Slid.es: Create Easy And Beautiful Presentations In Two Dimensions
Part of making professional presentations comes from focusing on key points and avoiding overuse of effects. Another part comes from using the right tool for the job. PowerPoint is an amazing piece of software, but it gives you twenty degrees of freedom. Fifteen of those lead to disaster. Slid.es is a free online PowerPoint alternative to make great presentations. Simply beautiful and beautifully simple.
How To Add A Photo Slideshow To YouTube
Videos have become only easier to compile, combine, and compose. YouTube crossed over to 1 billion users just a few days ago and despite the presence of very good alternatives like Vimeo, it is the de-facto home for online videos. So, it makes sense to upload your first photo slideshow to YouTube.
Create Elegant & Cool Multimedia Presentations Using Apple's Popular Keynote [Mac]
The best demos of Apple's multimedia program, Keynote, are the ones co-produced by the legendary Steve Jobs. Watch nearly any of his keynote presentations on YouTube, and you can quickly see how if used effectively, Keynote can help you create powerfully clean, well designed and animated presentations. Keynote can be as easy or advanced as you need it to be, enabling you to create simple and straightforward photo slideshows.
Callout With Words: How to Use Microsoft PowerPoint for Drawing Speech Bubbles On Any Photo
Remember the comics of our childhood? What would they be without speech bubbles? In comics, words were calls to action and speech bubbles framed them so well. You never thought they obstructed the illustrations in any way. Speech bubbles turned into callouts when it came to business presentations in Microsoft PowerPoint. They give context to what’s on the slide or a screenshot and help to turn a mundane graphic into something more interesting.
How The Pros Do It: Avoiding Embarrassment & Delivering Perfect Presentations
Ah! The presentation. Some of us love them. Some of us hate them. But no matter what, we all usually have to give them at one point or another, whether in school, work or even just for enjoyment. Some even choose public speaking as a career. Public speaking and presentations is an art though – have you ever sat through a horrendous talk? I know I have. So what makes the perfect presentation?
Avoid Murder By PowerPoint: How To Make Your Presentations Compelling And Memorable
Most of us have created a PowerPoint and done a presentation (or will at some point) and yet it is likely to be one of the most poorly done things on a computer. Bad PowerPoint presentations is an epidemic in education, which then continues into the workplace. Of course it’s not only about the PowerPoint itself, but also the presenter and how well they speak and convey the information. And I will touch upon that as well.
Create Media Presentations Quickly With Haiku Deck And Air Show [iOS 5]
Two new apps in the iTunes App Store, Haiku Deck and Air Show aim to get users up and running with slide presentations in a lot less time and hassle than it normally takes. And because they are iOS 5 apps, you can use AirPlay or simply hook the device up to an Apple TV or supporting projector, and you're ready to present to your audience.
Create Professional Presentations in Minutes With Slidevana for PowerPoint and Keynote [Giveaway]
Ever had a time in your life where you really needed to put together an impressive presentation? We've all been in that type of situation! Sure, a lot of templates exist, but sometimes they either don't look that great or they aren't as functional as we'd like them to be. However, with the template set for Powerpoint and Keynote – Slidevana – you get amazing graphics and legitimate functionality. Fortunately, MakeUseOf was able to get its hands on a copy of Slidevana to review, and we're giving 25 copies worth $2500 away for free!
PowerPoint Art: How To Create A 3-D Circle To Show A Cyclical Process
With each improved edition of PowerPoint, presenters have got better tools to play around with. So much so, that you don’t need a full-blown graphics editor to work magic on your slides. You can do it within PowerPoint itself. The following tutorial serves as an example. The steps below show how to create a three dimensional circular diagram illustrating a four step process.
Heard Wonders About Camtasia But Can't Afford It? Try ActivePresenter [Windows]
Camstudio is a simple open-source screen recorder that’s great for someone who’s starting out his or her YouTube show on software tips and how-to’s. If you’re looking for something that allows you to enhance your videos even more, check out what ActivePresenter offers. ActivePresenter is a screencasting software that you can use to author training tutorials and software walkthroughs.
Make Points Stick With PointerStick For Presentations
The problem with the cursor is it's so tiny that it just doesn't do the job required of it in certain situations. Think of times when you need to show an individual or group something on your laptop or monitor. Like a formal presentation at work or an informal presentation at home. Thankfully there is a free tool which fills this void and is available for download.
Create A Cool Travel Slideshow In iPhoto '11 [Mac]
For iPhoto users who have travel photos taken in different places throughout the country or world, iPhoto offers a pretty cool slideshow theme that is relatively easy to put together, depending on how well you have managed your iPhoto library. It even includes a great piece of stock background music if you don't have anything better to use.
Various Little Known Quality Resources for Your Next Multimedia Project
Even in a world where Creative Commons exists, it always seems like there is not enough quality royalty-free material for us in the multimedia field. Thankfully, there are several places out on the Internet that hear the cries of every starving artist. Today, MakeUseOf offers four little-known sources of multimedia materials for your next production.
How To Convert A PowerPoint 2010 Presentation Into A Video With One Click
Converting a PowerPoint slide to a video has lots of uses. It can be used to send a cluster of pictures to someone who does not have PowerPoint or a PowerPoint viewer installed. Microsoft Office 2010 has come in with a slew of user-friendly new features. One of the new features in PowerPoint 2010 helps you create a video with just a click.
Create Better Online Shows With The Uprompt Teleprompter
YouTube video bloggers and entertainers make reciting monologues on-screen look so easy! It actually is possible to come across on-screen in much the same professional way as these pros. The trick is to remove the need to memorize what you're going to say, and instead just focus on saying it as professionally as possible. You can remove that need for memorization with free teleprompting software called uPrompt.
Easily Create an Informative Website Tour in Minutes With Amberjack
Wouldn't it be cool if you could go to a brand new website that you've never visited before, and just click a button to get a brief tour of the site? Well, now you can offer that service to your own website visitors. A very cool, free service called Amberjack lets you create a quick and easy tour that will highlight all of the best areas and features of your website.