We know communicating through effective visuals is important, but when you’re faced with a blank slide, where do you start? BrightCarbon’s graphic design experts have come to your rescue, sharing their expertise on PowerPoint design whether you’re a pro, or just looking for some quick hacks.
Read on to find an entire library of hacks, suggestions, and inspiration on all things PowerPoint design. From everything you need to know about typography, to how hierarchy affects the way you lay your slides out, or just some great tips on adding some easy design touches to make your presentations pop, it’s all here.
PowerPoint does many things well, but typography isn’t one of them. I’ll walk you step-by-step through techniques to get it to play ball. Be warned – SERIOUSLY advanced PowerPoint functionality follows...
Use this quick tutorial to make images transparent in PowerPoint, regardless of which version of the program you are using.
We’re often asked whether it’s possible to ‘cut out’ images in PowerPoint. Well, the good news is that it is, and the even better news is that we've written a How-To guide to show you how it’s done.
Ever wanted to get more out of your PowerPoint animation? Here's a trick you can use to make PowerPoint animations more versatile. I used it to recreate the elegant motion of pendulums in a Harvard Sciences Lecture Demonstration.
Love the idea of visual slides, but feel you can’t use a visual approach as your content is too technical? Find yourself falling back on bullet points, as your ideas are too complex for simple visuals? Think again!
Can a PowerPoint user be converted to Keynote? Is this the perfect excuse to use his Mac more? And how well do these presentation technologies work on iPad? As more users bring Macs to work comes the question: ‘Can we do this on Keynote?’ We answer.
Graphs and charts are a common feature in most presentations - they are an excellent way to show data visually. However, often people create the charts and then stop short of adding animation. If you go that one step further your data can really tell a story. Here's how and why.
When graph slides are designed there are several reasons why they are not as effective as they could be. As a result the audience has to work really hard interpreting the information on the slide thus reducing their ability to listen to the presenter. It's worth understanding the pitfalls.
If you're a whiz with PowerPoint design, visual presentations are the way forward. If you're not, then there's still hope. Here are your very VERY first steps to ditching the bullet points for good - do it on your very next presentation and never look back!
PowerPoint doesn't do 3D, but it would be cool if it could. For a long time I’ve really struggled to develop a method creates an illusion of three dimensions (and looks good) with just the tools PowerPoint provides. Here's two ways I've come up with to do it.
How do you transform a paragraph of text into moving objects and images that tell a story? How do you create visual slides for your next PowerPoint design?
Hand drawn visuals are everywhere. What do you need to create hand drawn visuals for a presentation or website video?
Use the five conventions of cinema to inform PowerPoint design, and take your presentations to the next level
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