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How to Move an Image to the Back of Another Image?

The hardest part of making a professional presentation is arranging and editing photos and media. A PPT looks boring without media, attractive photos, and other shapes. But when you try to spice up the presentation, you face challenges with slide designs and formatting. For two images, how to move an image to the back of another image? How to place an image below another image in PowerPoint?

If you are skilled at editing photos with photo editing tools, you can insert custom images into the slides. However, if you want to rely on PowerPoint’s built-in editing features, you need to be creative. PowerPoint has limited tools for visual optimization, but for a common user, these features are good enough.

Moving an Image below another Image

Stacking images on a slide is a complicated task, and without proper knowledge of graphic design concepts, you may not get the desired results. But for our readers who have a clear understanding of the visual hierarchy, this guide can be a good start.

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You can move an image to the back of another image in PowerPoint, but this stacking must add value to the presentation. Random images cannot be used for this procedure. Before learning how to move an image to the back of another image, here are some important terms that every reader needs to understand.

Bring to Front: This command brings an image to the front of all layers. If the design has five layers, moving an image to the front will place it above all five layers.

Bring Forward: This action moves an image one layer forward. From layer three, forward action will move to the latter two.

Send Backward: Use this action when you need to send an item one step backward.

Send to Back: Sending to the back means moving an image or an object below all layers.

Steps to Stack Images in PPT

Now, you can arrange two or more images on a slide. This tutorial will use a logo and a banner to help you understand how moving an image to the back or front works. Follow these steps to stack one image above or below another.

Step 1: Insert images into the slide. You can have more than two images, but the proper arrangement of the images is necessary to use this design concept.

images on a slide

Step 2: Select the image you want to move below or above other images or layers. Then, navigate to the Picture Format tab.

In this case, we are using the Twistly logo to move above or below the existing images in the slide.

picture format tab

Step 3: Go to the arrange section and click the “Send Backward” button. If you want to move, send it one layer back.

send image backward

As you can see, a part of the logo is now behind the image, and only half of the logo is visible on the slide. This action sent the logo behind the first layer.

Step 4: If you want the logo to be below all layers, click on the Send Backward button to access the menu. Then, choose the “Send to Back” option, and the logo will be moved below all layers.

send image to back

Bring Image to the Front

Now, the logo is behind all layers. If you want to bring it to the front or one layer above, use the “Bring Forward” option or access the “Bring to Front” button, and your image will appear on top of all images and layers on the slide.

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Conclusion

The Picture Format tab has options to move an image to the back of another image in PowerPoint. For best results, use Twistly to create PPTs. When you don’t know what will work best for your topic or you don’t have the time or expertise, let the AI do the hard work for you.

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Frequently asked questions

Yes, a PPT slide can have several images. You just have to be creative about arranging them so that the presentation looks appealing.

Choose the “Send to Back” option from the Picture Format tab, and the image will be moved behind all layers.

Yes, the same features available for images also work for text. Right-click on the text and then choose the appropriate layer where you want to send it.