IMAGE POWERPOINT

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IMAGE POWERPOINT

• Introduction to Creating Effective Image
  Powerpoint Presentations

FINE ARTS SLIDE LIBRARY INDIANA UNIVERSITY 2005
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Your work surface has several parts the screen
you are working on (center), the thumbnails of
the screens (left) a pane at right that can show
one of several things, or be closed. Slide
Layout is the most useful. In the lower left
corner are three important icons
Various toolbars
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MENU AND TOOL BARS
Formatting Toolbar
Icons are same as those for Microsoft Word
View Icons
Slide Show View
Slide Sorter View
Normal View
Use all three views in building your presentation
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MENU AND TOOL BARS
Drawing Toolbar
Picture Toolbar
Go to VIEW- TOOLBARS. BE SURE BOTH THE DRAWING
AND PICTURE TOOLBAR ARE CHECKED. You can place
them in convenient empty shaded areas around your
worksurface.
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DRAWING TOOLBAR
Insert ClipArt Icon
These are the quick icons to create and then
insert connectors and arrows
Insert WordArt Icon
Use this function to insert arrows, connectors,
flow chart boxes etc.
Fill Color
Line Color
Font Color
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PICTURE TOOLBAR
This function allows you to rotate your image
This function allows you to compress your image
Contrast
This function allows you to crop your image
Color
Brightness
This function will insert your image from a file
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FORMATTING YOUR SCREEN
This is the first screen that appears when
Powerpoint is opened. Click the BLANK
PRESENTATION For Image Powerpoint you dont
want any templates or pre-designed color schemes,
but you do want a solid, neutral background
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YOU WANT BOTH A BLANK PRESENTATION AND A BLANK
LAYOUT
Select a blank layout
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FORMATTING THE BACKGROUND

• A White screen does not display
• images to the best advantage.
• Try black, charcoal gray, dark burgundy, etc.
• To change the background color
• 1. Highlight the first slide icon in OUTLINE mode
  
• 2. Select the FORMAT function in the tool bar,
  then BACKGROUND
• 3. Under BACKGROUND FILL, click the small arrow
• and select Black or use More Colors
  customize
• your background color
• 4. Click APPLY TO ALL

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DUPLICATING THE BLACK SCREEN

• A) EDIT- COPY PASTE The first slide icon at left
• Or
• B) INSERT - DUPLICATE SLIDE your plain dark
  screen
• Do this many times, so you have numerous blank
  screens on which to insert or drag your images

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INSERTING IMAGES FROM A FILE
Use the INSERT icon to search for a file on
either a disk or on the desktop
Select a file image (usually a .jpg file) and
select INSERT
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DRAGGING THE IMAGE
BOTH MAC AND PC USERS CAN DRAG IMAGES FROM THE
WEB DIRECTLY ONTO A POWERPOINT SCREEN THIS SAVES
TIME, BUT MAY LESSEN IMAGE QUALITY. ITS USUALLY
BETTER TO SAVE A GOOD IMAGE TO A FILE AND THEN
INSERT IT.
PC USERS CAN ALSO USE INSERT- PICTURE- NEW PHOTO
ALBUM THIS BRINGS IN A WHOLE FOLDER OF IMAGES,
SIZE THEM, AND PLACE EACH ONE ON A BLANK SCREEN.
(MAC USERS NEED AN ADDITIONAL PIECE OF SOFTWARE,
IView, TO DO THIS www.iview-multimedia.com ).
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MODIFYING SLIDES

• Changing the size of the image
• 1. With the mouse click on the image
• - A frame will appear around the picture. Grab
  a corner dot and use this to resize the image
• Cropping the image
• 1. Click on the image, then click the crop icon.
• 2. Push in the crop handles to eliminate
  unwanted areas, then click on any other area of
  the screen to apply the crop and exit
• Changing the images contrast/brightness
• 1. Select either the contrast or
  the
• brightness icon. Click to achieve desired
  affect.

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WHEN NOT TO MODIFY SLIDES

• You can always go smaller, but dont make small
  web images bigger than their original size! Try
  for images that are at least 600-800 pixels on
  the long side.
• The Exception to this is that very large images
  will sometimes be small when inserted into
  Powerpoint, and will need to be expanded.
• Avoid using large tiff files. High quality jpgs
  are safer, less likely to freeze your
  presentation.

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INSERTING COMPARISONS

• Inserting two images on one screen

Tatlin, Monument to 3rd International, 1919-20
Tatlin, Comparison, Cranes in Leningrad Harbor
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CREATING TEXT BOXES
NOVGOROD SCHOOL, Icon of St. George, Early 14th
century, Panel, Russian Museum, Leningrad

• Avoid using fancy or unusual fonts. Stick with
  basic ones that are likely to be on all computers

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TEXT BOXES

• Click on the TEXT BOX icon
• Move the cursor to the desired location of the
  text box
• Click the left button on the mouse to activate
  the draw mechanism, move the cursor to create a
  text box on your screen, and start typing. The
  box will expand as you type.
• The text box size can be changed easily by
  clicking on and then dragging the square boxes
  that appear around the text box.
• To change the font, character size, or color use
  the menu bar icons at the top of the Powerpoint
  screen. These function similarly to WORD
  commands.

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PRESENTING YOUR LECTURE

• There are many slide show options.
• To view your Powerpoint seminar project or paper
  select the SLIDE SHOW option from the menu bar at
  the top of the screen
• You may change the slides manually or select a
  timing function which advances the slides
  automatically. Manual transitions are
  recommended.
• To display the Powerpoint presentation to an
  audience select SLIDE SHOW then select VIEW SHOW.
  The slide presentation will appear in full view
  on your computer screen. To manually advance the
  slides, click the left button on your mouse. The
  next slide will automatically appear. To view a
  previous slide. Click the right mouse button and
  click PREVIOUS. Note.
• Use the Slide Show Icon frequently while
  creating your presentation to see how things will
  look to your audience.
• To return to Outline view,
• hit the ESCAPE button.

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FORMATTING YOUR REVIEW PAGE

• Students prefer a white screen for printing
• Copy your presentation and format the background
  to white and the font to a color suitable for
  printing.

Text
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COMPRESSING YOUR REVIEW PAGE
ONcourse attachments must be 20 MEG or less.
Compressing your presentation will greatly reduce
its size without compromising what the students
see

• Click on your first image (the image itself, not
  the whole screen)

FORMAT PICTURE COMPRESS Compress All
Web/Screen