Add a photo to your design canvas and personalize it using Venngage’s image customization tools:
- Add the Photo: Upload your image or choose one from the image library, then place it on your design canvas.
- Crop: Use the Crop tool to trim or resize the image to focus on a specific area.
- Crop Shape: Apply a shape mask to change the image’s outline (e.g., circle, square, etc.).
- Opacity: Adjust the opacity to control the image’s transparency and how it blends with the background or other elements.
Crop an image
- Select the image on the canvas.
- Click Crop in the top toolbar. The canvas will darken, highlighting the visible crop area.
- Resize the crop area by dragging the corners of the bounding box to your desired dimensions (Note: You can’t expand the crop area beyond the image’s original size.)
- Reposition the image within the crop area by clicking and dragging, or using the arrow keys.
- Any part of the image that appears darkened will be cropped out when you confirm the crop.
Crop an image into a specific shape
- Select the image on the canvas.
- Click Crop Shape in the top toolbar.
- From the drop-down menu, choose the shape you want to use.
The image will be cropped into the selected shape instantly.
Change the part of the image or icon that appears in the cropped area
Select the image, then select Crop from the top toolbar. Move the image into the focal area or resize the crop area and move the image.
Resize the image while in Crop Mode
You can also resize the image while in crop mode to change how it appears in the focal area.
Click anywhere outside of the image or press Esc to deselect the image and confirm the change.
VENNGAGE MAKES IT EASY
Double-click on a cropped image to
bring up the Image Replace menu.
Choose an image to replace the selected one
on the canvas, and the new image will
appear with the same crop (or crop shape)
as the image it replaced.
Change the opacity/transparency of an image
- Select the image.
- Click or select Opacity option from the top toolbar.
- Use the slider to change the opacity, making the image more or less transparent, or type the percentage of Opacity into the text field where the percentage appears, next to the slider.
Images with a lower opacity let through some of the color of the elements that appear behind the image, which can create an interesting stylistic effect.
Add alt text to non-decorative images
Images that are non-decorative, that is, images that are important for readers/viewers to understand as they appear in the context of your design, require alternative (alt) text, a text description that accessibility tools like screen readers or visually impaired users rely on in order to understand and decipher images.
Add an alt text description to images: select an image and click "Alt Text" in the top toolbar. Write the description of the image in the Description field.
For images that are decorative, mark them as decorative by selecting the image, clicking on "Alt Text" in the top toolbar, and checking "Mark as Decorative" underneath the description field.

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