trim off corners of a picture

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Hi,

I am using PowerPoint 2007. I have inserted a picture from a file. The
picture occupies a rectangular area on the screen.

I was wondering if there is a way that I can have a picture occupy a
non-rectangular space. I do not want to distort the picture in any way. (I
want the aspect ratio to be the same as the original picture). I basically
just want to trim off the corners of the picture, leaving the rest of the
image unchanged.

If anyone can tell me how to do this, I would really appreciate it.

Thanks in advance,
Paul
 
Now that I played around with this a little more, I think what I am looking
for is the ability to create a custom shape. I see that you can display your
picture in common shapes such as a trapezoid or parallelogram. If possible,
I would like to have a little more flexibility than these common shapes give
me. I was wondering if there is a way that I can create my own shape either
by moving the vertices of one of the common shapes or by connecting a series
of lines to enclose a particular area.

If anyone could tell me if this is possible, I would really appreciate it.

Thanks again,
Paul
 
Paul Kraemer said:
Now that I played around with this a little more, I think what I am looking
for is the ability to create a custom shape. I see that you can display your
picture in common shapes such as a trapezoid or parallelogram. If possible,
I would like to have a little more flexibility than these common shapes give
me. I was wondering if there is a way that I can create my own shape either
by moving the vertices of one of the common shapes or by connecting a series
of lines to enclose a particular area.

If anyone could tell me if this is possible, I would really appreciate it.
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Use the Freeform or Curve Autoshape drawing tools ... you can create any shape
you like. Then give it a Picture fill and I think that'll get you what you're
after, pretty much.
 
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