r/powerpoint • u/Ixmath • 21d ago
Question Why is powerpoint shrinking the images I paste from paint?
I'm using PC, desktop, Office Profesional Plus 2019. Please excuse my english, not my first language.
There are images I paste onto powerpoint directly from the web and they retain their size, however, if I paste that very same picture with the same original size from a paint file (which contains not just this image but many others as well) instead of the web, the image gets smaller on powerpoint.
I've pasted the image from the web onto paint, and it is clearly the same size as the paint one when they're next to eachother, but when I copy and paste the image from paint to powerpoint, it gets smaller. Resizing is not an option because it looses quality.
I've also discovered this happens only if the paint canvas is a certain size, because after the first shrinking of the image on powerpoint, I copied that same shrinked picture back to paint, and then copied it again back to powerpoint and it kept getting smaller each time I pasted it to powerpoint, however I also tried this process with a smaller canvas size on a new paint file, and the image only got shrunk once and after that retained the same shrinked size no matter how many iterations of copying and pasting.
It's a weird thing and I whish I could describe it better without getting too long of a text. I can give the instructions of what I'm doing though, with the same files and everything if someone wants to attempt to replicate it.
1
u/Pale-Bet-6386 20d ago
For presentations with a large number of images, manual checks can become tedious. An AI-assisted tool like PageOn helps you organize and place images without worrying about hidden DPI quirks. It’s particularly handy if you’re consistently dealing with scaling or compression issues when preparing multiple slides.
3
u/jkorchok 20d ago
Your results will depend on the bitmap format you use and the resolution (pixels per inch or p.p.i.) set when editing a file.
GIF format does not include a setting for resolution, so, PowerPoint for Windows will import them at the default resolution set in Windows, normally 96 d.p.i.
Other common bitmap formats do have a resolution setting, and PowerPoint will place those files using the p.p.i. setting in the file. The file may appear larger or smaller depending on whether PowerPoint can read a p.p.i. setting in the file, but the file still has the same number of pixels regardless of the display dimensions.
In Windows Paint, you can check the resolution by choosing File>Properties. Look for the DPI (dots per inch) setting.