picture size?

[A]

What size should photo's be reduced to?

One place said 7.5" x 10" @ 72dpi

I see 800 x 600, 1024 x 768, 1280 x 720 Are these the sizes to reduce
pictures to?

Selecting a projector in power point- What does that do?

Read that over sized pictures slow down the presentation, but I wouldn't
want to leave out details either.

Thanks for your answers

John

 

[Terry Irwin]

All of the sizes you have specified are correct! It
depends on the "output resolution", that is the resolution
of the device you will be using to view the iamges. If you
are using a monitor with a resolution of 800 by 600, that
is what you want. It may be a bigger and better monitor,
or a projector with a higher resolution.

7.5" by 10" is the default resolution that PowerPoint is
set to.

Hope this helpd.

Terry

 

[Terry Irwin]

Sorry, should have explained that better.

Using 1024 x 768 for this example, divide each dimension
by 72 ppi (pixels per inch.) 1024 divided by 72 = 14.22"
(36.19cm). Enter this for Page width in PowerPoint to set
this resolution. 768 divided by 72 = 10.66" (27.08cm).
Enter this for Page height.

Your PowerPoint file is now perfectly set for a 1024 x 768
display

The image size you set depends on whether you want to fill
the whole slide (choose dimensions above) or half the
slide - so set at 500 pixels across) or some other
variation. If you size the images correctly and compress
them, your presentation will be much smaller and load
faster. This is particularly important on slow machines,
when sending by email or on the web.

Terry

PS this answer is taken from our book on PowerPoint which
may interest some users of the forum.
http://www.perfectmedicalpresentations.com

 

[A]

Thanks Terry.

Sorry, should have explained that better.

Using 1024 x 768 for this example, divide each dimension
by 72 ppi (pixels per inch.) 1024 divided by 72 = 14.22"
(36.19cm). Enter this for Page width in PowerPoint to set
this resolution. 768 divided by 72 = 10.66" (27.08cm).
Enter this for Page height.

Your PowerPoint file is now perfectly set for a 1024 x 768
display

The image size you set depends on whether you want to fill
the whole slide (choose dimensions above) or half the
slide - so set at 500 pixels across) or some other
variation. If you size the images correctly and compress
them, your presentation will be much smaller and load
faster. This is particularly important on slow machines,
when sending by email or on the web.

Terry

PS this answer is taken from our book on PowerPoint which
may interest some users of the forum.
http://www.perfectmedicalpresentations.com

 

[TAJ Simmons]

John,

It's amazing how many people/sites get this wrong. Even people who've been
'designers' for years (mainly the 'print' people).

If your presentation is aimed at on-screen/projected then it's all about
pixels and nothing else.
http://www.powerpointbackgrounds.com/powerpointgraphics.htm

If you put more pixels in the pictures in the presentation than is necessary
it can slow things down.

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

awesome - powerpoint backgrounds,
http://www.powerpointbackgrounds.com
free powerpoint templates, tutorials, hints and tips etc

 

[A]

Thanks TAJ Simmons

It's amazing how many people/sites get this wrong. Even people who've been
'designers' for years (mainly the 'print' people).

If your presentation is aimed at on-screen/projected then it's all about
pixels and nothing else.
http://www.powerpointbackgrounds.com/powerpointgraphics.htm

If you put more pixels in the pictures in the presentation than is
necessary it can slow things down.

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

awesome - powerpoint backgrounds,
http://www.powerpointbackgrounds.com
free powerpoint templates, tutorials, hints and tips etc

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

This can be so much simpler:

The default page size in PPT will be correctly proportioned for a standard
monitor.

Create images that are the same size as the monitor or projector you'll be
using (in pixels, that is). Bring them into PPT, ignore how large it makes
them, it matters not a whit. Enlarge them to fill the screen (drag by the
corner handles so as not to distort them; they'll snap to the edges of the
slides).

That's it.

No matter what size you set the PowerPoint page size for, it's still going to
fill whatever screen you show the presentation on, so long as the size is
proportional, so there's no need to change the page size.

 

[A]

Thanks Steve Rindsberg

John

This can be so much simpler:

The default page size in PPT will be correctly proportioned for a standard
monitor.

Create images that are the same size as the monitor or projector you'll be
using (in pixels, that is). Bring them into PPT, ignore how large it
makes
them, it matters not a whit. Enlarge them to fill the screen (drag by the
corner handles so as not to distort them; they'll snap to the edges of
the
slides).

That's it.

No matter what size you set the PowerPoint page size for, it's still going
to
fill whatever screen you show the presentation on, so long as the size is
proportional, so there's no need to change the page size.



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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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[Terry Irwin]

I agree Steve, but that presupposes that users know what
size their display is (which they need to know how to work
out or for projectors just read off the manual), and that
they resize the image before importing it so that it is
close to the correct size. As you know the commonest
problem is that the user imports the image without
resizing it and it is two or three times the pixel
dimensions of the PowerPoint slide.

I do think that a *basic* understanding of the output
display and pixel sizes of images helps users to
understand how to make compact presentations.

It is easy for an expert like you - you do it all by
reflex!

I agree that they don't really need to resize the page
settings in PowerPoint, but he did ask what the correct
one was - answer "all of them"!

Terry

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Thanks Steve Rindsberg

John