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Slides that pop! Using the 3rd dimension on a slide–Part I: Shadows

May 23, 2012 by Ellen Finkelstein 1 Comment

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You probably think of slides as a 2D surface. After all, you project slides on a screen or wall. But you can make them look 3-dimensional using several techniques: Shadows Bevels Depth and 3D rotation The bulletin board or collage look 3D scenes — creating a surface (like a table) and putting things on it […]

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Create professional-looking 3D effects with bevels

April 8, 2012 by Ellen Finkelstein 7 Comments

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The single most effective way to add a professional look to shapes on a slide is to add a bevel. What’s a bevel, you may ask? A bevel is a 3D effect on the edge of a shape. The bevel makes the shape look raised. Here are the preset bevel looks, but you can adjust […]

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3D Effects with Radial Gradients

May 3, 2000 by Ellen Finkelstein 6 Comments

PowerPoint’s 3D effects can turn a square into a box and can extrude other AutoShapes, but circles just turn into disks. You can’t get a sphere. The way to make a circle look like a sphere is to add a radial gradient, but alas, PowerPoint doesn’t have good radial gradients. You need to go elsewhere. […]

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