{"id":203,"date":"2013-04-21T18:43:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-21T18:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ffolliet.com\/staging\/2013\/04\/21\/with-images-its-about-focus\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T12:59:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T12:59:02","slug":"with-images-its-about-focus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ffolliet.com\/staging\/with-images-its-about-focus\/","title":{"rendered":"With images, it&#8217;s about focus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">When is an image not an image? When it&#8217;s out of focus. <\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/prezentationskills.blogspot.co.uk\/2013\/04\/why-does-good-design-work.html\"> effective<\/a> use of images in presentations is often bedevilled by presenters failing to obey simple rules, principally though ignorance. Some of the common mistakes are more obvious than others but limit the effectiveness of images (p2) in supporting the overall value <\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">(p<sup>3<\/sup>)<\/span> of the <a href=\"http:\/\/prezentationskills.blogspot.co.uk\/2013\/04\/the-maths-of-better-presentation.html\">presentation<\/a>.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">Use of a small, poor quality image stretched to fill a slide only degrades the quality of the viewed image as it becomes pixellated. <\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">Similarly, stretching an image to fit the lateral or vertical dimensions of a slide degrades the quality and dimension of the image.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ffolliet.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/bob1.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/ffolliet.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/bob1.jpg\" height=\"320\" width=\"312\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ffolliet.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/bob1.png\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/ffolliet.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/bob1.png\" height=\"239\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">A composition trick known as the &#8220;rule of thirds&#8221; works within an image directing the gaze to the intersection of the outer thirds of the image. Composition placing the point of interest of the image here will find the eyes of the audience immediately drawn to these points. In both the images below our eyes are drawn first to the face. In the upper image however the &#8220;view&#8221; of the subject leads us out of the image and the rest is redundant. In the second the view is drawn down, again towards the outer third.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ffolliet.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/crop2.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/ffolliet.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/crop2.jpg\" height=\"140\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ffolliet.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/crop1-1.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/ffolliet.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/crop1-1.jpg\" height=\"140\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;\">Recognition of this visual signalling allows placement of text in the most effective position. We are drawn first to the eyes and then &#8220;what&#8221; the subject appears to be looking at.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ffolliet.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/crop1-5.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/ffolliet.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/crop1-5.jpg\" height=\"263\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">With images, it&#8217;s all about focus.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When is an image not an image? When it&#8217;s out of focus. The effective use of images in presentations is often bedevilled by presenters failing to obey simple rules, principally though ignorance. 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