Mastering Images In Powerpoint

An easy to follow and practical guide to understanding and using images, to improve your slides and wow your audience

What you'll learn

Create stunning presentations with imagery

Improve your powerpoint workflow

Learn PowerPoint's image tools and how to best apply them

Requirements

PowerPoint 2010 / 2013 / 2016 / 2019 (or Office 365)

Description

In this course I am going to show you how to master the use of images in PowerPoint.  Everything you need to create stunning presentations with great photography can be done inside PowerPoint and I am here to help you do this. I will provide ideas on where to get images, how to choose images, factors such as visual appeal, quality, suitability and emotion.  I'll show you how to crop, resize, manipulate and style photos and explain which techniques work and also things to avoid. I will show you with a selection of tips and tricks along with a number of examples so you can greatly reduce the time it takes to create your slides while increasing the quality. I will explain how to use format painter on images, the eyedropper tool and the best animations and transitions to use to enhance your presentation.By providing you with useful, actionable tools and design tips that you can implement immediately, I can show you how to take your presentation to the next level by using images in a way that will wow your audience. All the PowerPoint files shown in this course are available for you to download. By the end of the course the student will have learnt how to use images to help tell your story and convey emotion with the audience.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction to this course

Section 2: How to use images

Lecture 2 Introduction to how to use images

Lecture 3 Overlaying a colour panel for text

Lecture 4 Using a full screen image as a title slide

Lecture 5 Creating a full page photo background

Lecture 6 Formatting the slide background

Lecture 7 Cropping images to any size

Lecture 8 Cropping images to any shape

Lecture 9 EXERCISE: Add a photo to this slide

Lecture 10 EXERCISE: Result

Lecture 11 Cropping images to a custom shape

Lecture 12 Not stretching an image

Lecture 13 Using picture styles

Lecture 14 Stylizing images with artistic effects

Lecture 15 Picture effects that are worth using

Lecture 16 EXERCISE: Add a photo to this chart

Lecture 17 EXERCISE: Result

Lecture 18 Using transparent images

Lecture 19 Removing the background from an image

Lecture 20 Changing the colour in images

Lecture 21 Using images as a shape fill

Section 3: Choosing images

Lecture 22 Introduction to choosing images

Lecture 23 Where to find images

Lecture 24 Visual appeal

Lecture 25 Image quality

Lecture 26 Choosing suitable images

Lecture 27 Images provoke emotion

Lecture 28 Consistency is key

Lecture 29 EXERCISE: Choose four photos

Lecture 30 EXERCISE: Result

Lecture 31 Avoid clichés

Lecture 32 Portrait and landscape images

Lecture 33 Space to overlay content

Section 4: Tips and tricks

Lecture 34 Tips and tricks introduction

Lecture 35 The format painter

Lecture 36 Resetting picture and size

Lecture 37 Replacing images

Lecture 38 Compressing images

Lecture 39 Using animated GIFs

Lecture 40 Making animated GIFs

Lecture 41 The selection pane

Lecture 42 The eyedropper tool

Lecture 43 Animating images

Lecture 44 Slide transitions

Lecture 45 Photo album

Lecture 46 Quick Access Toolbar

Lecture 47 Useful Shortcuts Guide

Section 5: Advanced examples

Lecture 48 Advanced examples introduction

Lecture 49 Isometric 3D image effects

Lecture 50 Highlighting areas: Using a panel

Lecture 51 Highlighting areas: Using a duplicate image

Lecture 52 Highlighting areas: Using background fill

Lecture 53 Highlighting areas: Using the crop tool

Lecture 54 The Ken Burns effect

Lecture 55 Animated slide background

Lecture 56 Parallax reveal effect

Lecture 57 Filling text with an image

Lecture 58 Filling text with video

Lecture 59 Knockout text over video

Lecture 60 3D photo cubes

Lecture 61 Adding images to a table

Any PowerPoint user who wishes to improve their presentations with better use of images