Subj : Re: Power Point
To   : ALAN ZISMAN
From : JAY EMRIE
Date : Sat Sep 10 2005 11:22 am

AZ> JE> We have already determined that PP will NOT project the quality of
AZ> JE> picture suitable for competition. Picasa, Irfamview and Serif are image
AZ> JE> modification applications, not high quality image projection programs.
AZ> JE> At least that is the consensus of several of our members who are
AZ> JE> reasonably up on things. I already have Picasa. Great for it's intended
AZ> JE> purpose.
AZ> JE>  In club competitions, the ability to resize, crop etc. is not
AZ> JE> usable DURING the competition - that must be done BEFORE the images are
AZ> JE> submitted for competition projection.

AZ>You're right... Powerpoint (and OpenOffice.org Presentations and others of 
that
AZ>ilk) aren't designed for great photo display; rather they're for mixing text
AZ>and graphics to accompany a talk.

AZ>Both Picasa and Irfanview can be used to display full-screen shows, using 
all
AZ>the images in a folder. Certainly these sort of shows look better on screen, 
in
AZ>my experience, than a Powerpoint presentation-- and don't require much work 
to
AZ>put together... certainly MUCH less than creating a PP file-- especially if 
the
AZ>contents of the folder is subject to change.

AZ> JE> Most of the members doing digital entries already have Photoshop or one
AZ> JE> of the above mentioned programs.

AZ>It wasn't clear to me when I responded earlier that you were specifically
AZ>looking for software for display of photos only...

Actually, we are not looking to display pictures only but
excellent display of pictures primarily.

Jay
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