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samcarter
Elements that are larger than a beamer frame will protrude into the note page with the `show notes on second screen` option. Normally one does not see this because the note page has a coloured background by default, but I'm using a very simple note page instead of the default one.

How can I crop the beamer frame to avoid this problem?


```
\documentclass{beamer}

\setbeamertemplate{note page}{\insertnote}
\setbeameroption{show notes on second screen}

\begin{document}

\begin{frame}
\includegraphics[width=1.5\textwidth]{example-image-duck}
\note{note text}
\end{frame}

\end{document}
```

![document.png](/image?hash=ecb130678ebe224c8e8ea28832af2f344388ce96f5aab260872077c0861e965f)
Top Answer
samcarter
One can use the `corner width=0pt` option of `pgfpages`. This will ensure that the page is clipped to the desired size. Note that this must be done before `\setbeameroption{show notes on second screen}`:

```
\documentclass{beamer}

\setbeamertemplate{note page}{\insertnote}

\usepackage{pgfpages}
\pgfpageslogicalpageoptions{1}{corner width=0pt}
\setbeameroption{show notes on second screen}

\begin{document}

\begin{frame}
\includegraphics[width=1.5\textwidth]{example-image-duck}
\note{note text}
\end{frame}

\end{document}
```

![document.png](/image?hash=d51cb0339671c12515605d488cc4ead6c17f099a610c782b1b23890cef9db0c2)

This trick also works for all other applications of `pgfpages`, for example to create handouts:

```
\documentclass[aspectratio=169,handout]{beamer}

\mode<handout>{%
  \usepackage{pgfpages}
  \pgfpageslogicalpageoptions{1}{corner width=0pt}
  \pgfpageslogicalpageoptions{2}{corner width=0pt}
  \pgfpagesuselayout{2 on 1}[a4paper,border shrink=5mm]
}

\setbeamercolor{background canvas}{bg=yellow}

\begin{document}

{
  \setbeamertemplate{background canvas}{\includegraphics[width=\paperwidth]{example-image-duck}}
  \begin{frame}
    \titlepage
  \end{frame}
}

\begin{frame}
  My second slide
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
  My third slide
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
  My fourth slide
\end{frame}

\end{document}
```

![Screen Shot 2020-09-06 at 17.17.55.png](/image?hash=2c067aff0aedc788a77912689eb81d41a3ab81b0b8dc16aae856c228ef9fe95c)

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