Opening “Stinger” Video
Design requests are always diverse and some things can still be developed more dynamically in video editing vs. PPT. TLC Creative Services did slide makeovers for all the presentations at this meeting, but I spent some time in the video edit suite to develop this quick animation to kick off one of the meeting segments.
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– Troy @ TLC
Showsite Setup in 30 Seconds
This is a fun video I created that shows a mid-size show being loaded in (setup) I was the graphics/PowerPoint designer and operator on (thanks to Paul Chrisope of Video Resources for sharing the photos).
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Check out the next post were I show how the video was created with PPT.
– Troy @ TLC
Desert Code Camp 2011
If you can head to Arizona this week, this Saturday, November 5 is the Desert Code Camp event. This is the first year it is offering an MS Office specific track – thanks for several Microsoft MVPs, including my friend Kathy Jacobs (OneNote MVP and former PPT MVP). The event is in Chandler, Arizona.
Get the details here.
– Troy @ TLC
PPT Halloween Pumpkin
Using the Shape Combine/Subtract/Union tools TLC Creative designer, Jennifer, developed this great pumpkin entirely from standard PPT shapes.
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The development was basically 30 steps, which we captured as individual slides to create the video directly from PPT.
Here is what the slide looks like, which you can download here (47K) .
– Troy @ TLC
Halloween Themed PowerPoint Template
Wanda, one of our talented TLC Creative designers, developed this great Halloween themed template we are sharing with everyone.
The template is native to PPT 2010, 16×9 aspect ratio and features several layouts including a great animated title slide (Note: All elements on the title slide from the background to the cauldron and hat were created in PowerPoint).
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Download the full template here:
– Troy @ TLC
Change Font Size with Keyboard Combinations
There is a lot of mouse movement when designing slides in PowerPoint (and while I really like the ribbon layout, I feel there is more mouse movement now than in the legacy toolbar interface). Adjusting font size is a common design need and can easily be done with keyboard commands.
To increase a font size:
To decrease a font size:
– Troy @ TLC
10lb Hamburger!
While on a show in Miami this month (great show with fantastic presentation design requests – more about this next month), the crew dinner was at “Burgers and Beer Joint.” The food was great in a very crowded place and the menu featured the hamburger made with 10lbs of ground beef (plus another 10lbs of bun and condiments). Now that was a presentation!
Note: That is an impressive and huge hack saw being used to cut “The Mother Burger” into servings.
– Troy @ TLC