Document Design
How to find colors for your work or documents
An simple way to find a color that will work with your great photo is to use a color from that same great photo! Either in the program you’re using (like Powerpoint), or with an online tool, simply click around the image until you find a color that that sits well with the image. If…
Read MoreHow to Place Text on an Image
Quick tip to ensure your text is legible if being placed on top of a great photo. If the text doesn’t stand out enough on it’s own against the photo, consider adding a slightly transparent colored square behind it! You can either place a square just around the text (though be sure to add a…
Read MoreTip for Better Design – Control the Viewer’s Path
We’ll often hear of the need to tell a story when we’re trying to present something or sell something. But often that only goes as far as the words. With visuals, the flow and reveal can be just as important. When you look at your pitch deck, your document, your ad: what do you want…
Read MoreBetter Looking Text with a Dirty Little Trick
This one is a bit dirty…but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. Dirty in the sense that it would be better to set up the proper spacing, or better to work with the line heights, etc. But, sometimes you just have to finish that Pitch Deck, that Word Document, or that Website, and…
Read MoreLayout Options for Your Next Presentation / Document / Post
Do you draw a blank when looking at a blank screen for a post, a presentation, or a document? When it comes time to lay out your content, is it hard to know what to do? True story, most designers often get this sense of dread as well! But, they have 2 tricks at their…
Read MoreInspiration for Design: How to design better work
A truth of design is that so much of it is the act of inspiration. The act of finding interesting or cool ideas from other designers and mixing that for your own work. Creative ideas so rarely pop into a designers head. Rather they’re inspired from what others are doing and connecting the dots. What’s…
Read MoreAnswer: What Microsoft Office program is best for making an infographic?
PowerPoint could serve this purpose nicely. You’re able to change the size of the slide, and output it as any number of formats (image or pdf, for instance). In the most recent versions Microsoft has done a lot to improve the way it works with images (alignment, cropping, effects), as well as design assistance like…
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