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Congratulations to the winner of the “Highlight one part of an image in color” contest!

October 17, 2011 by Ellen Finkelstein Leave a Comment

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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.

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Filed Under: Contests Tagged With: black & white, color, grayscale, highlight

Animate an image from color to black & white

October 10, 2008 by Ellen Finkelstein Leave a Comment

On the popular TV show, NCIS, scenes end with a still shot that starts in color and then becomes black & white. In a discussion on the LinkedIn group, Great Communicators! Effective Presenting & PowerPoint, this technique was suggested as a fun section transition for a presentation. Here’s how the technique looks:   Here are […]

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Filed Under: Animation & transitions, Backgrounds & color, Design, Images Tagged With: animation, black & white, Design, graphics, images, NCIS, PowerPoint, powerPoint 2003, PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint 2010, presentations, transitions

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