Digital Signage Via PowerPoint – On It’s Side
This is the digital signage at a recent show. It was updated every morning with the attendee schedule for that day. There were a number of these 52″ plasma screens outside each ballroom entrance, all displaying a PPT slide.
But designing these slides is a bit challenging. The plasma screen is rotated, but the computer still sees a horizontal 1920×1080 display. The solution is to create a sideways slide, as Lori is skillfully doing.
– Troy @ TLC
Really Big Tech Area
This was a much bigger production over previous posts with my graphics tech area backstage with a several other tech departments. My department and five computers are highlighted by the red line.
– Troy @ TLC
Bigger Tech Table
This recent show was another where I was “front of house” (where the tech area is in the audience area, facing the stage). You can see my 3 show computers in the foreground and the fantastic staging design and work of the lighting director.
– Troy @ TLC
Graphics Tech Table
Just a quick photo of a recent show, I was onsite leading the onscreen graphics/presentations.
– Troy @ TLC
“FPO” – What Is It?
It may be the print design background or work with ad agencies, but I use “FPO” in presentation proofs all the time.
FPO = For Position Only
“FPO” is used for temporary or unapproved images. The images are usually low-resolution comp images from the image resource (ie. istockphoto, Dreamstime, etc.). Its purpose is to show the proposed layout and receive client approval on the image before purchasing. When approved, the FPOs are replaced with the high-res images.
– Troy @ TLC
Classic TV Commercials for Your Presentation – Free!
Integrating videos into a presentation is now a reality with the upgrades to computers and the better multimedia handling of PPT 2010. Using a nostalgic (ie. old) television commercial is a fun and unique video element. The Internet Archive has a collection of over 300 classic TV commercials and public service announcements to download for free.
Click here to search for a commercial.
– Troy @ TLC
My IP Address Shows What?
This is a pretty amazing use of technology. An IP address (Internet Protocol Address) is unique to every web enabled device. When you log onto the internet, you provide some details about yourself, such as the country and region you are in. But this website overlays that information on a Google map and shows where you are!
Click here to go to IP-Address.cc to see where you are with the IP address lookup.
– Troy @ TLC