Black and White Options for Photo Album Presentations in PowerPoint 2013

There is no doubt if you are using a rich, vibrant colored picture than olde-worlde black and white for your presentation, the colored pictures will attract more attention. However, the visibility in terms of contrast is far superior in a black and white photo -- artists and photography purists have long hailed the black and white picture as a creative medium. You may want to extend this creative medium to your Photo Album presentations -- fortunately, a click or two is all that is required to create an inspirational black and white Photo Album in PowerPoint 2013:

1. Open your existing Photo Album presentation, and choose the Insert tab | Photo Album | Edit Photo Album option, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 1.
   
   
   Figure 1: Edit Photo Album option
   
   
2. The Edit Photo Album dialog box opens, allowing you to edit the Photo Album (see Figure 2).
   
   
   Figure 2: Edit Photo Album dialog box
   
   
3. Within the Picture Options section, select the ALL pictures black and white check-box, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 3.
   
   
   Figure 3: ALL pictures black and white check-box selected
   
   
4. As soon as the ALL pictures black and white check-box is selected, you'll notice that the preview box also shows a grayscale picture (highlighted in blue within Figure 3 above -- compare to the same picture preview in Figure 2).
   
   
5. Click the Update button (highlighted in green within Figure 3) to apply the changes.
   
   
6. Figure 4 shows the Photo Album presentation with all pictures converted into black and white (grayscale).
   
   
   Figure 4: Pictures converted to black and white
   
   
7. Save you Photo Album presentation.

See Also: Black and White Options for Photo Album Presentations in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows