How to get use of Visual Aids in a Presentation

On: 1:58 PM By: Buddhini 0 comments

Talking about visual aids in a presentation, the first and last thing what comes on to your mind is, 'PowerPoint Slides' I believe. Many are comfortable with PowerPoint as they are with an old pair of slippers. But, if you peek to the happening Presentation-software market, your jaw will probably drop down. And if you're not keeping pace, you can miss out on so many opportunities to take your visual aids to the next level.

Let's see what's going on inside the Presentation-software market

•  Power Point - More than a Slide Design Tool
  
  
  
  When PowerPoint is used today, it's more often employed for purposes beyond its original slide design function. Jumping to advances in PowerPoint's latest versions, 2010 and 2013, more now use the software as a full 'Creative Suite' for tasks like editing video, enhancing photographs, as well as for creating printed documents.
  
  
  • As a Video Editor
    You can always use PowerPoint for smaller, less complex video-editing projects. You can also create your own videos or convert existing PowerPoint Presentations to video format for uploading for Sites like YouTube.
    
  • As a Graphics Editor
    You can use PowerPoint to edit or enhance photographs used in presentations, as well as to modify images like vector graphics. You can crop photos, change colors, use different backgrounds and more with PowerPoint's tools.
    
    
  • To create Printed Documents
    You can use PowerPoint's 'Custom Layouts' feature to create pitch books as well as white papers, project proposals and other text-heavy documents, often saving them as PDFs.
    
    
  
  
• Keynote - Your Presentations, Totally decked out
  
  
  
  There are exceptions for everything. If a presentation will be used internally, I would recommend you the old standby PowerPoint. But if the presentation will be delivered more selectively with video or complex graphics, I might opt for Apple's Keynote Design Software.
  
  Keynote is effective for its ability to hold high-resolution video and create transitions and for its text editing capability.
  
  
  
• Haiku Deck - Presentation Software that inspires
  
  
  
  
  This free iPad app is well-suited for simple presentations but also provides access to a large collection of images on Flickr. You can add amazing images, create charts and even share them via social networks. But it's not designed for more robust presentations that require animations.
  
  
• Online Resources
  
  • NoteandPoint.com
    This site is designed to provide designers inspiration in the creative use of layouts, graphics, photographs, fonts
    
    
  • Shutterstock.com
    You can choose from millions of stock photographs, illustrations and videos on this site
    
    
  • Visual.ly
    This site showcases some of the world's best info-graphics, visuals that convert complex data into appealing graphs
     
  • Indezine.com
    This site includes thousands of free PowerPoint templates, simple PowerPoint slides, PowerPoint tutorials and more