Working with pictures - Adding picture shapes to a document

Here is a neat trick that is good to use and looks very clever to those that don't know how

Its a follow on from the christmas tree exercise

1. open word

2. from the insert tab select insert picture

3.choos insert online picture

4. select 6 pictures to insert

5. crop and resize the pictures so they are what you want to put together

6. now from the crop menu choose crop to shape and use a shape to put over your picture as a mask

7. If the position of the shape is not how yo want it go back to crop and adjust

8. Lets see what you can do .....

challenges

1. make a stained glass window effect from several images

2. construct a master shape like a boat/plane/vase/ box with images making up the shape

3. Make a greetings card using the crop to shape feature

Extension

You can apply artisitc effects to all your images to make them more interesting. From the format menu try the tools on the adjust panel