

Once this is complete you will see the text neatly arranged around your photo. There, under the Arrange tab select Wrap and choose the Around option. For that, select your photo and tap on the paintbrush icon once more. Step 5: Now that you’ve removed the background from your photo, you can freely wrap your document’s text around it. The result might not be flawless but it will do the trick. Step 4: Once you finish with your selections, tap on Done and your photo’s background will disappear almost entirely. Additionally, tapping and holding on this button will also give you the option to Redo your last move. These are the parts that will become transparent once you are done.Ĭool Tip: If you make any mistake with your selection, simply press the Undo button at the top left of the screen to remove the last selection. Once you drag over a section and lift your finger, the selected parts will change color.

To follow these directions, drag your finger across all the elements of your photo’s background. Step 3: Once you select Instant Alpha, you’ll see some instructions below stating ‘Drag across colors to make transparent’. There, from the drop-down menu select the Image tab and then tap on Instant Alpha from the available options. Next, tap on the paintbrush icon at the top of the screen.

Step 2: Now tap on the image to select it. The photo will be positioned where your cursor is located. Step 1: With your Pages document open, tap on the ‘+’ sign at the top right and select the rightmost tab in order to choose a photo to insert into your document. In this entry we will show you one of these really useful features that allow you to remove a photo’s background (a pretty advanced image editing task) right from within Pages on iPad and have text wrapped all around the resulting image. In fact, Pages is crawling with little neat features that make it far more than just a mere tool for writing. What sometimes comes as a surprise though, is how powerful Pages in particular can be not only on your Mac, but also on your iPad. While most of us usually use Pages or any other word processor to mainly enter text, they are actually capable of much more than that.
