IntroductionWelcome| 00:00 | (music playing)
| | 00:04 | Hi! I am Lisa Larson-Kelley.
| | 00:05 | Welcome to Up and Running with Prezi.
| | 00:08 | In this course, I'll walk you through
the basics, from creating a new prezi
| | 00:12 | to working with the interface, importing
graphics, and adding video to enhance you presentation.
| | 00:19 | You'll see how easy it is to collaborate
and to share your prezi with the world.
| | 00:22 | (video playing)
| | 00:27 | I'll show you everything you
need to build your first prezi.
| | 00:30 | I fell in love with Prezi when I
first saw it, and I've been using it for my
| | 00:33 | presentations ever since,
and I think you will too.
| | 00:36 | Let's dive into Up and Running with Prezi.
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| What you should know before watching this course| 00:00 | I have approached this course with the
assumption that you have little to no
| | 00:03 | experience with Prezi, but you want to
get started quickly, get a firm grasp of
| | 00:07 | how it works, and you want to walk
away with a finished sample presentation.
| | 00:11 | Maybe you have played around with
Prezi already but just couldn't intuitively
| | 00:14 | get the hang of the interface.
| | 00:15 | Maybe you are able to create a prezi,
but you'd like to make it better.
| | 00:18 | In this course, I'll help you
understand the interface from the ground up,
| | 00:21 | giving you some tips and guidelines for
planning your prezi and give you a solid
| | 00:25 | overview of what you can do with it
and what you can't. You don't need any
| | 00:30 | special knowledge or skills to create a
prezi, but an open mind certainly helps.
| | 00:33 | If you're an old-school PowerPoint or
Keynote jockey like myself, the freedom of
| | 00:37 | zooming and panning may be a
bit overwhelming at first,
| | 00:40 | but I think that you'll find the
ability to arrange your information in
| | 00:43 | a relational way, revealing and grouping
information in meaningful ways, is liberating.
| | 00:49 | I should note here, too, that while
I'm focusing mainly on traditional
| | 00:52 | presentations in Prezi in this course,
Prezi can also be used as a brainstorming
| | 00:57 | or mind-mapping tool to bring a
complex infographic to life or even as a
| | 01:01 | collaborative workspace to develop an idea.
| | 01:04 | So regardless of your experience or
lack thereof with Prezi and what platform
| | 01:08 | and browser you're using, you'll
finish this course with the information you
| | 01:11 | need to create and publish a finished prezi.
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| Following along in this course| 00:00 | Prezi Online Editor is what is
referred to as cloud software.
| | 00:04 | This means that it runs over the
Internet right in your browser.
| | 00:08 | This is different from traditional
shrink-wrapped software you might be used to,
| | 00:11 | where there is an installer file that's
downloaded or comes on a CD or DVD and a
| | 00:15 | specific version of the software is
installed right on your hard drive.
| | 00:19 | Being hosted in the cloud makes it
very easy to get started with Prezi.
| | 00:22 | All you need is a browser
and an Internet connection.
| | 00:25 | It also makes it very easy to keep up
with the latest version of the software.
| | 00:29 | Whenever you log in to prezi.com to
use it, you're automatically going to be
| | 00:33 | using the most recent version.
| | 00:34 | There is one caveat to that.
| | 00:36 | There is a desktop version of Prezi for paid
accounts that you can run on your computer.
| | 00:40 | I show you some of its features, but
I'll be using the online version through
| | 00:43 | most of this course.
| | 00:45 | Cloud software does present a
challenge for courses like this one.
| | 00:48 | Since Prezi can add new features at
any time without having to group them
| | 00:52 | together into major version upgrades,
some new features and interface changes
| | 00:56 | can sneak in on you.
| | 00:57 | Rest assured though, that we will be
periodically updating this course to
| | 01:00 | include recent updates and new features,
so if something in your interface looks
| | 01:04 | slightly different from mine or
there's a new button or feature available to
| | 01:08 | you, just keep this in mind.
The course should still be valid.
| | 01:10 | Now that we are on it and we're
updating the course soon and feel free to
| | 01:14 | contact me through lynda.com support
with suggestions for future course updates.
| | 01:19 | The software requirements for
the Prezi online software are
| | 01:22 | pretty straightforward.
| | 01:23 | You can use prezi.com from any
Internet-connected computer that meets the
| | 01:26 | following requirements.
| | 01:27 | It has to have Adobe Flash Player 10 or
higher installed, it needs a minimum of
| | 01:33 | 1GB of memory, and you'll
need to scroll mouse or touchpad.
| | 01:37 | Prezi runs right in your browser,
and all modern browsers are supported.
| | 01:41 | For this course, I'll be using my
preferred setup, Google Chrome on Mac.
| | 01:44 | The fact that Prezi is a Flash-based
tool assures that it will look and behave
| | 01:48 | the same no matter which
browser or platform you're using,
| | 01:51 | so feel free to use whatever
configuration you are used to.
| | 01:54 | The exercise files for this course are
also different from what you may be used
| | 01:58 | to in other courses in the lynda.com Library.
| | 02:00 | All of the exercise files are free.
| | 02:03 | You don't need to be a
Premium subscriber to access them.
| | 02:06 | I have provided some assets you can use
to build your own prezi along with me,
| | 02:10 | and there are two prezis:
a template and a finished example.
| | 02:14 | Now, these two prezis are publicly
accessible on the prezi.com site.
| | 02:18 | You'll just need a Prezi account to copy
and edit them, and I'll show you how to
| | 02:22 | set up a Prezi account and import
all of the examples in a little bit.
| | 02:25 | Once you are all set up to run Prezi,
you're ready to look at what goes into
| | 02:28 | planning and structuring a good prezi
and some best practices for creating great
| | 02:33 | zoomable presentations.
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| Dealing with updates| 00:00 | Since this course was recorded, Prezi
has changed the organization of the menus
| | 00:04 | in the online editor.
| | 00:06 | They've simplified it a lot,
condensing seven dropdowns to just three.
| | 00:10 | While this is an improvement in user
experience design, it might confuse you
| | 00:14 | as you try to follow along with me in the course.
| | 00:16 | The good news is they haven't
changed any features in this update.
| | 00:20 | They've only changed where you find them.
| | 00:22 | So you will be able to follow along in
this course, and you'll be able to find
| | 00:26 | all the features you need
under one of these three new menus.
| | 00:29 | Let me give you a quick tour.
| | 00:32 | Arrows and lines, which used to be here,
| | 00:35 | are now grouped under the
Frames and Arrows menu. Images, shapes, media,
| | 00:42 | PowerPoint, and library options, which each had
their own menu icon, as you can see here,
| | 00:48 | are all now grouped under the Insert menu.
| | 00:53 | The library, which used to
have its own icon on the menu bar,
| | 00:56 | is now called My Collection and can
be found under the Insert menu instead.
| | 01:02 | Layouts, which used to be under this menu,
| | 01:06 | are now called diagrams,
| | 01:07 | and they're available
here, also in the Insert menu.
| | 01:11 | There are some changes
here on the far right as well.
| | 01:15 | Help in Settings, which used to be here,
| | 01:19 | have been grouped together under
this sort of obscure dropdown menu.
| | 01:23 | I'm assuming that this generic menu
is where they'll place anything that
| | 01:26 | doesn't have a place elsewhere.
| | 01:29 | The new Share dropdown lets you
access the Prezi meeting and remote
| | 01:32 | presentation options,
| | 01:34 | as well as saving to a PDF.
| | 01:37 | And finally, the Exit button is now
clearly marked as Exit with an X.
| | 01:41 | This closes the editor and
takes you back to the My Prezis page. And that's it.
| | 01:47 | So as you can see, you have to stay
on your toes when working with cloud
| | 01:49 | software such as Prezi.
| | 01:51 | You never know when the
interface is going to change.
| | 01:54 | In fact, it may have changed since I
recorded this lesson. But rest assured,
| | 01:59 | I'll keep the course updated often to
be sure that you get up and running with
| | 02:02 | Prezi as smoothly as possible.
| | 02:04 |
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1. Before StartingWhat makes a good prezi?| 00:00 | The history of presentation software,
like many of the presentations themselves,
| | 00:04 | isn't terribly exciting.
| | 00:05 | Because the software has primarily
been for business use, which is notoriously
| | 00:09 | conservative, breaking out of the linear
slide-after-image-after-slide-after-
| | 00:14 | slide paradigm has been difficult. Enter Prezi.
| | 00:18 | Prezi lets you take what's inside of
your head and put it on the screen.
| | 00:22 | Complete with the storylines, direct
relationships, and tangential connections,
| | 00:25 | it's a chance to bring your information to life.
| | 00:28 | That being said, if you have a very
linear story to tell that doesn't lend
| | 00:30 | itself to illustration with images or other
media, Prezi may not be the right approach.
| | 00:35 | For example, consider an Apple product launch.
| | 00:37 | They tend to focus on big shiny images
of the product and very simple slides
| | 00:42 | with just a couple words.
| | 00:43 | Adding zooming animation may
actually distract from their message of
| | 00:46 | simplicity and their focus on the products.
| | 00:48 | When you need to tell a more complex
story however, Prezi can help you tell that
| | 00:53 | story and engage your audience in ways
not possible with traditional slides.
| | 00:56 | It can be a very effective way to
bring complex infographics and timelines
| | 01:01 | to life for example.
| | 01:02 | I think the US Military could have used
it to present their infamous spaghetti
| | 01:06 | slide more effectively, zooming and
panning and explaining relationships.
| | 01:10 | So what is essential for a good prezi?
Solid structure, plan what you're going
| | 01:15 | to say and how you want to tell your story.
| | 01:18 | What metaphors are you using
to present your information?
| | 01:20 | Is it a flowchart or moving along a
path or revealing parts of the whole?
| | 01:24 | We will talk about that more later in
this chapter when we discuss planning.
| | 01:28 | Pacing and spacing. Prezi sets you
free from the boundaries of the slide.
| | 01:32 | Use that space. Spread out and take your
audience on a journey through your canvas.
| | 01:37 | By panning to different areas you can
create a narrative and even a bit of drama
| | 01:41 | into your presentation, a small jump
over to related content, or a total shift of
| | 01:46 | perspective for a brand-new idea.
| | 01:48 | Smooth transitions.
| | 01:49 | A good Prezi does not make the viewer seasick.
| | 01:52 | This means you will need to take it
easy on the really fast panning from
| | 01:56 | one side of the canvas to the other or zooming in
and out and in and out in rapid succession.
| | 02:01 | Instead, gently move from one
element to another and allow some time
| | 02:05 | between transitions.
| | 02:07 | Keep design in mind, using
consistent colors and fonts.
| | 02:09 | Luckily you don't need to have a design
degree to build a great-looking prezi.
| | 02:14 | Prezi provides you with an array of
fonts and templates to choose from, so you
| | 02:17 | can be sure to use consistent
fonts and colors throughout your prezi.
| | 02:21 | If you are a designer, you can customize the
template and color palette to suit your content.
| | 02:26 | And ultimately, tell a good story.
| | 02:28 | A good Prezi will have a strong
narrative that will drive home your message,
| | 02:32 | help your audience understand a complex
idea, or take them on a journey with you.
| | 02:36 | It will resonate and communicate better
than any flat linear slide presentation,
| | 02:40 | and ultimately that's what makes a good prezi.
| | 02:43 | In this course, I'll be showing you
all the tools Prezi offers to help you accomplish this.
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| Planning your presentation| 00:00 | When you are giving a presentation,
ideally you've got a place in mind that
| | 00:03 | you want to take your audience--a
journey with a specific destination.
| | 00:07 | And every purposeful journey needs a map.
| | 00:09 | So before you set out to build your
prezi, you are going to want to set aside
| | 00:13 | some time for planning.
| | 00:14 | This planning could be in the form of a sketch,
a mind map, or even a series of index cards.
| | 00:19 | But whatever you do, don't slip
back into slide mode in your head.
| | 00:22 | It can be a real challenge to start
thinking outside of the slide, but just
| | 00:26 | creating a series of frames and
stepping through them in Prezi is going to be
| | 00:29 | one big yawn and a big missed opportunity.
| | 00:33 | This is your chance to think more
creatively and convey another level of meaning
| | 00:36 | to your information.
| | 00:38 | Now you may be thinking, "I'm not creative at all.
| | 00:40 | I'm right-brain thinker." Well, lucky you.
| | 00:42 | This isn't about painting a pretty picture;
it's about logically organizing your information.
| | 00:47 | And if you think about it,
are sequential slides really logical?
| | 00:50 | Orderly sure, but they may not be a
very logical way to show relationships and
| | 00:55 | interdependencies that likely exist.
| | 00:57 | When you're looking at your
content and concepts, plan out
| | 01:00 | spatial relationships.
| | 01:01 | Help your audience see connections
between related ideas by placing them close
| | 01:05 | to each other on the canvas.
| | 01:07 | Less-important ideas should be smaller.
| | 01:09 | Another metaphor you can use is the climax.
| | 01:12 | Start with minor supporting details,
then zoom out for the big reveal.
| | 01:16 | To help you see these connections and
hierarchy, I highly recommend sketching
| | 01:20 | out your ideas and fleshing out content on
paper before starting to build your prezi.
| | 01:24 | For example, here's my sketch for
the prezi we will build in this course.
| | 01:29 | Think about the organization of the
information and fill in the details later.
| | 01:33 | This structure is as important
as the foundation of a house.
| | 01:36 | Without a clear strong foundation,
the whole thing will fall apart.
| | 01:39 | Then look for templates that will work
with that structure, and I'll talk more
| | 01:42 | about templates in an upcoming chapter.
| | 01:45 | You can always customize a template,
but I've found that it's easier to start
| | 01:48 | from an existing one,
especially when you are new to Prezi.
| | 01:51 | If you have an idea for your prezi
structure that involves complex graphics,
| | 01:54 | you may want to consider laying out
your canvas in Adobe Illustrator or other
| | 01:58 | vector drawing programs such as Inkscape
or LayOut, which is the 2D companion to
| | 02:03 | Google's SketchUp 3D editor.
| | 02:06 | To give you an idea of what I mean, here's a
good example of the use of complex graphics.
| | 02:11 | This is a prezi that was created by
Prezi founder Adam Somlai-Fischer, someone
| | 02:15 | who has a lot of experience with Prezi.
| | 02:17 | So here he created the entire
background structure in a vector art editor and
| | 02:22 | imported it into Prezi, and then he
added paths for animations and zooms to
| | 02:27 | various areas in the artwork.
| | 02:29 | And this is a great approach for
people who are a bit more creative and don't
| | 02:33 | want to rely on templates.
| | 02:34 | Now, a final word about planning:
| | 02:36 | make sure you're making Prezi
work for you, not the other way around.
| | 02:40 | Try to break out of slide mode and
think about your presentation as a journey
| | 02:43 | with twists and turns and drama,
not just steps in a straight line.
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| Best practices| 00:00 | Before you dive into creating your prezi I
have a few best practices to share with you.
| | 00:04 | First, let's talk about screen resolution.
| | 00:07 | As a presenter, most projectors you'll be
using will be set at 1024 x 768 resolution.
| | 00:13 | That's 1024 pixels wide by 768 tall.
| | 00:16 | So for the best preview of your
presentation, you may want to switch your
| | 00:20 | display to 1024 x 768 early on in your
creation process and get a preview of
| | 00:25 | what your audience will see.
| | 00:27 | Prezi does make it easy for you to
create presentations at 1024 x 768.
| | 00:32 | It's set up to 4:3 aspect ratio by default,
no matter what your current screen resolution.
| | 00:37 | It also gives you some hints to
size your content to fit proportionally
| | 00:41 | into that 4:3 ratio.
| | 00:42 | We'll get into more specifics later
when we create frames, but I wanted to get
| | 00:47 | you thinking in 4:3 early on.
| | 00:49 | Prezi is not an infinite zooming
canvas, even though it may seem to be.
| | 00:53 | So when you're editing if you zoom too
far out or too far in, you'll get an error
| | 00:58 | message, and you'll also see that
your zooming is no longer smooth.
| | 01:01 | You do have to go pretty far in and far
out to reach this limitation, but keep
| | 01:06 | it in mind if you're an extreme zoomer.
| | 01:08 | Whenever possible use vector art.
This is art that's created using vector
| | 01:13 | drawing programs such as
Illustrator or CorelDraw.
| | 01:16 | These programs use math to draw the
shapes, lines, and points to create art that
| | 01:21 | can be scaled up and down
and maintain crisp edges.
| | 01:24 | Vector art is best for logos,
cartoons, and most illustrations.
| | 01:28 | As you can see, the image on the
left is vector, and it's nice and crisp.
| | 01:32 | That's in PDF format. And the image on
the right is a JPEG, and it's pretty fuzzy.
| | 01:36 | If you're importing a photograph, be sure
to use a resolution that is as close to
| | 01:41 | your final display resolution as possible.
| | 01:43 | For example, if you want it to fill the
screen, you'll want the image to be 1024 x 768.
| | 01:48 | And don't zoom in so much on a photo
that it looks pixelated and blurry.
| | 01:52 | If you're having trouble with crisp images
in JPEG or PNG format, use a PDF instead.
| | 01:58 | For some reason Prezi likes PDFs.
| | 02:00 | I'll give you some additional tips
about images later in the course when I show
| | 02:03 | you how to import them into your prezi.
And learn the keyboard shortcuts.
| | 02:07 | This will save you time and really help
you get into the flow of creating a prezi.
| | 02:11 | Don't let your path be precious.
| | 02:13 | Unless I'm telling a very linear
story, I often will completely clear my
| | 02:17 | Prezi's path and redraw it.
| | 02:18 | More often than not, I find a better
way to move through the information.
| | 02:22 | This goes back to a story my dad
told me about when he was in art school.
| | 02:25 | He had labored for hours and hours on
a drawing. The instructor came over to
| | 02:28 | take a look and when he asked
my dad what he thought of it,
| | 02:31 | he said, "I think it's good.
I captured the lighting," and before he could
| | 02:36 | finish, the instructor picked it up and tore
it in half, throwing the pieces on the floor.
| | 02:40 | He said to my shocked father,
"No art is precious. You can do better."
| | 02:44 | It was a bit harsh but a point
well taken: don't be afraid to start over.
