How to Insert Photos and GIFs into Google Slides
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Making use of text (and only text) in your Google Slides presentation is a very good way to lose the focus and attention of your audience. Including photos and animated GIFs can immediately spice things up by emphasizing the important points you make.
There are a number of ways to add images into a Google Slides presentation. You can upload the image yourself, link use an image URL, use images in Google Google Drive, take pictures by your device’s built-in camera, or insert images using a web search. Here’s how.
Uploading Images and Animated GIFs from a PC
If you want to enter images from your computer, you can do that easily in Google Slides.
Open up your Google Slides presentation and then click Insert > Image > Upload from Computer to select your chosen image.
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Find the image file on your computer and insert it into your presentation.
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If you’ve chosen a static image file (for instance, a JPG or PNG file), the image will appear on the slide you’ve selected.
Animated GIFs will loop, showing the same brief scene repeatedly.
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You can begin to edit images in Google Slides after inserting them. If the GIF doesn’t load, you may need to insert it by URL instead.
Inserting Images and Animated GIFs by URL
Google Slides allows you to include link from an external file, including animated GIFs from sources such as GIPHY. Ensure that you have proper permission to use and link to an external image file before you insert it to your presentation.
To do this, open your Google Slides presentation. On whichever slide you want to add the image, click Insert > Image > By URL.
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In the “Insert Image” box, paste the URL to your static image or GIF.
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If the image is correct, the URL should instantly be replaced with a preview of the static image or GIF.
Click the “Insert” button to add the image or GIF you’ve chosen into your presentation.
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Inserting Images and Animated GIFs from Google Drive and Google Photos
You can insert images and GIFs from your Google Drive and Google Photos cloud storage directly into a Google Slides presentation you have access to.
To insert images from your Google storage, open your presentation and click Insert > Image. Choose “Photos” to upload an image from your Google Photos storage or “Drive” to upload an image from your Google Drive storage.
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On the menu that is located on the right, look for a suitable image. When you’re ready, hit the “Insert” button that is at the bottom.
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You can also double-click on any of the images that you locate to insert them directly.
Taking and Inserting Pictures Using a Camera
Google Slides lets you take and insert pictures from a built-in or from an attached camera that is connected to your PC. Your web browser must have access to your camera to do this.
Open up yur your Slides presentation and click Insert > Image > Camera.
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If you’re using a browser like Google Chrome, you would be asked for permission to access your camera. Click the “Allow” button to authorize this in Chrome.
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Take the picture using your camera by pressing the onscreen camera button; then select the image (or images) you want to insert from the previews to the right.
Click “Insert” to add them to your presentation when you’re ready.
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Inserting Images Using Google Search
Google Slides allows you to take advantage of Google’s enormous search capabilities to find images on the web. You can search for images using a built-in image search, enabling you to insert the images you find directly into your Google Slides presentation.
Unfortunately, you can’t easily locate and insert GIFs using this method. You’ll need to download them first or insert them using a URL instead.
To start, open your Google Slides presentation and press Insert > Image > Search the Web.
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A search menu will appear on the right. Use the provided search bar to search for images. Click to select any of the images that appear and then press the “Insert” button below to add them to your presentation.
You can also double-click any of the images to insert them directly.
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The images you select from the search menu will then be inserted into your Google Slides presentation, ready for you to use or edit further. You can also try canvas prints.
