There may be times when the framing of your video is too zoomed out, or maybe you want to pull the framing tighter to place emphasis on a section of the shot. Ideally, this is done when the footage is actually being shot or when it’s being edited, but PowerPoint also gives you the ability to crop video. When you crop a video, you’re essentially cutting off the top, bottom, left, or right portions of the video, or any combination of those four. This video explains the Crop tool in PowerPoint.
- [Garrick] Hi, I'm Garrick Chow … and this is PowerPoint Tips Weekly. … There may be times when the framing of a shot … in a video you're using in your presentation … may be too zoomed out for your taste … or maybe you just want to pull the framing tighter … to place emphasis on a particular section of the shot. … Now of course ideally, this is done when the footage … is actually being shot or maybe when it's being edited … but PowerPoint also gives you … the ability to crop your videos. … When you crop a video, … you're essentially cutting off portions … of the top, bottom, left or right of the video … or any combination of those four. … So for example, maybe in this video here on my slide, … I want to zoom a little bit tighter on this shot. … With the video selected, I'll come up to the Format tab … and on the right side here we'll find … a group of tools called Size, and here's the Crop tool. … Notice clicking that places handles on the four sides … and corners of the video. … So now I can drag any of these handles in …
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1/4/2017Skill Level Intermediate
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