“Ultrawide” presentations are any aspect ratio wider than the standard 16×9. For this project, the specs were a 2 projector blend (with 240 pixel edge blending) for the General Session.
2 screens wide, designed as a single ultrawide template, with 6 background variations (different for each presenter/division).
Note: Portfolio example only, template and presentation files not available for download.
Troy @ TLC
Ultrawide General Session shows tend to involve more planning and design considerations for things like 16×9 PIPs (for video and standard widescreen presentations). Presentations that use the full canvas also have many design considerations to look great for the audience. Here is one look of a ultrawide presentation template that TLC Creative developed for a recent show.
3 screens wide, designed as a single ultrawide template with design consideration for outside 4×3 IMAG PIPs (live camera of the presenter).
Note: Portfolio example only, template and presentation files not available for download.
Troy @ TLC
Yet another example from one of TLC Creative’s recent show projects – an ultrawide 5 projector awards show presentation template.
The meeting provided us with a fantastic 5 screen wide canvas, all designed as a single ultrawide presentation.
Note: Portfolio example only, template and presentation files not available for download.
Troy @ TLC
Another example from one of TLC Creative’s recent show projects – an ultrawide awards presentation template.
3 screens wide, designed as a single ultrawide presentation with presentation design on a seamless connected 16×9 center projection area.
Note: Portfolio example only, template and presentation files not available for download.
Troy @ TLC
Awards shows are events that have lots of great staging and theatrics. TLC Creative is brought in to many awards shows to develop a glitzy-dynamic-unique presentation look for the awards show – that does not look like “PowerPoint’. Here is an example of a recent awards show project UltraWide presentation template.
3 screens wide, designed as a single ultrawide presentation with presentation design across the full canvas. Note: portfolio example only, template and presentation files not available for download.
Troy @ TLC
“Ultrawide” Presentations here at TLC Creative Services refer to any presentation that is wider than 16×9. And we are excited by the number of these design projects that come our way each year – a reflection of the increased use of edge blending technology to “gang” projectors and also a reflection of our design team’s expertise in understanding the technical needs as well as design needs for these “Ultrawide” screens.
Here is a standard 16×9 setup. Single projector to a single screen projecting at the industry standard 1920×1080 pixel “high def”.
And here is a common Ultrawide setup. 3 High Def projectors ganged together (note: no edge blending consideration in this example) across a single super wide screen for a 5,760×1080 pixel projection.
The important element for presentation design is that the slides are setup as a single 5760×1080 presentation, not 3 separate 16×9 presentations. For design, everything from slide transition choices, to size of text are important considerations for the audience experience.
Up next, a few portfolio examples of recent Ultrawide presentation template design projects.
Troy @ TLC
Corporate meetings have continued to expand the use of super wide screens and projections.
TLC Creative Services has worked on several design templates for events throughout the year where the standard 16×9 PowerPoint leads the design. Once the design is approved, we move into creating the UltraWide template using PowerPoint. The layout of Ultrawide projections can be 40ft high to 250ft wide!
These events are a group effort; we work closely with the AV production team to know the technical specs before developing the UltraWide template. For this particular show, we had two widths built in, the active pixel (visible to audience) and full pixel width (for the slide/computer sizing). We also had IMAG (Image Magnification) or live camera of the presenter. PowerPoint doesn’t control IMAG, but it is important to plan the design to visually fit.
Here’s a video to show an example.
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-Troy @ TLC
PowerPoint does not have anything to do with the physical curve of the presentation. Instead, the curve is done by all the great AV crews that we have the opportunity to work with. The 16×9 presentations are nicely designed, but have no special setup.
The Ultrawide background is a custom PowerPoint template setup to match the projection pixel count with images and content strategically designed so as not to interfere with standard 16×9 slides and IMAG areas. TLC Creative Services plans with production companies in advance to ensure all layers are coordinated. These are the presentation design projects that our team really enjoys!
– Troy @ TLC
One of my recent projects was developing a 3 screen presentation for a large corporate event. Each screen was widescreen format (16×9). My goal was to create flowing template art that visually radiates from the center screen to the outer screens. Here are all three screens:
Here is a bit closer look at the left screen:
– Troy @ TLC