arobinsonaudio Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 I have been asked to put 38 photos, that will be projected into a wall during an event all night on repeat, into a PowerPoint. My question is this how long should I set each slide to stay up for before it moves on to the next slide. The event will be on for approximately 4 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shez Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Nobody can answer this for you. Some questions for you to consider:What are the photos of?How much detail is present in them?Is there any writing to read?What kind of event is it?Is there music playing? What kind?Who will be there - age / demographic?What else is there to look at?What else is there to do?Is this the main focus?Are people moving around or sitting still?Will they be chatting to one another? Being presented to? Think about all of that and pick a time. Try it. Does it feel right? If not, change it. There's no right answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the kid Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 How long is a piece of string? Is it words ? A word? detailed images? simple images? collages? Maybe 10seconds? Maybe 5 seconds? The key thing is what works, I find when I am flashing titles on dvd's 4 seconds works, but that is me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleah Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 I'm involved in this quite regularly, school open events etc etc. I tend to go with 5 or 6 seconds.Less and it will be too quick to take in any detail, too long and it can get boring and people will look away, although that will largely depend on the content! Question if you even need to use PowerPoint. Sledgehammers and peanuts come to mind.If it's just a case of letting a bunch of pictures repeat in no particular order, then I often just set it running using Windows slide show, there may be similar on a Mac, if that's your poison.Obviously PowerPoint gives you more features and control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james@audiovisualtech Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 I'd agree with the above, for straightforward looping shows of photos I would keep it simple and use Windows Live photo gallery or similar. With regards to the timing I would suggest you try a few different speeds, it's very much content dependent and you'll know when you've got it right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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