These slides use textboxes that appear at specific times and in specific locations to provide information about and insight into the topic. These slides rely on the title of each slide to provide whatever information you need to absorb the information Using textovers Using audio clips Adding narration to a slide Click heading to see each in action These slides use embedded audio clips so that the author can interject his or her own voice into the proceedings. Using the title

Cropping your photos A lot of bang for a little buck

Press to advance A little help from Photoshop <space>

Move main subjects away from the center of the frame Press to advance <space>

Provide better focus <space>

Press to advance Eliminating noise and distraction <space>

Press to advance A little help from Photoshop <space>

Press to end And some photos are good enough to be two photos, one uncropped and one cropped <space>

Cropping your photos A lot of bang for a little buck

Most casual photographers place their subjects in the center of the photo. Most casual photographers place their subjects in the center of the photo. Press to advance Moving them to the right side of the image frames them better and accentuates the beautiful coastline.

Press to advance This photo lacks energy and dynamism. It also slices a woman right down the middle of her face. This photo lacks energy and dynamism. It also slices a woman right down the middle of her face. By cropping in tight on the two men, now this photo becomes about them and not about the ambient scene around them.

Press to advance This photo’s wide angle brings in too much noise and too many distractions. This photo’s wide angle brings in too much noise and too many distractions. Honing in on the three main people still gives the impression that they are in the middle of a lot of hustle and bustle.

Press to advance Cropping out extraneous elements will not be enough in this case… Cropping out extraneous elements will not be enough in this case… Pant legs and toaster-like objects now stick out like sore thumbs… Pant legs and toaster-like objects now stick out like sore thumbs… Ten minutes with an image editor’s Clone tool and now we’re in business.

With some photos, you get lucky when you take them and they don’t need anything done to them. With some photos, you get lucky when you take them and they don’t need anything done to them. But by zooming in, you create a second photo… But by zooming in, you create a second photo…

Photo for the Chamber of Commerce… Photo for the Chamber of Commerce… Or a portrait of mother and daughter. Press to end

Cropping your photos A lot of bang for a little buck

Do you have centeritis? Press to advance <space> Crop so that people face or look into the photo

Press to advance Look for Focus <space> Cutting off body parts is good!

Press to advance How much crowd junk is right? <space>

Press to advance A little help from Photoshop <space>

No crop needed! <space> <space>

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Easiest to create, least interactive Using textovers Using audio clips Adding narration to a slide Using the title More work than static slides, and potentially more informative Painstaking and intricate, and the most useful and educational