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2. Editing ToolsUnderstanding the online editor| 00:00 | There are two different tools
available to create and edit prezis:
| | 00:03 | the online Prezi editor
and Prezi desktop software.
| | 00:07 | Let's start by looking at the features
and benefits of the online Prezi editor.
| | 00:11 | The online Prezi editor runs right in
your browser without having to install
| | 00:15 | or download anything, so it's the easiest
way to get started building and editing prezis.
| | 00:19 | It's a web-based application that runs
in any major browser, including Firefox,
| | 00:24 | Internet Explorer, Chrome, and Safari,
but it's Flash-based, so you'll need to
| | 00:28 | have the appropriate version of
Flash Player installed on your browser.
| | 00:32 | Now, there are several
benefits to using the online editor.
| | 00:35 | You can access your prezis from anywhere
and log in from any computer to edit them.
| | 00:40 | You can easily share your prezis and
even collaborate with others by adding them
| | 00:43 | together or viewing them together in real time.
| | 00:47 | You can easily share with anyone and
present your prezis to anyone, even if they
| | 00:50 | don't have a Prezi account.
| | 00:52 | And if you're going to present
somewhere without a reliable Internet connection,
| | 00:56 | you can always export a
portable prezi from the online editor.
| | 00:59 | And you can embed your online prezis in
your blog or website, share on Facebook,
| | 01:03 | Twitter, or via email.
| | 01:05 | And this is also true with prezis you
work on offline in the Prezi desktop editor,
| | 01:10 | but you'll have to upload the final
files to your Prezi account to be able to
| | 01:13 | share them in this way.
| | 01:14 | So the online Prezi editor is
definitely a versatile, easy-to-use tool for
| | 01:19 | creating, editing, and sharing your prezis.
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| Using the Prezi desktop| 00:00 | If you find yourself disconnected from
the Internet and you need to create or
| | 00:04 | edit prezis, you're out of luck if
you rely only on the online editor.
| | 00:08 | At times like these, you'll
need to use Prezi desktop software.
| | 00:12 | Let's take a look at what it is, how to
install it, and have a quick look at the
| | 00:15 | interface and see how it
differs from the online editor.
| | 00:19 | Now, there is a big caveat here: it will differ.
| | 00:21 | Prezi desktop is always a few
updates behind the online version,
| | 00:25 | so expect a slightly different
experience when you work offline.
| | 00:28 | So, Prezi desktop is desktop
software that's available to Prezi Pro or
| | 00:34 | EduPro subscribers.
| | 00:36 | You can also take it for a test drive
during a 30-day free trial, which gives
| | 00:40 | you a chance to try it out and see if you like
using it before you commit to a Pro account.
| | 00:45 | It runs on Mac, Windows, or Linux.
| | 00:47 | And for geeks like me who care about
such details, the Prezi desktop application
| | 00:51 | itself is an AIR app, which means that
it runs on your desktop like any other
| | 00:56 | desktop app, but requires the AIR runtime.
| | 00:59 | And the AIR runtime is
required for many different apps,
| | 01:02 | so there's a good chance you already have it.
| | 01:04 | If so, the application will be a
quick one-step installation, as you'll see.
| | 01:08 | If you don't already have the AIR
runtime installed, you will need to have
| | 01:12 | administrator privileges to install it.
| | 01:14 | To download the Prezi desktop
software, we'll go to prezi.com/desktop.
| | 01:19 | And we scroll down to our Download
link and once it's downloaded, on the Mac
| | 01:24 | we have a disk image and we'll
just double-click that to open it.
| | 01:28 | And it shows us that all we need to
do is drop the Prezi desktop into our
| | 01:33 | applications folder.
| | 01:34 | So, I'll access that Applications folder here,
| | 01:38 | drag the Prezi Desktop right in there.
| | 01:42 | And now, we can just launch it and we
just say go ahead and open that file.
| | 01:48 | And the first thing we see is we're
prompted to log in to a Prezi account.
| | 01:54 | This is a one-time activation.
| | 01:55 | You'll need an Internet connection this
first run to authorize the software and
| | 01:59 | after this, you shall be able
to work on your Prezi offline.
| | 02:02 | So, I log in to my account and hit Activate.
| | 02:05 | And if you don't have an account yet,
you can sign up directly from this link here.
| | 02:09 | And from here, I'm prompted to create a
new prezi by first choosing a template.
| | 02:14 | I'll just choose a blank one
because I just want to I show you around quickly.
| | 02:19 | And as you can see, the editing
environment, the interface is not exactly the
| | 02:23 | same as the online editor, and yours may
actually look even different from what you see here.
| | 02:28 | So, one of the bigger differences
though, that you will see when you open this
| | 02:32 | up is that it does have a
traditional File menu here at the top, which is
| | 02:36 | missing in the online version.
| | 02:38 | And here you can coordinate with your
online account with Prezi by uploading
| | 02:42 | your offline prezis to prezi.com.
| | 02:45 | And this will allow you to share them
and to edit them online later if you like.
| | 02:50 | So for example, say you're working on
your presentation on the plane and when
| | 02:54 | you get to your hotel room, you can sync
up with prezi.com and make sure that the
| | 02:58 | latest version is available to your team.
| | 03:01 | And also, the Save button here,
| | 03:03 | instead of saving it on the cloud, you're
actually saving a file on your hard drive.
| | 03:06 | So speaking of that, let's take a
moment now to talk about offline prezis,
| | 03:11 | the files that you actually save and open
from your computer using this Prezi desktop tool.
| | 03:15 | Offering prezis are saved in
the .pez, or PEZ, file format.
| | 03:20 | These files can be used like any other
document file. They can be shared with
| | 03:24 | other Prezi desktop users for
collaboration by passing them back and forth with
| | 03:28 | edits, or you can archive them if you're
reaching your storage limit on prezi.com,
| | 03:33 | and that depends on your account
license. Your storage space is limited.
| | 03:37 | Free accounts have up to
100 MB of storage space.
| | 03:41 | I believe that next level is Enjoy, and
that has 500 MB, and Pro has 2 GB at the
| | 03:47 | time of this recording.
| | 03:48 | If you embed lots of images or complex
graphics in your prezis, this space can
| | 03:53 | fill up relatively quickly.
| | 03:55 | So, having the option to
download and archive prezis is important.
| | 03:58 | Remember though, that you'll always need
that Pro license to be able to use Prezi
| | 04:02 | desktop to open those PEZ files later.
| | 04:04 | So, let's quickly compare the Prezi
desktop to the online Prezi editor.
| | 04:08 | The advantages are that you can
archive and share actual Prezi PEZ files.
| | 04:15 | You can work offline, and you can
also support larger video files in
| | 04:19 | the offline version.
| | 04:20 | In the online editor, you can insert
videos, but you're limited to a 15 MB file size.
| | 04:25 | Prezi desktop eliminates that limit,
provided you're embedding a FLV video file.
| | 04:30 | Embedding videos rather than just
linking to a YouTube video is going to be an
| | 04:34 | important distinction for you when
you want to present your prezi offline.
| | 04:37 | If you're offline, you
can't get to YouTube to play it.
| | 04:40 | We'll talk more about
importing videos later in the course.
| | 04:43 | And where the online Prezi editor wins,
it's always the most recent version
| | 04:48 | where the offline Prezi desktop is
not always immediately updated with bug
| | 04:53 | fixes and new features.
| | 04:55 | There's also a possible bug, which still
exists as of this recording, but may be
| | 05:00 | fixed in your version of Prezi.
| | 05:02 | Prezi desktop will let you import images in
formats that aren't supported in the online editor.
| | 05:07 | So, if you then go ahead and upload
that prezi to your online Prezi account,
| | 05:11 | those images won't show up at all.
| | 05:12 | A little download link
might appear in their place.
| | 05:15 | So, to avoid that issue, always use
fully compatible image formats which include
| | 05:19 | PNG, JPEG, or GIF, and we'll talk more
about importing images later as well.
| | 05:24 | And finally, you want to be mindful of
your overall file size of your PEZs when
| | 05:28 | you're working with the offline Prezi desktop.
| | 05:31 | It's possible to create such a huge PEZ
that you can't upload it to your Prezi
| | 05:34 | account without going over
the maximum storage limit.
| | 05:37 | It's not a huge deal unless you plan
to share your prezis online by embedding
| | 05:41 | them in webpages or sharing them on
prezi.com later. So, to wrap up,
| | 05:45 | the Prezi desktop software is
great to have if you have confidential
| | 05:49 | presentations that you'd like to have
only on your computer, not hosted on Prezi
| | 05:53 | servers or if you're often
working or presenting offline.
| | 05:57 | For the rest of this course however,
we're going to be using the most common
| | 06:00 | tool for working with prezis--the online editor.
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3. Getting Familiar with PreziCreating an account| 00:00 | Since Prezi is a cloud service, you'll
need to register and create an account on
| | 00:04 | prezi.com to get started.
| | 00:06 | To start the process, I will just click
on Sign Up, and this takes you to a page
| | 00:11 | showing you your license options.
| | 00:12 | There are various licenses
available, depending on your needs.
| | 00:15 | The Prezi Public license is free.
| | 00:17 | This makes it very easy to get
started and may be the only license you need.
| | 00:21 | If you find you do need more features,
such as private prezis, custom logos on
| | 00:26 | your prezis, or more storage space,
| | 00:28 | you will want to upgrade to
the paid Enjoy or Pro licenses.
| | 00:32 | With all license levels, you can share
your prezis with others so they can work
| | 00:36 | with you or simply view your prezis online.
| | 00:38 | As of this recording, these licenses
are billed on a yearly recurring basis.
| | 00:42 | All license levels come with a 30-day
free trial of Prezi desktop software, which
| | 00:48 | allows you to create and edit prezis
when you don't have Internet access.
| | 00:51 | If after the 30-day trial of the Prezi
desktop you find you need it, you're
| | 00:55 | going to have to spring for a
Pro license. Good news though:
| | 00:58 | if you're a student or teacher,
there are discounts available.
| | 01:01 | All you need is an email address from an
educational institution and you get the
| | 01:05 | Enjoy level of licensing for free and
a healthy discount on the Pro license.
| | 01:10 | If you're not a student, you could look
into the group licenses where you can buy
| | 01:14 | Prezi accounts on a bulk discount
and get everyone in your company or
| | 01:17 | organization building zoomable presentations.
| | 01:19 | Now once you register and create your
account, you can always upgrade later.
| | 01:23 | So, let's get started by
choosing the free option.
| | 01:26 | And then we just choose Sign up now.
| | 01:28 | Now, you do have the option
of using your Facebook account.
| | 01:31 | If you know you're going to want to
spread the word about your newly published
| | 01:34 | prezis to your social network,
that is a quick and easy option.
| | 01:38 | Otherwise, you'll enter your name
and email here and choose a password.
| | 01:41 | When you return to Prezi later, you'll
use your email address as your username
| | 01:45 | and enter the password you just have created.
| | 01:47 | Since I already have an account,
I'll log in, and that link that's up here.
| | 01:52 | Once you log in to your Prezi account,
you're taken to a customized homepage
| | 01:56 | where you can access all of the online
prezis you've created or create a new prezi.
| | 02:01 | And you are now ready to create a new
prezi and get familiar with the canvas
| | 02:05 | and tools.
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| Creating prezis| 00:00 | It's always harder to start a project
with a blank piece of paper staring back
| | 00:04 | at you. Prezi is no different.
| | 00:05 | If you're like me, you will want to
have at least a framework to start with--
| | 00:09 | some elements that you can edit and move around.
| | 00:11 | There are a wide variety of templates
available, so you should be able to find
| | 00:15 | one that roughly fits the
structure and flow of your prezi.
| | 00:17 | This will give you a good head start
especially when you're new to Prezi.
| | 00:20 | There are three ways to get a template
for your prezi: prebuilt templates within
| | 00:25 | Prezi, third-party templates
for sale, or reusable prezis.
| | 00:30 | Let's start with prebuilt templates,
| | 00:32 | the templates that are
available when you create a new prezi.
| | 00:35 | There is no need to follow along here.
Let me just show you quickly what I mean.
| | 00:38 | So, here we are on a Prezi site. I'm logged in,
| | 00:42 | so under the Your Prezis tab, I can
click New prezi and I'm prompted to enter a
| | 00:47 | Title and Description.
| | 00:48 | The Description is optional.
You can add that later.
| | 00:50 | Click Create prezi and my new prezi is created.
| | 00:55 | I now have access to this
gallery of prebuilt templates.
| | 00:59 | And you can scroll through it and you
can choose one that looks like it might be
| | 01:03 | a good fit for the story you want to tell.
| | 01:05 | I'll pick one and click Choose.
| | 01:08 | Now, from here, we can go to Present and
get a preview of the animations that are
| | 01:13 | all built-in, and you can edit these.
And I'm just hitting the arrow key to
| | 01:18 | advance, go back and forth
through this presentation.
| | 01:21 | And once we are satisfied with the
flow of it, we can hit the Escape and go
| | 01:26 | back into the editor.
| | 01:27 | So, keep in mind, if you decide you
don't like this one after all, you can go
| | 01:31 | to the Template menu, click on Template, and
choose Change Template and just pick a new one.
| | 01:37 | I'll choose Brainstorming, Apply
template. And again, this is a preview.
| | 01:41 | so if we do decide we want this
one, we can say Done and select it.
| | 01:46 | So, keep in mind now that
this template is fully editable.
| | 01:49 | You can add as many
elements and frames as you like,
| | 01:52 | change the animation path and
customize it like crazy to make your own.
| | 01:55 | So there are a few ways to customize
the look and feel of this template, and
| | 01:59 | we'll explore those later in this
chapter when we look at the Theme Wizard.
| | 02:03 | Another option for creating a new
prezi is to use third-party templates.
| | 02:07 | Prezzip.com is a great
source, with hundreds of templates.
| | 02:12 | Some of them are free, most of them are
under 5 bucks, and they can be mixed and
| | 02:15 | matched to fit your content.
| | 02:17 | They also offer crisp, clean
zoomable artwork for purchase.
| | 02:20 | Once you buy a template from them,
they provide you with a link to an editable
| | 02:24 | prezi that you can copy and edit.
| | 02:27 | And finally, your third option
is to reuse an existing prezi.
| | 02:31 | You can go to the Explore tab at
prezi.com and find a prezi that has been shared
| | 02:37 | for reuse by another benevolent Prezi user.
| | 02:39 | When you reuse a prezi, you can save
an editable copy and borrow its assets,
| | 02:44 | animations, or sound effects.
| | 02:46 | Not all prezis on the Explore page are reusable.
| | 02:48 | These are all public prezis, but
only some have been shared for reuse.
| | 02:52 | If it has a button that says Make a
copy or has a tag, as this one does here, as
| | 02:57 | Reusable, then it is a reusable prezi.
| | 03:00 | So, as you can see, you don't have
to be faced with a blank canvas when
| | 03:02 | starting a new prezi.
| | 03:04 | As we move through the lessons in this
course, I'll be working with a sample
| | 03:07 | prezi to demonstrate the concepts
and features of the application.
| | 03:11 | To help you follow along, I've
provided two different example prezis that you
| | 03:14 | can copy and work with.
| | 03:16 | The lynda.com No Obstacles template has
just a 3D background in place with style
| | 03:21 | setup, and this is one to use as a
starting point if you want to walk through
| | 03:25 | the lessons and create a
complete prezi along with me.
| | 03:28 | I've also provided the finished
prezi, lynda.com No Obstacles Final,
| | 03:33 | and you can use this one to follow
along if you prefer to have the finished
| | 03:36 | product and just pick it apart.
| | 03:37 | I've saved both of these as
publicly accessible, reusable prezis.
| | 03:41 | So, let me show you now how to copy a
reusable prezi into your Prezi Library.
| | 03:47 | So here is what you'll see
on your own Prezis page.
| | 03:50 | And let's import the starter prezi
that I'll use to build the prezi in
| | 03:53 | the upcoming lessons.
| | 03:54 | To import this reusable prezi into
your account, click down here on the Make
| | 03:59 | a copy button. And here it is, right
here in my Your prezis page, a copy of the
| | 04:05 | No Obstacles template.
| | 04:06 | I can now open this in the editor by
clicking the Edit button, and that Edit
| | 04:11 | button appears when you
mouse over the thumbnail.
| | 04:13 | So, this is our starting
point for the upcoming lessons.
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| Understanding the interface| 00:00 | The Prezi interface or
environment takes a little getting used to,
| | 00:04 | but once you get the feel for it,
it's actually pretty intuitive.
| | 00:07 | I feel that it fosters creativity
much more than other presentation tools.
| | 00:11 | You're the artist and this is your canvas.
| | 00:14 | So, here we are, in a simplified version of
our example prezi in the online Prezi Editor.
| | 00:19 | Remember, as I've mentioned and I will
continue to mention, Prezi is updated often,
| | 00:23 | so your interface may look
slightly different from mine, but the main
| | 00:27 | functionality isn't going to change.
| | 00:28 | So, let's take a quick look around
this interface and get acquainted.
| | 00:32 | This large area on the right
here is the zoomable prezi space.
| | 00:36 | This is often referred to as the canvas,
and this is where you will place all of
| | 00:40 | the contents of your prezi.
| | 00:42 | Over in this Zoom menu on the right, which
you will see if you mouse over to the far right,
| | 00:47 | you can zoom in and out or zoom out to see
the entire canvas by clicking the Home button.
| | 00:53 | And finally, to the far
left here are your frames.
| | 00:56 | And these are the various views that
you'll build and zoom between during your
| | 01:00 | presentation, and we'll talk a
lot more about frames later.
| | 01:03 | Then there is main menu
here at the top of the canvas.
| | 01:07 | Here you can find all of the tools you
need to build and add content to your prezi.
| | 01:10 | It's broken up into three main sections.
