Google Slides Insert Images

Insert images

Inserting images are the best ways to improve your visual slides presentation.

You can insert images via –

Local computer
Search the Web
Google Drive
Google Photos
By URL
Camera

To insert images, you can follow any of these methods –

In Menu Bar, go to Insert -> Images

In Toolbar, click on ‘Insert Images‘

Go to Tools -> Explore and search for the image

Drag an image from your computer

Note The quickest way to add images is by dragging an image from local computer

Duplicate Images

Instead of copying an image, it is better to duplicate the image. The short is Ctrl + D.

How to center an image

To center an image to horizontal or vertical position, right click on the image and go to Center -> Horizontally/Vertically.

Formatting options in Image

Once you select an image, you have various options in the toolbar –

Under Format options, you have various options such as –

You can change the position, size, rotation, recoloring, adjustments, drop shadow, reflection, etc.

Insert with Safe Search

Why use the built-in Search for insert image?

Google Slides has a inbuilt feature of inserting images directly from the Web Search.

All the images are safe to be used and we recommend to use this feature of Google Slides.

Crop image

Sometimes, it is required to crop an image to cut out the extra portion of the image.

To Crop an image, select the image. In the tool-bar, click on ‘Crop Image‘ and adjust the blank handle accordingly.

Note/Info Cropping an image does not distort the original image. The original image is still there in its original shape and you can modify it later as well.

The alternative is, right click on the image and click on ‘Crop Image‘ and adjust the blank handle accordingly.

Another way to crop image is to double click on the image and adjust the black handle as per your requirements.

Bonus Tips

While dragging the image for cropping, make sure to press Ctrl or Shift to resize it properly.