Old slides conversion to powerpoint

[Guest]

I am wanting to get 40-year-old Ektrachrome slides put onto a CD to construct
a powerpoint for my parents 50 yr anniversary. The photo lab asked me what
format I wanted them saved in--Tiff---jpeg---etc. He said if they are saved
with a high resolution--it might be too much info for powerpoint to run.
However, a lower resolution will not allow us to print any of the photos with
success. He uses Photoshop at his work and did not know the parameters of
Powerpoint. Is anyone familiar with old slide conversion requirements for
the 2003 Powerpoint Program?

 

[Val]

I'd have them scanned at the hightest resolution, saved as TIFF files. This
preserves the most information from the slides.

Those will probably a bit big for PPT. My favorite tool is IrfanView to
reduce image size (be sure to save as a new file, don't overwrite your
scans), it can also easily crop, and will save to just about any common
format, such as jpeg.

Val

 

[Echo S]

Completely agree.

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[Steve Rindsberg]

I am wanting to get 40-year-old Ektrachrome slides put onto a CD to construct
a powerpoint for my parents 50 yr anniversary. The photo lab asked me what
format I wanted them saved in--Tiff---jpeg---etc. He said if they are saved
with a high resolution--it might be too much info for powerpoint to run.
However, a lower resolution will not allow us to print any of the photos with
success. He uses Photoshop at his work and did not know the parameters of
Powerpoint. Is anyone familiar with old slide conversion requirements for
the 2003 Powerpoint Program?

Sign me up for what Val said. Then add:

You can get IrfanView here. It's free:

http://www.irfanview.com

It also does batch processing. Start it, press B and wowee, LOOKIT all those
options. Work on a copy of your original files, as it can be a bit confusing at
first.