interesting furnishings past cropping images to shapes in PowerPoint. Still, if you want to crop an epitome into a circle, you'll need to combine cropping options.

To crop an paradigm into a circumvolve in PowerPoint (typically in Normal View), you'll need to:

Ingather the image into an oval.
Change the cropped image into a circle by changing the aspect ratio.
Change the size, shape or position of the cropped image as required.

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Annotation: Buttons and Ribbon tabs may display in a unlike way (with or without text) depending on your version of PowerPoint, the size of your screen and your Control Panel settings. For PowerPoint 365 users, Ribbon tabs may appear with dissimilar names. For instance, the Movie Tools Format tab may announced as Flick Format.

Step 1: Ingather the image into an oval

To ingather an image into an oval on a PowerPoint slide:

Select the image.
Click the Picture Tools Format or Flick Format tab in the Ribbon.
In the Size group, click the arrow below Ingather.
From the drop-down menu, choose Crop to Shape and so click the oval.

Below is the Ingather to Shape gallery:

Step two: Modify the cropped prototype into a circle by changing the aspect ratio

To alter the cropped image (currently an oval) to a circle by changing the aspect ratio:

Ensure the epitome is selected.
On the Motion-picture show Tools Format or Picture Format tab, click the arrow below Crop again and then from the driblet-downwardly carte du jour, choose Aspect Ratio.
Select i:1 to crop the image into a circumvolve (modify the oval to a circle).

Below is the Ingather to Attribute Ratio carte du jour:

Footstep iii: Change the size, shape or position of the cropped image

To change the size, shape or position of the cropped image:

Ensure the image is selected on the PowerPoint slide.
On the Moving picture Tools Format or Picture Format tab, click Crop.
Resize the cropped expanse by dragging the black ingather handles. To ensure that the shape remains a circle, agree down Shift and drag a corner ingather handle.
Resize the prototype by dragging the white circular handles. To ensure that the shape resizes proportionally, hold down Shift and drag a corner circle handle.
Motion the image within the cropped area by dragging the epitome.
Click outside of the image or click Crop again to exit crop style.

Beneath is an image in ingather mode. Annotation the black ingather handles and the white circular resizing handles:

Image in PowerPoint with cropping handles which has been cropped to a circle.

You can create some actually interesting furnishings in your PowerPoint decks when you try some of the more advanced cropping options.

This article was first published on March 28, 2019 and has been updated for clarity and content.

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