# How to Make an Image Transparent on Windows and Mac

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**Author:** Ayushi Chauhan
**Published:** 2022-11-11
**Updated:** 2022-11-11
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There are many inventive uses for transparent photographs. A collage may be made by stacking various images on top of one another. Other features like text or icons can be highlighted by using a lighter or translucent picture. An elementary modification that is simple to complete is changing the transparency of a picture.

You may successfully accentuate what you want to say by making a picture transparent. For instance, a translucent product picture is frequently used to PPT presentations or other branding circumstances. Depending on your needs, you may produce a picture with a translucent backdrop, layer, or section.

Transparency may be added to your photo using a variety of online and offline photo editors. The focus of this essay is on some dependable and widely used software. As a result, while fading an image, you might gain extra features. We have mentioned steps below to **make an image transparent on Mac**.

## Steps to make an image transparent on Mac

On your Mac, open Pages, **Number** or Keynote.

Once the document opens, **click** on Form to make the image transparent.

In the **document**, select it **Picture**.

Drag it Opacity slider in the Style tab **left** or **right** to make the image **transparent.**

## Steps to make an image transparent on Window

Open **Microsoft** **Word** on your computer.

Click on Insert and then click on **Shapes**.

Now, you must select a shape and click on **Shape** **Format**.

Select the **Shape Outline** option and then select No Outline.

Now, **right-click** on the shape and click on Format Shape.

In the Format Shape option, click on the **Fill** **icon**. Now click on Picture/Texture Fill.

Now, select Insert and then click on Pictures. Now, select the Image you want to make **transparent** and **click** on Insert.

Now, adjust the Image’s Transparency by moving the slider in the Format Shape section next to Transparency.

## Final Words

That’s it with our article on how to Make an Image Transparent on Windows and Mac. You could believe that Photoshop is necessary in order to make an image transparent and erase its backdrop. However, it’s not necessary.

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