Making Transparencies

  • Using new media has never been easier than it is right now.
  • Since the most difficult part is often just getting started, here are some tips for using old media — the reliable overhead projector — In new ways.
  • The same process works for inserting images in PowerPoint slides whether making transparencies or viewing with computer projection.
  • With a slide scanner you can also convert your favorite 35 mm slides to transparencies or place them in an online presentation format.

Images: Old Media becomes New

  • First create a folder on the computer for storing images.
  • Select the image you wish to copy from the Internet.
  • Right click on your mouse on the image.
  • Go to "save image as" - a menu will appear asking you where you want to 'save.'
  • Make sure you give the image a name you will recognize.
  • Save it in your image folder. Photographs and art work are usually 'jpg' and graphics are 'gif.'
  • For web use make sure to keep image sizes low (no more than 100 KB). If you can't find it on the web, scan it - see copyright in FAQs.
  • Most publishers include images for building web pages/slides as textbook support (see Texts).

    Making Transparencies

    Presentation slides and transparencies can be made using a variety of software. Use PowerPoint for computer presentations; Word also works fine for transparencies.

  • Insert image using 'insert picture' command; go to "from file."
  • Retrieve the image from your folder, insert. Save and print. Color transparency sheets are 'pricey,' but nice.
  • For black and white, make a paper copy of your slide.
  • Use the type of transparency sheet your copier requires.

    Web sites with good images:

  • Images from History
  • Chinese Cultural Studies: Images
  • Images Perry-Castaņeda Library Map Collection: A feature of UT Library Online
  • National Geographic Map Machine Atlas
  • Around the Indus in 90 Slides
  • The Poster Prop Page
  • World War I Image
  • Archive Pictures of World War II

Please send any questions to Carol A. Keller, email, ckeller@accd.edu
Last updated April, 2000

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