Resized images appear stretched

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Hello,

This is my first time using the PowerPoint forum for help. I have used the
Word forum and appreciate the very quick/timely resonses that I have received.

I have an 11x17 cover page Word template that has a placeholder for a
graphic. The image size is 4.88" x 9.75". I am using JPEG images from a
company resource library to resize to fit my cover. Upon resizing the image
(in PowerPoint) and saving it, I can then insert it into my cover template
and it fits the placeholder perfectly. The images are stored on a SharePoint
site for my team to use for their projects.

The problem is when users open the image from the site, the image appears
"stretched" looking. Also, I notice that some of the
images have a yellow box with four arrows in the lower right of the image
(When I hover over the area, the text says expand to regular size.) There are
several people working on the resizing and we are trying to figue out what we
are doing wrong.

Has anyone seen this? I am not sure what I am doing wrong with the resizing
process. How can I get the images to view correctly when just
viewing them and not placing them in my template?

Thank you for your response.
 
I don't know for sure, but it certainly sounds to me like the SharePoint
site is opening the images at a size other than 100%. What application do
the images open in when they're opened directly from the SP site? (It
doesn't sound as if it's PPT.)

When you resize the image in PPT, are you maintaining the aspect ratio?
 
Hello,

This is my first time using the PowerPoint forum for help. I have used the
Word forum and appreciate the very quick/timely resonses that I have received.

I have an 11x17 cover page Word template that has a placeholder for a
graphic. The image size is 4.88" x 9.75". I am using JPEG images from a
company resource library to resize to fit my cover. Upon resizing the image
(in PowerPoint) and saving it, I can then insert it into my cover template
and it fits the placeholder perfectly. The images are stored on a SharePoint
site for my team to use for their projects.

The problem is when users open the image from the site, the image appears
"stretched" looking.
Click to expand...

I'm a bit confused here as to what Word and PowerPoint have to do with the image
that the users are seeing on the site.

How exactly are you resizing images in PowerPoint?



Also, I notice that some of the
 
Thanks for the further explanation.

So when you open the image in Photoshop, does it look stretched there? (I'm
trying to figure out if Picture Manager is actually the problem.)

I was thinking you might want to open the saved image on your harddrive with
Irfanview, a free downloadable image editor. I'd be interested in knowing if
it's looking stretched there.

Oh, which versions of PPT, Word, and Sharepoint?
 
Hello,

The SharePoint site is where we are storing the final/resized images for our
users to retrieve and use for their Proposal Covers.

We have a Word Cover Template file with a predefined area to insert a
graphic (4.88" x 9.75"). The Cover in Word is a table and the graphic size
is one of the rows. We have a guide set up with these exact dimensions in
PowerPoint. A user downloads an image (JPG) from our company-approved graphic
library and inserts it in the PowerPoint template, placing it behind the
properly sized rectangular guide. The image is moved within the sized outline
to align to the left hand margin of the space, then the image is sized to fit
the entire space, holding down the ALT key while enlarging the image to fit
the 4.88" x 9.75" space.
Click to expand...

What if the image's proportions don't match 4.88x9.75?

Using Rightclick, save as Picture?

Here's my take on it: if you're supplying the images to the users, why not
pre-size them correctly ahead of time rather than making them go through all of
these error-prone (and I suspect ultimately unnecessary) steps?





When
 
I'm just thinking aloud here...

I wonder if the images are getting different PPI (pixels per inch)
information in PowerPoint and Photoshop. Steve, any thoughts there?

Mkate, what file type are you saving the images as when you right-click and
Save as Picture in PPT? Did you say JPG or is it something else?
 
We are saving all the images as JPG format.

Thank you.
--
Mkate


Echo S said:
I'm just thinking aloud here...

I wonder if the images are getting different PPI (pixels per inch)
information in PowerPoint and Photoshop. Steve, any thoughts there?

Mkate, what file type are you saving the images as when you right-click and
Save as Picture in PPT? Did you say JPG or is it something else?
Click to expand...
 
I'm just thinking aloud here...
Click to expand...

Hold it down then. Mkate said it's all working well now. said:
I wonder if the images are getting different PPI (pixels per inch)
information in PowerPoint and Photoshop. Steve, any thoughts there?
Click to expand...

Or there's no ppi/dpi/whateverperwhosis in the JPG at all
Mkate, what file type are you saving the images as when you right-click and
Save as Picture in PPT? Did you say JPG or is it something else?
Click to expand...

JPG
 
And PShop, as I recall, does have a way of setting DPI/size, which also
fits.
Yup.
Click to expand...


That sounds right. That's actually what I was thinking when I started with
the "getting different PPI information" -- but I couldn't remember which
program actually added the information and to which image types. :-)
 
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