PowerPoint Tips Blog » Contests http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/pptblog Helping you with presenting, PowerPoint, and speaking Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:55:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Congratulations to the winner of the “Highlight one part of an image in color” contest! http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/pptblog/congratulations-to-the-winner-of-the-highlight-one-part-of-an-image-in-color-contest/ http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/pptblog/congratulations-to-the-winner-of-the-highlight-one-part-of-an-image-in-color-contest/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:07:21 +0000 Ellen http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/pptblog/?p=4006 Congratulations to Rae Drysdale for the winning entry in the contest. I received several excellent entries, but Rae’s choice of photo made the color really stand out! The photo’s movement is also striking.

If you missed the original post explaining how to create this effect, you can see it here.

Ellen Finkelstein can [...]]]> Congratulations to Rae Drysdale for the winning entry in the contest. I received several excellent entries, but Rae’s choice of photo made the color really stand out! The photo’s movement is also striking.

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If you missed the original post explaining how to create this effect, you can see it here.

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]]> http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/pptblog/congratulations-to-the-winner-of-the-highlight-one-part-of-an-image-in-color-contest/feed/ 0 Highlight one part of an image in color http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/pptblog/highlight-one-part-of-an-image-in-color/ http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/pptblog/highlight-one-part-of-an-image-in-color/#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2011 02:03:47 +0000 Ellen http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/pptblog/?p=3856 Highlighting a part of a grayscale image in color really makes it stand out!

Ric Bretschneider wrote a blog post a while back that uses a similar technique to create a blurred background. It uses the Remove Background feature of PowerPoint 2010.

Here are the steps:

Find a photo that you want to [...]]]> Highlighting a part of a grayscale image in color really makes it stand out!

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Ric Bretschneider wrote a blog post a while back that uses a similar technique to create a blurred background. It uses the Remove Background feature of PowerPoint 2010.

Here are the steps:

  1. Find a photo that you want to use and insert it.
  2. Select the photo, then copy and paste it to duplicate it.
  3. Select the original photo and choose Format tab> Color and choose the first swatch (Saturation 0%) to make the photo grayscale.
  4. Now select the copy, and go to Format tab>Remove Background. I have a video tutorial here. Use the buttons to remove everything that you want to be grayscale. Keep everything that you want to remain in color. (Tip: Zoom in to more precisely choose what you want to keep and what you want to remove.)
  5. Move the copy exactly on top of the grayscale version.
  6. For ease of use, select both photos and group them (Ctrl + G).

Instead of making the original photo grayscale, you can apply other effects, such as blurring or other effects from the Artistic Effects drop-down list.

Contest!

Email me your slides using this technique and I’ll post them! The best one will get a free copy of 101 Advanced Tips Every PowerPoint User Should Know. (You can read more about it here.) The deadline is Friday, October 14th.

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]]> http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/pptblog/highlight-one-part-of-an-image-in-color/feed/ 3 Highlight/reflection PowerPoint effect contest winners! http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/pptblog/highlightreflection-powerpoint-effect-contest-winners/ http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/pptblog/highlightreflection-powerpoint-effect-contest-winners/#comments Fri, 20 May 2011 01:26:52 +0000 Ellen http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/pptblog/?p=2816 A couple of weeks ago, I announced a contest for reflection/highlight effects. Here are the 3 winners, who are getting a free webinar recording from my e-store:

Rae Drysdale: Rae sent in an incredible slide of a “snooker table.” (It’s a pool/billiard table.)

Becky Johnson: Becky sent in a slide on bee yard [...]]]> A couple of weeks ago, I announced a contest for reflection/highlight effects. Here are the 3 winners, who are getting a free webinar recording from my e-store:

Rae Drysdale: Rae sent in an incredible slide of a “snooker table.” (It’s a pool/billiard table.)

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Becky Johnson: Becky sent in a slide on bee yard record keeping, using reflections.

PowerPoint reflection effect

Lori Acciavatti: Lori sent in a button with a highlight.

