Shrinking Images?

[ttusa]

Hello, I have a presentation very soon, and it seems that sometimes when I put images on my flashdrive they shrink when I show them on someone else's computer. I don't want to display teeny, tiny images for this presentation-would be extremely embarrassing.

Please give me advice. Should I just put them on a CD instead? I'm saving images from my TPF "portfolio" to the flashdrive. Thanks in advance for your help!

[Chimper]

Are the images really shrinking or do the other monitors have higher resolution than yours? Viewing the same image on an old CRT monitor with 800x600 resolution will look much larger than a with a new LCD set at 1600x1200.

[PIC]

Shrinkage happens.

EL

[ttusa]

Originally Posted by Chimper

Are the images really shrinking or do the other monitors have higher resolution than yours? Viewing the same image on an old CRT monitor with 800x600 resolution will look much larger than a with a new LCD set at 1600x1200.

Well, it's really strange because when I view them on my computer or at the school where I teach, they show normally. I don't think they're really shrinking, but I can't make a presentation with tiny images.

Do you think I should just put them on a CD?? Thanks for responding.

[kenw]

Therese, they aren't really shrinking. As Greg mentioned, it's the resolution of the monitor they are using, or the projector.

Say I have a 19" monitor and it is set to 800x600. If my image is sized to 800x600, it will fill the screen. But if that monitor or projector is set too 1200x1600, your same image will look really small, since the image is still only 800x600.

If you can find out what resolution they are using, resize your images to that. Or, in most cases if your image is larger than the resolution of their monitor, most software will resize it to fill the screen. But, be careful, some don't do a really good job of resizing and the images can get a bit chunky.

A good compromise is to size your images to about 1000 across or 750 tall, whichever is bigger. Even if the monitor is larger, it won't look too small. If it needs to make it smaller, it won't be so much that distortion nails you too hard.

[Chimper]

I don't think that flash drive is resizing your images, so storing them on a CD should not make any difference. I guess you can verify if your flash drive is resizing the images by comparing the files sizes and pixel dimension before and after.

To make your presentation right you should prepare your images to the size required for how you will be presenting them. Will they be displayed on an old CRT, projected, or on a 60" plasma TV? The few presentations I have done have been projected and I sized the images 1000 pixels on the longest side and that seemed to work well.

[ttusa]

Originally Posted by kenw

Therese, they aren't really shrinking. As Greg mentioned, it's the resolution of the monitor they are using, or the projector.

Say I have a 19" monitor and it is set to 800x600. If my image is sized to 800x600, it will fill the screen. But if that monitor or projector is set too 1200x1600, your same image will look really small, since the image is still only 800x600.

If you can find out what resolution they are using, resize your images to that. Or, in most cases if your image is larger than the resolution of their monitor, most software will resize it to fill the screen. But, be careful, some don't do a really good job of resizing and the images can get a bit chunky.

A good compromise is to size your images to about 1000 across or 750 tall, whichever is bigger. Even if the monitor is larger, it won't look too small. If it needs to make it smaller, it won't be so much that distortion nails you too hard.

Thanks, Ken, oh poo- I was hoping to be lazy and just import my 40 or so images just from TPF to the flashdrive (they're 800 on the longest side). I guess I'll have to process the images at 1,000 on the longest side. Actually I just wanted to be lazy-LOL!

[ttusa]

Originally Posted by Chimper

I don't think that flash drive is resizing your images, so storing them on a CD should not make any difference. I guess you can verify if your flash drive is resizing the images by comparing the files sizes and pixel dimension before and after.

To make your presentation right you should prepare your images to the size required for how you will be presenting them. Will they be displayed on an old CRT, projected, or on a 60" plasma TV? The few presentations I have done have been projected and I sized the images 1000 pixels on the longest side and that seemed to work well.

Thanks Greg, you and Ken are saying the same, so I'll have to process the images and resize to 1,000 on the longest side.