RE: [Videolib] Printing Posters/Pixelization

Chuck McCann (cmccann@mailer.fsu.edu)
Mon, 18 Jun 2007 08:34:06 -0400

Thanks,

But faculty create their posters in PowerPoint -- which is an application that will only allow you a certain height and width. To get a LARGER dimension it has to be exported as something that PhotoShop will open (or is there another way?). It seems to only export at 72-96 dpi. So, when the poster is proportionally stretched in PhotoShop there is pixelization in the images, and thus in the print.

Anyone have any ideas to help get a smoother image??





At 03:59 PM 6/15/2007, you wrote:
Fonts won=92t pixelate when printed from PowerPoint (really large), but images will.  I think you can make a PowerPoint about 36 by 48 or so, perhaps a bit wider (might be 52).  The only thing you can do with an image is use a very high dpi one, as that is bitmapped, not vector based, like the fonts will be in PowerPoint.
 
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Michael Brewer
Slavic Studies, German Studies & Media Arts Librarian
University of Arizona Library
brewerm@u.library.arizona.edu
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Ninety percent of my patrons who want a poster made will come with their poster on a PowerPoint file. The dimensions of a PowerPoint slide will only expand to 24 x 36 inches (there about) -- so to get a bigger poster what we have done is saved the slide as a .jpg and resized it in Photoshop.
 
QUESTION: What are some technical tips for reducing FONT AND IMAGE pixelization??

Chuck McCann
Dept. Head, Digital Media Center
Florida State Libraries
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Chuck McCann
Dept. Head, Digital Media Center
Florida State Libraries
"Ask A Media Librarian" AIM account/e-mail: cmccann@mailer.fsu.edu
http://www.lib.fsu.edu/dlmc/dmc
850.644.3094 or 850.644.5924

VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.