Basic Presentation Techniques Panther Creek SciVis V104.04

Elements of Visual Aids Images are pictorial elements such as line drawings, photographs, or continuous tone images (contones). Words are the arrangement and display of text in various formats. Words are usually set as display or body type.

Elements of Visual Aids The basic geometric shapes are circles, rectangles, triangles, or irregular 2D shapes. Color is simply referred to a hue and varies from one source to the next.

Planning and Composition of Presentations Themes are based on the audience and goal of the presentation. Focus is referred to as the attention given to any particular element that stands out in the presentation and is commonly known as or associated to the main idea.

Planning and Composition of Presentations Balance in any presentation will either be formal or informal in arrangement. Weight refers to how heavy the element used in the presentation appears with respect to the design characteristics. Placement is the overlapping, closeness, or division that forms the proximity (closeness) of the elements in the presentation.

Methods of Visual Presentations Demonstration: Show how a finished visualization is used. Setting: Show it in a natural or artificial environment. Product alone: Show the final product by itself emphasizing its physical characteristics such as shape, texture, features, or color.

Conceptual Techniques Conceptual techniques refer to how the presentation is formatted or arranged using the elements in different methods. There are several types of layout and design.

Different Layout Techniques Picture window are the most popular format styles and are used when images dominate the largest proportion of the layout. Type Specimen is used when an enlarged typeface is the most important element in the layout.

Different Layout Techniques Copy heavy is used when the information or copy is the most important element in the layout. Mondrian, named after the artist Piet Mondrian, layouts are produced by dividing the space into rectangles of different scale and proportion. All of the text, headings, and images are placed in the rectangles.

Different Layout Techniques Omnibus (circus layout) is used when a variety of elements are needed in the layout. Multipanel or Cartoon format uses panels of equal size and many times are used to tell a sequential story.

Different Layout Techniques Silhouette is the image of a person, an object or scene represented as a solid shape of a single color, usually black. Its edges matching the outline of the subject.