The top-left menu here is your access
| | 01:15 | to Present mode, as well as file
operations such as create a new prezi, save the
| | 01:20 | current prezi, undo, and redo.
| | 01:22 | The Present button lets you toggle
back and forth between Prezi's two modes:
| | 01:26 | Present mode and Edit mode.
| | 01:29 | And we'll go ahead and
jump into Present mode now.
| | 01:31 | While you're here to Present
mode, all the menus are hidden,
| | 01:34 | so you can get a good clean preview.
| | 01:36 | But to bring them back, say if you
wanted to jump to the Home view, you only
| | 01:40 | need to mouse over where the
menu should be and it will reappear.
| | 01:43 | To navigate through your prezi, you can
use the forward and back buttons here at
| | 01:47 | the bottom which appears when you
mouse down here, or you could use your arrow
| | 01:52 | keys to the back and forth.
| | 01:53 | And a third choice, you could drag this
progress bar to the frame that you want,
| | 01:58 | and it gives you a little preview of it
as you go through each of your frames.
| | 02:02 | You can also choose to autoplay your
prezi and set the time between frames here.
| | 02:08 | And finally, you can turn
full-screen display on and off.
| | 02:12 | In full screen mode, Prezi takes over
and you can't access any of your other
| | 02:16 | applications or windows.
| | 02:17 | So, if you want to multitask while
presenting, you can just toggle full screen off here.
| | 02:21 | You can see we're here in the browser.
| | 02:23 | I will go back to the Home view.
| | 02:25 | Now, I'll go ahead and click the X in
the upper-right corner here that appears
| | 02:29 | when I put my mouse up there.
| | 02:31 | And I will exit out of Present mode.
| | 02:34 | You can also press the Escape key on your
keyboard anytime to exit out of Present mode.
| | 02:38 | So, back to the menu, up here we
have the main menu here in the center.
| | 02:43 | Most of these have additional
submenus that only appear when you click.
| | 02:47 | So, I'll step through some of these.
| | 02:49 | Remember, I'll be walking you through the
details of each feature later in the course.
| | 02:52 | I'm just helping you to get
familiar with where everything is now.
| | 02:56 | So first here, we have Add Frames.
| | 02:58 | Here, you can choose the type of
frame you want to add, including what Prezi
| | 03:01 | calls layouts, or sometimes they're referred to as
drawings, and these are prebuilt groups of frames that can
| | 03:08 | help you to illustrate your concept.
| | 03:09 | And next is the Template menu.
| | 03:11 | Here you can control the
overall look and feel of your prezi.
| | 03:15 | And you click it a second
time to close that submenu.
| | 03:19 | And the next one is Images,
Shapes, Media, PowerPoint.
| | 03:22 | These all let you bring
various assets into your prezi.
| | 03:26 | And of course we will be covering those later.
| | 03:28 | And finally, this is
Library, which is fairly new,
| | 03:31 | it lets you access and add to your own
collection of objects that you can reuse
| | 03:36 | across all of your prezis.
| | 03:37 | So, if you have artwork that you use a lot or
logos and so on, you can store them there.
| | 03:43 | And jumping over to the top-right menu
up here, you can start a Prezi meeting,
| | 03:48 | and we'll have some fun with that later.
| | 03:50 | You can save a printable PDF of your prezi,
| | 03:53 | access settings, and get to the Quick
Help menu, which unlike some software's
| | 03:57 | help, can actually be helpful.
| | 03:59 | And also you can save and close your
prezi here, and that'll exit the editor
| | 04:05 | entirely and take you right back to
your customized home page on prezi.com.
| | 04:09 | So, let's look at some of these.
| | 04:11 | Under Settings, which is
this gear key over here,
| | 04:14 | you can set a default aspect ratio.
| | 04:16 | Now you'll set this if you know the
final aspect ratio of your projector and you
| | 04:20 | want to be sure that you're always
fitting your content into that aspect ratio.
| | 04:24 | By default, this is set to off
and defaults to a 4:3 aspect ratio.
| | 04:29 | But as you can see if we switch to
16:9, over in the frames, the actual size
| | 04:35 | of those frames changes. And we can turn
back to off and you can see it's back to 4:3.
| | 04:40 | And the second option here is
to enable and disable shortcuts.
| | 04:44 | I recommend turning them on, since
they can really help speed up your
| | 04:47 | editing time in Prezi.
| | 04:49 | The default as of this recording is to
have them disabled when you first install
| | 04:53 | or first start up Prezi.
| | 04:54 | So, go ahead and turn them on. And I'll
be using them throughout the course, so
| | 04:59 | you'll probably want to turn them on now.
| | 05:00 | Prezi remembers your choice across
all of your prezis, so that's handy.
| | 05:04 | And let's take a quick
look at the Help options here.
| | 05:07 | Since there're always updates being
made to Prezi, your menu may looks likely
| | 05:11 | different from mine, but Prezi has been
really good about updating their help.
| | 05:14 | As you can see here, they have a link
to the intro to the new Transformation
| | 05:19 | tool, which replaces the old
Zebra, which is the old interface.
| | 05:23 | And you can access the manual, along with
various other resources right here from this menu.
| | 05:28 | Now, there are also some keyboard
shortcuts that you should be aware of.
| | 05:32 | Using the shortcuts can save you a ton
of time, especially as you get to be more
| | 05:35 | of a power user of Prezi.
| | 05:38 | And you can access them at any time,
except when you're typing in a text box
| | 05:42 | because some of them don't use
modifiers like Control or Option.
| | 05:45 | They just press a single key.
| | 05:46 | So, there are few that you'll
probably use more than others.
| | 05:49 | F lets you draw frame and if you watch
carefully, my cursor is changing shape.
| | 05:56 | Every time I hit F, it's going to toggle
through each of the available frame shapes.
| | 06:01 | And if I choose not to draw something right now,
I can hit the Escape key and jump out of that.
| | 06:07 | The next one is S. It behaves the same way.
| | 06:10 | I can draw a shape so it toggles through
triangle, arrow, line, rectangle, circle, and
| | 06:16 | we can escape to jump out of that.
| | 06:18 | L will load a file.
| | 06:21 | So, you can bring in assets. It could
be image, video, PDF, SWF file.
| | 06:26 | Just using L will bring
up that interface there.
| | 06:29 | And P will get you into Edit Path mode.
| | 06:33 | That will make more sense later,
but that's how you create your animations.
| | 06:37 | Once you are in Edit Path mode and
you're finished, you can either click Done or
| | 06:41 | click on Edit Path again
to jump out of that mode.
| | 06:44 | And of course you can use the
standard clipboard shortcuts for copying and
| | 06:47 | pasting. And my all-time favorite and
likely yours too, the invaluable Command+Z
| | 06:53 | or Ctrl+Z on PC will undo your last action.
| | 06:56 | So that gives you a basic overview
of the interface and gets you ready to
| | 07:01 | start creating.
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| Navigating the interface| 00:00 | Now that you have been introduced to
interface, let's look at the various ways
| | 00:04 | to navigate around the canvas.
| | 00:06 | Most of your time editing in Prezi
will be spent over here on the canvas.
| | 00:11 | To navigate or pane around the canvas,
you can press and hold the mouse button
| | 00:15 | while moving the mouse.
| | 00:17 | In this way you track around to view the
various parts of your prezi. Since prezis
| | 00:21 | are zoomable presentations, you're
going to want to zoom in and out onto
| | 00:26 | elements as you edit.
| | 00:27 | There are several ways to do this.
| | 00:29 | Start by placing your mouse over the
area you want to zoom in or out of and then,
| | 00:34 | if you have a scroll button on your
mouse, which I do, you can scroll up to zoom
| | 00:40 | in and then back to zoom out.
| | 00:42 | If you have a Mac or other platform
that supports this feature, you can drag in
| | 00:46 | and out using two fingers on your trackpad.
| | 00:49 | Dragging towards you will pull items
closer, and pushing away will zoom back out.
| | 00:54 | And finally, you can use the manual Zoom
buttons in the right-hand menu. The plus
| | 00:59 | zooms in and the minus zooms out.
| | 01:01 | As you work more in Prezi, you'll get a
fell for the navigation method you prefer.
| | 01:05 | Once you're familiar with getting
around in the interface, you're ready to dive
| | 01:09 | in and start creating.
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| Moving, scaling, and rotating with the Transformation tool| 00:00 | You've seen how Prezi's
interface is slightly unconventional.
| | 00:03 | It doesn't stop there.
| | 00:04 | When you're ready to start
positioning and editing text, images, and other
| | 00:08 | elements on the canvas, you'll
be using the Transformation tool.
| | 00:11 | If you've used Prezi in the past, the
Transformation tool has replaced the
| | 00:15 | Transformation Zebra to edit elements.
| | 00:18 | Now, I'm going to show you how to use it.
Don't worry about doing anything here.
| | 00:21 | You'll be doing lots of transforming
as you follow along in this course.
| | 00:25 | So the Transformation tool allows you
to scale, move, and rotate any content
| | 00:29 | that you have selected.
| | 00:31 | To access it you simply click on an
element and it will appear on top.
| | 00:34 | I'll zoom in to some random
elements that I have here to demonstrate.
| | 00:38 | And first of all, here's the tool.
You grab the hand and you can move the item
| | 00:43 | around. To scale you can click on the
plus and minus, or you can click and drag
| | 00:49 | one of the handles on the corners.
| | 00:52 | And to rotate the element you just
mouse over one of the corners and an extra
| | 00:56 | handle appears here.
| | 00:57 | You can go ahead and rotate that.
| | 00:59 | And for extra control you can hold
down the Shift key and then click. It will
| | 01:04 | rotate around at consistent angles.
| | 01:06 | Now, depending on the type of element
you have selected, you can go ahead and
| | 01:11 | edit that. So here we have edit text and
it will zoom in those edit that text.
| | 01:15 | If it's a shape, you can set the style and so on.
| | 01:19 | If it's an image, you can crop it.
So you'll see various options, but most of the
| | 01:23 | time the Transformation
tool is pretty consistent.
| | 01:25 | Now to access even more editing
options, you can right-click on a PC or
| | 01:30 | Ctrl+Click on Mac right on an object and
this will bring up a dropdown menu, and
| | 01:35 | you can change the layering on the
canvas of this object, and you can bring it
| | 01:39 | forward and back. And for
text you have an additional option.
| | 01:44 | You can turn this spell
checker on and off through this menu.
| | 01:47 | So once you get used to using the
Transformation tool, I think you'll find it
| | 01:51 | to be quite intuitive.
| | 01:52 | It allows you to quickly edit your
prezi content, positioning, rotating and
| | 01:56 | scaling elements with the ease of a
maestro conducting an orchestra, but before
| | 02:01 | you get there, you need to create a prezi.
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| Understanding Home view| 00:00 | In this lesson I'd like to clear up what
can be a confusing term in Prezi: the home view.
| | 00:05 | Sometimes you want to structure your
prezi so that the viewer is zoomed way in
| | 00:09 | and then slowly reveal the
full prezi structure as you go.
| | 00:12 | In this case it's really important to
understand the meaning of home view.
| | 00:15 | The home view for your viewers--the
frame they see first when launching--will be
| | 00:20 | frame one of your prezi.
| | 00:22 | Now, because this is often referred to as
the home view by Prezi users, you might
| | 00:26 | expect that this is the view you'd be
taken to when you press the Home button
| | 00:30 | over here when editing.
| | 00:31 | But, as you can see here the editor, when
you click that home button it will not
| | 00:36 | take you to frame one of your prezi;
| | 00:38 | it'll show you the overview or the
full canvas that you're working with.
| | 00:41 | This is actually quite handy since
you'll want to zoom out often while editing
| | 00:45 | to get a good overview of all your
contents and your structure, but I found it
| | 00:49 | to be confusing for new Prezi users,
since the home view is thrown around in
| | 00:52 | both of these contexts.
| | 00:54 | So just remember the home button is for
you to use while editing, but the home
| | 00:58 | view for viewers of your prezi will
be whatever you place in frame one.
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4. Creating your first PreziUsing the Theme Wizard| 00:00 | Every presentation is different, so you
may have chosen a perfect template for
| | 00:04 | your prezi, but you almost always want
to customize it further: changing colors,
| | 00:08 | using a different font, adding your
logo, or changing your background image.
| | 00:12 | You can access these
options under the Template menu.
| | 00:15 | So here we are, with the
No Obstacles template open.
| | 00:18 | Let's explore the template and theme options.
| | 00:21 | So up here in the top menu we can
click on Template and this opens up the
| | 00:25 | Template and Theme panel.
| | 00:27 | And here you have a couple of choices.
| | 00:29 | If you just want to change the overall
color scheme and font, you can choose
| | 00:32 | from several theme presets.
| | 00:34 | These colors and fonts will be
applied to your template, and as you click on
| | 00:38 | these various themes, your content
will change to give you a preview.
| | 00:42 | Now, we don't have any content yet,
so I'm just going to drop some on here
| | 00:46 | quickly so we can get a good
preview of these different themes.
| | 00:49 | So I will draw a quick rectangle just
by dragging there, and then anywhere I can
| | 00:55 | click and start typing for some text.
| | 00:59 | And I'll drag and just drop that on
top of my box. Now this gives us
| | 01:03 | something to see and preview that theme.
| | 01:05 | So we'll go up to
Template and pay attention here.
| | 01:09 | This is now gray with white. And as we
step through these different themes,
| | 01:13 | everything changes: the
background, the box, and the text.
| | 01:17 | And if you ever choose to go back to
where you were--you want to revert to your
| | 01:21 | original--you can just click and you
can see we're gray with white again.
| | 01:25 | You can also save the current theme and
have it available down here if you ever
| | 01:29 | want to switch back, and that link
is down here, Save current theme.
| | 01:33 | We you need more control than this--
say you want to tweak the colors to match
| | 01:36 | your corporate colors--
| | 01:37 | you would click Customize Current Theme
down here and this opens up the Theme Wizard.
| | 01:42 | And here we have a few options, and the
wizard will walk you through them, down
| | 01:47 | here with back and next buttons.
| | 01:49 | You can of course leave
most of these settings as is.
| | 01:51 | You don't have to edit every one.
| | 01:53 | And note that any changes that you
make here will be reflected in the Sample
| | 01:57 | Preview window on the top of this dialog box.
| | 02:00 | Let's actually make a change here.
| | 02:02 | Say we want our background, instead of
the dark color, we want it to match our
| | 02:06 | image, so let's give it a lighter blue
color, and we'll stick with that. And then
| | 02:11 | here we can set a 3D background, which I
have done here in this template, and I'll
| | 02:15 | be covering this in an
upcoming movie more in depth.
| | 02:18 | And if you've upgraded from the public
Prezi license, you can remove the Prezi
| | 02:22 | watermark that appears in the corner of
all your prezis and add your own logo.
| | 02:26 | This logo will appear in the lower
left of your prezi over other elements.
| | 02:30 | Recommended sizes for your logo would
be 250 pixels wide by 100 pixels tall, and
| | 02:36 | that'll give you the best quality image.
| | 02:38 | And to advance to the next step,
we'll click Next, and here is where you
| | 02:42 | customize fonts and their default colors.
| | 02:45 | You can choose from a variety of
available fonts, but interestingly, these fonts
| | 02:49 | do not include all of the font options
that you can access in the preset themes,
| | 02:55 | and that can be kind of frustrating.
| | 02:56 | One way around this would be to
choose one of the presets, then launch the
| | 02:59 | theme wizard to further tweak the other
settings to make it look the way you want it to.
| | 03:03 | So I'll go ahead and make a
change and we can do this.
| | 03:06 | We can change the body text to Nunito
and that just makes a little crisper, and
| | 03:11 | we'll click Next. And here we can
set the colors for various elements.
| | 03:15 | We'll go ahead and change out
circle frame to a nice green, and maybe
| | 03:21 | the rectangles as well
| | 03:22 | would be green, and that matches our
logo that we're using in this example.
| | 03:26 | And that's it. When you're
satisfied with all your choices,
| | 03:29 | you can click Done and your
changes will be reflected in your prezi.
| | 03:32 | Now, maybe the color picker still
doesn't give you the control you need.
| | 03:36 | You can click on the Advanced button here and
actually set the RGB values for everything.
| | 03:42 | And also, you'll notice here that all of
the settings are in one screen rather
| | 03:46 | then stepping through as
you did using the wizard.
| | 03:49 | And if you are real control freak, you
can now dive even deeper and directly
| | 03:53 | edit the CSS used by Prezi to style elements.
| | 03:56 | Here at the bottom of this panel, you can
click the link to open the Prezi CSS Editor.
| | 04:01 | This closes the Theme Wizard panel
and opens up the CSS Editor panel.
| | 04:05 | Now, here you can set hex values for the
colors, set line weights, and all sorts
| | 04:10 | of other nitpicky adjustments.
| | 04:12 | Now, this of course is beyond the scope
of this course, but if you are interested
| | 04:16 | in playing around with the CSS and
learning more, you can find courses on CSS in
| | 04:21 | the lynda.com library.
| | 04:22 | So you can see that there are many
ways to customize the look of your prezi,
| | 04:26 | from keeping it simple with the most
basic tweaks to diving into some code for
| | 04:30 | more fine-tuned control.
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| Understanding 3D backgrounds| 00:00 | So now I'd like to give you a little
extra tidbit, getting you started with
| | 00:04 | adding 3D backgrounds--
even multiple 3D backgrounds.
| | 00:08 | So, to do this, you start
out in the Template menu.
| | 00:11 | So, we'll go up again to click on Template,
and we will customize our current theme.
| | 00:15 | And in this case, we want to stay in
the Advanced tab of this Theme panel, and
| | 00:21 | we can click on Edit 3D Background.
| | 00:23 | So, from here, you can add a
single 3D background image,
| | 00:27 | and this allows you to place elements
on top of the image and zoom in and out
| | 00:30 | of it, giving the feeling of three
dimensions, as you see in our sample template prezi.
| | 00:35 | The recommended resolution for a
3D background is 2000 x 2000 pixels.
| | 00:40 | If your image isn't square, I found that
adding whitespace around your image and
| | 00:44 | saving it at exactly 2000 x 2000 gives
me the crispest image when I zoom in.
| | 00:49 | You can use a JPEG, PNG, or GIF image
here, and I found JPEG images to be the
| | 00:54 | best for these large background pictures.
| | 00:56 | Now, if you want to get tricky,
you can add up to three backgrounds.
| | 01:00 | And as you zoom in closer, you will
move through one to reveal the next.
| | 01:04 | And to do this, you can just click
on Upload and it will prompt you to
| | 01:08 | upload another image.
| | 01:09 | So, I want to show you a really
cool example of this in action.
| | 01:13 | So, we will go switch
over to Freshwater Shortage.
| | 01:16 | It's this prezi by Drew Banks
that uses this in a really cool way.
| | 01:20 | We can see he starts zoomed in and
zooms out to reveal another background, and
| | 01:26 | it really creates a dramatic transition,
a dramatic feel to the presentation.
| | 01:32 | Now, I should tell you that these
transitions can be a little bit tricky from
| | 01:36 | one 3D background to another.
