Remove photo backgrounds in keynote slides

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Use the new background removal tool in Ventura to lift subjects from photos in Keynote

There is a great new photo tool in macOS Ventura that enables you to erase the background of a photo, leaving just the subject as a cut-out. It works across several applications, like Pages and Numbers, but here we show how to use it in Keynote.

Topics

Photography

Topics

Photography

Cutting out the subject using a photo editing app can be difficult and time consuming, but in Keynote you just click a button, and it is instantly done. You can customise, enhance and resize the cut-out, and these brilliant features enable you to make even better slides in your Keynote slideshow. Make sure you have the latest macOS and Keynote versions before you get started.

It’s easy to cut the subject out of an image by making the background transparent

Erase image backgrounds

Cut out the photo subject and enhance it

Step-by-step

Cut out subjects from backgrounds

1 Replace an image

Either insert an image into an empty slide or replace an image in a slide template. Here is a slide template with an image. Click the button in the bottom-right corner.

2 Choose a picture

Select ‘Photos’ at the bottom of the sidebar, click an image and then click ‘Insert’. Do not choose a landscape, select a photo that has a subject, like people or animals.

3 Size and position

Click and drag the image to position it on the slide. Click ‘Format’ at the right of the toolbar and select the ‘Image’ tab below, then click the ‘Remove Background’ button.