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Eye Flow in Presentation Design: 9 Ways to Incorporate Eye Movement in Design
“What does the human eye look at first on a page” asked many a curious designer, more so a web designer. As presenters, have we ever asked the same? Why not? We need to be curious about our audiences’ reading behavior too. Don’t we want our slides to be read and seen the way we […]Anuj Malhotra September 13 2023 -
Typography in PowerPoint: Replace Letters With Icons for Creative Presentation Cover Slides
Like we said in our last post on typography tips, text is often sidelined in a presentation. Whenever we think about creating beautiful slides that audience will love, we think about making it more visual. We even spend a few dollars to get the best image for our slide. Nothing wrong in that, we do […]Anuj Malhotra January 3 2019 -
How to Turn Ugly Charts That Make No Sense Into Simple, Clean Visual Stories
“Above all else show the data.” ― Edward R. Tufte, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information This pioneer in the field of Data Visualization loves data. He strongly believes, “To clarify, *add* data.” Some unfortunately believe in the exact opposite- To confuse the audience even more, add data (read ugly charts and graphs). […]Anuj Malhotra March 21 2018 -
3 Design Hacks to Make Images Bleed in Your Presentation
The first advice that any professional designer gives for creating captivating slides is to use images. They are absolutely right in saying so. Firstly, because we are visual learners and empirical evidence shows that images are remembered more than text. Secondly, visuals add aesthetic value to a slide- add color, characters, and personalize an otherwise […]Anuj Malhotra June 5 2023 -
Rule of Thirds: Create Elegant Presentation Slides Using this Composition Technique
Unless you are a photographer, chances are that you may be unaware of the composition technique called the Rule of Thirds. It’s a big deal in the photography world. Anybody enrolled in a design school or photography course will learn this rule at the outset and perhaps create all artistic work based on this principle. […]Anuj Malhotra March 22 2018 -
17 Presentation Design Trends to Look Out For in 2017
2017 is here. And it is going to be good, nay great, for presentations. Already by the end of 2016, presenters were expressing the desire to make their presentations better. They want their presentations to be visual, interesting and modern. What stopped them from doing that in 2016? The management pressure to conform to […]Anuj Malhotra April 6 2018 -
Master the Slide Master in PowerPoint in Just 5 Minutes (And How to Create Custom PowerPoint Template)
“You don’t know how to use Slide Master!” a shocked HR professional said when I revealed that I had never used the same. “It saves a lot of time,” she continued. “It kills creativity,” I argued (I remembered the boring to death HR presentations). What could be the harm in knowing how to use […]Anuj Malhotra March 22 2018 -
11 Typography Tweaks and Text Effects to Spice Up Your Presentation Content
“Words are all I have to take your heart away” “Lord Polonius: What do you read my Lord? Hamlet: Words, words, words.” Sorry for this cheesy opening. But the only intention behind pinching the line from Bee Gee’s song and Shakespeare’s play was to underscore the importance of words in our life. Words carry […]Anuj Malhotra March 22 2018 -
[Morph PowerPoint Tutorial] Beginner’s Guide to Using the Morph Transition in PowerPoint 2016
Morph (Verb): to gradually change one image into another, or combine them, using a computer program. Cambridge Dictionary Animation has never been this good in PowerPoint! Thanks to a new transition (yes, not an animation) effect introduced by Microsoft in PowerPoint 2016 called “Morph.” Using this transition, you can smoothly animate the movement of […]Anuj Malhotra April 6 2018 -
Complete Slide Makeover: Boring Bullet-Points to Sexy Slides
Can slides be sexy? What were you imagining when you read “sexy slides”? Some super hot model in bare essentials selling your product, or something else? Fashion presentations can have the luxury of making bold and sensational slides and yes, they would be sexy slides. But every slide can be sexy- marketing pitch, sales […]Anuj Malhotra March 22 2018