Like most things in Prezi, it's not exact.
| | 01:40 | There is some math under there.
| | 01:42 | There is some calculation that says
change from one to the next, but that's not
| | 01:45 | really revealed to you.
| | 01:46 | You really have to do it by trial and
error to get those transitions just right.
| | 01:50 | But when you nail it, just like in
this example, it's really beautiful.
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| Importing from PowerPoint| 00:00 | Let's say you have an existing
PowerPoint presentation and you want to
| | 00:03 | upgrade it to a prezi.
| | 00:05 | You can do this fairly quickly by simply
importing your PowerPoint or PPTX file.
| | 00:10 | While using the PowerPoint Import feature
can be handy, I do have a warning for you:
| | 00:15 | often it's not a clean import.
Sometimes there are items missing or images are
| | 00:20 | not at the best resolution and so on.
| | 00:23 | So you will likely have to plan
to spend some time reworking and
| | 00:26 | reimporting elements.
| | 00:28 | And of course, Prezi isn't just a slide viewer;
| | 00:30 | you definitely want to rearrange the
content to take advantage of the spatial
| | 00:34 | relationships and scaling available in Prezi.
| | 00:36 | You never want to import slides and
just pan through your presentation;
| | 00:40 | you may as well keep it in PowerPoint.
| | 00:42 | Importing PowerPoint files into Prezi is
a good way to get your assets in though,
| | 00:46 | so it's a great feature to have.
| | 00:48 | That being said, I will go
ahead and import a PowerPoint file.
| | 00:52 | To do this, we will go up to the top
menu and click on PowerPoint, and we will
| | 00:57 | select a sample PowerPoint to import.
| | 01:00 | This can be a PPT or PPTX. And we'll
click OK, Open, and it takes a moment to
| | 01:07 | read and convert all of the objects.
| | 01:10 | And then it gives us a
preview of what it ended up with.
| | 01:13 | I can show you the original PowerPoint,
so you can see what that looks like, and
| | 01:17 | you can see the difference.
| | 01:20 | So, you can see, there's a lot more
going on in this original PowerPoint.
| | 01:24 | There were background images, and all
the text is lined up correctly, and so on.
| | 01:29 | And back in Prezi, you can see it
changed our background to our default
| | 01:34 | background for presentation, and it
gave everything a green frame. And I am
| | 01:38 | going to go ahead and import some of these.
| | 01:42 | You can do it two different ways.
| | 01:42 | You can drag and drop onto the canvas,
and once it's in place, you can click the
| | 01:48 | little check mark, and it's there in the place.
| | 01:51 | And you can see, there's no background
here, the Sales Meeting text is not in
| | 01:55 | 3D, and there's a line
actually between--or right over the text.
| | 01:59 | So, it's not ideal.
| | 02:02 | It is a good starting point for text,
say this one here. I will drag and
| | 02:06 | drop this one on. And there are some text
here that I didn't have to type, which is nice.
| | 02:11 | But other than that, the
photographs are there, which is really handy.
| | 02:14 | But I'm going to go ahead and delete
these, and we will import all of the slides.
| | 02:18 | And you will see you get an
extra feature when you do that.
| | 02:19 | So, when you say Insert All, you can
choose a specific layout that you'd like
| | 02:25 | the slides to appear in.
| | 02:27 | So, for mine, I'd say we'll do a Stairs
Layout, because that will sort of go with
| | 02:32 | our curve of our wave here.
| | 02:34 | You can also choose to add a path
between your slides automatically.
| | 02:37 | So it's going to create those
animations to transition from one slide to the
| | 02:41 | next, or one frame to the next automatically.
| | 02:44 | So, we will leave that checked,
and it puts it over here so we can see.
| | 02:48 | This is not how you would want
your prezi to look ultimately.
| | 02:51 | But it could be a good starting point.
| | 02:53 | You can see the images came
in okay, and the text is there.
| | 02:57 | And as we step through, you can see it
animates from one slide to the next as well.
| | 03:02 | So, when we're done, we can click the
X here to get rid of that, and it will
| | 03:08 | close the import session.
| | 03:09 | Now, if you did want to work with
these, you could drag them over into your
| | 03:14 | presentation and place them in a way that
makes sense and start working with it that way.
| | 03:19 | So, while importing a PowerPoint file
right into Prezi can often be a good
| | 03:24 | way to convert an old PowerPoint to prezi,
| | 03:26 | it may not be the most efficient way
once you get familiar with building prezis.
| | 03:29 | I say go ahead and give it a try, and
based on the results, you can choose for
| | 03:33 | yourself if it might be
easier to start from scratch.
| | 03:36 | And we will be adding elements into
Prezi manually in the upcoming lessons.
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5. Adding Basic ContentCreating text| 00:00 | One of the most basic things you
will want to do in a prezi is add text.
| | 00:04 | In traditional presentation software
such as PowerPoint or Keynote, this is a
| | 00:07 | very straightforward process, and you
know pretty much where your text is going
| | 00:11 | to go based on the slide template you
are using--almost always right smack in
| | 00:14 | the middle of the slide.
| | 00:17 | With Prezi, you've got a lot more
control, and can be much more expressive in
| | 00:18 | placement, size, and so on, to
help you get your point across.
| | 00:22 | In this lesson, I'll show you how
to add and edit these text blocks.
| | 00:26 | So here we are in the Prezi Editor with
our template open and ready for editing.
| | 00:30 | Let's add some text.
| | 00:31 | It's actually very easy.
| | 00:32 | You just click anywhere on the
canvas and a text box is created.
| | 00:36 | You can start typing right away.
| | 00:38 | I have some text here on my clipboard.
| | 00:40 | I will paste it in.
| | 00:42 | Now, here you can choose between title,
subtitle, or body styles, and we will
| | 00:47 | stick with the body style.
| | 00:48 | Note that a text box can only
have one font style and size.
| | 00:52 | You can mix it up with multiple text
colors within a single text box, though.
| | 00:56 | So, let's drag over our text to select it,
and let's go ahead and edit its color.
| | 01:01 | Let's make it a little darker, so it will
be easier to read. And let's change the size.
| | 01:05 | It's awfully big right now.
| | 01:07 | So, I will select the text, and I will
downsize it by using these little buttons
| | 01:13 | here. The A buttons will
let you control the size.
| | 01:16 | Get it down to a more reasonable size
here and zoom in and drag it into place
| | 01:21 | where I want it to go.
| | 01:23 | You can just drag it around
using this top handle here.
| | 01:26 | You'll note that Prezi doesn't
let you specify a numeric text size,
| | 01:30 | so everything here is done by eye.
| | 01:31 | Now, this may seem like a shortcoming,
| | 01:33 | but a type size isn't
really as relevant in a prezi.
| | 01:37 | For example this could be 18-point text,
but zoomed in, it's quite a lot bigger.
| | 01:41 | So, the point size is sort
of irrelevant in this context.
| | 01:44 | So, there are other ways you can
change the size of your text as well.
| | 01:48 | You can click on this handle here
while we are editing the text and make
| | 01:53 | it bigger or smaller.
| | 01:54 | And you can also use the Transformation tool.
| | 01:56 | If you click anywhere on the canvas to
deselect the text and then click on it
| | 02:00 | one more time, it brings up our
Transformation tool, and then we can use these
| | 02:04 | handles to resize as well.
| | 02:06 | Of course, you can use the
plus and minuses as well.
| | 02:10 | So there are many
different ways to resize your text.
| | 02:12 | So, let's go back into Edit mode and see
some of the other options for formatting.
| | 02:16 | Now, you may see this full bar,
or it might be shortened here.
| | 02:20 | Now, you can expand it to
get these other options.
| | 02:23 | You can turn this into a bulleted list,
but I will step in here to remind you
| | 02:28 | that you may not want to jump
to using bullets right away.
| | 02:31 | Each of those bulleted items might have
relationship to each other or relative
| | 02:35 | importance--it could be a process--that could
better be illustrated using zooming and
| | 02:41 | panning rather than relying
on the tried-and-true bullets.
| | 02:45 | So, that's about it.
| | 02:46 | You can also align the text left, center,
right, or justified, and you can set an indent.
| | 02:51 | You can step it in and step it back out again.
| | 02:54 | Now, if you want to adjust the
width of the text box so the text flows
| | 02:58 | differently, you can use this
handle with the arrows on it.
| | 03:01 | And finally, as I mentioned, to move that
box around, you can grab it from the top here.
| | 03:05 | So now we have our text box,
the first element in this prezi.
| | 03:09 | While dealing with text in Prezi is a
little less precise than you may be used to
| | 03:13 | in other applications, Prezi does give
you the flexibility to position and size
| | 03:17 | your text more freely.
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| Creating frames| 00:00 | Once you've started adding elements to your
prezi, you're ready to get to the good stuff:
| | 00:04 | panning and zooming.
| | 00:05 | This is done by adding frames.
| | 00:07 | So here we have our text box,
the first element in this Prezi.
| | 00:12 | And I want to add it to the animation path,
so I zoom in on it when I'm presenting.
| | 00:16 | So I'll zoom in a little
closer to it using my scroll wheel.
| | 00:19 | And now we can just right-click on
this text box and choose Add to Path.
| | 00:24 | Let's see what that looks like.
| | 00:25 | This creates a new frame on our path.
| | 00:28 | And if we zoom out and then click
Present, we can preview that. And you can see
| | 00:33 | that it zooms right into the text.
| | 00:36 | In some cases, this is the behavior you want,
| | 00:38 | but sometimes you need to have a
little more control over the zoom.
| | 00:42 | Maybe you have other elements with your text.
| | 00:44 | In that case, you will want to create a frame
and add the text to that. So, let's do that.
| | 00:49 | I will hit Escape to jump out of the
Preview mode or the Present mode, and I am
| | 00:54 | going to delete this other
frame, so we don't need that anymore.
| | 00:58 | So I will click Edit Path, mouse over
it, and click the X, and it disappears.
| | 01:02 | And I will zoom out just a little
bit, again with the scroll wheel.
| | 01:06 | I want to draw around this text box.
| | 01:09 | Click on Add Frames.
| | 01:11 | And here you have a choice of drawing
different types of frames, including an
| | 01:16 | invisible frame, which is one
that has no visible outline.
| | 01:19 | And we'll talk about that later.
| | 01:21 | So let's choose brackets for this frame.
| | 01:23 | So, I can click and drag and
it will draw this frame outline.
| | 01:28 | And if I hold down the Shift key,
it will constrain to my chosen aspect ratio;
| | 01:33 | in this case it's 4:3.
| | 01:35 | So, once I've got it where I want it, I
will release and the frame is created
| | 01:39 | and added to a path.
| | 01:40 | Now, as you can see, when I click and
drag the frame around on the canvas, any
| | 01:45 | content inside the frame is grouped with it.
| | 01:47 | Now, I will go back to my first frame,
click Present again, and you can see it
| | 01:52 | zooms into the frame, giving our
text a little room to breathe.
| | 01:55 | Now, as you can see, frames are
where all the action happens in prezi.
| | 02:00 | We'll talk more about rearranging
frames and editing your animation path
| | 02:03 | later on.
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| Drawing shapes| 00:00 | You can add a variety of
shape objects to your prezis.
| | 00:03 | This can help you to illustrate your
concepts with arrows, boxes, circles,
| | 00:06 | triangles, and freeform shapes and lines.
| | 00:09 | To access the shapes, we can go up
to the top menu and click on Shapes.
| | 00:13 | Here you can choose an arrow, line,
rectangle, circle, or triangle.
| | 00:18 | And you can also use the Pencil or
Highlighter tool to draw freeform shapes.
| | 00:22 | Let's start with an arrow.
| | 00:23 | Now, I love this tool because it's
one more thing that makes Prezi so much
| | 00:27 | cooler than PowerPoint. Let's take a look.
| | 00:30 | So, I will use my scroll
wheel to zoom in to my frame.
| | 00:34 | Now, click anywhere on the canvas and
that will be the anchor point for your arrow.
| | 00:38 | Click and drag away from that point
and then release to draw your arrow.
| | 00:43 | Here you can increase or decrease the
line weight and switch between five preset
| | 00:48 | colors which are related to your
prezi's theme. And we will choose Green.
| | 00:52 | Now, if you want greater control over
the colors or borders of a shape, you will
| | 00:56 | need to use the CSS Editor, and that's
outside the scope of this course though.
| | 01:00 | Now, this is the cool part.
| | 01:01 | You can edit the control points by
clicking and dragging, and you can even grab
| | 01:06 | this center control point
and you've got a curved arrow.
| | 01:10 | Now, lines behave the same way.
| | 01:13 | Create one by clicking and dragging.
| | 01:16 | And if you hold down the Shift key, you
can make sure it stays straight, grab
| | 01:18 | that center point to curve it if you
like, change the style--and I really love
| | 01:24 | how intuitive this is.
| | 01:25 | You can just kind of draw
these things really quickly.
| | 01:28 | And now I will edit this a little bit and get
it right in place where I want it. There we go.
| | 01:33 | Now, let's make a rectangle.
| | 01:35 | Now, a quick way to access the
Shapes menu, if you remember your keyboard
| | 01:39 | shortcuts, is to press S
when not typing in a text box.
| | 01:43 | Now, watch my icon carefully. Here is my arrow.
| | 01:46 | When I press S, it changes to the shape.
| | 01:48 | And if I hit it again, it will cycle
through all of the shapes until I get to
| | 01:52 | the one that I want.
| | 01:53 | I want the rectangle. And I can click
anywhere, drag and release to create the box.
| | 02:00 | To resize proportionally,
use the corner handles.
| | 02:03 | To change just the height or
the width, you can grab the sides.
| | 02:08 | And we can change the color here.
| | 02:10 | Let's use this as a
background for our text block.
| | 02:14 | We'll drag it over our text,
and we'll resize it a little bit.
| | 02:18 | Now, another detail to note about shapes:
they behave like frames, in that any
| | 02:23 | object that you position inside of
the shape, it will be grouped with it.
| | 02:27 | So, if you do want to put text inside
of a shape, as we have here, you can just
| | 02:30 | drag the text on top of the shape.
| | 02:32 | So, let me grab this shape, and you can see
everything is all grouped together as one.
| | 02:37 | And I will click Undo to
get it back where it was.
| | 02:42 | You can see, if you click anywhere,
it tries to create a text box.
| | 02:46 | So we'll click off of that.
| | 02:47 | Now, if you want to remove the text
or other grouped object from the shape,
| | 02:51 | you can select it and move it right off the
shape, and then it's no longer grouped together.
| | 02:56 | While this behavior may drive you a
little crazy at first, it can be really
| | 03:00 | helpful later as you edit the flow of your
prezi, moving groups around on the canvas.
| | 03:04 | I will click Undo to put it back together there.
| | 03:07 | And finally, we have a couple of
more things on the Shapes menu here:
| | 03:10 | the Pencil and the Highlighter.
| | 03:11 | This is the freeform Pencil tool, so
you can use it to just draw a picture or
| | 03:16 | whatever you like there.
| | 03:17 | And then also the highlighter is
really good for highlighting text.
| | 03:21 | These aren't the best drawing tools in
my opinion and should really only be used
| | 03:25 | if you need to sketch something quickly.
| | 03:27 | You can't edit the shape after you
make it, and you can't directly change the
| | 03:31 | color of the line or its weight.
| | 03:32 | So, these tools are there if you need them,
but you probably won't use them too much.
| | 03:35 | So, I am just going to delete this.
As you can see, there are no options for
| | 03:38 | editing this at all.
| | 03:40 | So, as you can see, adding basic
shapes to your prezi is pretty intuitive.
| | 03:44 | Related to shapes are what
are called Layouts in Prezi.
| | 03:48 | These are more sophisticated prebuilt
groups of shapes that can save you time,
| | 03:51 | and we'll take a closer look at those coming up.
| | 03:54 | But if you just need a box, circle, or
arrow, the Shapes menu will be very useful.
| | 03:58 | And remember that keyboard shortcut, S.
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| Adding layouts| 00:00 | Prezi lets you illustrate concepts and
relationships, but for those of us who
| | 00:04 | are used in linear thinking in
presentations, it's nice to have a starting
| | 00:07 | point. Layouts can be a great solution.
| | 00:09 | There are twelve prebuilt layouts you
can use for flowcharts, processes,
| | 00:13 | timelines, and more.
| | 00:15 | You can add as many layouts
to your prezi as you like.
| | 00:17 | To access the layouts go up to the top
menu and click on Add Frames, then choose
| | 00:22 | Layouts, and the Layouts panel appears,
where you have several prebuilt diagrams
| | 00:27 | to choose from. And you can use the
scrollbar here to look at all of them.
| | 00:31 | And in our example here I want to
show the different branches of the
| | 00:35 | no obstacles brand,
| | 00:36 | so I'll choose a layout that is the
closest to what I want to show, the main
| | 00:41 | brand and two sub-brands. And the closest
I think would be this divergent layout,
| | 00:45 | so we will choose that.
| | 00:47 | And here we have a layout on the canvas
with frames added to our path to animate
| | 00:51 | the diagram automatically. So this is
fully editable, so I'm going to grab the
| | 00:55 | hand and I'm going to move it down to
about where I want it to be. I want it
| | 01:00 | to be a little smaller than that. And I
will use my scroll wheel to zoom in on it,
| | 01:05 | so I can now click on this text.
| | 01:07 | You can see there's "click to
add text" here. It's very light.
| | 01:11 | I'm going to change the color so we can
see it, and I will say No Obstacles, Inc.,
| | 01:16 | grab a hold of the top of
that text box to center it,
| | 01:20 | and now I'll go down to this one and
I'll add Clothing. And I'll change the color,
| | 01:27 | maybe bump it up a little bit in
size, and center that in there. Do the same
| | 01:32 | thing here and Home, grab a
hold of it and center it in there.
| | 01:37 | And there we have using a layout, a
customized organizational chart using a
| | 01:41 | prebuilt layout in Prezi.
| | 01:43 | So as you can see, drawings can be a
good starting point for many common
| | 01:46 | diagrams and visualizations.
| | 01:48 | Using them as a starting point can
save you a lot of time and effort and help
| | 01:51 | you make better, more
expressive presentations quickly.
