D.Joseph Design Posted June 28, 2004 Posted June 28, 2004 I have been asked to speak on presentation design at the upcoming Answers in Genesis Creation College in West Harrison, IN. My talk title will be "Making Your Presentations Zing!" I'll teach graphic design principles, eye candy skills, dos and don'ts of design, and more. I'm going all out on this design and using Apple Keynote to present for its advanced multimedia technologies and awesome transitions. The gears and globe were modeled in Animation:Master. The globe will slowly rotate in the Keynote version. Cover (JPEG) Quote
Ganthofer Posted June 28, 2004 Posted June 28, 2004 Very nice, only one question. What's with the conduit and wires hanging down in the upper left. If it's there to draw one's attention to it, it worked on me. Just seems a little out of place. Curiously Glenn Quote
modernhorse Posted June 29, 2004 Posted June 29, 2004 Very nice. This makes me want to attend your presentation. If I may be so bold, could the ZING be a bit larger? And perhaps a bit angular? Right now there's a bit of dead gray space where the Zing could fill in a bit more. btw - i ain't no design guy so take this with a grain of salt. Looks very sharp. Doug Quote
D.Joseph Design Posted June 29, 2004 Author Posted June 29, 2004 I appreciate your thoughts, Glenn. However, of the dozen or so in my office who have seen the slide, most saw the wires last (the first thing was always "Zing!"). So I'm not too worried about it. BTW, I uploaded an animation preview here (916 KB QT). Quote
Ganthofer Posted June 30, 2004 Posted June 30, 2004 The animated globe is great. It was probably the electronic/electro-mechanical side of my brain seeing something that needed to be fixed since that's been my occupation for the last 15 years. Quote
D.Joseph Design Posted June 30, 2004 Author Posted June 30, 2004 It was probably the electronic/electro-mechanical side of my brain seeing something that needed to be fixed since that's been my occupation for the last 15 years. Aah! Rule number 1: don't trust an engineer in matters of art. (Anyone thinking of that poor Chinese guy from American Idol? "Sha-bang"? That's the only episode I've ever seen.) Quote
OdinsEye2k Posted June 30, 2004 Posted June 30, 2004 And never trust an artist to draw anything metal correctly Shouldn't the conduit have the spare wires poking out of the top rather than the sides (if it's supposed to show a work in progress)? Or is the conduit slotted? In that case, I would add a little black gasket or two to ensure that those sharp edges don't strip out the wire. Quote
D.Joseph Design Posted June 30, 2004 Author Posted June 30, 2004 Huh? Maybe it's because I haven't had my coffee today—or the past four years—but that just didn't make sense to me. The wires aren't coming out of the conduit. Quote
Robert_Waring Posted June 30, 2004 Posted June 30, 2004 Very nice, and remember my motto "Embrace simplicity, resist complexity and shun the hype" Quote
D.Joseph Design Posted June 30, 2004 Author Posted June 30, 2004 Very nice, and remember my motto "Embrace simplicity, resist complexity and shun the hype" One of the points I'm making in my talk is "Special effects: just because you can do them, don't." At least until they develop the skills. Quote
OdinsEye2k Posted July 1, 2004 Posted July 1, 2004 Maybe it's because I haven't had my coffee today—or the past four years—but that just didn't make sense to me. The wires aren't coming out of the conduit. Whoops - guess not when I look more closely. I just saw bare conduit plus wires and thought broken or unscrewed conduit. My bad. Quote
KingSalami Posted July 1, 2004 Posted July 1, 2004 you might try centering the "Zing!" currently the page look to be weighted to heavily on the left Looks really cool though Quote
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