People like to share profile pictures online to get a digital identity. The picture shape is important for the photo. The two most popular picture shapes are boxes and circles. In this tutorial, you will learn how to crop a photo into a circle using Paint and Microsoft Word.
The box-shaped picture is the default one. The circle-shaped picture can be used as a professional profile photo. Especially for students and job seekers, a round-shaped profile photo is a must.
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Either it's a square-shaped or rectangular-shaped photo, the simple crop is enough. If you want the picture shape should be a circle, you may prefer Photoshop. It can be frustrating to learn photoshop tricks to crop a photo into a circle.
You may also have an idea to hire a freelancer to crop your pictures. Here, we have come with simple tips to crop a picture into a circle. Thus, you can do it yourself on your own.
When you make a circle shape, it will look like this on MS Word:
Format Picture window will open.
That's all. You're done.
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The box-shaped picture is the default one. The circle-shaped picture can be used as a professional profile photo. Especially for students and job seekers, a round-shaped profile photo is a must.
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Either it's a square-shaped or rectangular-shaped photo, the simple crop is enough. If you want the picture shape should be a circle, you may prefer Photoshop. It can be frustrating to learn photoshop tricks to crop a photo into a circle.
You may also have an idea to hire a freelancer to crop your pictures. Here, we have come with simple tips to crop a picture into a circle. Thus, you can do it yourself on your own.
Requirements
- Windows PC (Version 7 or above).
- MS Office.
Sample Picture
In this tutorial, we've used this Batman picture to make a circle picture shape. Let's begin the tutorial.
Steps
- Open MS Paint on your Windows PC.
- Add your photo in Paint.
- Choose Rectangular selection in Paint.
- Crop your photo showing your face.
- Save As the picture in PNG format.
- Now, open MS Word.
- Go to Insert > Shapes > Oval.
- Place the cursor on the page and draw a circle.
Tip: Press the SHIFT button while making a circle. Drag the cursor and make a perfectly round shape for the profile picture.
When you make a circle shape, it will look like this on MS Word:
- Upon finishing the circle, Drawing Tools will be activated.
- Go to Format > Shape Fill > Picture.
- Add the cropped picture into it.
You will see your cropped photo like this:
You need to remove the blue circular outline around the image.
To do that:
- Right-Click on the image area.
- Click on the Format Shape option.
- Click on Line Color.
- Check the No Line radio button.
- Click on the Close button.
Have you noticed that the circular line around that image has been cleared?
Note: We've used MS Word Professional Plus 2010. If you're using any other version, Right-Click on image > Format Autoshape. On the Format Autoshape window, under Color section > Choose No Color. Our aim is to clear the circular border.
- Then Right-Click on the image showing points.
- Copy the image to the clipboard or press Ctrl + C.
- To save the image, go to MS Paint.
- Paste the copied image from the clipboard to Paint.
- Now, Save the image.
When you use your cropped circle picture on the white background, it will look like this:
To use your circle shape picture on a different background,
- Go to MS Paint.
- Insert a picture with a different background.
- Go to Home > Select > Tick the Transparent Selection.
- Now, add the cropped circle picture on a different background.
An example is given below:
- Then Save the picture.
Tip: Prefer PNG format while saving the picture for best quality.
That's all. You're done.
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Conclusion
If you're looking for a circle crop tool, you should try this DIY guide. If you've any queries, feel free to leave your comment.
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