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How to add a Zoom background image
Subscribe to my YouTube Channel If you’re working from home, you may have had to use Zoom for a virtual meeting with clients or colleagues. And you may have also noticed how Zoom allows you to hide your video’s background with an image. Let’s walk through step by step how to accomplish this. Important note: be…
Read MoreGarbage to Gold – Reduce Design Anxiety and Unlock Creativity
Studies have shown that if you are anxious your creativity diminishes. This can be a problem as you attempt to create great looking work. Especially when it comes to using applications you do not feel comfortable with. Many applications like Google Slides or Canva come with some very powerful features. Almost endless options…
Read MoreDesign Tutorial: How to Create Powerful Titles
Recorded a tutorial on how to create a powerful title. For this we lean on some classic layouts as a base, then play around to see where we arrive. (Spoiler: the winning layout is one I hadn’t even thought of when I started!) Take a look and let me know if you have any go…
Read MoreDesign Guideline: Create Better Designed Work with Double and Half
Want a quick gut check method to ensure the work your producing looks and works great? A lot of design comes down to simple concepts, and the Double and Half method helps to simplify the ideas. The idea has it’s foundation in Drama, or Contrast. An idea that things need to be different enough from…
Read MoreCreate a Better Slideshow Deck: Use Visual Waypoints
Reusing layouts or styles through a slideshow deck can have many great benefits. Like putting up informative guideposts as you walk your viewers through your presentation. A Familiar but Powerful Concept for Presentations You won’t be completely unfamiliar with this concept. A popular use of it in slide decks is the title slide. Often different…
Read MoreDesign Trick: How to Create a Better Presentation by Reusing Design Elements
A simple way to make better designed and more professional slides? Reuse the same design elements throughout! Sometimes called a motif, once you’ve found a style you like keep applying it. In the example shown here, it’s a colored shape with an angled side. You can see how by using that same shape and color…
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