The Logical Blog by IconLogic

SEPTEMBER 29, 2012

by AJ George  If you need to create an Infographic, there are better programs than PowerPoint that you could use. That being said, PowerPoint is likely on your office computer right now. Additionally, PowerPoint is often underutilized as a design platform and is surprisingly agile.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JUNE 5, 2012

tool for editing images,  vintageJS , which quickly and easily gives photos a vintage feeling with adjustable settings. by AJ George  I have previously written about ways to  manipulate images on a budget  so that graphics that are perhaps not all uniform looking can look more like they belong together.

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BrightCarbon

MAY 29, 2020

When creating presentations in PowerPoint it’s important to have a template to ensure design consistency, but it takes time, effort and skill to create high quality templates and masters. Of course, there are lots of places you can get free PowerPoint templates, but are they any good? Slides Carnival.

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BrightCarbon

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

In this post we look at the mind-bending world of Morph and how to use it create stunning design effects in PowerPoint. The new morph transition in PowerPoint is pretty cool. Having objects off-slide is a great way to bring them in, or take them out, using PowerPoint morph, and it’s really easy. But what is morph?

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eLearningArt

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

I recently created a photo slideshow (using PowerPoint) of my dad’s life-sized chess set sculpture that’s at Facebook (Go Dad!). I found that PowerPoint was a surprisingly powerful slideshow creation tool. Save the PowerPoint slideshow as a video that you can upload to YouTube. Insert a photo album to your presentation.

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BrightCarbon

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Once upon a time, on desktops far, far away, there was PowerPoint for Windows and something very very different for Mac… If you remember PowerPoint:mac 2011, you might still have recurring nightmares about the amount of effort it took to create presentations. PowerPoint for Windows. PowerPoint for Mac. Photo Album. ?. ?.

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Raptivity

AUGUST 15, 2018

I have a list of some cool PowerPoint add-ins that could help you create extraordinary presentations. Here you go: PowerPoint Labs PowerPoint Labs is a wonderful add-in that is aimed at helping users with creating better effects and animations in their slides. Creating bewitching presentations is an art.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

OCTOBER 7, 2011

I've talked a lot about where to get free stock photos , about how to manipulate stock photos , and tips for creating your own graphics. by AJ George. Somehow, in the midst of all that, I remained in the dark about what is probably the best free resource I've come across in a while.   Easy, fast, looks nice, FREE.

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BrightCarbon

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Previously, we’d pretty much exclusively been using iStock for our commercial-use presentation photos. Often in a presentation, when trying to tell a visual story with lots of relevant images, our designers want photos that work well as a sequence. This means that we can easily use Shutterstock photos in presentations to tell stories.

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 17, 2021

I use Affinity Photo as well, often switching between the two depending on which tools I need. PowerPoint. For all that it is a much maligned tool, PowerPoint is still a regular part of my toolbox. As I regularly speak at conferences and online events, I also use PowerPoint to create slides for those sessions.

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DigitalChalk eLearning

JUNE 20, 2013

When taking your own digital images isn’t an option, free stock photos become the go-to-tool. We have narrowed it down to 10 FREE stock photo sites , to help you manage your time a little better and find what you need on your budget. Morgue File is an easy to use free photo site, with thousands of high-resolution images.

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 23, 2022

I use Affinity Photo as well, often switching between the two depending on which tools I need. PowerPoint. For all that it is a much maligned tool, PowerPoint is still a regular part of my toolbox. As I regularly speak at conferences and online events, I also use PowerPoint to create slides for those sessions.

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BrightCarbon

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Adding to your file size means that your presentation is likely to sit on the unfriendly size of email etiquette, but it also means your PowerPoint will run a lot slower (and it may crash – see this article for more on that ). Here are five ways to compress PowerPoint file size for easy emailing and speedy running of your presentation.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JANUARY 16, 2014

Let's say someone gives me a photo and wants me to design around that. I found the following Edgar Degas pastel drawing:    Uploading the image to the Pictaculous site gave me the following color palette:    I used a  free Hex to RGB site  to translate the hex code colors to RGB in PowerPoint.

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eLearning Brothers

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Great photos help create fun and engaging training. We have recently put together packs of eLearning stock photos to help you design better training. The examples are a combination of PowerPoint course styles , Cut-Out People , and eLearning stock photos.

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BrightCarbon

MAY 12, 2021

We’ve been investigating what gets lost in translation when you convert PowerPoint to Google Slides. If you’re a Google Drive user, you’ve probably noticed that when you open a PowerPoint file from your Drive, Google Slides is the first recommended program. They will not change back if you open the file in PowerPoint later.

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E-learning Uncovered

JUNE 20, 2016

Photos are a powerful tool in e-learning. Unless you can afford custom photo shoots, you likely need to purchase stock photos. You may have heard some people talk about how much they hate stock photos in e-learning : they seem cheesy, they aren’t diverse enough, or they look like the subject is in a vacuum.

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Mike Taylor

JULY 22, 2022

Last week’s most clicked item: How to Loop a Sequence of PowerPoint Animations. Working With PowerPoint & PDFs in Canva. I started with PDFs and then discovered that you can also do it with PowerPoint and Word files as well. Photosmash by Pixlr is a professional one-click photo studio right in your browser.

