Performance for slide shows

[DerekTVS]

I use a Dell Inspiron 8000 for digital presentations. My last contained 250
high res JPG's, set to a recorded sound track. Unfortunately with the number
of images performance was extremely poor. I therefore cut the show into two
halfs and deleted visual dissolves to straight cuts. The pre-recorded timings
did not work out and I was aware that the images were taking much longer to
auto change. This gave the problem of the sound-track running out about a
minute before the images, so synchronisation was totally lost.

Am I expecting too much of my Laptop? A P111 with 384 Mb. Or is the 2002
version of Powerpoint not up to such presentations? Should I upgrade to the
newer version, or find an alternative image presentation prog?

 

[Michael Koerner]

How large is your presentation? I would be inclined to believe that it is
system related rather than PowerPoint. If your just displaying your images
on the computer screen, you might consider reducing the size of the images.
Have a look at this as a starter.
http://www.awesomebackgrounds.com/powerpointgraphics.htm

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|I use a Dell Inspiron 8000 for digital presentations. My last contained 250
| high res JPG's, set to a recorded sound track. Unfortunately with the
number
| of images performance was extremely poor. I therefore cut the show into
two
| halfs and deleted visual dissolves to straight cuts. The pre-recorded
timings
| did not work out and I was aware that the images were taking much longer
to
| auto change. This gave the problem of the sound-track running out about a
| minute before the images, so synchronisation was totally lost.
|
| Am I expecting too much of my Laptop? A P111 with 384 Mb. Or is the 2002
| version of Powerpoint not up to such presentations? Should I upgrade to
the
| newer version, or find an alternative image presentation prog?

 

[Bill Foley]

FYI - it doesn't do much good to use high resolution JPGs that are higher
than the capability of your projector. All you are doing is asking for the
"slows".

Check out the following for more info:

PowerPoint gets the slows:

http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00114.htm

Why are my files so big?

http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00062.htm

What's the best resolution for images?

http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00415.htm

 

[Kathy Jacobs]

IN addition to the great ideas you have already gotten, I suggest you take a
look at what else could be making your file so big. In this case, I am
guessing that you have Fast Saves turned on. To learn how to turn them off
and what else could be causing the bloat, check out this entry from Steve
Rindsberg's PPT FAQ:
Why are my PowerPoint files so big? What can I do about it?
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00062.htm

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[TAJ Simmons]

Derek

In addition to all the excellent advice... but also

powerpoint is not very good at playing back the same show twice and in sync
with music and ending at the same time.

if you run a slideshow once - then without stopping - re-start/loop it/
then it will run more consistently the next (and subsequent times) - as
everything is cached.

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

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

 

[DerekTVS]

The first attempt of running 250 images the file size was 475,003Kb. As this
was so slow, it was split into two files a) 249,948Kb - b) 146,591Kb. Both
were inconsistant in their speeds. Everything was fine tuned for best
performance. As a pro photographer I naturally did not wish to lower the
image resolution, which the projector handles very well. Shame about
Powerpoint!

 

[DerekTVS]

Images are set at 1024X768 and are not acceptable at less. The Dell projector
handles the images very well.

I have given similar shows with no problem, so why the change?

Many thanks for your input.

 

[DerekTVS]

The first presentation was 475,003Kb, and was so slow and failing to run at
the same speed each time. Split into two seperate files a)249,948Kb -
b)146,591Kb. The images were set at 1024 X 768 and could not really be set at
a lower resolution. Everything esle was fine tuned for best image handling
(as a pro photographer, the image quality was naturally important.

The Dell projector handles these very well, shame about Powerpoint!!

 

[DerekTVS]

Steve thanks for your interest.

My Jpg's range from 500kb to 1,500Kb. I then insert singly from file or
perhaps create a photo-album and insert. Then I scale the images in "set-up"
to a resolution of 1024 x 768. Next ticking the hardware graphics
acceleration to help performance.

