Excel graphs in powerpoint into imovie

hello rainbowsister,

i have made the best experiences concerning image files with TIFF files, they have the best quality.
for DV-PAL images must be 720x576 px, for DV-NTSC it's 720x480 but to get better quality you could double these values. please note that image files must be saved with screen resolution: 72 dpi. higher resolution will not give you better results.
if you look at the figures you will see that a TV doesn't have the resolution of a computer screen so you might want to consider showing the graphs separately in order to get - more or less - the desired result.

hope it helps & viva la mela

hello rainbowsister,

do NOT use the highest possible resolution, this makes things worse.
screen resolution is 72 dpi, as opposed to 300 dpi print resolution for example.
what are your settings regarding image size?

it just came to my mind that powerpoint could possibly be able to output movie files .... i'm not sure here, because i quit using it when i switched to mac 🙂

let me know your settings and we'll try to figure something out ...
but don't get your hopes up to high - as i said, video looks different

keep us posted & viva la mela

iMovies goal is "projection" on TV - in PAL countries that has a screen resolution of 768x576 (.. and that is max, in real life it is less...)

second, a computer has no interlacing - that is a good trick for moving images on TV, but that "blurrs" any detailed content...

sooo....
you charts will be minimized & blurred. in case you used any serif-typo, the tiny lines will vanish/flirr.. that isn't iM fault, but due to TV standards....


I would:
use Excel to export directly into some pict format (tiff isn't bad, because no compression); I don't see any need to make an inbetween step in some slideshow app ... (???)
and I would "tune" in Excel the formats: not too much content, san-serif typo, no bright colors (as pure red), no 1pix lines etc....
best practise:
re-create new, "video compatible" charts in some pic maker (e.g. Photoshop) by using the correct settings from the beginning - you instantly see what you get...

don't forget: judge pic quality of iM projects only TV screen!
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besides:
dpi is an internal-file-info just need for PRINTS... a 10x10pix picture is displayed as 10x10 pix on every computer's screen... independed of 72dpi, 120dpi, or 2400dpi... bigger dpi's make file size larger, but not better for monitor use.... 😉

... thanks for using the forum's marker feature... 🙂

if you can handle PowerPoint as a "layout app", you will handle Photoshop too.. I'm using PS-Elements for some years, still surprised about some options & possibilities... anyhow... In PSE's new doc prefs you are allowed to choose "PAL" with all correct settings... and don't forget the all-mighty drag'n drop options on a Mac... if it is a "picture" in one app, you can drag it to another one... (let Excel calculate the chart/drag to PSE/add colors, titles, etc/drag into iM)

I'm used to use one app for its native task, coming from the stoneage of computer history, we had no "all purposes" office apps - and .ppt is a slideshow maker, not a layouter or painter... you will get used to it too.. 😉

another, silly hint: I do use a dvd-r w media, to do such "test burns"... just a quick'n dirty version of some critical part of a project (sometimes just a few secs), burn it, watch it, trash it 😉

... ehm, well, .. you need the installer disk to install an app... and there's no free PS Os9>>X upgrade...

for a quick'n dirty solution:
you Mac came preinstalled with "Graphic Converter", mainly meant for ... ehm, graphic conversion... but with some basic "paint" abilities...

or, you use Appleworks (should be preinstalled too) for painting...

just amazing, getting help from folks in Germany and Belieze!
yepp, that is one of the advantages of the iNet - no borders, one community... I like that! 🙂
... aside the fact with the common lingo.. but establishing iChat for "talk", we can add "talkin' with hands+feeds" too... 😉

hello all

Karsten:
"just amazing, getting help from folks in Germany and Belieze!
yepp, that is one of the advantages of the iNet - no borders, one community... I like that! 🙂
... aside the fact with the common lingo.. but establishing iChat for "talk", we can add "talkin' with hands+feeds" too... 😉"

yeah, i like that too .... one world and so on...
i don't know about about the hands & feet thing though, is that a native bavarian thing? just kidding ... i'm from freiburg BTW, just live and work in belize
great input karsten, it's always good to encounter people with solid knowledge (no kidding this time).

viva la mela

Could Rainbowsister take a screen shot of the graphs ?
And then put it into iMovie?

Take a screen shot of the graphs that are in powerpiont.
Line up the graphs the way you want them to look –
and take a screen shot of them. Use the red box in Grab.
There is an application called “Grab”
it's in your Utilities folder that’s in your Applications folder,
Just pull it into your Dock.
Use the - Capture – Selection- in your Menu – then save as.
Just drag in from your desk top
It work for me in the past in iMovie.

I also use photoshop elements too.

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