Once you've added pictures to your presentation, you'll want to make them look as good as possible.
Once you've added pictures to your presentation, you'll want to make them look as good as possible.

And that could mean adjusting the color, or the
And that could mean adjusting the color, or the

brightness and contrast,
brightness and contrast,

or even just adding a border.
or even just adding a border.

To begin, click on the picture, and then go to the
To begin, click on the picture, and then go to the

Format tab.
Format tab.

And I want to start by cropping this picture.
And I want to start by cropping this picture.

Click on the Crop command, and you'll see these
Click on the Crop command, and you'll see these

black handles appear.
black handles appear.

And you'll need to make sure that the mouse is
And you'll need to make sure that the mouse is

right over the black handle
right over the black handle

so that you don't accidentally grab a resizing handle.
so that you don't accidentally grab a resizing handle.

Then just click and drag.
Then just click and drag.

And I'm just cropping it a little bit.
And I'm just cropping it a little bit.

When you're finished, click the Crop command again.
When you're finished, click the Crop command again.

Just below that is a drop-down arrow, and if you
Just below that is a drop-down arrow, and if you

go to Crop to Shape,
go to Crop to Shape,

you can choose what shape you want your picture to be.
you can choose what shape you want your picture to be.

I'd like the picture to have rounded corners, so
I'd like the picture to have rounded corners, so

I'll go with the rounded rectangle.
I'll go with the rounded rectangle.

For some of your pictures, you may want to add a
For some of your pictures, you may want to add a

border.
border.

I want to create a gold border so it will match
I want to create a gold border so it will match

the heading.
the heading.

I can't really see the border right now, so I'm
I can't really see the border right now, so I'm

going to change the weight to 3 points.
going to change the weight to 3 points.

Most images aren't perfect, and that's where the
Most images aren't perfect, and that's where the

Corrections menu comes in.
Corrections menu comes in.

This is found in the Adjust group.
This is found in the Adjust group.

From here, you can sharpen and soften the image,
From here, you can sharpen and soften the image,

or you can adjust the brightness and contrast.
or you can adjust the brightness and contrast.

For this one, I'm just going to make it sharper to
For this one, I'm just going to make it sharper to

help bring out the detail.
help bring out the detail.

If you want to adjust the color, you can just go
If you want to adjust the color, you can just go

to the Color command.
to the Color command.

And here you can adjust the saturation, the color
And here you can adjust the saturation, the color

tone, or you can even recolor the image.
tone, or you can even recolor the image.

I'm going to adjust the color tone to make the
I'm going to adjust the color tone to make the

picture look a little bit warmer.
picture look a little bit warmer.

I think this picture looks good now, so I'm going
I think this picture looks good now, so I'm going

to go through and
to go through and

see if any of the other pictures need adjustments.
see if any of the other pictures need adjustments.

This picture already looks really good,
This picture already looks really good,

but there are a couple of things we can do to spice it up a little bit;
but there are a couple of things we can do to spice it up a little bit;

specifically, Artistic Effects and Picture Styles.
specifically, Artistic Effects and Picture Styles.

From the Format tab, go to Artistic Effects,
From the Format tab, go to Artistic Effects,

and just hover over the different options until you find one that you like.
and just hover over the different options until you find one that you like.

Depending what your picture looks like, some of
Depending what your picture looks like, some of

them may look better than others.
them may look better than others.

This one looks like a pastel drawing, which I
This one looks like a pastel drawing, which I

think works well with this picture.
think works well with this picture.

I'm also going to choose a Picture Style.
I'm also going to choose a Picture Style.

And these can add various types of frames, and
And these can add various types of frames, and

other types of effects to your picture.
other types of effects to your picture.

The metal frame looks good.
The metal frame looks good.

With all of the pictures in this presentation, the
With all of the pictures in this presentation, the

file size is probably pretty large,
file size is probably pretty large,

and that might be a problem if I want to email it to somebody.
and that might be a problem if I want to email it to somebody.

To fix that, I'm going to compress the pictures.
To fix that, I'm going to compress the pictures.

In the Adjust group, click the Compress Pictures command.
In the Adjust group, click the Compress Pictures command.

Here you have the option of deleting the cropped areas of pictures
Here you have the option of deleting the cropped areas of pictures

and also changing the target output.
and also changing the target output.

E-mail will give them the lowest resolution, which
E-mail will give them the lowest resolution, which

means the file size will be as small as possible.
means the file size will be as small as possible.

I want to apply these changes to all of the pictures in the presentation,
I want to apply these changes to all of the pictures in the presentation,

so I will uncheck Apply Only to This Picture and then click
so I will uncheck Apply Only to This Picture and then click

OK.
OK.

You may have noticed that the picture adjusted a
You may have noticed that the picture adjusted a

little bit,
little bit,

and that's because compression lowers the quality of the picture.
and that's because compression lowers the quality of the picture.

So there is a tradeoff,
So there is a tradeoff,

and you'll have to decide whether you want higher quality images
and you'll have to decide whether you want higher quality images

or a smaller file size.
or a smaller file size.