Inserting and Manipulating Images

Quick reference

• 00:05 Keynote is an incredibly powerful tool for many reasons.
• 00:08 And one area where this is especially true is working with images.
• 00:12 In this lesson we'll show you how to insert an image, edit that image,
• 00:16 apply an image mask, add borders, and even apply and instant alpha.
• 00:21 And if you're not sure what that is, don't worry,
• 00:23 you'll be an expert by the end of this lesson.
• 00:25 So let's get started.
• 00:27 First, less insert an image.
• 00:29 There are two ways to insert an image onto your slide.
• 00:33 If you have an image file that you want to use in finder or
• 00:36 on your desktop, we simply drag and drop that onto our slide.
• 00:40 That's it.
• 00:41 That's the easiest way.
• 00:43 If you have an image file in your photos library that you want to use,
• 00:46 we can click the media button on our tool bar to open the photos library.
• 00:51 This integrated browser should look familiar to you as you browse through
• 00:54 your albums.
• 00:56 Once we have found the picture we want to use,
• 00:58 we click on that image and add it to our slide.
• 01:02 Now that we have an image file to work with let's walk through some of
• 01:05 the editing functions within key note.
• 01:07 Under the style tab on the formatting pane we can browse through and
• 01:11 select a style to choose from.
• 01:13 These styles will help to make your images look a little more interesting for
• 01:16 your audiences to view.
• 01:18 Styles are nothing more than a collection of settings based on border style, shadow,
• 01:23 and reflection.
• 01:24 You'll notice that these same three attributes are also found below.
• 01:27 This is where we can tweak our settings to our specific needs.
• 01:31 For example if we wanted to change the type of shadow
• 01:34 we could do this under the shadow section.
• 01:37 Now that we've explored the various styles to choose from,
• 01:40 let's take a a look at how we can edit our image using the tools built into Keynote.
• 01:44 With our image selected let's click on the Image tab in the formatting pane.
• 01:49 The first option we see is an image Replacement button.
• 01:52 If we wanted to swap our current image with maybe another version of the image
• 01:57 we could do this here.
• 01:59 The alternative would be to remove the unwanted image from our slide.
• 02:02 And then drag the new image onto the slide.
• 02:05 The replace feature may save us a few clicks and a little time.
• 02:10 The edit mask feature is sometimes referred to as a cropping tool.
• 02:13 If we wanted to crop the sides or the top or bottom off of our image for
• 02:17 example we would click the edit mask button,
• 02:20 which would give us some adjustment handles to change according to our needs.
• 02:24 Once we have adjusted those handles as we need them, we click done, that's it.
• 02:30 The next option is our Instant Alpha.
• 02:33 This is great for removing unwanted backgrounds on images.
• 02:36 In this example, we want to remove the background so
• 02:39 that the characters are on their own.
• 02:41 Doing this will also create a cleaner feel to the slide since the slide's background
• 02:45 itself can be a little distracting.
• 02:49 To this, we will click on the Instant Alpha button to invoke the tool.
• 02:53 Immediately we see a box with a crosshair in the center.
• 02:57 If we want a single color to be removed or
• 03:00 set as transparent, we simply place the center of the box on that color and click.
• 03:05 In most cases backgrounds have gradients, so
• 03:07 using these methods may take a little bit longer than ideal.
• 03:11 In those situations we would click and
• 03:13 hold on the mouse, while we drag it outward away from the original location.
• 03:18 The further out we drag before letting go of the mouse,
• 03:21 the more colors will be removed.
• 03:23 If we go too far we run the risk of removing part of the image itself.
• 03:27 So there's a fine line.
• 03:28 Fortunately, Apple makes this super easy for us.
• 03:31 We simply drag out and in and out and
• 03:34 in until we find the perfect amount of transparency.
• 03:37 Once we've found it we can let go of the mouse to commit the changes.
• 03:41 You'll see now, as I move the mouse around,
• 03:44 that our background truly is transparent.
• 03:47 Another benefit to doing this is apparent when we add a shadow to our image.
• 03:51 Notice how the shadow now follows the remaining image,
• 03:54 ignoring the areas of the image that are transparent.
• 03:58 Let's talk about editing our image.
• 04:00 As you can see, we can quickly and easily adjust the exposure and
• 04:03 saturation of any image that we have selected.
• 04:06 We can also click Enhance to let Keynote adjust the colors, exposure and
• 04:10 contrast automatically.
• 04:12 Sometimes that works well, and other times it can make the image look slightly worse.
• 04:17 If you use this feature and you don't like the result, you can always click the Reset
• 04:21 button to take the image back to the original settings.
• 04:24 If you want a lot of control over your image,
• 04:26 we'll want to click the advanced adjustments button here.
• 04:30 This will open a new heads up window, where we can adjust levels, exposure,
• 04:34 contrast, highlights, shadows and much more with great level of granularity.
• 04:40 We won't go through all the options in detail here,
• 04:42 but I would strongly encourage you to explore them on your own.
• 04:46 As I mentioned before,
• 04:47 if you decide you don't like the changes that you've made to your image, you can
• 04:51 always click the reset button to reset the image back to the original version.
• 04:55 One more note about these editing changes,
• 04:58 these are non destructive changes to the original image.
• 05:01 In other words these edits will not affect the version of the image in your
• 05:04 photos library or from your desktop.
• 05:07 So feel free to be as creative as you need to be.
• 05:11 Now that we've explored lots of ways to edit your images together its time for
• 05:14 you to explore them in greater detail on your own.
• 05:17 Spend some time right now and practice inserting images, making changes,
• 05:22 adding a mask or cropping, removing backgrounds, and adding borders.
• 05:27 I think you will quickly come to love the control that Keynote
• 05:29 gives you when working with images.

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