The first presentation was 475,003Kb, and was so slow and failing to run at
the same speed each time. Split into two seperate files a)249,948Kb -
b)146,591Kb. The images were set at 1024 X 768 and could not really be set at
a lower resolution. Everything esle was fine tuned for best image handling
(as a pro photographer, the image quality was naturally important.

1024x768 is a reasonable size for the images, but 475,000/250 images works out
to nearly 2mb each. JPGs at 1024x768 should be nowhere near that size.

How large are the JPGs on your HDD?
How did they get into PPT?

The Dell projector handles these very well, shame about Powerpoint!!

How large is your presentation? I would be inclined to believe that it is
system related rather than PowerPoint. If your just displaying your images
on the computer screen, you might consider reducing the size of the images.
Have a look at this as a starter.
http://www.awesomebackgrounds.com/powerpointgraphics.htm

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Michael Koerner [MS PPT MVP]


|I use a Dell Inspiron 8000 for digital presentations. My last contained 250
| high res JPG's, set to a recorded sound track. Unfortunately with the
number
| of images performance was extremely poor. I therefore cut the show into
two
| halfs and deleted visual dissolves to straight cuts. The pre-recorded
timings
| did not work out and I was aware that the images were taking much longer
to
| auto change. This gave the problem of the sound-track running out about a
| minute before the images, so synchronisation was totally lost.
|
| Am I expecting too much of my Laptop? A P111 with 384 Mb. Or is the 2002
| version of Powerpoint not up to such presentations? Should I upgrade to
the
| newer version, or find an alternative image presentation prog?

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

Hi Steve

Many thanks for pointing that out. Yes, I can see the problem now and will
fix that through Photoshop. I naturally thought that PPT was more powerful so
fell into that trap. Will now rescale all my images before hand.

Best wishes from SEast England UK

Steve thanks for your interest.

My Jpg's range from 500kb to 1,500Kb. I then insert singly from file or
perhaps create a photo-album and insert.

First off, I'd avoid photo album. Use Insert, Picture, From File instead.

Then I scale the images in "set-up"
to a resolution of 1024 x 768.

Ah. That doesn't affect the image in any way; it simply tells PPT always to
display the show at a SCREEN resolution of 1024x768, resetting Windows to thaat
value for the duration of the show if need be.

You really need to downsample your images to the intended resolution or just a bit
more BEFORE inserting them.

Obviously, you never want to touch your original files; instead, use an image
editing program that'll let you batch downsample to new filenames.

IrfanView at http://www.irfanview.com is a great one for this. Free too.


.Next ticking the hardware graphics

acceleration to help performance.

The first presentation was 475,003Kb, and was so slow and failing to run at
the same speed each time. Split into two seperate files a)249,948Kb -
b)146,591Kb. The images were set at 1024 X 768 and could not really be set at
a lower resolution. Everything esle was fine tuned for best image handling
(as a pro photographer, the image quality was naturally important.

1024x768 is a reasonable size for the images, but 475,000/250 images works out
to nearly 2mb each. JPGs at 1024x768 should be nowhere near that size.

How large are the JPGs on your HDD?
How did they get into PPT?


The Dell projector handles these very well, shame about Powerpoint!!

:

How large is your presentation? I would be inclined to believe that it is
system related rather than PowerPoint. If your just displaying your images
on the computer screen, you might consider reducing the size of the images.
Have a look at this as a starter.
http://www.awesomebackgrounds.com/powerpointgraphics.htm

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Michael Koerner [MS PPT MVP]


|I use a Dell Inspiron 8000 for digital presentations. My last contained 250
| high res JPG's, set to a recorded sound track. Unfortunately with the
number
| of images performance was extremely poor. I therefore cut the show into
two
| halfs and deleted visual dissolves to straight cuts. The pre-recorded
timings
| did not work out and I was aware that the images were taking much longer
to
| auto change. This gave the problem of the sound-track running out about a
| minute before the images, so synchronisation was totally lost.
|
| Am I expecting too much of my Laptop? A P111 with 384 Mb. Or is the 2002
| version of Powerpoint not up to such presentations? Should I upgrade to
the
| newer version, or find an alternative image presentation prog?





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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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