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

I usually get something from clients to read and review: PowerPoint presentations, policy guidelines, technical documentation, etc. For the example in this post, I received a PowerPoint presentation used in their current training. The presentation had a lot of useful photos showing different situations (a big plus!).

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eLearningArt

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Did you know there are only 14 PowerPoint MVPs in the United States? These are the practitioners that Microsoft designates as the top experts… the PowerPoint and presentation ninjas. I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to interview PowerPoint MVP Ellen Finkelstein. What’s your best PowerPoint tip?

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

In the past, I’ve created conversation-driven eLearning with video, animation, and photos. After the initial video, we used cutout still photos of the same actors. This required a custom photo shoot, but it was much cheaper than using video for the entire course. Photos or Illustrations.

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Adobe Captivate

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Adobe Captivate allows a simple way to print your Captivate slides to a Microsoft Word document, however there may be times when you are required to create a Microsoft PowerPoint deck of the Captivate slides. So how do we get the Captivate slides into PowerPoint, without individually taking a screenshot of each slide?

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BrightCarbon

APRIL 16, 2021

Interactive PowerPoint quizzes are a great way of levelling up your eLearning content. Remember, quizzes made in native PowerPoint cannot be scored. Everything you need to make interactive quizzes is available in PowerPoint. Hyperlinks are a way of jumping to another slide, section of your deck, or place outside PowerPoint.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

APRIL 5, 2012

by AJ George  Last week  I showed you how to animate a picture in PowerPoint so that it came in as a puzzle, piece by piece. I see this effect being really nice in conjunction with a team photo to show how everyone is a part of the bigger picture, but I'm sure there are many other applicable uses for it. That was cool.

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 1, 2017

In the past, I’ve created conversation-driven eLearning with video, animation, and photos. After the initial video, we used cutout still photos of the same actors. This requires a custom photo shoot, but it’s much cheaper than using video for the entire course. Photos or Illustrations.

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eLearningArt

APRIL 14, 2016

Sometimes you have an accessory or tool, such as a hat, that you’d like to add to a photo of a person. Maybe you have this great photo of Meg, but you’re using her in a safety scenario to train factory workers. I’ll walk you through how you can make Meg totally safe using either PowerPoint or Photoshop. Don’t stress.

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eLearning Brothers

JUNE 16, 2015

PowerPoint got an unfair reputation a few years back. It seemed like everyone was trying to blame PowerPoint for poorly created eLearning material. To get you better prepared for creating content in PowerPoint, here’s eight things you must never do with graphics in PowerPoint. Transitions are a great effect in PowerPoint.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Over the last two weeks I've introduced PowerPoint 2010's Shape Union and Shape Subtract tools. Now I'd like to give a quick example of how you could incorporate this into your eLearning projects made with PowerPoint. " I'm going to use this stock photo of a corporate brainstorming session. by AJ George.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 11, 2015

The good news is that there are more than enough free stock images available, such as these three earlier posts where I shared 80 free stock photos , 45 free stock photos , and 60 more free stock photos. Here are some tips to help customize free stock photos to work with your courses. Even PowerPoint has a blur feature.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

MARCH 19, 2010

He has no time to meet with you or see your meticulous PowerPoint presentation projected up on a wall in his conference room. here is how you managed to get the PowerPoint Presentation onto your mobile device: Open a completed PowerPoint 2008 presentation. Select the Photos tab at the right of the iTunes window.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

You've created training with Microsoft PowerPoint or an eLearning development tool such as Articulate Storyline, iSpring Suite, Articulate Rise, TechSmith Camtasia, or Adobe Captivate. Your training includes one or more copyrighted images.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

by AJ George  There are infinite reasons why you may not be able to give a presentation in person, many of which I covered in my article on  adding Text-To-Speech to PowerPoint presentations. PowerPoint will save presentations as PDF files, so this isn't necessarily a problem, but may mean extra work for some users.

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eFront

OCTOBER 24, 2010

News from the e-learning frontier Pages Home About Community Free e-Learning Resources Contribute to the e-Learning Community 10/24/2010 Free Stock Photos Sites for e-Learning As an e-Learning developer I had to invest a lot of time to find images for my e-Learning projects. Morgue File An easy to use free photo site.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

AUGUST 1, 2014

A recurring trend in flat design is the use of simplified icons in lieu of detailed drawings, images, or photos. Many icons can be found by inserting symbols or certain Clip Art images from within PowerPoint. by AJ Walther    Previously I shared some  tips for creating your own great looking flat design eLearning.

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eLearningArt

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

PowerPoint comes with some really cool picture effects that you can apply to your images. Today I’m going to talk about artistic photo effects in PowerPoint 2010, and show you how you can recolor your background photos to create some visual interest and contrast in your eLearning courses. Graphic Design Tips PowerPoint'

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eLearning Brothers

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

When I started my business as a presentation professional, I realized that designing and developing effective, impactful, and impressive PowerPoint presentations was easier when I applied basics I had used in instructional design. The post 8 Questions to Answer for Impressive PowerPoint Presentations appeared first on eLearning Brothers.

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Mike Taylor

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Download Canva designs as Powerpoint. I’m also a huge PowerPoint fan and sometimes, I just need a powerpoint. Now with Canva, you can download your awesome Canva designs into a Microsoft Powerpoint presentation. As we just saw you can always export them to PowerPoint for final polishing, animating and delivery, etc.

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