How to Insert an Image into a Circle in InDesign

Learn how to create, move and scale a circular image in InDesign. Details below... 0:00 - Creating a Circular Frame The Ellipse Frame Tool is located beneath the Rectangle Frame Tool in the Tools panel. Click and drag to create an ellipse. Hold down the Shift key while dragging to create a circle. 0:22 - Toggling Screen Modes Tapping the W key toggles between the Normal and Preview Screen Modes. This allows for the showing and hiding of design aids such as margins, guides and frames. 0:41 - Inserting (Placing) an Image An image is inserted into InDesign via the Place command that is found within the File menu. The Place dialog box contains a "Replace Selected Item" option. When active, if a frame is already selected, the placed item will be inserted directly into that frame. 1:18 - Moving and Scaling a Frame The Selection Tool is used to manipulate a frame. To proportionally scale a frame, drag a corner while holding down the Shift key. 1:53 - Selecting, Moving and Scaling an Image To adjust an image within a frame it must first be selected. With a frame selected, clicking on the Content Grabber (the donut icon in the centre) will select the image. To scale the image proportionally, drag a corner while holding down the Shift key. Click and drag the image from within the frame to move it. 3:00 - Scale Frame and Image Simultaneously To simultaneously scale the frame and the image it contains, hold down Command/Control + Shift while dragging a corner of the frame with the...