Pages for Mac: Add and edit images
You can add photos and graphics to a document from a photo library, or drag photos and graphics from a website or from the Finder. You can crop an image by masking out parts you don’t want, and make adjustments to its background and exposure.
Add or replace an image
Do any of the following:
Drag an image from your computer or a webpage to the page or to a placeholder image.
Click 
in the bottom-right corner of an image placeholder, then select an image from a photo library.
Click 
in the toolbar, then drag an image from a photo library to the page or to a placeholder image.
To search for an image, click the magnifying glass in the upper-right corner of the media window.
Choose Insert > Choose (from the Insert menu at the top of your screen), select an image, click Insert, then drag the image to where you want it.
When you replace an image placeholder with your own image, the new image is no longer a placeholder. If you try to add a different image over the one you added, the images overlap. To use a different image from the one you added, press Command-Z on the keyboard to remove the image and restore the placeholder, then add the new image.
If you can’t replace an image on a page, the image may be locked or grouped.
Create an image placeholder
You can add image placeholders to a document. Using an image placeholder lets you easily replace an image without disturbing other elements on the page.
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Add an image to the document, then format it how you want images to appear in the document.
You can add a mask, add a border, rotate the image, change its size, and more.
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Select the image, then choose Format > Advanced > Define as Media Placeholder (from the Format menu at the top of your screen).
If you can’t replace an image or other object
If you can’t replace an object on a template, the object may be locked or it may be a master object. To make it editable, do one of the following:
Select the object, click the Arrange tab at the top of the sidebar, then click Unlock.
If you don’t see a sidebar, or the sidebar doesn’t have an Arrange tab, click 
in the toolbar.
Select the object, then choose Arrange > Section Masters > Make Master Objects Selectable (from the Arrange menu at the top of your screen).
Mask (crop) a photo
Masking is a way to hide unwanted portions of an image without modifying the image itself.
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Double-click the image.
The mask controls appear. The default mask is the same size as your image.
Tip: To display the mask controls on a Mac with a Force Touch trackpad, force click the image (press firmly on the trackpad until you feel a deeper click). -
Use the controls to frame just the parts of the image you want to be visible.
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Click Done.
Remove background and other elements from a photo
Use the Instant Alpha tool to make parts of an image transparent. This feature is useful for removing an unwanted background or color from an image.
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Select the image, then click the Image tab at the top of the sidebar on the right.
If you don’t see a sidebar, or the sidebar doesn’t have an Image tab, click
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Click Instant Alpha.
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On the image, click the color you want to remove, then drag slowly over it.
As you drag, the selection grows to include areas that use similar colors. Click and drag multiple times to remove multiple colors.
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Remove all of the color (even in other parts of the image): Press the Option key on the keyboard as you drag.
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Add a color back to the image: Press the Shift key on the keyboard as you drag.
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Click Done, or click Reset to restore the image to its original state (and undo all your changes).
Adjust exposure, saturation, and other image settings
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Select the image.
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Click the Image tab at the top of the sidebar on the right.
If you don’t see a sidebar, or the sidebar doesn’t have an Image tab, click
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Use the controls to make adjustments:
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Exposure: Changes the overall lightness or darkness of the entire image.
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Saturation: Changes the richness of color in the image. Dragging to the right makes the colors richer or more vibrant.
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Enhance: Automatically adjusts the image by spreading the red, green, and blue tones evenly across the histogram.
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To see the image histogram and adjust more advanced features like contrast, highlights, shadows, sharpness, de-noise, temperature, and tint, click
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To restore the original settings, click Reset, or click Reset Image in the Adjust Image window.
You can open the Adjust Image controls in a separate window that you can move anywhere. Choose View > Show Adjust Image (from the View menu at the top of your screen).