Saving Powerpoint illustrations as high quality image files
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Hi all,
Tried the following advice from Microsoft on converting an illustration I created in powerpoint into a high quality jpeg, but it hasnt made a blind bit of difference:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827745
Could anybody please advise me on what I can do to get a high quality Jpeg of a PPT?
Thanks
Tried the following advice from Microsoft on converting an illustration I created in powerpoint into a high quality jpeg, but it hasnt made a blind bit of difference:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827745
Could anybody please advise me on what I can do to get a high quality Jpeg of a PPT?
Thanks
Mopar440 said:
He wants high quality apparently, which I'm taking as high resolution.
Its a medical illustration I created myself and will be included in an article I publish.The illustration was easier to prepare in powerpoint as I could construct text boxes to explain things.
It must be high quality, so any suggested programs should ensure that the image retains the high quality with which it has been originally designed.
Assuming that this is vector art in Powerpoint (lines and boxes) and not pasted photographs or bitmapped clip-art (and that you also have access to Adobe Photoshop):
In Powerpoint, create a new blank presentation, add an empty slide and copy your diagram onto that page. Remove the title slide and save as PDF
You can open that pdf file in Photoshop at any resolution
In Powerpoint, create a new blank presentation, add an empty slide and copy your diagram onto that page. Remove the title slide and save as PDF
You can open that pdf file in Photoshop at any resolution
mikef said:
Assuming that this is vector art in Powerpoint (lines and boxes) and not pasted photographs or bitmapped clip-art (and that you also have access to Adobe Photoshop):
In Powerpoint, create a new blank presentation, add an empty slide and copy your diagram onto that page. Remove the title slide and save as PDF
You can open that pdf file in Photoshop at any resolution
But opening it in Photoshop rasterises it. You cannot get extra resolution quality when the original is low res. That's assuming the OP has Photoshop which I feel is unlikely. If he had Photoshop it's a chance he also has Illustrator and if so, there would be no questions about Powerpoint diagrams, etc.In Powerpoint, create a new blank presentation, add an empty slide and copy your diagram onto that page. Remove the title slide and save as PDF
You can open that pdf file in Photoshop at any resolution
Thanks for the further replies.
I have no specialist software and am not a professional artist. The illustration is merely to supplement my written work and conceptualise the ideas I am talking about. The illustration does contain an imported image of the heart (used from an open licence databank I have of medical images).
Snag it seems rather similar to the snip it tool does it not?
I cannot understand why the registry edit chaging dpi to 300 did not work. Especially as I followed all instructions given by Microsoft.
I have no specialist software and am not a professional artist. The illustration is merely to supplement my written work and conceptualise the ideas I am talking about. The illustration does contain an imported image of the heart (used from an open licence databank I have of medical images).
Snag it seems rather similar to the snip it tool does it not?
I cannot understand why the registry edit chaging dpi to 300 did not work. Especially as I followed all instructions given by Microsoft.
OK, give us more clues:
Why do you want a JPEG?
What are you going to do with it / how are you going to publish it ? Online only ? Conference poster ? Paper for submission to a journal ? Thesis ?
Can you get a suitable heart image as vector art ? If not, can you share that bitmap image and maybe one of us with Illustrator could convert it to vector art ?
Why do you want a JPEG?
What are you going to do with it / how are you going to publish it ? Online only ? Conference poster ? Paper for submission to a journal ? Thesis ?
Can you get a suitable heart image as vector art ? If not, can you share that bitmap image and maybe one of us with Illustrator could convert it to vector art ?
The reason is that I have had an invited review article accepted by a medical journal. They are requesting the illustration (or Figure) be in JPEG format when I submit the final revised version.
I wouldn't just be able to attach a picture of the heart, it would have to be all the text/arrows that surround it. Those text/arrows have been done in Powerpoint and appear around the image of the heart (and of a seperate smaller image of a blood vessel).
The publishing will be in print and online format as is standard for most medical journals.
I wouldn't just be able to attach a picture of the heart, it would have to be all the text/arrows that surround it. Those text/arrows have been done in Powerpoint and appear around the image of the heart (and of a seperate smaller image of a blood vessel).
The publishing will be in print and online format as is standard for most medical journals.
If you can get a vector image heart into the diagram to replace your bitmap then you can follow the
- save from powerpoint as pdf
- open in photoshop/gimp/your-image-tool-of-choice at a very high raster resolution
- voilà, publication-ready high-def jpeg image
route
Unless the bitmap is already a huge 1200dpi publication-ready image file ?
- save from powerpoint as pdf
- open in photoshop/gimp/your-image-tool-of-choice at a very high raster resolution
- voilà, publication-ready high-def jpeg image
route
Unless the bitmap is already a huge 1200dpi publication-ready image file ?
mikef said:
If you can get a vector image heart into the diagram to replace your bitmap then you can follow the
- save from powerpoint as pdf
- open in photoshop/gimp/your-image-tool-of-choice at a very high raster resolution
- voilà, publication-ready high-def jpeg image
route
Unless the bitmap is already a huge 1200dpi publication-ready image file ?
Saved as PDF and is very high resolution! Powerpoint to Jpeg was poor resolution.- save from powerpoint as pdf
- open in photoshop/gimp/your-image-tool-of-choice at a very high raster resolution
- voilà, publication-ready high-def jpeg image
route
Unless the bitmap is already a huge 1200dpi publication-ready image file ?
Thus, I will convert PDF to JPEG, but can you recommend a free program that I can do this with?
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