{"id":97446,"date":"2018-01-12T08:51:58","date_gmt":"2018-01-12T13:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=97446"},"modified":"2018-01-12T08:51:58","modified_gmt":"2018-01-12T13:51:58","slug":"using-powerpoint-as-photo-editing-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2018\/01\/12\/using-powerpoint-as-photo-editing-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"Using PowerPoint as photo-editing tool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Possibly you haven\u2019t thought of Microsoft\u2019s PowerPoint as a photo-editing program, but it does provide a good variety of editing tools.\u00a0First insert your picture, making sure that the size-modifying circles at the four corners are activated. If you don\u2019t see them, simply click on the picture.\u00a0\u00a0This will also activate your editing tool options at the bottom of the screen.\u00a0If the tools show but don\u2019t match the illustration, click on the tab at the far right to add what you need.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_97447\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-97447\" style=\"width: 375px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-97447\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Camera-Club-News-1-11-18.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"250\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-97447\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>An illustration of PowerPoint\u2019s photo-modifying features.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Refer to the illustration to see how each symbol functions. You can check previous articles to see how to resize your picture for your use.\u00a0 Anything you do that you don\u2019t like, simply click on the Undo option under Edit.<\/p>\n<p>Once you have the picture the way you want it, click on the View Show option under Slide Show at the top.\u00a0This will produce a large image of your modified picture.\u00a0 Examine the image.\u00a0 If you are not satisfied with something, press the Esc key and fix it. When you are satisfied, press the Print Screen SysRq key (or the key with similar markings). Open your Photo Editing Program and click on File, then New, then Image from Clipboard. (or however your program is organized)<\/p>\n<p>Do whatever you wish to do and click on Save As in the highest JPG or TIFF format. I have used PowerPoint for resizing, modifying brightness and contrast, and adding text, arrows, and position markers with a high degree of accuracy. If you don\u2019t have PowerPoint, Google \u201cOpen Office\u201d.\u00a0 It\u2019s a free download and it might provide what you need.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Possibly you haven\u2019t thought of Microsoft\u2019s PowerPoint as a photo-editing program, but it does provide a good variety of editing tools.\u00a0First insert your picture, making sure that the size-modifying circles at the four corners are activated. If you don\u2019t see them, simply click on the picture.\u00a0\u00a0This will also activate your editing tool options at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[92],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cameraclub"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-27 06:48:51","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97446\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}