Now, let's explore the problem part- it can be a tough job using this presentation and media bank effectively to whip up new presentations-and even if you do that, you'll find that PowerPoint doesn't work well with all sorts of multimedia file formats. Surprising, Xara Xtreme-a program that costs less than $90 makes the whole process so easy that almost anyone can create such effects However, it's not too easy to create such effects in Adobe Photoshop or other image editors unless you are well versed with the way those programs work. Xara Xtreme Transparency Effects for PowerPointĪlthough it is the norm to place conventional pictures on PowerPoint slides, a little experimentation with transparent effects will provide great looking results. Double-click any bitmap inside Xara Xtreme to summon the Xara Picture Editor-alternatively, Xara Picture Editor also works independently as a picture viewer and editor on its own Xara Picture Editor is a small program that's bundled with the Xara Xtreme software. In this interview, Barbara discusses her book, Photoshop Elements, and how you can use it with PowerPoint effectively. She's the author of the best-selling Photoshop Elements 4: The Missing Manual, published by O'Reilly and several other books. In this tutorial, I show you how you can use them.īarbara Brundage has been teaching people ways to use Photoshop Elements since the product came out in 2001. I love the way TechSmith has implemented them in the program, and how intuitive they are to use.
Stamps in SnagIt are my current fascination.
#CREATING PRESENTATIONS IN XARA DESIGNER MOVIE#
Effective Presentations is a movie-based tutorial that's available both on CD-ROM and an online movie library. And that's exactly what Jeff Van West tackles in his Effective Presentations tutorial that I'm reviewing. Whatever be the numbers or skills, no one disagrees with the fact that many PowerPoint presentations do fail to leave an impact on the audience. If you use graphics often, understanding these two formats and how they are created is essential. Or why some pictures don't show jaggies when enlarged? Those jaggies have more to do with the type of graphics you're resizing and broadly speaking, there are two types of computer graphics bitmaps and vector graphics. Have you wondered why some pictures show jaggies on the edges when they are resized larger. Author Cliff Atkinson uses his three-step approach to help readers discover how they can combine the tenets of classic storytelling with the power of projected media to create a rich, engaging experience. This book extract is from Beyond Bullet Points, a book that teaches how you can use PowerPoint to tell visual stories without using bulletpoints. In this interview, Lou discusses Freepath, PowerPoint, and non-linear presentations.
#CREATING PRESENTATIONS IN XARA DESIGNER SOFTWARE#
In this tutorial, learn how you can create spirographs in Xara Xtreme.Īs President of Grass Roots Software, Lou's primary role is in securing partnerships to advance the use of Grass Roots Software technology in a broad range of vertical markets and business to business solutions. And since their design form is so neutral, you can use them almost anywhere! Spirographs provide an artistic, detailed look and can be created quickly. In this interview, Jeff discusses PowerPoint experiences, design and improvement ideas. Jeff Van West puts his get-the-job-done philosophy into practice in training movies on Effective Presentations which is available online from. The excerpts chosen to be published on Indezine discuss Excel related issues in PowerPoint. This book extract is from Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances by Echo Swinford is an Indezine exclusive with permission from O'Reilly Media, Inc. If you are using a different image editor, the concepts will still remain the same.īook Extract: Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances In this tutorial, I'll show how you can create these stamps within Adobe Photoshop. Stamps are a great feature in TechSmith SnagIt that allows you to annotate and mark certain areas of a screenshot so that you can describe it in detail elsewhere.
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