Resizing Photos for PPT

[W. eWatson]

Is it worthwhile resizing 1-2M files in a photo tool for use in PPT to
some width and height, say roughly 800x600 pixels, or just better to use
PPT to resize them? I'm thinking of travel photos, and may display
anywhere from 1 to two per page. Computer projector will probably be 10
to 15' from a pretty large screen.

 

[Victor Delta]

Is it worthwhile resizing 1-2M files in a photo tool for use in PPT to
some width and height, say roughly 800x600 pixels, or just better to use
PPT to resize them? I'm thinking of travel photos, and may display
anywhere from 1 to two per page. Computer projector will probably be 10
to 15' from a pretty large screen.

Simpler to resize them in PP, surely? But you may want to finish by using
the brilliant Compress Pictures tool to reduce the final file size.

V

 

[W. eWatson]

Simpler to resize them in PP, surely? But you may want to finish by
using the brilliant Compress Pictures tool to reduce the final file size.

V

What is that tool? BTW, I'm using Win7. I may have used something like
that once to find files that were too large in the PPT file. Several
years ago.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

What is that tool? BTW, I'm using Win7. I may have used something like
that once to find files that were too large in the PPT file. Several
years ago.

In PPT2003, rightclick the picture, choose Format Picture, which'll bring up
the formatting dialog preset to the Picture tab. Click Compress.

In 2007/2010 select the picture then click Compress Pictures on the Picture
Tools | Format ribbon, Adjust group.

 

[W. eWatson]

In PPT2003, rightclick the picture, choose Format Picture, which'll bring up
the formatting dialog preset to the Picture tab. Click Compress.

In 2007/2010 select the picture then click Compress Pictures on the Picture
Tools | Format ribbon, Adjust group.

I'm using 2007. I don't see a Pic Tools. Just things like Design,
Insert,Home on the top menu.

What I'm really after is suppose I have a 1M jpg file, and resize it in
PPT. Now suppose I edit it the same jpg file to 800x600. I now put both
of them on a slide and project them onto a large screen. Will I see a
resolution difference?

After I finish the PPT file, I will be trying it out on my laptop, which
haw 2003. It'll be interesting to see what flops or not.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I'm using 2007. I don't see a Pic Tools. Just things like Design,
Insert,Home on the top menu.

When you select a picture, look at the right side of the ribbon ABOVE the Format
item. That's where Picture Tools appears.

What I'm really after is suppose I have a 1M jpg file, and resize it in
PPT. Now suppose I edit it the same jpg file to 800x600. I now put both
of them on a slide and project them onto a large screen. Will I see a
resolution difference?

Probably, but impossible to say, since you haven't specified the resolution of
the 1M image. But to simplify things, you want images to be at or slightly
higher than the max resolution supported by the projector. That's the limiting
factor. Most projectors nowadays go to 1024x768, with somewhat higher
resolutions in the not-too-distant future.

Your best bet, IMO, would be to put the images you intend to use in a directory
by themselves, batch process them down to, say 1200 pixels wide (IrfanView is
great for this, and free). Experiment with the JPG compression/quality settings
... the lower the quality you choose, the smaller the JPG. A big of quality
reduction, say to 90 or 95%, can give you files that look fine but are much
smaller than at 100%.

Then drop the files into PPT.