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| Adding web links| 00:00 | Adding web links in Prezi is
surprisingly simple, but it is somewhat limited.
| | 00:04 | Any text that starts with HTTP or HTTPS
Prezi will automatically activate as a
| | 00:11 | link, which is great, but adding web
links to other text or to images isn't
| | 00:15 | possible in the editor as of
this recording. Not so great.
| | 00:19 | There is a workaround for that which
I'll get to in a minute, but first let's go
| | 00:22 | ahead and add a text link to our sample prezi.
| | 00:25 | I'll scroll in to where I want it to be
using the scroll wheel on my mouse. Start
| | 00:31 | by clicking where you want the link to appear.
| | 00:33 | This can be anywhere on the canvas or
within an existing text box, and we'll put
| | 00:38 | it here under our text in our first frame.
| | 00:40 | I'll type the full URL I want to link
to, and I'll change the default color here
| | 00:46 | of something we can read.
| | 00:48 | Remember, this needs to start with
HTTP or HTTPS to be recognized as a link.
| | 00:53 | We deselect the text box by clicking on
the canvas, and you can see that the text
| | 00:58 | is now underlined, indicating
it's been converted to a link.
| | 01:01 | This link is now active and even here in
Edit mode, if I click on it, it opens in
| | 01:07 | a new window over our Prezi editor.
| | 01:10 | Now, let's test that link in Present mode.
| | 01:12 | You can close this window to go back
to our editor, and if we click on Present,
| | 01:16 | here it is. And when we mouse over the
text, we click on it, and it seems that
| | 01:22 | nothing happened. But if we press
Escape to go back to edit mode, we can see
| | 01:26 | that the page opened in another window on
top of the Prezi window; we just couldn't see it.
| | 01:31 | This is a little bit awkward because
you don't really get any indication that
| | 01:34 | the link has opened.
| | 01:35 | If people are interacting with your
prezi when it's embedded in a webpage your
| | 01:39 | link will work as expected, but keep in
mind if they're watching in full screen
| | 01:43 | they may not see your link
until they exit full screen mode.
| | 01:45 | Now, let me show you how to edit links.
| | 01:48 | Again, we'll close this window to get
back to the editor. So we can click on the
| | 01:52 | text and click Edit Text
button here to get into the editor.
| | 01:55 | Now don't click on the text as you
normally would. That will open the link.
| | 02:00 | You want to use your keyboard instead.
| | 02:02 | If you look closely to the right here at the
end--we'll zoom in--there is a blinking cursor.
| | 02:08 | From here you can hold down the Shift
key and press the left arrow key on your
| | 02:12 | keyboard. This will start selecting URL,
so you can edit it. Select the text you
| | 02:17 | want to edit and make your changes.
| | 02:18 | So I have shown you the simple and easy
way to add links to your prezi, but as
| | 02:23 | we scroll out here, you can see that
this link is kind of long and ugly.
| | 02:27 | What if you want to add a link
to regular text or to an image?
| | 02:31 | Right now that's not supported in the
Prezi editor. There is a hack for this though.
| | 02:36 | You can create a PDF with a link embedded in
it and then place that PDF into your prezi.
| | 02:40 | While creating a link in a PDF is out
of the scope of this course, there are a
| | 02:45 | couple of courses in the lynda.com library
that show you how to do this. InDesign CS6:
| | 02:50 | Interactive Documents and Acrobat
X Essential Training both cover it.
| | 02:54 | Now, I have created a PDF with our
link embedded in it to demonstrate how it
| | 02:59 | works. This file is included in the free
exercise files for this course, if you'd
| | 03:03 | like to follow along.
| | 03:04 | So, to load that PDF we can use the
keyboard shortcut L, as long as we're not in a
| | 03:10 | text box. I'll click on the canvas and
hit L and that brings up our dialog box
| | 03:15 | to choose our PDF, and we'll open that,
and it takes a moment to process it.
| | 03:21 | So, here it is, and now I can place it
where I want it to go, somewhere in there, and
| | 03:26 | now I can click on this link and again
it works. The page opens up on top of our
| | 03:30 | editor. And if I close that,
we're back here in the Prezi editor.
| | 03:35 | Again, editing is a little awkward with
links. Say I just wanted to resize the image.
| | 03:40 | When I clicked on it to select it the
link opens up, but when I return to the
| | 03:43 | editor the Transform tool
is there and I can edit it.
| | 03:46 | Now, this PDF hacks may not be required
in future versions, since adding links to
| | 03:51 | text and images is a highly requested feature.
| | 03:53 | Now, that gives you an overview of
adding web links to your prezis, adding even
| | 03:57 | more interactivity to your presentations.
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6. Arranging and ZoomingRotating and aligning elements| 00:00 | Let's talk now about rotating
and aligning elements in prezi.
| | 00:04 | Prezi is notoriously a very free-
flowing interface, with placement and rotation
| | 00:08 | being more by intuitive
feel than by units or math.
| | 00:12 | If your used to placing things
in other applications using X and Y
| | 00:15 | coordinates, you'll need to take a
deep breath and let it go; that type of
| | 00:18 | control does not exist in Prezi.
| | 00:21 | That being said, there are some
features that help you rotate and align
| | 00:24 | elements in an orderly way.
| | 00:25 | So let's take a look at how that's done.
| | 00:28 | The tool used for rotating and
moving objects is the Transformation tool.
| | 00:32 | We covered the basics of this
tool earlier in the course.
| | 00:34 | Now let's look at some of its more
advanced features for rotating and aligning.
| | 00:38 | So say we want to add some dynamic
movement to our organization chart.
| | 00:42 | I'll mouse over that, select it, and choose
Open Frame, and we'll rotate this guy down here.
| | 00:48 | Now, I'm mousing over it and it's not
highlighting on the outside, which means that
| | 00:53 | it's not able to be selected directly.
| | 00:56 | So a good way to get to those kind of
items is to hold down Command+Shift on
| | 01:02 | the Mac or Ctrl+Shift on the PC and
click and drag a marquee over the item that
| | 01:07 | you'd like to select.
| | 01:08 | Now we have this frame here.
I'm going to zoom out a little bit. And this
| | 01:14 | outside handle that appears when you
mouse over any of the four corners is your
| | 01:17 | rotation handle; you can
rotate clockwise, counterclockwise.
| | 01:20 | If you hold down the Shift key when
rotating, you'll be constrained to
| | 01:24 | consistent angles, and when you're
happy with the rotation, release the mouse.
| | 01:29 | Now this one is kind of hard to see
because it's a circle, but I'm rotating
| | 01:32 | this whole frame along with the type inside.
| | 01:35 | Now, you can tell that the circle is
rotating by this little tiny circle at the
| | 01:39 | top of it, so you can see that
moving as I rotate the frame.
| | 01:44 | Now, you may have noticed as I was
rotating this element, the outer frame was
| | 01:48 | highlighted for a second.
| | 01:49 | Now, I'll zoom out a little bit and
I'll rotate this. It's kind of touchy.
| | 01:53 | We'll once again click on our frame to
open it, and now we can directly select this
| | 02:00 | guy, and now when we rotate it, you can
see that this outer frame is highlighting,
| | 02:04 | and that's showing that the
rotation angle is the same.
| | 02:07 | So this is Prezi giving you a hand.
When your rotation angle matches the angle
| | 02:12 | of another nearby element,
you will see it highlight.
| | 02:15 | Note though, that this handy feature
won't work if you have more than one element
| | 02:19 | selected or if the elements are very
different in size, or if they're too far
| | 02:24 | away from each other.
| | 02:25 | So a tip: if you want to align a number
of frames or objects to the same angle,
| | 02:30 | you can place them all close together
on the canvas, rotate them individually to
| | 02:34 | the same angle, and then
move them all back into place.
| | 02:37 | Just like with rotation, Prezi will
give you hints for vertical and horizontal
| | 02:41 | alignment of objects.
Let's take a look at this in action.
| | 02:45 | Let's add a text block. And we want
to do it in a different area, so I'll
| | 02:49 | zoom out to the home view. We want to
align it up with this other text block up here,
| | 02:54 | so I'll zoom in a little
closer and add a text block.
| | 02:57 | Now I'll click on it to
bring up the Transformation tool.
| | 02:59 | I want it a little bit smaller, so we
can see everything all in one screen here.
| | 03:04 | Now, when I drag this around--and I have
to zoom out just a little bit to do so--
| | 03:09 | and when the base lines of the two
text box line up, you'll see a very fine
| | 03:13 | dotted line appear. And this will also
happen from margins. The left, center, and
| | 03:19 | the right margins will also give us
that line, and you'll notice that it just
| | 03:23 | applies to the first line
of the text that's lining up.
| | 03:26 | So these are lined up nicely, but I
really want this text to kind of flow
| | 03:30 | with the wave, so I'm going to movie
it and rotate it to match that angle.
| | 03:34 | So I will zoom out slightly here.
And now that I'm moving it over here, the
| | 03:38 | text color should change for better
contrast, so I'll change that to white
| | 03:43 | and I will rotate it to match that angle, bring
it down in size a little bit, and put it into place.
| | 03:49 | Okay. So, even though Prezi doesn't give you
the mathematical precision you might be
| | 03:54 | used to, it does give you some tools and
some hinting that will help you create
| | 03:58 | clean, organized presentations very quickly.
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| Layering elements| 00:00 | Because the Prezi canvas is a 3D
space, you'll find that you'll often need
| | 00:04 | to rearrange the stacking order, or
layering of the elements, moving some items
| | 00:09 | back and others forward.
| | 00:10 | Let me show you how it's done.
| | 00:11 | So again, let's go to our org chart.
| | 00:14 | We'll click on it, click Open Frame.
And say we want this arrow to be in front
| | 00:20 | of our circle instead of behind it.
| | 00:21 | So I'll right-click on it and here I
can choose the stacking order: Bring
| | 00:26 | Forward, Bring to Front,
Send Backward, or Send to Back.
| | 00:30 | Bringing it forward will step it
forward one layer, and bring it to the front
| | 00:34 | will put it on top of all other items on
the canvas, so I'll go ahead and choose that.
| | 00:38 | You may have notice that any elements
that are touching the item I'm shuffling
| | 00:42 | around will dim for a second
after I change the stacking order.
| | 00:46 | This is a little visual cue that Prezi
gives you, bringing your attention to any
| | 00:50 | objects that might be affected by your change.
| | 00:52 | Let's see that again, and that
circle just blinked for a second.
| | 00:55 | And while we're in here,
let's fix up these arrows a bit.
| | 00:59 | I can bring this one to the
front as well. There we go.
| | 01:02 | The stacking or layering will start
to matter more as you start adding
| | 01:06 | elements to your prezi and start
zooming around, and we'll dive into that in
| | 01:10 | upcoming lessons.
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| Grouping elements| 00:00 | As you are building your prezi and
taking your viewers on a ride through your
| | 00:03 | thought process, organizing
elements into groups is essential.
| | 00:06 | There are various approaches to
grouping, from temporarily grouping elements so
| | 00:10 | you can edit or move them together to
grouping them into frames that you add to
| | 00:14 | your animation path.
| | 00:15 | Let's take a look at your
options and the pros and cons of each.
| | 00:18 | There are three ways to group things in Prezi.
| | 00:21 | If you've been following along,
you have already used the first two:
| | 00:24 | by placing items on top of a geometric
shape and by putting objects inside of a frame.
| | 00:30 | The third method is to use the Group
feature in the Transformation tool.
| | 00:33 | That one is easy to show you.
| | 00:35 | Let's go to the frame where we have our
web links and group these two items together.
| | 00:39 | I'll double-click on that frame to
zoom in, and let's group the logo and the
| | 00:45 | text link together.
| | 00:46 | I could hold down the Shift key and
click to select each of these items or hold
| | 00:51 | down Command+Shift and drag a
marquee over them to select them.
| | 00:56 | In this case, that's a good
idea since these are active links.
| | 00:58 | Now we have the Transformation tool,
and we can just click this padlock icon
| | 01:03 | to group the items.
| | 01:04 | If you want to ungroup them, just click
the padlock again, and we will group them
| | 01:08 | and click on the canvas to deselect.
| | 01:11 | Here's a handy tip:
| | 01:12 | if you want to edit a single element in
a group without ungrouping it, you just
| | 01:16 | double-click on the element.
| | 01:18 | That's grouping using the Transformation tool.
| | 01:20 | Grouping using geometric
shapes is a feature unique to Prezi.
| | 01:24 | I've never come across another
application that works this way,
| | 01:27 | but it can be a quick and easy way to
keep related items together without having
| | 01:31 | to add the group to your
animation path, as you do with frames.
| | 01:34 | Let's add some text introducing the
URL here, and then we will group that text,
| | 01:39 | logo, and link together using a shape.
| | 01:41 | I am going to say VISIT US ONLINE,
change the color so we can read it, click on
| | 01:45 | the canvas, and then we can drag that
right up into place and click on it again
| | 01:51 | to get the Transformation tool and
size it just the way we like it. Great!
| | 01:55 | Now I will draw a shape that will be behind
all of these items and group them together.
| | 02:00 | I will choose a rectangle, and I will
just drag over there and right-click,
| | 02:05 | send it to the back, and let's change
the Style to white so it's nice and clean.
| | 02:10 | Now these objects are all
grouped together on top of this box.
| | 02:13 | Remember, if you want you ungroup
these items, just double-click on one of the
| | 02:18 | items that you want to move and you
can drag it right off the shape and then
| | 02:22 | it's no longer part of the group.
| | 02:24 | Let me put it back.
| | 02:25 | Now, I mentioned that creating frames
will also group items, and I showed you
| | 02:30 | how to create frames earlier in the course.
| | 02:32 | But I want to show you a special kind of
frame that's great for grouping as well
| | 02:36 | as for highlighting details or blocks of text.
| | 02:38 | It's the hidden or invisible frame.
| | 02:40 | It let's you organize your content
without the visual weight of brackets or shapes.
| | 02:44 | So let's create one here and add some content.
| | 02:47 | So click on Add Frames, and way down at
the bottom here is Draw Invisible Frame.
| | 02:52 | And I want to zoom in to about this
area here, and notice I am holding down the
| | 02:57 | Shift key to constrain the size. There we go.
| | 03:00 | Now we can add some content. And I will
just add some text here, YES ANYTHING.
| | 03:04 | Now I can select that and we can scale
that whole thing if we want to zoom in
| | 03:09 | closer. Let me preview of what that's
going to look like. And there we are.
| | 03:13 | Although you can see the invisible
frame here in the Prezi Editor, you will not
| | 03:16 | be able to see it when you present.
| | 03:18 | Learning to use hidden frames or
invisible frames is ideal for a great prezi.
| | 03:23 | Whatever method you use, I recommend
grouping elements whenever possible.
| | 03:27 | I've found that grouping items within
frames and even grouping frames helps me edit
| | 03:32 | my prezis more quickly and efficiently.
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7. Inserting and Animating ElementsInserting images| 00:00 | To really make a
presentation compelling, it needs images.
| | 00:04 | Adding them to your prezi isn't
complicated, but there are a few guidelines you
| | 00:08 | will need to follow for the best quality.
| | 00:10 | In fact, poor image quality is one of
the most common complaints I hear about
| | 00:13 | Prezi, often citing fuzzy
pictures and jagged-edged illustrations.
| | 00:18 | But following some simple rules we will
ensure that your images look crisp and
| | 00:22 | professional, even when zooming.
| | 00:23 | Let's talk about those guidelines first, and
then I'll show you how to insert an image in Prezi.
| | 00:28 | Back when I gave you some practices earlier in
the course, I talked a little bit about images.
| | 00:33 | Here's a recap and some additional tips.
| | 00:35 | Images shouldn't be larger than
2880 pixels in width or height,
| | 00:40 | but they should be large enough to
zoom in close without seeing the pixels.
| | 00:44 | Generally 1000 x 1000 or 2000 x 2000
are good if you are planning to zoom in.
| | 00:50 | 2000 x 2000 for 3D backgrounds is suggested.
| | 00:53 | Try to place the images at 100%.
| | 00:56 | If you have to scale them up, they are going to
fall apart on you, and you'll see those pixels.
| | 01:00 | If you have to scale them down you're
wasting that resolution and making your
| | 01:03 | prezi file size larger than it needs to be.
| | 01:06 | That can lead to choppy panning and zooming.
| | 01:09 | Prezi will accept images in PNG,
JPEG, GIF, and PDF formats.
| | 01:13 | For the best quality, especially
when zooming, Prezi prefers PDF format.
| | 01:18 | You can save PDFs out of popular drawing
programs such as Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.
| | 01:23 | If you are using JPEGs, make sure
they're not progressive or JPEG 2000 files.
| | 01:28 | Use RGB color mode.
| | 01:30 | If your image is in CMYK color mode,
you'll also run into problems in Prezi.
| | 01:34 | If you can convert easily to PDF, do so
and you'll avoid all of these format issues.
| | 01:40 | One more tip about formats: whenever
possible use of a vector art source for
| | 01:44 | anything that's not a photograph, such
as logos, cartoons, and illustrations.
| | 01:48 | Vector art can be scaled infinitely up
and down and still keep its sharp edges
| | 01:52 | when imported as a PDF.
| | 01:53 | You see vector art on the
left here and bitmap on the right.
| | 01:57 | You can clearly see the
difference. One final tip:
| | 02:00 | if you're going to include screenshots
of web pages in your Prezi, simply taking
| | 02:04 | a screenshot and importing
it isn't going to cut it.
| | 02:07 | This is especially true if you're
planning to zoom in on details within the page.
| | 02:11 | It's going to turn into a pixelated mess.
| | 02:13 | The best way to get crisp, zoomable
screenshots is to use a PDF version of the page.
| | 02:19 | If you have the full version of Adobe
Acrobat, you can give it a URL and it will
| | 02:23 | create a PDF for you.
| | 02:25 | If you don't, there is a free online
service you can use to do the same thing.
| | 02:29 | It's called web2pdfconvert.com.
| | 02:31 | Now you can clearly see the
difference between these two.
| | 02:34 | The screenshot on the left is a bitmap
screenshot and on the right is a PDF.
| | 02:41 | You can see the difference in the
crispness of that type as I zoom in.
| | 02:44 | Let's dive right into a hands-on example
and import some images into our example prezi.
| | 02:48 | I have included some images in the free
exercise files included with this course.
| | 02:53 | So start out by going to the
top menu, and click on Images.
| | 02:57 | From here, choose From File,
and we will choose an image.
| | 03:02 | Let's use the logo, and after a second of
processing it appears here on our canvas.
| | 03:06 | Then we can use the Transformation tool
to get it sized just the way we want it,
| | 03:12 | and let's add a frame around it as well,
| | 03:14 | so click on Add Frames and
we will draw bracket frame.
| | 03:17 | Now let's add another photograph along
with some other assets down here that we
| | 03:24 | will use to animate later.
| | 03:25 | We will make sure we can
read that text as we type it.
| | 03:29 | Grab that and move it over here.
| | 03:31 | Now I want to add a photograph alongside that,
| | 03:34 | so again, go up to Images > From
File and we will add a picture of some
| | 03:38 | different sports equipment.
| | 03:40 | We will get it to the right size, drag
it in place, and add one more element.
| | 03:45 | Like I said, we are going
to animate the stuff later.
| | 03:48 | Select the text by dragging over it,
change the color, and we will make it a
| | 03:52 | little bit smaller and drag it into place.
| | 03:55 | Now, if you need an image and you
don't have one, Prezi will let you search
| | 03:59 | Google Images for one right
here in the Prezi interface.
| | 04:02 | So let's give it a try.
| | 04:03 | We will go to Images > From Google Images.
| | 04:07 | Let's search for surfer.
| | 04:09 | I will check the box to search only
for images licensed for commercial use.
| | 04:13 | This is a good safeguard, but
remember that copyright ownership is always a
| | 04:17 | concern with images,
| | 04:18 | so use this feature with caution when
creating presentations for public use.
| | 04:22 | To protect you or your company you may
want to license images directly from a
| | 04:26 | stock photo service.
| | 04:27 | Now that being said, let's see
what Google Images finds for us.
| | 04:31 | We will click on the magnifying glass,
and here it found a bunch of images that we can use.
| | 04:37 | Now, it takes a minute to connect to the
Google servers and process everything, to
| | 04:41 | give you a nice crisp preview.
| | 04:43 | You can use your up and down
arrow keys to go through these images.
| | 04:46 | If you change your mind and you don't
actually want to use any of them, you can
| | 04:50 | hit the Escape button and
the whole interface goes away.
| | 04:52 | Now zoomed out here, let's
take a look in our prezi.
| | 04:56 | It is a little bit empty.
| | 04:58 | Now, I have given you some other
assets with the free exercise files,
| | 05:01 | so go ahead and start placing some where
you think they should go. I'll do the same,
| | 05:06 | so we'll have some elements in animate
when we get to that point in the course.
| | 05:09 | These are the ones I'm going to use:
female runner, female_snowboarder,
| | 05:14 | male_soccer_player, surfer, and then
I'll place the logo again somewhere.
| | 05:19 | Then we'll have some elements to animate
when we get to that point in the course.
| | 05:23 | So this should get you on the right
track to importing images into Prezi and
| | 05:26 | getting the best quality
possible, even when zooming.
