Argh, this post is a day late as the podcast episode released yesterday! But, if you have not heard the conversation with Julie Terberg and Echo Swinford, authors of the newly released “Building PowerPoint Templates v2” – go listen!
Adobe Color is a web app that creates color themes using color theory modes or pulled from uploaded photos. There is also the Adobe color community where the color schemes others have created are available to use.
For this post I created 3 color schemes to explore the different color theory bases. Within the Adobe Color app a “base” color, is the one color that stays consistent when changing to different color theory modes. There are 9 color theory modes (+ “custom”).
The first color scheme started with the center tan color as the base color and used the COMPLIMENTARY color theory model. After a few minutes of adjusting, this is where I landed:
For the second color scheme, I kept the base color the same tan color, but changed the color theory model to SPLIT COMPLIMENTARY. The result shifted to this color scheme:
For the third color scheme, I went back to the first COMPLIMENTARY color scheme and changed the base color from the tan to the 4th slot, teal. I then changed the color theory from COMPLIMENTARY to the SPLIT COMPLIMENTARY Color Theory model used in the second color scheme. It may sound like a lot, but this new color scheme was created in just a few clicks in the Adobe Color app:
One big note about using the Adobe Color app for PowerPoint color schemes. Adobe Color creates a theme of 5 colors. Of course PowerPoints color scheme is based on 6 accent colors. So Adobe Color only goes so far when looking to create a PowerPoint color scheme – the 6th color will need to be figured out, outside of the Adobe Color app.
The EXPLORE area is great for looking at lots of ideas and finding preset color themes. Here I went to the EXPLORE tab and searched for “Teal” which created a mood board style layout of images, illustrations and preset Adobe Color color schemes.
Clicking any of the example color schemes (I clicked the one highlighted in the above image), gives all the details about the colors used.
The ACCESSIBILITY TOOLS are very interesting and currently provide feedback on a color scheme for Color Blind Safe color combinations and can run a contrast checker.
Go the Adobe Color app here.
Troy and Amber @ TLC
I’ve got mine, do you have yours!
The Better Deck Deck created by Nolan Haims is a great presentation design resource. 52 cards (okay, technically 53 if the information card is counted) showing 3 slide design makeovers on each card for a lot of presentation slide design inspiration. Details here.
Troy @ TLC
The Presentation Guild elections for the 2022 Board of Directors is this month. Later today the Presentation Guild is hosting a general open house for everyone to learn more about what the Board does and how you can potentially contribute.
October 12, 2021 @ 5:00pm PDT’
At the 2021 Presentation Summit held in Clearwater, Florida The Presentation Podcast gathered the 9 Microsoft PowerPoint MVPs for this episode! Join us for a conversation about the conference, PowerPoint, Florida and everything else! Listen here.
What do presentation designers do when they need to create a presentation for themselves? Do we follow our own best practices, or do we take shortcuts? Troy, Nolan and Sandy are joined by Lori Chollar of TLC Creative Services, and as a group we to explore that question – and there are terrific tips and ah-ha moments for everyone during this episode!
episode 134
The Presentation Guild has announced that next year’s Board of Directors elections with occur soon, and anyone that is a Presentation Guild member (and if you read this blog, you should be!) is welcome to nominate themself, or any other Guild member.
More information, and the nomination form, here.
Troy @ TLC
The Noun Project is the first 3rd party plugin we have seen that enables .svg images to be added direct to slides (others insert .png images). Which makes it exciting to say “The inserted icons are now vector .svg!”
Note noun project is a nominal annual fee ($40). It is a web adding, go to the insert tab select “Get Add-ins” and search for “Noun Project”.
The add in is found on the insert tab and clicking the ICONS button opens a right action pane that shows the Noun Project library.
If you have not paid for the service, you will see the icons that are locked.
Search for an icon category or key words. Click the selected icon, then click the INSERT ICON button.
All icons insert as vector .svg graphics. Resize large or small with no quality loss. select and change the fill color, outline, apply styling effects. Ungroup the icon in order to enable the ability to edit the shape(s)!
Christie @ TLC
If you know about the Presentation Summit, an annual presentation focused conference, this is a great podcast episode to listen to! Rick Altman, founder and director of the Presentation Podcast, now in its 19th year (!) talks with Troy, Nolan and Sandy about the hybrid attendee plans for this year and gives some insights into the excitement coming to this years event (and a special discount promo code!).
Listen to the podcast episode 132 here.
For presentations there is a lot of talk about designing with color blindness in mind. But how much do we know, and understand, color blindness?
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I found a nice overview article of color blindness that explains what it is, the types of color blindness (there are 5) and more – all in simple language making it a quick read that I found easy to understand. So, sharing an online resource I found that should be of interest to anyone looking at their slides through the color-blind view.
Article is here.
Troy @ TLC