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Accurate Graphic, But Wrong Emphasis

Here the original graphic from a presentation. It is a universal company-wide depiction of their process. No problem, I initially recreated the graphic using the 3D spheres for a more professional look.

But listening to the presenter during rehearsals he was discussing how three elements drive the final element (output). We adjusted the graphic for this presentation to be in line with the message being discussed.

– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-11-17T15:44:31-07:00March 3rd, 2007|Portfolio|

Show It A Story

Lots of presentations show quotations. Here is the original slide with a lot of quotes – each animates on with a click.

To put the quotes in a visual environment a series of ‘torn paper’ graphics where designed, font sizing and line spacing were also adjusted.

– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-11-17T15:44:00-07:00March 1st, 2007|Portfolio, Tutorial|

Tell the Right Story

Here is the graphic from an original slide.

After discussing with the presenter, the message was not really about a hierarchy, but that all three processes where controlled by one business unit. Here is the revised graphic that was more aesthetic, cooridinated with the presentation color scheme, and showed a more accurate story.

– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-11-17T15:43:22-07:00February 27th, 2007|Portfolio, Tutorial|

Access to PowerPoint

After I have interpretted what the data is saying (relative to content of industry and presentation), the need is to often recreate in a PowerPoint-friendly format. Here is the original provided, an MS Access piece.

To make a clearer, easier to read, symmetrical and more aesthetic graphic here the same data recreated using semi-transparent autoshapes, color coordinated arrows and a layout that was as large as the template permitted.

– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-11-17T15:42:58-07:00February 25th, 2007|Portfolio|

Desk Space – again

PowerPoint for a corporate event can require a lot of computers. In this case it was a primary and backup for the main screen, another for a logo and countdown when the IMAG screen was not on camera, and one additional for production work. Deskspace becomes an issue when you show up and have only been allocated 4 feet of table…

– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-11-17T15:41:26-07:00February 21st, 2007|Personal, Portfolio|

Video Tutorial on PowerPoint Photo Crop Tool

For a recent client I supplied the PowerPoint template and a quick video tutorial on using PowerPoint’s Crop tool to provide some tips on how best to insert a series of photos. Now for your viewing pleasure I have uploaded that tutorial to one of my servers for all to enjoy!

Note: This was unscripted and created in just a few minutes, so it is definitely lacking much of the polished professional touches that go into real projects… Click here to view.

– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-05-13T15:19:43-07:00February 11th, 2007|Portfolio, Tutorial|

Allocating Desk Place

Setting up a mobile graphics office is sometimes a challenge on a smaller table/desk. At this recent show I was literally stacking computers two deep to get all of the graphics horsepower within reach.

Of course there is always room for an espresso drink (see #2)!

– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-11-17T15:35:46-07:00February 1st, 2007|Personal, Portfolio|

PPT Requires A Lot of PSD

Here is just the title slide to a very visually stunning presentation Lori recently developed for a client (maybe later I will upload some of the highly stylized content slides).

The key with this entire project, is that the amount of time spent in Photoshop was more than double the amount of time spent working in PowerPoint. Here are the layers created in Photoshop to end up with the above template background (and this one is pretty straight forward/easy in the number of layers and effects).

– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-11-17T15:34:39-07:00January 30th, 2007|Portfolio|

From This To That (Technical Architecture Slide)

With a recent project I began to feel that part of my duties were interpreter. All the information was there, but I did not have the presenter available to explain the industry and what the message of the slide was. All is done and very well received, but thought I would share a some before-and-after slides.

Before:
Lots of information, sort of compartmentalized, lots of colors, lots of confusion and of course, clip art.

After:
Took a while to figure out the message, then recreate with a new layout that allows everyone to see the interaction of the elements, a more limited color palette and no more stock clip art.

– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-11-17T15:33:57-07:00January 28th, 2007|Portfolio|

Lights, Camera, PowerPoint

Here is a link to a recent project. Thought it would be appropriate to share here because in creating this video tutorial for a client I used Camtasia for the video screen captures, Vegas Video, Photoshop and to make things simple I used PowerPoint for a few things:
1. My storyboard of topics covered (sent to client for approval)
2. Created all of the static image layouts as PowerPoint slides and exported as .jpg’s (which were added to the video timeline)

click here to view the video.

– Troy @ TLC

By |2020-05-31T21:27:56-07:00January 26th, 2007|Portfolio|
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