Ok...here goes a long and twisty explanation of what I'm experiencing. :-)
I'm capturing full-screen screenshots on my PC at 1600 x 900 using SnagIt.
I'm storyboarding in PPT. The presentation size is exactly as it needs to be for the 1900 x 600 screenshots to be at 100% (size) when I paste them in from SnagIt.
Then, I have a Storyline project sized to be at 1600 x 900. BUT, when I import the PPT storyboard, the screenshots come in at 78% and the quality shifts from super clean to a bit fuzzy. I want to keep the screenshots at 100% all the way through the process.
Even though the PPT and Storyline file seems to be a match(?)...why would the screenshots come in scaled differently?
As Ppt slides are measured in cm not pixels can you give the the slide size you are using in PPT (sorry the end of my day here and I cannot find a viable converter). I wanted to see what is happening at my end.
You bet! The PPT slide size is set to 13.33 x 7.5. The 1600 x 900 screenshots are coming in at 100% when pasted from SnagIt. They're also coming into SL at 100% when pasted directly from SnagIt. Resizing is happening when imported(?)
That looks like the default size if I convert to inches which is 1280x720 that may be why they are coming in smaller, what I don't understand is why they show as 100% in PPT, it maybe that it is pasting to the slide size rather than the actual size. Or I could be completely wrong.
Oh, you're right. That's the default wide-screen size in PPT. This is so weird. Just for fun I changed the slide size in PPT and when I past from SnagIt the image it pastes in at it's native size of 1600 x 900. so, it's not auto-resizing.
I think this has something to do with dpi. I've discovered that the images are being captured in SnagIt at 120 dpi. Which, if changed to 96 dpi changes the image size to 1280 x 720...which like you said, is the default wide-screen size in PPT. I'll keep working at this.
So...I've found that if I bring the image into PPT from SnagIT at 1280 x 720 (with PPT setup at default wide-screen) that I will need to set up my SL slide size to 2048 x 1151 in order for the images that are being brought in from the imported PPT to be at 100% scale (and fill the screen).
It could very well be that I'm not understanding the relationship between screen resolution, dpi and scale. Whew. :-)
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Have you adjusted the PPT slide size? the default 16:9 PPT is 1280x720
Hi Phil!
Yep. I set the PPT slide size to allow the 1600 x 900 image to be at 100% (full slide in PPT).
And...I can copy and paste an image from SnagIt to the 1600 x 900 SL project and it pastes in at 100%.
As Ppt slides are measured in cm not pixels can you give the the slide size you are using in PPT (sorry the end of my day here and I cannot find a viable converter). I wanted to see what is happening at my end.
You bet! The PPT slide size is set to 13.33 x 7.5. The 1600 x 900 screenshots are coming in at 100% when pasted from SnagIt. They're also coming into SL at 100% when pasted directly from SnagIt. Resizing is happening when imported(?)
Appreciate your help!!
Is that in inches? Sorry my PPT is set up in cm's
That looks like the default size if I convert to inches which is 1280x720 that may be why they are coming in smaller, what I don't understand is why they show as 100% in PPT, it maybe that it is pasting to the slide size rather than the actual size. Or I could be completely wrong.
Oh, you're right. That's the default wide-screen size in PPT. This is so weird. Just for fun I changed the slide size in PPT and when I past from SnagIt the image it pastes in at it's native size of 1600 x 900. so, it's not auto-resizing.
I think this has something to do with dpi. I've discovered that the images are being captured in SnagIt at 120 dpi. Which, if changed to 96 dpi changes the image size to 1280 x 720...which like you said, is the default wide-screen size in PPT. I'll keep working at this.
So...I've found that if I bring the image into PPT from SnagIT at 1280 x 720 (with PPT setup at default wide-screen) that I will need to set up my SL slide size to 2048 x 1151 in order for the images that are being brought in from the imported PPT to be at 100% scale (and fill the screen).
It could very well be that I'm not understanding the relationship between screen resolution, dpi and scale. Whew. :-)
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