{"id":353,"date":"2009-08-17T00:07:43","date_gmt":"2009-08-17T04:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.ollieweb.org\/index.php\/2009\/08\/17\/resizing-images-for-slideshows-mac\/"},"modified":"2022-12-30T11:01:37","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T15:01:37","slug":"resizing-images-for-slideshows-mac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.ollieweb.org\/index.php\/2009\/08\/17\/resizing-images-for-slideshows-mac\/","title":{"rendered":"Resizing Images for Slideshows – Mac"},"content":{"rendered":"

In my earlier article, Slideshows in a Digital Age<\/a>. I talk about the need to resize images down to something that resembles the projectors inherent resolution. The idea is that since a good projector can only handle 1024 x 768 pixels, embedding a picture bigger than that only strains powerpoint and your hard drive \u2014 the projector still only puts 1024 x 768 pixels onto the screen.<\/p>\n

So here\u2019s a quick and easy approach for Mac users if you don\u2019t want to fire up either Lightroom, Aperture or Photoshop:<\/p>\n

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  1. Copy the pictures you have chosen for your presentation into a folder on your desktop called “Resize.” Note that I said “Copy” \u2014 this is important since this process changes the files themselves and you don\u2019t want to mess up your originals.<\/li>\n
  2. In Finder, select all the images in “Resize” (you know about Ctrl-a, right?).<\/li>\n
  3. Double click on one of the selected images \u2014 this will open them all in Preview.<\/li>\n
  4. Select all the images in Preview (Again, Ctrl-a).<\/li>\n
  5. In the Tools menu, click on “Adjust size.”<\/li>\n
  6. Change to “pixels” in the dropdown to the right of “Width” and “Height.”<\/li>\n
  7. Change “Width” to 1024 and make sure “Scale proportionally” is checked.<\/li>\n
  8. After you click OK, you will see shrunk images.<\/li>\n
  9. Do a File | Save ALL and you will now have a nice folder full of resized images.<\/li>\n
  10. Use these images for your powerpoint.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    This is a really quick and simple approach to making your powerpoints more efficient, faster loading and less likely to crash.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    In my earlier article, Slideshows in a Digital Age. I talk about the need to resize images down to something that resembles the projectors inherent resolution. The idea is that since a good projector can only handle 1024 x 768 pixels, embedding a picture bigger than that only strains powerpoint and your hard drive \u2014… Continue reading Resizing Images for Slideshows – Mac<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[19,15],"class_list":["post-353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-computer","tag-photography","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.ollieweb.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.ollieweb.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.ollieweb.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.ollieweb.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.ollieweb.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.ollieweb.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":535,"href":"https:\/\/wp.ollieweb.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353\/revisions\/535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.ollieweb.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.ollieweb.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.ollieweb.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}