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AB - 26 Feb 2007 15:24 GMT
How many dpi should I have for optimum projection of my images in a power
point presentation? I use both horizontal and vertical format and so would
need to know the best for both. The images have been taken in RAW, and
converted to large jpegs.
Echo S - 26 Feb 2007 15:31 GMT
You've received responses both times you've posted this previously. Please
refer to those instead of starting another thread.

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> How many dpi should I have for optimum projection of my images in a power
> point presentation? I use both horizontal and vertical format and so would
> need to know the best for both. The images have been taken in RAW, and
> converted to large jpegs.
AB - 26 Feb 2007 15:41 GMT
But, I don't understand . In some places it says that the resolution should
be at 96dpi and in others it says at 300. How does this work? What is the dpi
I should use for my horizontal and my vertical images that I will be saving
at the sizes you recommend as 1024x 768 hz and 768 x whatever they suggest
for the vertical ones.

> You've received responses both times you've posted this previously. Please
> refer to those instead of starting another thread.
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> > need to know the best for both. The images have been taken in RAW, and
> > converted to large jpegs.
Echo S - 26 Feb 2007 15:59 GMT
In that case, saying you don't understand the responses you've received is a
good idea rather than just repeating your question -- otherwise you'll
continue to get the same responses that you don't understand.

DPI doesn't really matter. If you take a 1-inch by 1-inch image and set it
to 300 DPI (or PPI -- pixels per inch), you have 300 pixels  X 300 pixels to
work with. If you take that 1-inch by 1-inch image and set it to 96 DPI,
then you have only 96 pixels X 96 pixels to work with. You need an inch
measurement to go along with DPI or PPI in order to make it meaningful.

We don't care about the DPI with PowerPoint -- we care about how many pixels
you have to work with. A projected screen is generally 1024 x 768 pixels.
Forget the inches. So if you have 768 pixels on the height side, then you
have enough to size the image to the height of the screen (which is the same
as the height of the slide) without it becoming blurry.

How big is your image in inches? If you tell us that, we can tell you what
DPI setting to use to get enough pixels. Otherwise, we'll tell you to make
sure the image has 768 pixels (or thereabouts) on the height side.

You might also want to read this:

What's all this about DPI and INCHES and RESOLUTION?
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00075.htm

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What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/

> But, I don't understand . In some places it says that the resolution
> should
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>> > need to know the best for both. The images have been taken in RAW, and
>> > converted to large jpegs.
TAJ Simmons - 26 Feb 2007 16:07 GMT
AB

What Echo said... but also.... there's a tutorial on this that helps you get
your head around it...as it is confusing...

see pixels not dpi at
http://www.awesomebackgrounds.com/powerpointgraphics.htm

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

awesome - powerpoint backgrounds,
http://www.awesomebackgrounds.com
free powerpoint templates, tutorials, hints, tips and more...
Echo S - 26 Feb 2007 16:32 GMT
Oh, man, I totally forgot about this awesome (really!) tutorial. Very glad
you posted this link.

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What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/

> AB
>
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> http://www.awesomebackgrounds.com
> free powerpoint templates, tutorials, hints, tips and more...
TAJ Simmons - 26 Feb 2007 19:46 GMT
Yeah, there's some many good stuff out there... it's hard to remember them
all  - in my own mind at least :)

I tend to remember each one by where I saw it first. So I always remember
the 'color schemes', video troubleshooting and 'mix portrait and landscape'
on your site

Cheers Echo
Steve Rindsberg - 26 Feb 2007 19:51 GMT
> Oh, man, I totally forgot about this awesome (really!) tutorial. Very glad
> you posted this link.

Ayup.  Me too.

I've added a link to it from here:

What's all this about DPI and INCHES and RESOLUTION?
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00075.htm

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PPT FAQ:  www.pptfaq.com
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