PowerPoint highlight effectThey’re beautiful, aren’t they? You can create these looks, too!  Here are the instructions:

Getting a shiny Web 2.0 look in PowerPoint–Part I: Reflections

Getting a shiny Web 2.0 look in PowerPoint–Part II: Highlights

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]]> http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/pptblog/highlightreflection-powerpoint-effect-contest-winners/feed/ 1 1st prize winner in slideshare.net’s contest: Smoke, the Convenient Truth http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/pptblog/1st-prize-winner-in-slideshare-nets-contest-smoke-the-convenient-truth/ http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/pptblog/1st-prize-winner-in-slideshare-nets-contest-smoke-the-convenient-truth/#comments Thu, 23 Dec 2010 16:55:52 +0000 Ellen http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/pptblog/?p=2173 This presentation won first prize in slideshare.net’s World’s Best Presentation contest. Both the message and the graphics are outstanding. The statistics will shock you!

View more presentations from Empowered Presentations, Honolulu, HI.

Ellen Finkelstein can train you or the presenters in your organization to create high-impact, engaging, professional presentations for training, [...]]]> This presentation won first prize in slideshare.net’s World’s Best Presentation contest. Both the message and the graphics are outstanding. The statistics will shock you!

View more presentations from Empowered Presentations, Honolulu, HI.

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]]> http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/pptblog/1st-prize-winner-in-slideshare-nets-contest-smoke-the-convenient-truth/feed/ 1 Congratulations to the winners of the free copy of John C. Maxwell’s book http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/pptblog/congratulations-to-the-winners-of-the-free-copy-of-john-c-maxwells-book/ http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/pptblog/congratulations-to-the-winners-of-the-free-copy-of-john-c-maxwells-book/#comments Tue, 14 Sep 2010 21:38:28 +0000 Ellen http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/pptblog/?p=1285 Congratulations to the following readers and subscribers, who won a free copy of John C. Maxwell’s book, Everyone Communicates, Few Connect. The winners were:

Jacqueline Drown Kelly Byrne Donna Cunningham Steve Nodine Bob Hawkins

Hope you enjoy the book!

Ellen Finkelstein can train you or the presenters in your organization to create high-impact, engaging, professional presentations for training, sales, business, or education. For more information, please click here.

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  • Jacqueline Drown
  • Kelly Byrne
  • Donna Cunningham
  • Steve Nodine
  • Bob Hawkins

Hope you enjoy the book!

Ellen Finkelstein can train you or the presenters in your organization to create high-impact, engaging, professional presentations for training, sales, business, or education. For more information, please click here.

]]> http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/pptblog/congratulations-to-the-winners-of-the-free-copy-of-john-c-maxwells-book/feed/ 0 Winning entry in the Shadows contest http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/pptblog/winning-entry-in-the-shadows-contest/ http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/pptblog/winning-entry-in-the-shadows-contest/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:24:16 +0000 Ellen http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/pptblog/?p=478 In my blog post, “Add drama with PowerPoint 2007′s shadows,”  I had a contest for the best 3 entries. I got permission to show you the entry of the 1st place winner, John Sanders, so here it is.

John says, “In the Education Department of WA Performance Management process we suggest that the [...]]]> In my blog post, “Add drama with PowerPoint 2007′s shadows,”  I had a contest for the best 3 entries. I got permission to show you the entry of the 1st place winner, John Sanders, so here it is.

John says, “In the Education Department of WA Performance Management process we suggest that the staff member commence the process by reflecting on their work and where they are at prior to planning a course of action with their manager for the next planning period. I have used this picture while explaining the concept.  The original picture came from the clip art collection of Microsoft Office.”

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]]> http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/pptblog/winning-entry-in-the-shadows-contest/feed/ 0 Winner of Animation for Entertainment contest http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/pptblog/winner-of-animation-for-entertainment-contest/ http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/pptblog/winner-of-animation-for-entertainment-contest/#comments Sun, 29 Mar 2009 20:52:16 +0000 Ellen http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/pptblog/?p=57 Congratulations to Barry Whetstine for his winning submission for the Animation for Entertainment contest. He says, “I teach a workshop that provides tools for people seeking career direction. They may have been laid off, under-employed or looking for a career change but have no idea how to determine what they want to become, thus [...]]]> Congratulations to Barry Whetstine for his winning submission for the Animation for Entertainment contest. He says, “I teach a workshop that provides tools for people seeking career direction. They may have been laid off, under-employed or looking for a career change but have no idea how to determine what they want to become, thus the slide attached. As you will see the slide utilizes animation, music, Shapes, and Power Clip Art from Animation Factory.I have been a fan of yours since discovering you in Presentation Magazine.”

Barry received a free copy of my e-book, 101 Tips Every PowerPoint User Should Know.

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