A Little Help - Inserting Pictures

[SomeOne]

I have a Nikon D40 digital camera.

Offload the pictures to a directory on my hard drive.

I am using PowerPoint 2002

When I bring them into PowerPoint the only thing that I get is a Icon with a
Red X. Same thing when I try and bring them into MS Word.

Read where this could be a memory problem, so set the camera where the
pictures are small (350KB) and still have the same problem.

I have Paint Shop Pro. Paintshop Pro will show the original jpgs. Ran the
pictures through a conversion program; however, used the conversion program
to convert from jpg to jpg and just move it to another directory. Set the
compression down to 0. Ran the pictures and some of then actually wound up
slightly larger than the originals; however, they would load into Power
Point. Re-ran the pictures through the conversion program - this time with
a compression setting of 15. Smaller file size; however, pixel size 3008 X
2000 remains the same (originals are the same) along with 72 pixels per
inch. Regardless of setting, following conversion, pictures would load into
Power Point.

Now I load some of the original pictures on to my lap top with PowerPoint
2003 and the pictures load.

It is really a brain burner.

With the exception of setting options (under Tools) have no idea where any
other settings would be.

I construct the slide on the lap top (where everything appears to work) and
when I bring it over to my desk top and open the ppt, the Red X is there.

In addition, the converted pictures, on the desk top appear to be
considerably larger than the default layout, while on the laptop even the
original jpgs are not that much larger than the slide blank layout.

The originals can be viewed with every viewer that I have, including
Microsoft Photo Editor, Paint, Internet Explorer, and Paint Shop.

Appreciate any help

SomeOne In Need

 

[TAJ Simmons]

SomeOne,

pixel size 3008 X 2000 remains the same

If this is for an on-screen presentation - then you really need to get the
pixel count down - to avoid running out of resources/memory in powerpoint.

See
http://www.Awesomebackgrounds.com/powerpointgraphics.htm

Paintshop Pro can quite easily reduce the pixels!

see also

Why are my PowerPoint files so big? What can I do about it?
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00062.htm

You can safely ignore how BIG a picture 'looks' when you first insert it
into powerpoint. Just resize it using the corner handles to the size you
require.


cheers
TAJ Simmons

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[Lucy Thomson (aka aneasiertomorrow)]

Hi

In addition to TAJ's great advice, you may want to have a look at this:
RED X instead of graphics
http://pptfaq.com/FAQ00064.htm

Lucy

 

[SomeOne]

I appreciate the comeback; however, I do believe that some things in my post
were not read. I believe that all statements are inter-twined.

Pictures that are downloaded from my camera will be called originals. That
means that I have not run them through Paintshop or any other photo
processor.

As I stated, the Red X originals only shows up on my desk top (Win XP Pro -
SP1) and that is running .5 gig memory. On that machine rests PowerPoint
2003.

These same originals, when placed on my laptop (Win XP Home - SP2), with .5
Gig memory, show up on the layout as they should. That machine is running
PowerPoint 2003.

When I run them through the Paint Shop batch processor, Paint Shop indicates
that there is no change in the description of the picture.

A PowerPoint slide built on the lap top with originals a good picture, will
show up on the desk top as a Red X. And a Red X slide from the desk top
that is sent to the lap top will display the good picture.

I would find it had to believe that it is a memory problem as the converted
pictures are the same is dimension, pixels, etc. Yet they work on the desk
top. I can only see two ways this problem can happen. The jpg from the
camera (original) is missing or has added something to the jpg that Paint
Shop deletes or restores. Second would be that there is some option that is
not set right on the desk top power point that is turned on/off. The only
options that I see are via the Tools/Options.

Thanks

Some On In Need

 

[SomeOne]

I do thank you for the comeback.

Problem appears only with PPT 2002. PPT 2003 will take the original photos.
The other strange thing is that if I run them through a conversion program
and really duplicate the setting for the originals (not change anything)
they will work on PPT 2002. I think that there is something that the camera
is either adding or deleting from what is a standard jpg (I have tried all
the setting on the camera and the problem continues, even though the file
size is now 350KB.

I do have a work around as you have described. I just thought that it was
unusual. It will bounce a 1.6MB original but will take a 1.6MB converted
photo. And while I have solved my problem, I am sort of driven to find the
cause (Kind of like Waste Deep In The Big Muddy And The Big Fool Pushes On).

Thank you for the heads up on the Irfan View. Will give that a shot as the
batch in Paint Shop will change the format and reduce the compression.
Picture size remains the save (L X W) so go figure.

Again, thank for the come back. Will give the suggested software a try,