With the background elements developed in Photoshop and saved out as .jpg images the rest of the work happens in PowerPoint. Most of the work in setting up a template happens on the Master Slides. So the first thing for me is to set the background of each slide layout with the background artwork.
The Blue Lens template has a Content slide and a Title slide.
Next is to position the text boxes to fit the background, set the font size-color-line spacing and custom bullets:
I also set default slide transitions for each slide layout (in this case both use a FADE SMOOTHLY), format the header/footer text boxes, etc.
One of the things I think a lot of people overlook is customizing the color scheme. I always include a sample chart that shows all of the default colors I have setup.
Now everything is ready to build a slide show!
– Troy @ TLC