The Center for Instructional Support (CIS) Service Bureau offers the University of Hawaii instructional and academic community computer-generated slide imaging service for both Macintosh and IBM/PC platforms. All slide imaging is performed on a Polaroid ProPalette 8000 film recorder which images files with high quality 4K and 8K line resolution. Contents: Customer Eligibility Service Limitations Time Frame Cost & Materials Acceptable File Formats Acceptable Fonts Important Notes Tips & Guidelines for Creating Effective Slides Helpful Links Available for Your Slide Imaging Needs Policy and Procedures To provide equitable service to the University community, the following policies and procedures have been developed. Please read the policies and procedures carefully to avoid any delays or problems imaging your files. Customer Eligibility Faculty, staff, graduate and undergraduate students on the UH Manoa campus are eligible to utilize the slide imaging service. Students are required to have faculty sponsorship or authorization stating that the materials are for classroom use and must present an authorization form before service can be performed. Authorization forms are available at the CIS main office in Kuykendall Hall 107. All slides must be for academic purposes. An instructor may authorize an entire class by providing a list of students and purpose for projects. Advance arrangements must be made for scheduling purposes. Persons abusing the service will be ineligible for any future service. Service Limitations The Service Bureau is strictly a "drop-off and pickup" service. There will be no staff consultation for students. All jobs are performed on a first-come, first-served basis; there will be no rush service, priority service, nor appointments. CIS will image two (2) rolls of slide film up to 36 exposures each, per day. All computer files must be in an acceptable format/software package described below. CIS personnel will not alter, correct, touch-up or enhance any files of customers; file content is solely the responsibility of the customer. Time Frame There will be a two (2) working day turnaround period; customers will be called only when their job cannot be completed or if there are any problems. For example, files dropped-off on Monday morning before 12:00 noon will be completed by Wednesday afternoon; files dropped-off after 12:00 noon will be completed by Thursday morning. Files will be accepted in the CIS main office at Kuykendall 107. Costs & Materials There are no costs or service fees for slide imaging. Customers must supply a roll of 100 ASA/ISO color slide film with the appropriate number of exposures at the time of order. Kodak Ektachrome/EliteChrome is the preferred brand of film; other brands can be accommodated. Although the Service Bureau prefers high density 3.5" diskettes, files may be submitted on either a Bernoulli 150 (or earlier, i.e., Bernoulli 90), a Zip 100 diskette, or CD. Special arrangements must be made for a Zip 250 diskette. Label the diskette with your name, department, day phone number, and total amount of slides to be imaged. Do not compress files with programs such as DiskDoubler, WinZip, Stuffit, CompactPro, etc. You will also be required to prepare a workorder, which includes information such as the names of the files needed for imaging and the software package and version you used to generate your slides. All film processing is the responsibility of the customer. Acceptable File Formats Below is a list of acceptable file formats that most Macintosh and IBM/PC software packages will save/export. TIFF files are highly recommended for high quality output and stability. Files must be sized correctly and created in the RGB format/mode. Postscript II Postscript 3 EPS GIF JPEG TIFF (recommended) Scrapbook PNG BMP PCX Targa Amiga IFF PICT In addition, the Service Bureau will accept: Microsoft PowerPoint presentations Adobe Photoshop native formats A number of informational leaflets for these and other selected software packages are available to assist you in creating your files. Acceptable Fonts The Polaroid ProPalette supports most Postscript and TrueType fonts available on standard Macintosh and IBM/PC systems. The following selected fonts are available in roman, bold, italic and bold italic styles: Arial Avant Chicago Courier Helvetica Impact New Century Schoolbook Palatino Tahoma Webdings Zapf Chancery Arial Black Bookman Comic Sans Geneva Helvetica Narrow Monotype Sorts New York Symbol Times; Times New Roman Wingdings Zapf Dingbats Other fonts may either be substituted when imaging or bitmapped. Important Notes The filmrecorder does not image patterns and pattern fills; use solid color fills. Gradient/graduated fills (fills which are shaded from light to dark) are not recommended. The film recorder images in the "landscape" orientation only. If "portrait" orientation is required, special instructions must be notated on the workorder. Rotated text, i.e., labels for the y-axis for charts and tables may not image correctly under certain circumstances, particularly in Microsoft PowerPoint when the chart/graphic is imported from another graphics program (such as Delta Graph, SAS, and other charting software). Select the chart/graphic in PowerPoint and "ungroup" the graphic. This will also allow you to edit the graphic as well. Tips and Guidelines for Creating Effective Slides Slide Format Make sure your slides are setup in the correct aspect ratio. Slides have a 1.5:1 or 3:2 aspect ratio. Most slidemaking packages have preset templates for slides, e.g., in Microsoft PowerPoint, choose "35mm Slides" in the Page Setup menu. For other applications, the suggested page or canvas sizes are as follows: 7.5" x 5" 11" x 7.33" 11.25" x 7.5" 8192 pixels x 5460 pixels (8k resolution) 4096 pixels x 2730 pixels (4k resolution) 2048 pixels x 1365 pixels (2k resolution) Keep slide material and graphics simple. Keep slide orientation consistent; landscape is standard; special arrangements are required for portrait orientation. Leave ample margins around slides. Slide mounts will generally cover some of the edge of the film. Type Styles/Fonts Maintain consistent type styles/fonts and sizes throughout the entire presentation; use the largest font size possible. Titles are usually 36 to 48 point; 18 to 30 point for body text. Consider the projection size of the screen when selecting the font size. Choose type styles/fonts that are easy to read; Helvetica or Times Roman are good. It is recommended that slides be keep to one family of fonts. Use italics, bold, or variations of font size for emphasis. A gray or black drop shadow is also helpful for legibility. Use upper and lower case lettering; it is easier to read compared to full uppercase lettering. Lines/rules should be thick/bold; thin lines do not image/project well. Excessive use of rules and borders on slides are not recommended as it makes slides appear skewd if not mounted straight or projected at an angle. Avoid too much text per slide. A good rule is about six (6) words per lines per slide; no more than six (6) lines per slide. Use of Color Maintain consistency on the use of color. "Reversals" are generally recommended, i.e., the background of the slide is darker in contrast than the text. Slides with white or light-colored backgrounds with black or colored type do not work well for slide presentations. Slide with white/clear backgrounds tend to blind viewers and "wash-out" text and graphics. Use a color scheme that has good contrast. Good background colors include dark blues and greens; good text colors are white and pale yellows. Avoid color schemes that are too close in hue (e.g., dark blue background with medium-range blue type; dark gray background with light gray type). Avoid color schemes that are too close in contrast although they may different in color (e.g., dark blue background with dark purple type). Avoid red/green combinations since color blind people may not be able to make any distinction between the colors. Be "color-sensitive" since many colors connote or imply "meanings" (e.g., pink or light red may appear "feminine," orange and black may look too "Halloweenish," etc.)   Helpful Links Available for Your Slide Imaging Needs Tips and Guidelines for Creating Slides in Adobe Photoshop Tips and Guidelines for Creating Slides in Macromedia Freehand Tips and Guidelines for Creating Slides in Microsoft PowerPoint Slide Film Vendors - a list of selected vendors where you can purchase E-6 color slide film for digital slide imaging and Polaroid films for Bravo slidemaking. E-6 Processing Labs for Color Slides - a list of selected vendors for processing your imaged slides Other Computer Graphics Service Bureaus - a list of selected vendors who can accomodate special needs that the Service Bureau cannot provide.