Resource/Misc

Unlimited Clip Art for $30/yr.

If you use clip art in presentations, or any design application, then this may be a good deal for you. The venerable ClipArt collection from IMSI (who remembers purchasing the 30+ CDROM sets….) is entirely online – and searchable! Of note this is just the vector clipart, not any of the photos, fonts, sounds, etc. and is at a clip-art only site iCLIPART.com.

Special pricing drops the year subscription from $99 to $29. Although I do not make use of much clip art these days, I do have need of it (in vector format) when developing custom graphics or template backgrounds.

Thought some people could make use of this.

– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-11-17T13:37:39-08:00January 25th, 2008|Resource/Misc, Software/Add-Ins|

Webinar on Creating Graphics in PPT2007

Most of December was posts highlighting many of the great graphics tools in PowerPoint 2007. I have been contracted by Eli Journals to do a live 1 hour webinar covering all the new PPT2007 graphic tools and lots of tips-and-tricks. You can check out the details at this page on the AudioSolutionz website here.

– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-11-17T13:38:33-08:00January 23rd, 2008|Resource/Misc, Tutorial|

Gates and Keynote ???

Yesterday I was looking at the news headlines and this one immediately jumped out!

Does it mean that Mr. Gates is using Apple’s presentation application Keynote for his CES speech… Of course the answer is no – but this is a journalist faux pas as “keynote” refers to Mr. Gates keynote speech, not the software used.

Hmmm, yet another good marketing move from Apple.

– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-11-17T13:45:35-08:00January 7th, 2008|Resource/Misc|

PowerPoint 2007 Examples, Tips & Tricks

PowerPoint 2007 has been out for a while now and I have finally caught up with things. Actually I have spent the past months working extensively in it. To be honest, my list of “issues” is really long, but those annoyances almost balance out with my list of praises.

Over the next few weeks I have cued up dozens of examples of the visual effects possible with PPT 2007 as well as many real slides and some tips on maximizing the new capabilities!

– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-11-17T14:51:56-08:00November 9th, 2007|PowerPoint, Resource/Misc|

PowerPoint-to-Webcast Seminar

Eli Research and AudioEducator.com have been putting on some great seminars this year. And next week I will be the speaker! I am covering a more technical topic that has kept me very busy this year – converting PowerPoint presentations into webcasts.

The live web-based conference format is one I like best. Log-on from anywhere, view presenters computer (me) to see and hear each topic and demo file. Just like looking over the experts shoulder and getting practical information.

I would love to have anyone who visits ThePowerPointBlog, and has an interest in developing webcasts, to be there next Wednesday (note: there is a fee to audioeducator.com).

Click here for the info page on my “webcast on developing webcasts”

– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-11-17T16:36:38-08:00November 2nd, 2007|PowerPoint, Resource/Misc|

Should have waited for 24″ monitors

Here is an interesting graph showing the market price for 24″ LCD monitors over the past year.

I have found running two widescreen monitors (shown here is my main work area with 21″ monitors) makes design work much more efficiant – but I should have held out for the 24″ monitors!

– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-11-17T16:33:58-08:00October 29th, 2007|Personal, Resource/Misc|

Favorite Shortcuts and Apps

I have mentioned before, but one of the wonderful aspects of my projects is always working with different people and interacting with a diversity of talented people. Recently a group of us started talking about favorite applications, add-ins and shortcuts. Everyone seemed to have something that none of the others (all highly experienced graphic designers) had not heard of before.

Taking my cue from that group discussion I have put together a series on some of my favorite Windows short-cuts and applications. Some may be useful, others not so much. And if you have one that goes with one of posts – send me an email – so this series may grow and help us all.

– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-11-17T16:28:05-08:00October 1st, 2007|Personal, Resource/Misc|

PowerPoint 2007 for Dummies

As mentioned, I have been entrenched in two large projects that are being developed in PowerPoint 2007. There are tons of great features in the version – and there are tons of old-and-new annoyances, bugs, etc.

I could either fumble through many of the new features, or I could use some of the great resources that are available to all. Over the past few weeks I have referred to “Cutting Edge PowerPoint 2007” from the “For Dummies” series many times.

This great book is written by fellow PowerPoint MVP Geetesh Bajaj. Not really advocating this book over any other, but I am saying everyone – myself included – has some great resources available.

– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-11-17T16:26:06-08:00September 17th, 2007|Resource/Misc, Software/Add-Ins|

Creating the Theme Logo (4)

If you look back at the theme logos created so far, it is obvious how the template would be very different for each. So up to this point I am unable to really start working on the PowerPoint template.

But the goal is to make this event a success, and that begins with the client liking and appreciating the core visual to the whole thing – the theme logo.

– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-11-17T16:19:44-08:00August 8th, 2007|Resource/Misc|

Event Theme Graphic

For me, I cannot really begin working on a presentation for an event until some of the details are figured out – such the theme. Everything needs to coordinate and the theme can influence the color scheme used, the style of graphic treatment and much more. Sometimes the Theme is the starting point of an entire project.

– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-11-17T16:18:08-08:00July 31st, 2007|Resource/Misc|
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