Editing Instructional Images in Keynote

This last week, Robin showed us how to do some elementary image editing using PowerPoint. Did you know it's a little easier in Keynote on a Mac?  Here, let me show you how.

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Adding Shapes

Confession time. My Mac is old and I need a replacement, so I've been using iCloud.com. But good news, the experience using iCloud.com to use Keynote is just as easy as on the computer. When you first open the program, you'll see the following top center:



Click the paperclip and it will show you the option to add whatever image you wish to edit. I plan on teaching the basics of editing using Adobe Express, so let's start with that. In a future blog, I will share the differences of .jpg, .png, and .svg. But I need to number each one to help guide readers to what I'll be discussing when. So we need to make that image. We can accomplish this with shapes. Click the circle/square image to open the Shapes menu. Then simply click on what shape you wish to use. I chose the circle.


However, I don't want a black circle. Thankfully, it's super easy to change the color.  Just click on what color you want in the Menu on the right.


That circle is awfully large for my purposes. I need to resize it. But I also want it to keep that perfect circle. If you press Shift and then grab and drag a corner handle, it will keep its proportions as you resize it to the size you want.

I've gotten it to the size I want. Did you know that all you need to do to add text to the shape is double click inside the shape? I did just that, typed a "1", then highlighted the text to change the color to white. High contrast is important for accessibility. I then selected the shape, and twice hit Command+C to copy (Ctrl+C on PC), and Command+V (Ctrl+V) to paste to create two more shapes, changing the text to 2 and 3.



My image is now ready!  See you all next week to learn all about types of images!

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