From the course: Design a Compelling Presentation
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Photos and illustrations
From the course: Design a Compelling Presentation
Photos and illustrations
- An illustration is good for showing things that a photo can't. A cut away drawing, for example, like this garden stream. You'll need to make it visible for those in back so zoom in. And you'll need to make it understandable, so guide your audience around with captions that build one at a time. Or you can just use your laser pointer. Drawings can be complex and still be understandable if you zoom in and guide your audience step by step. Photos are real life. There's almost no substitute. If you have a real product, show it. If you have a place, show it. If you're talking about people, show them. Nothing is better at this than a photo. If you use a photo as clip art or metaphor, take care that it doesn't look cheesy. We're very good at spotting fakes. Instead of this, use this. Photos are rectangles and therefore interact with the rectangular slides so place them carefully and intentionally in the middle of a slide or obviously off to one side. These photos leave phantom frames…
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