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| Inserting video| 00:00 | Prezi is truly a multimedia presentation tool.
| | 00:03 | In addition to images, you can
add video right into your prezi.
| | 00:06 | This means you can deepen your story
with interviews, show off new products with
| | 00:10 | a demo, or just liven up your
presentation with a cat video--
| | 00:12 | well, maybe not the best idea.
| | 00:14 | There are two ways to insert video.
| | 00:16 | You can embed a YouTube video link or
embed a video file directly into your prezi.
| | 00:22 | To decide which is the best approach the
first question you need to ask yourself
| | 00:26 | is, will there be an Internet
connection where you're presenting?
| | 00:29 | The second question is, will it be
reliable enough for a video playback?
| | 00:33 | If you're not sure, you will
want to embed a video file.
| | 00:36 | Now, Prezi currently supports
these video file formats for import,
| | 00:41 | but note that Prezi will convert your
video into an FLV format when you upload it.
| | 00:47 | Converting video files has the potential
to degrade the quality of your video image.
| | 00:51 | So if you aren't happy with the quality,
try converting the video to FLV yourself
| | 00:54 | first and upload that in native format.
| | 00:57 | You should see better results.
| | 00:59 | If you're not sure about how to work
with FLV video, you can take a look at my
| | 01:02 | other course, Publishing
Video with the Flash platform.
| | 01:05 | If you know that you'll have a good
dedicated Internet connection--meaning
| | 01:09 | you're not sharing it with the audience--
then YouTube would be the best way to go.
| | 01:12 | This is especially true for prezis
that you will be embedding in a webpage.
| | 01:17 | Another good reason to choose the
YouTube link option is because video files
| | 01:21 | are large and your storage space
in your prezi account is limited.
| | 01:25 | So if you embed a live video files,
you may quickly run out of space.
| | 01:29 | Let's add a YouTube
video into our example prezi.
| | 01:33 | Here we are, back in the Prezi editor, and
the quickest and easiest way to embed a
| | 01:38 | YouTube video into your prezi is to
just click anywhere in the canvas where you
| | 01:42 | want the video to be and then
just type in a YouTube video link.
| | 01:46 | I have one here on my clipboard.
| | 01:49 | Make sure it has http:// in front of it.
| | 01:52 | When I click off anywhere in the
canvas it automatically grabs that YouTube
| | 01:56 | video and puts it right here on my canvas.
| | 01:58 | Now, you can control playback of this video
right here in Prezi's built-in video player.
| | 02:04 | You can start the video up here in the editor.
| | 02:06 | (video playing)
| | 02:08 | You can choose to use those controls
to start the video up whenever you like
| | 02:12 | during your presentation.
| | 02:13 | Or, if you add video to your path, it
will play automatically when you reach that
| | 02:18 | point in the presentation.
| | 02:20 | Also, a very important feature: when you advance
to the next frame the video will stop playing.
| | 02:24 | Now the quickest way to add it to our
path is to first select the video, and we
| | 02:30 | will zoom out a little bit so we can
get the marquee when we click on it, and
| | 02:34 | then we can right-click and Add to Path.
| | 02:37 | Your path probably looks different from mine.
| | 02:39 | We have been kind of randomly adding items.
| | 02:41 | We are going to organize all of
this coming up when we work with paths.
| | 02:45 | So let's preview this by clicking on
Present and now you can advance through
| | 02:50 | whatever path points you have,
until you get to this video.
| | 02:53 | (video playing)
| | 03:01 | We can pause it using
the built-in controls here.
| | 03:03 | You can control this during your
presentation using these controls.
| | 03:07 | If you advance to the next frame, the
video will stop automatically for you.
| | 03:11 | So let's back out of its Present mode by
hitting Escape, and we are back here in the editor.
| | 03:17 | This video is actually quite large,
| | 03:19 | so let's go to the Home view and let's
position it kind of where we want it right now.
| | 03:24 | So, we can grab these handles
and scale it however we like.
| | 03:28 | We can rotate it and position it
wherever we like it, and there it is.
| | 03:34 | Let's say you need to present and you
want to be 100% sure that your video plays.
| | 03:39 | You don't want to have to rely on going
out to YouTube and streaming this video
| | 03:43 | or playing back this video.
| | 03:44 | You will want to embed
the video into your prezi.
| | 03:47 | To do this it's very straightforward.
| | 03:49 | You just go up to the top menu,
click Media, and choose From File.
| | 03:54 | You would just choose a video from
your hard drive, and it will be embedded
| | 03:57 | directly into your prezi. That's it.
| | 04:00 | Adding video is a quick easy way
to add depth to your presentations.
| | 04:04 | Now you're ready to add some
sound and really make your prezi pop.
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| Inserting sound| 00:00 | In the past, audio support has been a
real shortcoming of Prezi, but no more.
| | 00:04 | You can now add voiceovers to your path,
allowing you to save narration with your prezies.
| | 00:09 | This can really bring additional
dimension and meaning to your story.
| | 00:12 | So to add the voiceovers we add
them to frames that are on our path.
| | 00:17 | Let's choose a frame.
And this one is not on our path yet,
| | 00:21 | so I will right-click on
it and choose Add to Path.
| | 00:23 | Now, from here in the Path panel, I can
right-click on that frame and scroll down
| | 00:29 | to choose Add Voice-over to Path Step.
Click on that and it prompts
| | 00:34 | me to include a file.
| | 00:36 | You can import MP3, OGG, or WAV files.
| | 00:39 | I have included an MP3 audio file in
the free exercise files with the course.
| | 00:44 | So I will click on that file and
choose Open and it uploads it and imports it
| | 00:49 | right into my prezi.
| | 00:50 | So let's see this in action.
| | 00:52 | If I click on Present and
navigate through my path--
| | 00:56 | (video playing)
| | 00:57 | (female speaker: At No Obstacles Inc., we strive to
support lives that transcend the ordinary--)
| | 01:02 | (by creating clothing, home, and lifestyle products
that remind us that anything is possible.)
| | 01:08 | When we get to that frame, my audio plays.
| | 01:11 | These audio files act just like the
videos, where they only play when you're on
| | 01:15 | the frame where they are.
| | 01:17 | So I will hit Escape to get back to
the editor. And we can also add background
| | 01:21 | music to this prezi.
| | 01:23 | To do that, go up to Media > Add
Background Music and when you present, you have
| | 01:27 | got a nice soundtrack behind your story.
| | 01:29 | Now, this soundtrack will loop
continuously in the background.
| | 01:34 | Because it's always playing, I don't
recommend having both background music and
| | 01:37 | voiceovers in the same prezi.
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| Inserting Flash files| 00:00 | While panning and zooming in Prezi can
help bring your presentations to life,
| | 00:04 | sometimes you need some custom animation.
| | 00:06 | Importing a Flash SWF
file might just do the trick.
| | 00:09 | But before I show you how it's done,
you should know it has a few limitations.
| | 00:13 | Your SWF can't contain any ActionScript
code; even a Stop command isn't allowed.
| | 00:18 | And that leads me to the second limitation.
| | 00:20 | Your SWF animation will
continuously loop in Prezi.
| | 00:23 | While this may be good for some animations,
it can really be distracting for others.
| | 00:28 | Some examples where a looping animation
might work well: a radiating glow behind
| | 00:33 | something; or an arrow pointing to
something you really, really want to
| | 00:37 | emphasize; or even a character, someone
walking or dancing, something like that.
| | 00:42 | You get the picture.
| | 00:43 | It should be something that you'd
expect to see over and over again.
| | 00:46 | Since SWF files are vector-based,
| | 00:48 | you can zoom in as close as you like
and the image will be nice and sharp.
| | 00:53 | SWF files can be created in Adobe Flash
Professional or in Adobe Illustrator.
| | 00:59 | I recommend creating SWFs in Flash
Professional over Illustrator though,
| | 01:02 | because Illustrator SWFs have been known to
cause issues with the behavior of paths in Prezi.
| | 01:08 | If you're not familiar with creating
animations in Flash, there are several
| | 01:11 | courses in the lynda.com
library that can help get you started.
| | 01:15 | Now, let me show you show
to import a SWF into Prezi.
| | 01:18 | So here we are, back in the
editor with our example file.
| | 01:21 | To import a SWF, we go to Media > From
File and choose the SWF you want to load.
| | 01:28 | And I'll load this arrow.swf, which is
included in your free exercise files.
| | 01:31 | It takes a second to process it,
and then there it is, on our canvas.
| | 01:36 | Now, from here, we can use the
Transformation tool to move it around and get it
| | 01:40 | placed just how we want it.
| | 01:41 | I'm going to put it really small.
And I'm zooming in with my scroll wheel to
| | 01:46 | get in close, and I'm just going to add
a little emphasis to this Yes, anything!
| | 01:51 | And then I will Shift+Select with the
text and drag those two items to kind of
| | 01:56 | center those back into
that frame that we have there.
| | 01:59 | Now, sometimes it can be
hard to select these items.
| | 02:02 | Flash SWFs are difficult
sometimes to grab a hold of.
| | 02:05 | So, you may need to hold the Command+Shift
and drag marquee over them to grab them.
| | 02:11 | Now, Flash SWFs will go on looping
forever, from the moment you open your
| | 02:15 | prezi until you close it.
| | 02:17 | There is a way to hide the animation
until you reach the frame that it's in, though.
| | 02:20 | And I'll show you how to do that
later when we talk about frame animations.
| | 02:24 | Adding Flash animation can really add
polish to your presentations and gives
| | 02:28 | you more tools to illustrate your
ideas beyond just panning and zooming.
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| Inserting files| 00:00 | Often, you'll want to add various kinds
of documents as content into your prezi.
| | 00:05 | Unfortunately, Prezi doesn't let you
directly import files such as Microsoft
| | 00:09 | Word documents or Excel spreadsheets,
| | 00:11 | but it does support PDF.
| | 00:13 | So, the good news is, any file that you can
convert to a PDF you can import into Prezi.
| | 00:19 | As you may recall, I mentioned earlier
that Prezi likes PDFs for vector art and
| | 00:23 | for screenshots, displaying crisp,
clean type and images, even when zooming.
| | 00:27 | So let me show how to import a PDF.
| | 00:29 | Here in the top menu,
we'll choose Media > From File.
| | 00:33 | And from here, I'll choose a PDF to import.
| | 00:36 | I'll import a screenshot, and this is
included in the free exercise files with the course.
| | 00:41 | And it takes a moment to process the PDF.
| | 00:43 | So, this PDF has more than one page,
| | 00:46 | so Prezi has imported each
page as a separate element.
| | 00:49 | We don't need the second page, so
I'm going to click on it and delete.
| | 00:53 | This is also treated as an
image, so we can crop it.
| | 00:55 | I can choose Crop Image and just pull these
handles in closer to where I want to focus.
| | 01:01 | And when I click back on the
canvas, this PDF is cropped.
| | 01:04 | So, as you can see, I can zoom in very
close, and that type is crisp and clean.
| | 01:10 | And of course, that would not be
the case had you just grabbed a bitmap
| | 01:13 | screenshot of the original.
| | 01:15 | I'm going to put this in place into our
prezi, to get in nice and close, and I'm
| | 01:19 | just going to drop this
image next to our URL link.
| | 01:22 | Make a little room for it, and there we go!
| | 01:24 | So, as you can see, importing PDFs is
pretty straightforward, but it lets you
| | 01:28 | include a wide variety
of content in your prezis.
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| Organizing assets| 00:00 | If you're working in Prezi a lot, you'll
likely find you are reusing some of your assets.
| | 00:05 | Sharing these assets among all of your
prezis is made easier by the Object Library.
| | 00:09 | The Object Library is
accessible across all of your prezis.
| | 00:13 | Let's add something to the library.
| | 00:15 | First, we'll select an object.
Let's choose this logo.
| | 00:18 | Then go up to the top menu and click on
Library and choose Add Selection to Object Library.
| | 00:24 | And you can see a little
animation showing it's added.
| | 00:27 | Now, let's view the library.
| | 00:28 | We'll click again and open the Object Library.
| | 00:31 | And here's the item we added, along
with some others that I use often.
| | 00:35 | If you mouse over an item, a red X appears.
| | 00:38 | You can click that to delete
the item from your library.
| | 00:41 | Now, you'll notice this one here is empty.
| | 00:43 | That's actually a video.
| | 00:44 | And as of this recording, video
previews are not supported in the library,
| | 00:49 | but it will place if you do
click on it and click Insert.
| | 00:52 | Let's insert this picture of the runner.
| | 00:55 | So, I'll click on that and choose Insert.
| | 00:57 | Then we can place her here in our prezi.
| | 01:00 | The Object Library can be invaluable
if you've got assets that you use often,
| | 01:04 | making it really easy to reuse
them across all of your prezis.
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| Navigating and rearranging with paths| 00:00 | Up till now, we focused mainly on best
practices and creating specific elements,
| | 00:05 | but this lesson is where
Prezi starts to take your places.
| | 00:08 | Prezi is nothing without its zooms and pans.
| | 00:10 | To create those animations, you'll use the
Path tool, and I'll show you how it's done.
| | 00:15 | Here I am, in our example prezi,
where I've added a few elements so far.
| | 00:19 | Now, before I animate, I'm going to
put on some finishing touches here.
| | 00:22 | A couple of these groups
need frames around them,
| | 00:25 | so I'll zoom in to this one, move in
the picture, draw a bracket frame around
| | 00:30 | it, and I want these angles to match up.
| | 00:33 | I will get that straight and arrange
it right in the center of our frame.
| | 00:37 | And then I will change the angle of
this frame to kind of match our wave.
| | 00:41 | I've got that one in place, and
I'll do the same for this group here.
| | 00:45 | And sometimes I like to draw a bracket
frame off to the side because it groups
| | 00:49 | those items, and then it's hard to edit
those, as you saw with the last example.
| | 00:53 | So now, from here, I will get
all of this content selected using
| | 00:58 | Shift+Click, and size it down.
| | 01:01 | Then it fits nicely in my frame.
| | 01:04 | Now that frame is grouped, and I can
move it around this way. And change the
| | 01:09 | angle again on this one, make it a
little bit smaller, just about like that.
| | 01:14 | And now, this frame here, I'd like to
move that over here, change its angle.
| | 01:21 | And finally, the org chart needs to
be dropped in there. Right now
| | 01:24 | this is a frame, but it's not on my path.
| | 01:27 | So, I'm going to go ahead and right-
click on it and just say Add to Path.
| | 01:32 | And I'll go back out to the Home View
so I can get a nice view of everything,
| | 01:36 | and I will give it to an angle here.
