Re: [Videolib] Printing Posters/Pixelization

Wes Miller (wesm@earlham.edu)
Mon, 18 Jun 2007 10:53:04 -0400

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Chuck,

In PowerPoint you can create custom sizes that can be printed on a =20
plotter. Many of Earlham's students create poster presentations that =20=

are printed in a 4 x 5 foot size and printed on a plotter . This is =20
done under the page set-up area and is a custom size and scales the =20
image, which can then be printed to the printer of choice.

Give it a try and see how it works.

Wes

On Jun 18, 2007, at 8:34 AM, Chuck McCann wrote:

> Thanks,
>
> But faculty create their posters in PowerPoint -- which is an =20
> application that will only allow you a certain height and width. To =20=

> get a LARGER dimension it has to be exported as something that =20
> PhotoShop will open (or is there another way?). It seems to only =20
> export at 72-96 dpi. So, when the poster is proportionally =20
> stretched in PhotoShop there is pixelization in the images, and =20
> 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), =20=

>> but images will. I think you can make a PowerPoint about 36 by 48 =20=

>> or so, perhaps a bit wider (might be 52). The only thing you can =20
>> do with an image is use a very high dpi one, as that is bitmapped, =20=

>> not vector based, like the fonts will be in PowerPoint.
>>
>> mb
>>
>> Michael Brewer
>> Slavic Studies, German Studies & Media Arts Librarian
>> University of Arizona Library
>> brewerm@u.library.arizona.edu
>> From: owner-videolib@lists.berkeley.edu [ mailto:owner-=20
>> videolib@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Chuck McCann
>> Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 12:06 PM
>> To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
>> Subject: [Videolib] Printing Posters/Pixelization
>>
>> Ninety percent of my patrons who want a poster made will come with =20=

>> their poster on a PowerPoint file. The dimensions of a PowerPoint =20
>> slide will only expand to 24 x 36 inches (there about) -- so to =20
>> get a bigger poster what we have done is saved the slide as a .jpg =20=

>> and resized it in Photoshop.
>>
>> QUESTION: What are some technical tips for reducing FONT AND IMAGE =20=

>> pixelization??
>>
>> 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 =20
>> of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, =20
>> acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of =20
>> current and evolving video formats in libraries and related =20
>> institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective =20=

>> working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of =20
>> communication between libraries,educational institutions, and =20
>> video producers and distributors.
> 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 =20
> broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, =20
> evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and =20
> use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related =20
> institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective =20
> working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of =20
> communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video =20=

> producers and distributors.

T. Weston Miller
Director, Instructional Technology & Media
Earlham College, Drawer 5
Richmond, IN 47374-4095

Voice: 765-983-1278
E-mail: wesm@ earlham.edu

Immediate Past-President, Association for Educational Communications =20
and Technology. (http://www.aect.org)

AECT 2007 Conference - Anaheim, CA October 23-27, 2007

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Chuck,


In PowerPoint you can = create custom sizes that can be printed on a plotter.=A0 Many of = Earlham's students create poster presentations that are printed in a 4 x = 5 foot size and printed on a plotter .=A0 This is done under the page = set-up area and is a custom size and scales the image, which can then be = printed to the printer of choice.

Give it a try and see how = it works.

Wes



On Jun 18, = 2007, at 8:34 AM, Chuck McCann wrote:

= 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.=A0 I think you can make a PowerPoint = about 36 by 48 or so, perhaps a bit wider (might be 52).=A0 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.
= =A0
mb
=A0
Michael = Brewer
Slavic Studies, German Studies & Media Arts Librarian
= University of Arizona Library
= brewerm@u.library.arizona.edu
From: owner-videolib@lists.ber= keley.edu [ mailto:owner-videolib@lists.berkeley.edu] On = Behalf Of Chuck McCann
Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 12:06 = PM
To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
Subject: [Videolib] Printing Posters/Pixelization
= =A0
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.
= =A0
QUESTION: What are some technical tips for reducing FONT = AND IMAGE pixelization??

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.

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.


T. Weston = Miller
Director, Instructional Technology & = Media
Earlham College, Drawer 5
Richmond, IN=A0 = 47374-4095

Voice: = 765-983-1278
E-mail:=A0 wesm@ = earlham.edu

Immediate Past-President, = Association for Educational Communications and Technology.=A0 (http://www.aect.org)


AECT 2007 Conference - = Anaheim, CA October 23-27, 2007

 =

= --Apple-Mail-6--139762359-- 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.