Bitmaps powerpoint and Sony

Main prob with them is that they can look quite good at the pixel size
you capture, but don't downsample as well as a "normal" image. For
reasons I've never really understood.

If you happen to be able to get a pixel size you can grab on your size
monitor and whatever screen rez set, and not have to further manipulate,
could work maybe.

M

Your "fonts" aren't vector, but raster (pixels), and sounds like pretty
low rez to boot, if you're talking video frame grab from the Sony.

If you mean you are adding text in PowerPoint, then it is vector text
there, but as soon as you save whole PowerPoint slide as .bmp, you're
right back to raster, and PP doesn't output very high rez.

You need to add text as last step.
Even better to add it in different program than Photoshop in vector
format if possible, as the original image straight from cam or saved as
raster out of PowerPoint just isn't very high rez.

Why are you needing to bring them into Photoshop in the first place?

Mac

thanks for the response.
1. The sony requires a bmp file of 720x480 pixels, at least 256 colors - no prob.
The easiest tool for a secretary is PP. When they set up for this (10x6.67"), they create a slide with background, logo, line and text. Then saved as bitmap. Text aliases to death!
2. If I create a similar dimensioned slide in Photoshop, it looks fine.
3. If I bring the PP slide of any export (TIFF, bmp) into Photoshop to try and "clean it", it looks just as bad as if it was directly out of PP. So, I use Photoshop as a reference, hoping I can fix PP cause its easier for office staff (and is included with their Office suite).

I have not found a way to improve any "resolution" in PP. I have tried both 2000 and XP - no diff.

Thanks

Again, why does it need to come into Photoshop?
Or maybe the question is: why does it need to come OUT of PowerPoint?
You're putting the image BACK into the camera, or something?

Mac

IC.
Yep, pretty rough out of PowerPoint.

I even tried it with making paper size much bigger than what you said,
then exporting .bmp, then sizing back down in PhotoShop.

Little better maybe, not much.

I looked at MS Photo Editor, doesn't seem to do text.
Paint's too crude to mess with.

I dunno.
Hey, tried screen grab from PowerPoint? I just did one and it looks
better than the .bmp export. Depending on size of their screen and pixel
rez, I think you ought to be able to get 720 across out of it. Then only
trick is to teach them to save it somehow. Clipboard viewer in 98 only
saves as .clp.

Maybe YOU should do the grabs right from PowerPoint. Hmmm, just more work
for you though, eh?

Mac

oh, I have a Sony video server, that does composite mpeg video (council meetings) and bmp stills (city announcements), which I use to feed the cable company for a municipal cable channel.
Imported video is avi's, and graphincs are bmp, by Sony default.
Out of PP cause secretary's use it and it comes in Office.
Into Photoshop cause I trust it, use it to measure, and it doesn't alias if used to generate (a reference guide).