Word Desaturation of Pictures

[jonathant]

Version: 2004
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

Hello,

I have some high res photos that I am dragging into word docs, however, word is horribly desaturating the photographs. The difference between the original in Photoshop and the word doc version is embarrassingly obvious.

Does anyone know why this happens. Can it be fixed? What are the pros and cons of using the in software saturation tool word has?

Cheers,
Jonney

 

[CyberTaz]

Hi Jonney -

One of the pitfalls of doing things the "easy way" & succumbing to the lure
of point 'n' click operating system When you drag an image into any kind
of document you're bypassing the program's graphic import filters. As a
result it has no idea what it's dealing with & has no way of rendering
anything other than the lowest common denominator.

Long story short - if you want the best possible results with graphics stay
away from copy/cut & paste as well as drag 'n drop. Use Insert> Picture>
From File so the program can import the image file properly rather than
having it be relegated to generating its own guess of what's in the file.

On the same issue, make sure a raster image is processed to the intended
print dimensions as well as the necessary resolution (ppi) & color mode.
Resizing in a word processor will result in banding or pixilation depending
on whether you scale it down or up, respectively.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[macropod]

Also, maybe the OP put the image in the header or footer, and the 'desaturated' effect is due only to how Word displays such an
image on screen.

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Cheers
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Jonney:

All of Microsoft Office expects 24-bit RGB. Word 2004 can't really handle
anything greater than that.

If you perform the conversion in PhotoShop, and then use Insert>Picture>From
File... As Bob suggests, you will get a more acceptable result.

Alternatively, if you are not sending the documents anywhere else, you can
"Link" but do not "Embed" the pictures. Word will then retrieve and display
the original instead of converting it.

Check the Help topic " Reduce the size of a file by linking instead of
inserting graphics" for more...

Hope this helps

Version: 2004
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

Hello,

I have some high res photos that I am dragging into word docs, however, word
is horribly desaturating the photographs. The difference between the original
in Photoshop and the word doc version is embarrassingly obvious.

Does anyone know why this happens. Can it be fixed? What are the pros and cons
of using the in software saturation tool word has?

Cheers,
Jonney

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