Office suites trick I was unaware off: you can use images as background of shapes, then distort by moving the corner points
Posted by jpluimers on 2025/05/26
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The below example is in Excel, but it holds for many other drawing tools in other office suites as well (like the ones in OpenOffice and successors like LibreOffice, Apple Pages in iWork, and others from the list of office suites):
- Insert a shape
- Move the corners so it covers the area you want a screenshot in
- Modify the shape background to contain the screenshot as background
(you can exchange steps 2 and 3 if you wish, and even go for more complex shapes – including ones where you can add corner points – to better fit the area where you want the distorted screenshot to appear).
Example in (typo was indeed in the tweet) [Wayback/Archive] Excel Dictionary on X: “Are you ready for this Excel tip? Get ready to learn how to easily scew images. 🤯”:
- 320×568 video: [Wayback/Archive] video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1836532336483061760/vid/avc1/320×568/gM5WYfjORrqnUfzA.mp4
- 480×852 video: [Wayback/Archive] video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1836532336483061760/vid/avc1/480×852/X2nbU1dFF6qYL_ec.mp4
- 720×1280 video [Wayback/Archive] video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1836532336483061760/vid/avc1/720×1280/QPlaL1bcaTySnVP3.mp4
- [Wayback/Archive] SencfydlztfBgqtK.jpg (675×1200) (image above on the right)
- [Wayback/Archive] Tweet JSON
--jeroen
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