How To Make A Picture Match The Background On Powerpoint

This video will show you how to match the background color of your slides to a photo in microsoft powerpoint.

How to make a picture match the background on powerpoint.

Choose the background picture carefully by default the picture you choose for the background of your slide is stretched to fit the slide. A word of caution before you begin. The clip art is line art on a white background. It s true you can escape the boundaries of the application and use the eyedropper to select the color of an image in another office program an image on a website your desktop background and more.

This is handy if you want to blend your photos into the slide background seamlessly. Removing the background of an image in powerpoint makes that portion of the picture transparent allowing whatever is behind the picture such as text or another color or picture to show. Powerpoint makes this possible in just a few simple steps. I am using powerpoint for mac and have imported a clip art cap and diploma onto a slide with a textured background and beige color.

If you can t find the slide background that you re looking for in powerpoint s presentation library you can use any image of your own choosing. Once you re comfortable using the eyedropper across powerpoint break out of the box and use it to match colors external to powerpoint. The image you select will be stretched to fit the slide size.