Unwanted borders on imported pictures

[Lachlan@FYL]

I have imported JPEG pictures to build and animate a larger diagram. When I
click on the custom animation button (i.e. before I even add animations to
the pictures), I see a thin black border on the top and left edges of each
image.

The images are regular JPEGs, but I have selected to make the white
background colours transparent using the recolour options in PowerPoint.

The unwanted borders are not removed by any of the regular picture border
settings.

How can I remove these unwanted borders or prevent them?

[Russell Brogan]

*You can remove an unwanted border by selecting your JPEG image. After that,

click on the format tab and look for a drop down arrow menu that says
picture

border.

*Next, click on "No Outline". Hope that helped :)

[Jaime]

Are you saying aren't just some type of artifact in the edit mode, but that
the borders stay even when you are in the presentation mode (or print)?

If so, they may be on the jpeg itself, have you tried using the crop tool on
the Picture toolbar to remove the border?
--
James
Orlando (Goofy says "Hey"), Florida

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[Lachlan@FYL]

The borders appear in the presentation mode. I haven't tried to crop within
PowerPoint because there isn't sufficient space around the picture within the
frame, but I can recreate the pictures and try this.

The weird thing is that when I import the images they're fine. When I make
the background transparent they're still fine, but as soon as save the
document or I try to animate the slide, the borders appear...??

"Jaime" wrote:

> .
>

[John Wilson]

If it's not private and you have time I wouldn't mind seeing an affected slide.

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[Steve Rindsberg]

I'm wondering if you're getting bit by a hidden "feature" of PowerPoint 2007.
Is that the version you have?

If so, it may be compressing your images when you save, and that might have
unwanted effects like what you're seeing.

Have a look here for more info and a possible fix:

PowerPoint 2007 makes pictures blurry, loses GIF animation
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00862.htm

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[Melle Mel]

Apparently there is a shadow that is auto set for pasted in or cropped pictures depending on the effects in PowerPoint 2007/2010, even though it doesn't seem to show from the picture tools bar.

Right click the picture > format picture > shadow > select "no shadow" under presets.

Hope this works for you!

> On Wednesday, March 17, 2010 12:04 AM Lachla wrote:

> I have imported JPEG pictures to build and animate a larger diagram. When I
> click on the custom animation button (i.e. before I even add animations to
> the pictures), I see a thin black border on the top and left edges of each
> image.
>
> The images are regular JPEGs, but I have selected to make the white
> background colours transparent using the recolour options in PowerPoint.
>
> The unwanted borders are not removed by any of the regular picture border
> settings.
>
> How can I remove these unwanted borders or prevent them?

>> On Wednesday, March 17, 2010 2:03 AM Russell Brogan wrote:

>> *You can remove an unwanted border by selecting your JPEG image. After that,
>>
>> click on the format tab and look for a drop down arrow menu that says
>> picture
>>
>> border.
>>
>>
>> *Next, click on "No Outline". Hope that helped :)

>>> On Wednesday, March 17, 2010 1:53 PM Jaime wrote:

>>> Are you saying are not just some type of artifact in the edit mode, but that

>>> the borders stay even when you are in the presentation mode (or print)?
>>>
>>> If so, they may be on the jpeg itself, have you tried using the crop tool on
>>> the Picture toolbar to remove the border?
>>> --
>>> James
>>> Orlando (Goofy says "Hey"), Florida

>>>> On Wednesday, March 17, 2010 5:14 PM Lachla wrote:

>>>> The borders appear in the presentation mode. I have not tried to crop within
>>>> PowerPoint because there is not sufficient space around the picture within the

>>>> frame, but I can recreate the pictures and try this.
>>>>

>>>> The weird thing is that when I import the images they are fine. When I make
>>>> the background transparent they are still fine, but as soon as save the

>>>> document or I try to animate the slide, the borders appear...??
>>>>
>>>> "Jaime" wrote:

>>>>> On Thursday, March 18, 2010 8:01 AM John Wilson wrote:

>>>>> If it is not private and you have time I would not mind seeing an affected slide.

>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> john ATSIGN PPTAlchemy.co.uk
>>>>>
>>>>> Free PPT Hints, Tips and Tutorials
>>>>> http://www.pptalchemy.co.uk/powerpoint_hints_and_tips_tutorials.html

>>>>>> On Thursday, March 18, 2010 2:54 PM Steve Rindsberg wrote:

>>>>>> I am wondering if you are getting bit by a hidden "feature" of PowerPoint 2007.

>>>>>> Is that the version you have?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If so, it may be compressing your images when you save, and that might have

>>>>>> unwanted effects like what you are seeing.

[andrei...@gmail.com]

the solution to the problem with the black border on two sides is posted here:

http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ01066_Inserted_images_have_an_unwanted_border_or_lines_on_one_or_more_sides.htm

people, please stop posting stupid answers like maybe it's a shadow, maybe it's your photos. it's never the case. someone having a problem like that checked stuff out by himself, then googled it and then posted a question. it's obviously some sort of bug and if you never saw it you won't ever fix it.

i know most of you are trying to be helpful, but figure it out whether you're useful or just crowding some thread.

[am.wi...@yahoo.com]

For images with black borders when exported via "Save as Picture": I got rid of them by opening them in Paint and saving the image. When used in LaTeX these images no longer had the borders.