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
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
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
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
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
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
I spent last week in Las Vegas working on, and running, the presentations for a large corporate event. Walking into a ballroom, before anyone is there, for a group this size is always “big.” Just a few quick photos of the main ballroom seating.
Note the ‘flying’ screens. With a room this large a second set of screens hang suspended above the audience so people in the back can read the slides.
– Troy @ TLC
I pulled the images from a recent presentation to show a nifty side-by-side comparison of the same slide with and without some cast shadow elements. This first slide shows all of the photos inserted – because I have dropped out the background around each image and saved as a .png the slide looks nice and clean.
Here is the same image with an oval cast shadow under each element. The cast shadow helps add depth to the slide and make the images pop from the background.
In addition the slide had a dramatic animated entrance, which was accented even more by animating on the cast shadows.
Click here to view movie.
– Troy @ TLC
PowerPoint has very, very basic image editing capabilities. But some great effects and adjusts can be created quickly using the Brightness and Contrast toolset. Here is my original image of a chess board added to the slide.
But it is to dark and too much contrast to effectively overlay text on.
Here is my adjusted image:
Instead of opening the image in Photoshop again – adjusting the brightness and contrast – saving out – re-inserting into presentation, I did all of the needed adjustments directly in PowerPoint.
I selected the image, increased the brightness around 8 clicks and decreased the contrast around 10 clicks and now the image is ready for the text box to be added to the slide. Took less than 10 seconds!
– Troy @ TLC
Here is a photo of the stage for the event I developed the presentations for a few weeks ago.
The left and right screens supplied most of the speaker support slides (separate presentations from two computers running in sync). In addition additional screens would fly in from the slotted openings seen in the top-center of the staging (16×9 rectangle, floor to ceiling LED wall, and an oval (which you can see in the photo below)).
– Troy @ TLC