And now everything has kind of swirls
| | 01:40 | around right to the logo.
| | 01:42 | Now, everything is pretty
much set up how I want it.
| | 01:44 | Yours is going to look a little
different, especially if you took my advice and
| | 01:47 | added elements to your own. Let's preview.
| | 01:50 | We'll go to Present.
| | 01:51 | And as you can see, I'll advance
through my path using the right arrow key.
| | 01:57 | It just kind of randomly zooms and
pans around since I haven't really paid
| | 02:01 | much attention to my path yet.
| | 02:03 | I'll hit Escappe to get back to the Editor.
| | 02:06 | Now, over here on the left, in the Path
panel, you can see that I have a bunch of
| | 02:11 | frames, and you can scroll through
all of the frames that are there.
| | 02:14 | Click on the Edit Path button.
| | 02:16 | And if we zoom out using the Home button,
the path is visible here on the canvas.
| | 02:21 | I can drag and drop these frames around
to rearrange them, and my path changes.
| | 02:26 | And I can even add new frames to my
path by mousing over a portion of the path
| | 02:31 | and grabbing this plus icon.
| | 02:33 | And when I get to an element that I
want to add, I just drop that plus, and it
| | 02:38 | gets added right to my path.
| | 02:39 | In this way, I can add a frame, a
single object, or a group to my path.
| | 02:43 | Now, if your path is kind of like
mine, looking like spaghetti, you might
| | 02:47 | consider clearing the path entirely and
building it from scratch. Let's do it.
| | 02:51 | Just go to the bottom here and click
Clear All and all my frames disappear.
| | 02:56 | All the content stays there,
but my frames and my path is all gone.
| | 03:01 | And now, with Edit Path mode on here,
I can start clicking on items, and it will
| | 03:08 | add them to my path in order.
| | 03:10 | So, I want to go there first, just kind
of follow that wave, and then we'll jump
| | 03:15 | over here, back up to the org chart,
and the logo, and then our video.
| | 03:22 | Let's go ahead and present.
| | 03:24 | But, before you do, make sure
that you exit out of Edit Path mode.
| | 03:29 | Then we can present, using the right
arrow key to advance through the
| | 03:33 | presentation, and back home again.
| | 03:45 | So, we hit Escape to jump back.
| | 03:47 | Now, we have a prezi.
| | 03:48 | So now that we have these frames on
our path, we can drag them around to
| | 03:52 | rearrange the animation order if
there was something that we didn't like.
| | 03:56 | So, for example, I would like
to end on the no obstacles logo.
| | 04:00 | So, instead of having that be
second from last, I will make it last.
| | 04:07 | And instead of ending on the Home view,
the zoomed-out view, I will delete that path.
| | 04:13 | So, I will go to Edit Path.
| | 04:15 | I will delete that frame.
| | 04:16 | So I go to Edit Path and
remove that last path point
| | 04:19 | so we end right on the logo.
| | 04:21 | So, your paths can get pretty complex
by the time you're done with your prezi.
| | 04:24 | It's not uncommon for my prezis
to have fifty path points or more.
| | 04:28 | So, now you know how to use paths and
frames to get your presentation moving.
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8. Using Advanced FeaturesAutoplaying the presentation| 00:00 | Sometimes you'll want to set up your
prezi to play automatically, without the
| | 00:03 | need for interaction to
move through the animation.
| | 00:06 | This is good for applications such as
kiosks or other unattended presentations.
| | 00:11 | Prezi offers an Autoplay function,
but it does have its limitations.
| | 00:16 | What can't Autoplay do?
| | 00:17 | It can't determine individual timing
for slides, and as of the date of this
| | 00:22 | recording, it won't work
with voiceovers or with video.
| | 00:25 | In our example prezi here, I went
ahead and added the voiceover back into my
| | 00:29 | frame, here on my path.
| | 00:31 | So, let's take a look when I present.
| | 00:33 | And normally, there is a little icon
down here for Autoplay, and because I have
| | 00:38 | a voiceover in my prezi,
it just doesn't appear.
| | 00:41 | So let's switch over to this new prezi
that I created, so I can demonstrate what
| | 00:45 | Autoplay looks like. I'll click Present.
| | 00:48 | And in this one, you can see there's
a little icon down here for Autoplay.
| | 00:52 | And when I click on it,
you have different options:
| | 00:54 | 4 seconds, 10 seconds, or 20-second intervals.
| | 00:56 | I'll set it to 4 seconds, and Prezi
steps through my animation on its own.
| | 01:02 | Now remember, it moves on after 4
seconds no matter how much content is on that
| | 01:06 | frame, so it's not very flexible.
| | 01:08 | And when Prezi reaches the
last frame, it will start over.
| | 01:13 | If you're determined to autoplay your
prezi and a set time on each frame won't
| | 01:17 | work for you, you're in luck.
| | 01:19 | There are a couple of solutions.
| | 01:20 | There's a utility that you can purchase
from a company called SlideDynamic that
| | 01:24 | will give you more control
over your autoplaying prezis.
| | 01:27 | Getting this utility configured is
beyond the scope of this course, but I wanted
| | 01:31 | you to know about it, because it can
be a fantastic solution for autoplaying
| | 01:34 | prezis at tradeshow booths or
point-of-sale kiosks, places like that.
| | 01:39 | Another solution would be to do a
video screen capture of your presentation.
| | 01:43 | You could use software such as
Camtasia or ScreenFlow to record the screen, and
| | 01:48 | even your voice if you like,
as you give the presentation.
| | 01:51 | Then you could upload the video to a
video sharing site such as YouTube or Vimeo,
| | 01:55 | or even copy the video file to a
USB stick, and share it that way.
| | 01:59 | So while Autoplay is a nice feature to
have, it's good to know its limitations
| | 02:04 | and consider other solutions.
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| Adding frame animations| 00:00 | In addition to panning and zooming in
Prezi, you can set up objects to fade in
| | 00:04 | in a set sequence within a frame.
| | 00:06 | This is similar to slide builds you may be
familiar with in PowerPoint and Keynote.
| | 00:11 | I use frame animations a lot.
| | 00:12 | They help to keep the overall view of
your prezi free of clutter, and they give
| | 00:16 | you greater control over how you
reveal objects and information.
| | 00:19 | They're especially helpful when using
Flash animations, as you'll see, since those
| | 00:24 | animations loop endlessly, and you can
use frame animations to hide them until
| | 00:29 | you're ready to show them.
| | 00:30 | Unlike PowerPoint or Keynote,
you currently only have one animation style to
| | 00:34 | choose from in Prezi: the fade-in.
| | 00:37 | When you add a frame animation to an
object, it won't be visible in Present mode
| | 00:41 | until you've reached that frame and fade it in.
| | 00:43 | After it appears, it stays visible
for the rest of your presentation.
| | 00:47 | Let's add a frame
animation to our example prezi.
| | 00:51 | Here we are in the Editor, and let's
select a frame that needs animating.
| | 00:54 | I think this org chart here
needs a little bit of life,
| | 00:58 | so let's click on that.
| | 00:59 | Now, if you want items to appear at the
same time, you would group them before
| | 01:04 | setting up the animation.
| | 01:05 | So, let's group some of these items.
| | 01:07 | The Type and then Shift+Select the
frame it's in and click the little
| | 01:12 | lock there to group those together, and I
want to also rotate this guy to match Clothing.
| | 01:18 | There we go!
| | 01:20 | And clean up our arrows a little bit
while we're at it, so they're equal. Okay.
| | 01:24 | Now, we can add animations.
| | 01:26 | We'll right-click on the frame over
here in the Path Editor and choose
| | 01:30 | Animate Frame Contents.
| | 01:32 | The Animation window opens, isolating
our frame, and now we just go through and
| | 01:37 | click on the elements that we want to fade in,
in the order that we want them to appear.
| | 01:42 | So, let's first do the arrow. Then clothing
appears, then this arrow, then Home appears.
| | 01:49 | You can preview your animations
by clicking the play button here in
| | 01:52 | the Animation window.
| | 01:54 | If you like that animation, you can click Done.
| | 01:56 | If you don't, there are a
couple of things you can do.
| | 01:59 | You can remove one from the path here.
Just mouse over the number and a red X will appear.
| | 02:03 | You can click on that and it removes
it from the path, and we can click on it
| | 02:07 | again to add it back, or you can
remove all animations by clicking the Reset
| | 02:10 | button here in the upper left.
There's one thing to note:
| | 02:15 | there's currently no way to
change the order of the elements.
| | 02:17 | You just have to reset them and start over.
So, I think this is good.
| | 02:21 | We can click done, and now let's
present to see this animation in action.
| | 02:25 | As we advance through the prezi,
we can reveal the various items.
| | 02:29 | So, let's exit out of the Present mode.
| | 02:32 | There's one more thing that I want to
animate, and that is our Flash animation here,
| | 02:38 | our arrow that's infinitely pointing.
| | 02:40 | It's kind of distracting when
we look back at the larger view.
| | 02:44 | You can sort of barely see it in there.
| | 02:45 | But as we pan around, it's pretty distracting.
| | 02:49 | So, let's animate that.
| | 02:50 | We'll click on the frame over here in
the Path menu, then right-click to Animate
| | 02:54 | Frame Contents, and we'll have the words
appear, and then have the arrow appear.
| | 03:00 | And let's take a look at that.
| | 03:01 | So, as you can see, frame animations
give you much more fine-tuned control over
| | 03:08 | your reveals, helping you sequence
your story even more effectively.
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9. Real-Time SharingEditing with others in Prezi Meeting| 00:00 | Yet another unique feature of Prezi
is the ability to have up to ten people
| | 00:04 | working on a prezi together at the same time.
| | 00:06 | This is great because each person can
be working on their own part of the prezi
| | 00:10 | and everyone can see the updates,
whether they are across the desk or around the
| | 00:14 | world, all in real time.
| | 00:16 | To start a Prezi meeting
you need to invite others.
| | 00:19 | You can do this within the Prezi Editor
under the Sharing menu in the upper-right.
| | 00:23 | This little people icon.
| | 00:24 | You click on that and chose Invite to Edit.
| | 00:27 | You'll automatically go into
Presentation mode and a pop-up window will give you
| | 00:31 | unique link to share with your team members.
| | 00:34 | This URL will only be valid for one week,
| | 00:37 | so keep that in mind if you're
collaborating on a longer-term project.
| | 00:40 | When the link expires you can
generate and share a new one.
| | 00:43 | So click Copy Link and the
link is copied to your clipboard.
| | 00:47 | Now you can go and paste it
into an email or send via chat.
| | 00:50 | So your colleague opens the URL,
the prezi will open in Presentation mode.
| | 00:55 | To start editing, hit the Escape key on
the keyboard or the X in the right-top
| | 00:59 | corner of the screen and they will be back
in editing mode and ready to get to work.
| | 01:04 | Now, you'll see an avatar for anyone
else who is in this prezi editing.
| | 01:07 | We could see Tom is here now.
| | 01:09 | I'm going to rearrange the order of these
two frames while Tom does something else.
| | 01:14 | I decided I'd like the mission statement first.
| | 01:20 | So I see Tom just resized the video, but I
think it's a little bit too close to my logo,
| | 01:30 | so I'm going to grab it and move it down a
little bit and get it positioned the way I like it.
| | 01:36 | I agree that it should be a little bit
bigger, but maybe not quite that big.
| | 01:38 | So let's move it into place, click off
of it, and it should be resized for him,
| | 01:44 | and now we've worked together on a prezi.
| | 01:46 | Now, as you can tell, any changes made will
be visible to everyone editing the prezi.
| | 01:51 | As the creator of the prezi you're
still the owner, and people you share it with
| | 01:55 | are considered coeditors.
| | 01:57 | They can edit, rename, and share
the prezi, but they can't delete it.
| | 02:00 | Here are some tips for using Prezi meeting.
| | 02:03 | Be sure to work on separate areas of the
prezi so you don't overwrite each other's work.
| | 02:07 | If you are working on related parts of
the prezi, it can be very helpful to talk
| | 02:11 | your collaborators while you're working,
| | 02:13 | so I suggest using a secondary
service such as Skype or Google Chat or
| | 02:17 | just a plain phone call.
| | 02:18 | Make periodic backups of your
prezi by downloading an editable copy.
| | 02:22 | I always do this in case we decide to
go back to a previous layout or path,
| | 02:26 | or if one of my collaborators
messes something up. It happens.
| | 02:29 | You can also initiate a Prezi meeting
session from the Prezi preview page on Prezi.com.
| | 02:35 | Below your Prezi preview, click the
share button and then click on the Editing
| | 02:39 | tab, and you can click Copy to copy it to your
clipboard and share that link with your team.
| | 02:45 | You can even send an email with
the link right from this interface.
| | 02:48 | If you ever need to revoke access,
you can reset the link immediately, right
| | 02:52 | here in the Editing tab.
| | 02:53 | Prezi meeting can be a great way to
get input from a team or brainstorm
| | 02:57 | together on a virtual whiteboard, making
you feel like you're all together in a
| | 03:01 | common workspace.
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| Presenting remotely| 00:00 | Prezi meeting is a great way to
collaborate remotely, but what if you just want
| | 00:04 | to present remotely to a client or
to a small audiencem and what of your
| | 00:07 | business partner wants to help you present, but
she's in San Francisco and you are in New York?
| | 00:11 | It's all possible in Prezi. Here's how.
| | 00:14 | From right here in the online editor, in
Edit mode, click the Share icon up here
| | 00:20 | in the right and choose
Start online presentation.
| | 00:23 | You will go into Presentation mode
automatically, and this pop-up window will
| | 00:26 | appear with a link that you
can share with your audience.
| | 00:29 | You can present live online to
up to nine other people at once.
| | 00:33 | Note that this link will expire ten
minutes after you've finished your
| | 00:36 | presentation and closed the prezi.
| | 00:38 | If you'd like to copresent with
the colleague, you can do that too.
| | 00:41 | You can X out of this window here.
| | 00:43 | You can see, down here at the bottom, Tom is
already here with me and I am presenting.
| | 00:48 | You can seamlessly hand off the
presentation to a colleague at any time.
| | 00:53 | I can click on Tom's avatar
and a little bubble pops up.
| | 00:57 | I can choose to Hand Over Presentation.
| | 00:59 | I'll click on that, and Tom's icon gets a
little bigger, and it gets the podium in
| | 01:04 | front of him and he is now presenting.
| | 01:06 | So he's actually running this presentation,
and he can hand it back to me at any time.
| | 01:11 | Now the podium appears in my
preview here and I'm presenting again.
| | 01:15 | (video playing)
(female speaker: At No Obstacles, Inc., we strive to support lives.)
| | 01:21 | Like Prezi meeting, you'll probably want
to have some other communication service
| | 01:24 | in place to give context your presentation.
| | 01:27 | Skype, Google Chat, or even an old-
school conference call would be a great
| | 01:30 | addition to a remote prezi.
| | 01:33 | Real-time remote presenting is a real
killer feature in Prezi, allowing you and
| | 01:37 | your copresenters to tell
your story wherever you are.
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10. PublishingPublishing your prezi| 00:00 | In this chapter I'm going to introduce
you to the various ways you can share
| | 00:04 | your fabulous prezi with the world.
| | 00:06 | Here's an overview.
| | 00:07 | The first is to publish on prezi.com.
| | 00:09 | You can also embed it into a blog or
website or create a standalone file that
| | 00:14 | you can present offline or share directly.
| | 00:17 | There are benefits to each.
| | 00:18 | Publishing on prezi.com is a way to
easily host your prezi so you can share with
| | 00:23 | the world, get it indexed by
Google, and embedded on other sites.
| | 00:26 | It also makes it searchable by over
fifteen million prezi members, giving your
| | 00:31 | presentation a lot of exposure.
| | 00:33 | Members can comment on it and you can
get valuable feedback and hopefully praise.
| | 00:37 | From there you can embed your prezi
right in your own blog or website.
| | 00:41 | The prezi's hosted on Prezi.com, but
you get to feature it in any way you like.
| | 00:45 | Or if you want to share the
old-fashioned way, you can create a standalone
| | 00:49 | portable prezi file.
| | 00:50 | That file can be shared via email or old-
fashioned sneakernet, putting on a thumb
| | 00:55 | drive or a CD and passing it around.
| | 00:57 | Now I should acknowledge that sometimes
you have a prezi that you don't want to
| | 01:01 | share with the world.
| | 01:02 | In that case, you can publish it on
prezi.com but set that permissions to
| | 01:06 | private, and we'll talk about that
more in depth later in this chapter.
| | 01:10 | There is the fourth way to publish
that didn't make the main list because
| | 01:13 | it's pretty specialized:
printing your prezi.
| | 01:16 | You can print to a PDF file where
each point in your path becomes a page.
| | 01:20 | This can be useful if you need to have
handouts or if you need to communicate
| | 01:24 | with some people who may not
have Flash Player installed.
| | 01:27 | It can also be used if you're used to
having speaker notes like you do with
| | 01:30 | traditional presentation
programs such as PowerPoint.
| | 01:33 | You can print out the PDF and write
the notes for yourself at each path point.
| | 01:37 | Here's a tip when publishing your
Prezi online rather than giving it live:
| | 01:41 | you're not there speaking,
so meaning and context can be lost.
| | 01:45 | You may want to consider making an
online version of your presentation, adding
| | 01:49 | voiceovers to your frames or adding
some additional notes within the frames to
| | 01:52 | flesh out your points.
| | 01:53 | So now let's take a closer look at each
of the three main publishing methods, and
| | 01:58 | I'll walk you through each step by step.
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| Configuring privacy settings| 00:00 | Sometimes you may have a prezi
that contains sensitive or confidential
| | 00:03 | information, and you only
want to share it internally.
| | 00:06 | Or you want to wait to share your
prezi until it's actually finished.
| | 00:10 | If you're a paid Prezi user, you have
access to privacy settings that allow
| | 00:13 | you to limit access.
| | 00:14 | There are three levels of privacy in
Prezi available to users with Enjoy and Pro
| | 00:19 | accounts: Public and
Reusable, Public, and Private.
| | 00:23 | Public and Reusable is the
most open of the choices.
| | 00:26 | This means that you have shared the
prezi with the world on prezi.com and that
| | 00:30 | anyone can make a copy of your
presentation and use it as a basis for their own.
| | 00:34 | Your original prezi won't be touched.
| | 00:36 | People can only make
copies and edit their own copy.
| | 00:40 | This option is great if you want to
create templates or share elements such as
| | 00:44 | sound effects, animations, or
artwork that are inside the prezi.
| | 00:48 | Public allows anyone to see your prezi,
but they cannot reuse or edit it.
| | 00:53 | Private limits access to only those
people that you share the link with.
| | 00:57 | It's not searchable on
prezi.com or indexed by Google.
| | 01:01 | If you ever want to revoke that
private access, you can reset the link.
| | 01:05 | If you're using the free account, you
should know that your prezis are all going
| | 01:08 | to be set to public. They will also
be set to allow reuse by default.
| | 01:12 | That means that anyone can make a copy
of your prezi and alter it in any way
| | 01:16 | they like and publish it again.
| | 01:18 | You can turn Reuse off, but you have to
upgrade if you want to make them private.
| | 01:22 | Let's jump over and take a
look at those Privacy options.
| | 01:26 | Here we are, on that your Prezis page
on prezis.com, and let's edit the Privacy
| | 01:31 | settings on this prezi.
| | 01:32 | So I just click on the name and that
takes us to the page for this prezi.
| | 01:37 | If I scroll down, here you can
see there's a button indicating the
| | 01:40 | current privacy setting.
| | 01:42 | In this case the prezi is set to Private.
| | 01:44 | Click on this button and
you're presented with your options.
| | 01:47 | You can set it to the Privacy
level you want and click Close.
| | 01:50 | So we'll make this Public
and Reusable and click Close.
| | 01:53 | If we scroll back down, you could
see the permissions say Allow copy.
| | 01:57 | So, as of now, there are no options to
share with only a small group of people or
| | 02:02 | to revoke access to just one person.
| | 02:04 | If you want to block someone from
accessing your prezi that you'd given
| | 02:07 | permission to previously, you'll have
to reset everyone's links and then resend
| | 02:11 | only to those who you still want to share with.
| | 02:14 | This can be a pain, especially if you
want to share with everyone in your group
| | 02:17 | or company, but not publicly.
| | 02:19 | So keep in eye out for improvements in
privacy management in future versions
| | 02:23 | of Prezi.
