[Photo Slideshow] Is there a preferred image size that works best for the Photo Slideshow add-on?

info This article is only for Google users.

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Awesome Table's Photo Slideshow add-on for Google Slides will try its best to accommodate the imported images into the Google Slides canvas. There are two important factors that need to be taken into consideration:

The image dimensions (width and height) - uniform sizes will yield the best result
Page setup used in Google Slides

If the images have the same dimensions (width and height in pixels), then the images will fit snugly within the Google Slides canvas. But if the image dimensions differ, the script will attempt to output the images as best it can.

info If looking for same-sized images is challenging, select images that have the same height instead.

warning This is a limitation on the Google Slides app. Compared to MS PowerPoint where you can insert photo albums and specifically choose a fit to slide layout, there's no such setting in Google Slides. And even in MS PowerPoint, the image layout quality will also depend on the page setup used. The narrower the images are, the more background you’ll see.

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As shown in the screencast below, we used same-height images. And when the Slideshow add-on finished executing, it laid out the images perfectly based on their height. From there, you can adjust the page setup to any dimension you want. We need to do this last bit since Google Slides has some limitations - but this doesn't mean we can't work around it.

Demo of the add-on using same-height images (altering the page setup later on).

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