Pixels instead of cm or inches

On 16 Nov, 20:10, Steve Rindsberg wrote:
> In article <43c16685-1151-44ec-aa45-
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> a9c09a890....cut RemoveThis @e23g2000yqd.googlegroups.com>, AlessandraC wrote:
> > is there anyway to make PPT2007 work in pixels instead of cm or inches?
>
> What the other Steve said has a vote from this Steve.
>
> But working in pixels sounds like a possible solution to a specific
> problem.
>
> What's the actual problem you're trying to solve?
>
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graphics professionals use pixels to size pictures in photoshop, when
they ask me what size I need the picture to place in a slide, they
want pixels.
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In article <43c16685-1151-44ec-aa45-
a9c09a890173.Rmv RemoveThis @e23g2000yqd.googlegroups.com>, AlessandraC wrote:
> is there anyway to make PPT2007 work in pixels instead of cm or inches?

What the other Steve said has a vote from this Steve.

But working in pixels sounds like a possible solution to a specific
problem.

What's the actual problem you're trying to solve?

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> > What's the actual problem you're trying to solve?
> >
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> > PPT Frequently Asked Questions[URL="http://www.pptfaq.com/"]http://www.pptfaq.com/[/URL]
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> graphics professionals use pixels to size pictures in photoshop, when
> they ask me what size I need the picture to place in a slide, they
> want pixels.

OK, good. In that case, you need to know two things:

1) How much of the slide the picture will occupy in PowerPoint?

2) At what resolution will the slide be shown (assuming that you'll be
projecting slides; if you're going to print, the rules will be a bit
different)?

Assuming you'll project at 1024x768 (the most common setting with projectors)
and the image is full-slide, you'd want it to be 1024x768 (plus maybe a bit
extra in case you need to crop/resize).

If the image occupies half the screen horizontally and full screen
vertically, then you'd want 512 x 768.

And so on.

Again, assuming 1024 x 768 and you're working with a standard 10" wide slide,
you know that 1024/10 = 102.4 dpi

Knowing that, you can draw a rectangle where you want the image to go and
multiply each of its dimensions (in inches) by 102.4 to get the theoretical
pixel-perfect size. Personally, I'd fudge a bit. Multiply by 120 instead.
That gives PPT a bit of extra data to work with when it antialiases the
image, and gives you a bit of headroom in case you need to resize/crop.

And rather than trying to relay all that to every artist I work with, I'd be
more likely to ask for an image at 2048 x 1536 and do any needed downsampling
myself before popping the image into PPT.


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What Steve R said but also

A graphics tutorial on the same subject
[URL="http://www.awesomebackgrounds.com/powerpointgraphics.htm"]http://www.awesomebackgrounds.com/powerpointgraphics.htm[/URL]


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"Steve Rindsberg" wrote in message

>> > What's the actual problem you're trying to solve?
>> >
>> > ==============================
>> > PPT Frequently Asked Questions[URL="http://www.pptfaq.com/"]http://www.pptfaq.com/[/URL]
>> >
>> > PPTools add-ins for PowerPoint[URL="http://www.pptools.com/"]http://www.pptools.com/[/URL]
>>
>> graphics professionals use pixels to size pictures in photoshop, when
>> they ask me what size I need the picture to place in a slide, they
>> want pixels.
>
> OK, good. In that case, you need to know two things:
>
> 1) How much of the slide the picture will occupy in PowerPoint?
>
> 2) At what resolution will the slide be shown (assuming that you'll be
> projecting slides; if you're going to print, the rules will be a bit
> different)?
>
> Assuming you'll project at 1024x768 (the most common setting with
> projectors)
> and the image is full-slide, you'd want it to be 1024x768 (plus maybe a
> bit
> extra in case you need to crop/resize).
>
> If the image occupies half the screen horizontally and full screen
> vertically, then you'd want 512 x 768.
>
> And so on.
>
> Again, assuming 1024 x 768 and you're working with a standard 10" wide
> slide,
> you know that 1024/10 = 102.4 dpi
>
> Knowing that, you can draw a rectangle where you want the image to go and
> multiply each of its dimensions (in inches) by 102.4 to get the
> theoretical
> pixel-perfect size. Personally, I'd fudge a bit. Multiply by 120
> instead.
> That gives PPT a bit of extra data to work with when it antialiases the
> image, and gives you a bit of headroom in case you need to resize/crop.
>
> And rather than trying to relay all that to every artist I work with, I'd
> be
> more likely to ask for an image at 2048 x 1536 and do any needed
> downsampling
> myself before popping the image into PPT.
>
>
> ==============================
> PPT Frequently Asked Questions
> [URL="http://www.pptfaq.com/"]http://www.pptfaq.com/[/URL]
>
> PPTools add-ins for PowerPoint
> [URL="http://www.pptools.com/"]http://www.pptools.com/[/URL]
>
>
 >> Stay informed about: Pixels instead of cm or inches