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| Embedding a prezi in a web site| 00:00 | While hosting and sharing prezis on
prezi.com can get you some exposure,
| | 00:04 | especially if you've
created a mind-blowing prezi,
| | 00:06 | another great way to share your
prezi is by embedding it right into your
| | 00:10 | own website or blog.
| | 00:11 | Embedding a prezi works just like
embedding a YouTube video would.
| | 00:14 | In that case, YouTube gives
you a block of embed code,
| | 00:18 | you copy and paste it into the HTML of
your site or the body of your blog post,
| | 00:23 | and the video player appears on your page.
| | 00:25 | Prezi works the same way.
| | 00:27 | To embed a prezi you don't need to
upload the prezi itself to your site.
| | 00:31 | It's actually still hosted on prezi.com.
| | 00:33 | To grab that small bit of HTML, start
at the Your Prezis page on prezi.com.
| | 00:38 | Select the prezi you want to embed by
clicking on it, then click the Share button.
| | 00:43 | It scrolls us down and opens up this
new panel. Click on the Embed tab and here
| | 00:48 | you can set the width and height of
your prezi to best fit on your site.
| | 00:51 | This setting is totally up to you
depending on the dimensions of your site.
| | 00:54 | If you're not sure about the
dimensions, just use the default.
| | 00:57 | You can always edit it later to fit just right.
| | 01:00 | Next, you can decide how you want your
site visitors to interact with your prezi.
| | 01:03 | You can let them pan and zoom around
freely or you can constrain them to your
| | 01:07 | path points, walking them
through the prezi in a set sequence.
| | 01:10 | I'll choose that option.
| | 01:12 | Once you have made your choices,
click Copy Code to Clipboard.
| | 01:16 | Now you can paste the code
into your web page or blog.
| | 01:19 | One note about blogs and embed code:
| | 01:21 | some blogging platforms, such as
WordPress, don't like it when you try to enter
| | 01:25 | code into a blog post.
| | 01:26 | It will strip out some of the
characters, breaking your code.
| | 01:29 | Most major blogging platforms will have
a plugin to allow Flash embed code or
| | 01:33 | even specifically Prezi embed code.
| | 01:35 | WordPress does have a Prezi plugin available.
| | 01:38 | So here is a prezi
embedded in my WordPress blog.
| | 01:41 | As you can see, embedded prezis can have
very simple navigation so that visitors
| | 01:46 | can easily click through them without
having to know how to use Prezi. That's it.
| | 01:50 | Another great way to share
your prezis with the world.
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| Downloading a portable prezi| 00:00 | Prezi is mainly an online editing
and presenting tool, but there are many
| | 00:03 | occasions when you're going to
want to access your prezis offline.
| | 00:07 | For example, when you want to back
up your presentation, which I highly
| | 00:10 | recommend doing often or to edit or to
present offline or to just archive your
| | 00:16 | prezi when you're done working on it.
| | 00:17 | Let me show you how it's done.
| | 00:19 | Here we are, with a prezi selected from
our Your Prezis page. And if we scroll
| | 00:24 | down to our options, we can click
on the button that says Download.
| | 00:27 | Here you have two choices.
| | 00:29 | You can download a portable prezi that
you can use to present offline without an
| | 00:34 | Internet connection or to
share with anyone via email.
| | 00:38 | You can also share it via CD or
thumb drive however you like.
| | 00:42 | It's an actual file.
| | 00:43 | Portable prezis are not editable.
| | 00:44 | This will be a standalone executable
file that can be opened and played by
| | 00:49 | anyone with or without an Internet connection.
| | 00:51 | They don't need to have a prezi account.
| | 00:53 | So let's download one and take a look.
| | 00:55 | Just have that item
selected and choose download.
| | 00:58 | So it's creating a
downloadable prezi right now for us.
| | 01:02 | This takes a minute.
| | 01:03 | Once it's ready, we're prompted to
click this link to download the file and
| | 01:07 | depending on the size of your
prezi, it could take a little while.
| | 01:11 | Once that download is done, I can find it.
| | 01:14 | In my case, it's in my Downloads folder.
And you'll see that it's a ZIP archive.
| | 01:19 | You will have to unzip it and then
double-click to open and run the prezi.
| | 01:22 | Let's double-click to open up this ZIP,
and looking inside the folder you can
| | 01:26 | see that there's an EXE which plays on PC
and this Prezi executable which plays on Mac.
| | 01:33 | Now, don't edit anything in your content folder.
| | 01:36 | This is all the data in your prezi.
| | 01:37 | When sending your portable prezi to
others be sure to send the entire ZIP file
| | 01:41 | since the stuff in this
folder is needed by prezi to run.
| | 01:44 | If any parts are missing,
it won't display at all.
| | 01:47 | Let's double-click on this, and we'll
click open, and here is a standalone prezi.
| | 01:52 | Now let's go back to the download menu
for our prezi and download an editable
| | 01:57 | version of our prezi.
| | 01:58 | Back in Chrome here we can X out this
window and choose Download for Prezi
| | 02:02 | Desktop, and of course you do have to be a
Pro user to have access to the Prezi desktop.
| | 02:07 | So we will click Download and
again it packages our prezi for us.
| | 02:11 | Again, we're prompted to click the
link to download, and back here in my
| | 02:15 | Downloads folder you can see
that it has downloaded a PEZ file.
| | 02:19 | You can edit this PEZ file offline
as well as present to offline from the
| | 02:23 | Prezi desktop software.
| | 02:25 | If you have Prezi desktop installed,
you can just double-click on this PEZ file
| | 02:29 | to launch the desktop and open the PEZ file.
| | 02:31 | Now once you have your prezi files
downloaded, you're ready to present online
| | 02:35 | or offline.
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11. PresentingApproaches to presenting| 00:00 | Once you've finished your Prezi
masterpiece, it's time to share it the world.
| | 00:03 | You can choose to present
your prezi online or offline.
| | 00:06 | Let's look in each of your options,
along with some recommendations, and I'll
| | 00:11 | cover each of these options
in depth in upcoming lessons.
| | 00:13 | Your first option is online on prezi.com.
| | 00:18 | This works well if you're presenting
to an audience using a projector or just
| | 00:22 | one-on-one with someone on your laptop.
| | 00:23 | As I mentioned earlier in the course
when I showed you how to set up Prezi
| | 00:27 | meetings, you can also present remotely.
| | 00:29 | You control the presentation, but people are
watching on their computers over the Internet.
| | 00:34 | Of course, you'll want to be sure
you're on a reliable Internet connection when
| | 00:37 | presenting live from prezi.com.
| | 00:39 | To avoid this issue, you can present offline.
| | 00:41 | There are two ways to do this: in Prezi
desktop software or as a standalone prezi.
| | 00:47 | This is an executable file that
contains your prezi and all of its assets.
| | 00:50 | I showed you how to download
each of these in a previous lesson.
| | 00:54 | Either way, you can present your
prezi without an Internet connection.
| | 00:57 | Now for some best practices.
| | 00:59 | For live presentations, I recommend that
you present your prezi from a file, not in
| | 01:03 | the browser, whenever possible.
| | 01:05 | While online prezis are a great
way to share after the talk, I found
| | 01:09 | that running a prezi locally gives
you more reliable performance and
| | 01:12 | smoother navigation.
| | 01:13 | That being said, if you have YouTube
videos embedded, you will also need to be
| | 01:18 | sure that you have a decent Internet
connection as well so can load that
| | 01:21 | video from youtube.com.
| | 01:23 | But at least you'll only need it for the video.
| | 01:25 | The rest of your
presentation will be running locally.
| | 01:27 | Personally, I like to present in
the Prezi desktop software rather than
| | 01:30 | an executable file.
| | 01:32 | That way I can always switch over to the
editor to make last-minute tweaks if I need to.
| | 01:36 | Here's a tip for speakers:
| | 01:38 | it's always a good idea to make an
offline copy of your prezi before the talk.
| | 01:41 | I've spoken at dozens of venues and I
can tell you maybe one or two of them
| | 01:45 | actually had a reliable dedicated
Internet connection for the speakers.
| | 01:49 | If you're presenting to a group, you'll
likely be using a projector to show your prezi.
| | 01:53 | Here are a couple of things to
keep in mind for the best quality.
| | 01:56 | Most projectors have 4:3 aspect
ratio for the projected image,
| | 02:00 | so you'll want to plan ahead for this
and optimize your content for that size, as
| | 02:04 | I've talked about earlier in the course.
| | 02:06 | Once you're projecting your prezi,
you'll want to switch to full-screen mode to
| | 02:09 | make sure that your audience gets
the full immersive Prezi experience.
| | 02:14 | Prezi desktop now has some advanced
features for presenting on a projector, and
| | 02:18 | I'll cover those a little later.
| | 02:20 | Now let's take a moment to
talk about presentation methods.
| | 02:23 | How do you want to
navigate your Prezi as you talk?
| | 02:26 | There are two approaches.
| | 02:27 | The obvious approach is to set up an
animation path and follow it. Using the
| | 02:31 | arrow keys or the right/left arrows or
the bottom left, you advance forward and
| | 02:36 | back along your
presentation path as you present.
| | 02:38 | This is the most structured and
predictable way to navigate your prezi, and it's
| | 02:42 | the method most Prezi
presenters are comfortable with.
| | 02:44 | The second method of presenting is
to do it in a more fluid way, using the
| | 02:50 | Smart Zoom feature.
| | 02:51 | This lets you navigate around as
needed to illustrate your points as you talk
| | 02:54 | rather than strictly following preset path.
| | 02:57 | I'll cover Smart Zoom in an upcoming lesson.
| | 02:59 | The more you use Prezi the
better you'll get at navigating,
| | 03:02 | so be sure to rehearse plenty
before you go take the stage.
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| Presenting from a browser| 00:00 | You can present prezis that are
hosted on prezi.com right in your browser.
| | 00:05 | There are a couple of gotchas that may
crop up if you present this way though.
| | 00:09 | If you're presenting from a projector,
your screen resolution may change
| | 00:11 | when you plug it in.
| | 00:13 | Make sure you make your browser window
smaller before you plug in the projector,
| | 00:16 | then go to full screen after
your screen resolution readjusts.
| | 00:20 | That way you're not fumbling for
controls that may have been redrawn beyond the
| | 00:23 | edges of your display.
| | 00:24 | Now, when you're presenting in the browser,
you're using Flash Player's Full Screen mode.
| | 00:29 | You can see this here, this
black bar at the top of the screen.
| | 00:32 | You can say Allow and it disappears,
but only until you mouse over the top
| | 00:37 | of your window again.
| | 00:38 | For security reasons, Flash
disables most keyboard input when you're in
| | 00:41 | Full Screen mode, and this means that many of
Prezi's keyboard shortcuts aren't available.
| | 00:46 | If your browser has a Full Screen mode,
called Presentation mode in Chrome, you
| | 00:50 | may want to try to use that instead.
| | 00:53 | To do so, you first open the prezi in
the editor, click Present, minimize the
| | 00:58 | presentation so it's not using Flash
Full Screen mode, then switch the browser
| | 01:02 | to Presentation mode.
| | 01:03 | Presenting Prezi from within the
browser is a good to way to quickly show off
| | 01:07 | your prezi or to present to
remote audiences in real time.
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| Portable prezis| 00:00 | Earlier in the course, I showed
you how to download a portable prezi.
| | 00:03 | If you followed along, you have
one downloaded to your hard drive.
| | 00:06 | You can use this file to present where
you don't have reliable access to the
| | 00:09 | Internet, like on an airplane
or at a crowded conference.
| | 00:13 | This file is not editable and
requires that you keep it with the contents
| | 00:17 | folder or it won't run.
| | 00:18 | It includes a Mac version and a PC version.
| | 00:21 | I'm on a Mac, so I'll double-
click on this one called simply Prezi.
| | 00:25 | Now, I should mention actually that
every portable prezi has the same name;
| | 00:30 | just the enclosing folder name is
unique, so you may want to change the
| | 00:33 | prezi file name to the name of your project
to be able to keep track of multiple prezis.
| | 00:38 | So, I'll double-click and it
opens in this small window.
| | 00:41 | Once it's loaded, you can click on this Full
Screen icon and it goes into Full Screen mode.
| | 00:46 | This is native full screen mode so you
don't have to worry about that gray bar
| | 00:50 | that appears at the top
like you do in the browser.
| | 00:52 | Otherwise, all of the controls are the
same as in the browser. Plus if you're a
| | 00:56 | power user, you have the
use of keyboard shortcuts.
| | 01:00 | To exit full screen, mouse over the
bottom-right corner, click Full Screen again,
| | 01:05 | or you can press Escape on your keyboard.
| | 01:07 | Portable prezis are great for
presenting a polished, complete presentation, and
| | 01:11 | for distributing to viewers.
| | 01:12 | The controls are intuitive, so they
don't need to know how to use Prezi.
| | 01:16 | Just tell them to use their arrow
keys to navigate and immerse themselves
| | 01:19 | in your story.
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| Presenting from the desktop| 00:00 | As I've mentioned, presenting from Prezi
desktop is my preferred way to present.
| | 00:05 | I like it because you get all of the
benefits of a portable prezi, but you can
| | 00:09 | edit it if you need last-minute tweaks,
and you don't need to be online to do it.
| | 00:14 | In versions 4.0 and later, it has some
extra features for presenters that can
| | 00:17 | really come in handy.
| | 00:18 | You do need to have a Pro level account to
use Prezi desktop after the 30-day free trial.
| | 00:24 | Prezi Desktop Present mode behaves the
same way as the portable prezi does, with
| | 00:28 | native Full Screen mode.
| | 00:29 | So, all of the keyboard shortcuts are available.
| | 00:32 | Here is where Prezi
desktop earns its license fee.
| | 00:35 | It has a feature called Presenter view, which
lets you use two monitors during a presentation.
| | 00:40 | So, your laptop can show the editor, as
you see here, and the second screen could
| | 00:44 | be a projector, which will show the canvas only.
| | 00:47 | To enable Presenter view, make sure the
option is checked under Settings in the
| | 00:51 | Prezi Desktop menu bar, here
at the very top of the screen.
| | 00:55 | Then plug in your second monitor
or a projector and click Present.
| | 01:00 | Prezi will automatically detect your
primary and presenter screens and show the
| | 01:04 | correct view on each.
| | 01:06 | If it gets them switched, you can click the
Swap Displays button to get the correct view.
| | 01:13 | As a presenter, you can pan and zoom
in the editor on your screen, dragging
| | 01:17 | around, clicking on frames,
and jumping back home.
| | 01:21 | The audience will see the view change on
the projector, but they won't see your cursor.
| | 01:25 | So, switching back to the editor,
you can see that you have a handy timer here
| | 01:29 | at the top of your editor window
so you can see the elapsed time.
| | 01:33 | And then to exit Presenter view,
just click the X or press Escape.
| | 01:37 | Presenter view is one more feature that
makes it easy for you to transition from
| | 01:41 | PowerPoint or Keynote to Prezi.
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| Using Smart Zoom| 00:00 | Prezi's Smart Zooming feature lets you
present in a freeform way, rather than
| | 00:04 | constraining you to a path.
| | 00:06 | In this method of presenting, Prezi is
used as more of an interactive visual aid.
| | 00:11 | As you move through your points,
you can click on items to zoom in on them.
| | 00:14 | Prezi will find the best possible view
of the object, centering it and rotating
| | 00:17 | it to its orientation.
Click on the background again to zoom back out.
| | 00:22 | You can pan from one area to another
just by clicking and dragging the canvas,
| | 00:25 | just as you do in the editor.
| | 00:27 | You can also use the up and down arrow
keys on your keyboard to zoom in and out.
| | 00:31 | If you're on a frame that's nested
inside of, or slightly overlapping, another
| | 00:35 | frame, pressing the down key will zoom
out to the closest frame that's larger
| | 00:39 | than the one in focus.
| | 00:40 | Pressing Ctrl+Spacebar will zoom
you out to show the entire canvas.
| | 00:44 | You can switch to this type of
presenting at any time, even if you've built a path.
| | 00:49 | Here's how. Say someone asked you question about a
specific topic that you had covered a while back.
| | 00:55 | You can zoom out to the full canvas, then
click on the element you want to discuss.
| | 00:59 | Then, if you want to start following
your path from there, you can use the arrow
| | 01:03 | keys, and to jump back to where you were,
just zoom out again, click on the place
| | 01:08 | you had left off, and resume your path again.
| | 01:10 | Now, to use this method effectively,
you really need to know your material
| | 01:14 | inside and out and be comfortable with
Prezi, but I've seen it done well and
| | 01:17 | it's really when Prezi shines, allowing
you to respond in real time to audience
| | 01:21 | comments or questions or
reiterate points on the fly.
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ConclusionNext steps| 00:00 | When you're ready to dive even
deeper into Prezi, there are plenty of
| | 00:03 | resources to guide you.
| | 00:05 | A great place to start is with the Prezi forums.
| | 00:07 | There's a lively online community on
prezi.com forums and Prezi employees
| | 00:11 | are active there too.
| | 00:12 | There's an official Prezi page on
Facebook with over 100,000 members, and you can
| | 00:17 | find them on Twitter as well, @prezi.
| | 00:20 | Since the application changes often,
check the Help menu in the Prezi interface.
| | 00:25 | News about new features will usually
appear here. And of course this course
| | 00:29 | will be updated on a regular basis with
new features and more tips and tricks,
| | 00:33 | so be sure to submit your feedback and
requests and I'll try to include them in
| | 00:36 | the next course update.
| | 00:37 | Thank you for taking this course.
| | 00:39 | I hope it got you oriented to the world
of Prezi and gave you a new perspective
| | 00:43 | on presenting and storytelling.
| | 00:45 | Happy zooming!
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