The final element was to create a placeholder for the financial information. I added another custom fill autoshape, this time a rectangle. After sized it was ‘sent to back’ and the appropriate text was added.
If you would like to download this slide, click here.
– Troy @ TLC
Here is the finalized background with the title area drop shadow.
Click here to download PowerPoint file.
For virtually all presentations I develop the custom background art and elements in Photoshop. But with creative use of the available tools in PowerPoint, some great effects can be achieved!
– Troy @ TLC
Merry Christmas!!!
This is a great time of year – first, I have opportunity to focus on design work from my office (eg. I’m not traveling to corporate shows every week) and I also get to enjoy my kids’ excitement for the holidays! As way of saying Merry Christmas to all, please download this custom PowerPoint template I designed specifically for all who visit ThePowerPointBlog.
This is one features an elegant Christmas theme. As with all PowerPoint templates I develop this one features:
– Theme specific backgrounds developed in Photoshop
– Text boxes have preset position, font style, font size, font color, line spacing and bullets
– Preset entrance animations for text boxes
– Preset slide transitions
– File properties and header/footer information preset
– Presentation color scheme, customized to coordinate with background artwork
Click here to download (approx. 800k)
– Troy @ TLC
Because of some requests over the past few days (thanks for all send over emails) everyone is free to use the link below to download the “Hidden.png” graphic I developed in PhotoShop a few years back.
Click here to download.
(Note: download is a small 100k .zip file)
– Troy @ TLC
I create a lot of graphic elements for presentations and since the inception of PPT XP I have been able to do many directly in PowerPoint with some creative use of AutoShapes and transparency settings. PPT MVP Shawn Toh has posted a sample presentation with some really great 3D spheres at Indezine.
Here is one of the spheres created entirely with autoshapes:
Here are the autshapes used to create the above 3D spere:
Here is the description and download link on Indezine, click here.
Troy @ TLC
Happy 4th of July!! The states are awash with patriotism and we are off for our annual trip to the state fair where we end the day listening to the Navy Band and watching a huge fireworks show.
There are lots of great template sites out there, and it is not something I have focused on (providing a library of downloadable templates). But I designed this Americana themed template to share with all. Download here (580k).
Troy @ TLC
This is a quick animation sample that I created based on yesterday’s posted tutorial. Here I start with a small image and combine a MOTION PATH with a GROW EMPHASIS and finally a fully size image FADE IN. The result is some visually dynamic onscreen action, that overcomes one of PowerPoint’s raster graphic limitations.
Click here to download the PowerPoint file (500k).
-Troy @ TLC
This is a continuation of the Part I post on May 22. In this tutorial PowerPoint presentation I make a photo shrink and then grow back to its 100%, without any resolution loss. Okay, so it is a tutorial on how to use animation to fake it, but the results are great and it is a technique I use on many projects.
Click here to download the PowerPoint file (900k). The entire animation sequence is broken down into individual steps over 10 slides.
And there is a forthcoming part three, which is another technique for making an image grow, without resolution loss.
– Troy @ TLC
PPT MVP, Glenna Shaw, has added some new Xcelsius samples and downloadable “templates” for all to use in their presentations. Even more fun, is that all of the samples are working on her site as web-page items. Play with them and download from here.
If you are unfamiliar with Xcelsius, have some good MS Excel skills, and want to really make charts and graphs POP in a presentation, this is an incredible application to use. Click here to visit the Xcelsius website.
Troy @ TLC
Yesterday was the official release of Office 2007 Beta 2. Anyone is free to download (for free) and see what all the news is about. Of course being a beta, not everything is working 100%, but the new User Interface has to be experienced as words cannot explain it sufficiently. Even more impressive is seeing the new charts and tables engine in action!
The download is 550MB, so have a fast connection. Click here to go to Microsofts Beta download site (wait for the flash animation to finish and click the “Try Now” button).
– Troy @ TLC