Story: Basic business skill
There are many occupancies in society. People specialize in it and provide service for us. Specialty is different, but there is an important common skill. It’s a presentation.
We have a chance to present a speech in-house or society. People don’t much attention to how you are good at a speciality. People evaluate how you are good at presentation, public speaking.
I did a speech at Toastmasters last week. I used visual aid. I received feedback and it said ‘you should use PowerPoint(Keynote) rather than PDF’. Therefore, I would like to learn how to use Keynote.
Beginner’s Guide to Apple Keynote
©Technology for Teachers and Students
Very basic start. An animated transition gives the audience a good impression. I would like to use it at the next presentation. The video mentions how to remove white background on the image. I found that it calls Instant Alpha. Very simple. This is what Instant Alpha is.
Jeff Herb: How to Use Keynote Instant Alpha to Remove Image Backgrounds
Master Keynote: 15 Essential Tips
©Envato Tuts+
I am wondering why a presenter is actually not able to use many existed templates. I assume that designers who have never pitched themselves created a template. Looks apparently good, but not real.
Keynote for Mac 2019
©Tech Talk America
Comment & collaborate are useful function. I want to use it once I got a pitch deck project at UpWork. The video mentions music, magic move, mask, instant alpha, presenter notes, etc. This is a good video.
I cannot believe that Keynote is really free software. Why not use it?
3min: How to mask image in Keynote
©1videoshow
Create Animated Text Mask with Keynote
©Kurt Papke
1.Type by thick font
2. Set animation
3. Export to Quicktime
4. Inport animated text to iMovie
5. Drug onto timeline top of the clip
6. Select overlay and set green screen
*Use eraser to select green color if you don’t see overlay
Simple Video Making: How to Animate with Keynote: Video Title & Lower Third
How to Animate with Keynote
©Simple Video Making
Robot voice disrupts concentration, but if it’s a natural voice by a robot, I feel strange.
When I found a magic move, many videos show parallax animation. It’s interesting, but I want to use it on page transition.I have to always prepare for the malfunction of presentation slide. It often happens. Therefore, heavy animation is scary.
Keynote Essentials: Animations
©Create Effective Keynotes
Good pace. Easy to follow.
Use Keynote to Create a Scroll-Based Parallax Animation
©Sketch Together
If we could install a Keynote presentation on the website, it will be a unique portfolio or you can provide a Keynote Deck as a service.
I didn’t think about convert Sketch to Keynote. It’s interesting. He mentions the custom size, 1640px x 960px. It may be more suitable for web design rather than presentation template size.
– Copy Sketch each element and paste to Keynote.
*Text may not editable.
– Select all slides and apply Magic Move
How to Make Keynote Animated Presentation
©Waqas Azam
Good layout skill, even he does not use guide. I get used to use Adobe Illustrator. I always start to make a grid.
Easy Keynote Explainer Animation [Beginner Friendly]
©Eduard Stinga
This is extra what we can do.
How to Convert Keynote to PowerPoint
©Envato Tuts+
Present Better: How To Convert Keynote To PowerPoint
Design Shake: How to Convert Keynote to PowerPoint
Top Tips for Superstar Presentations by Todd Reubold
©University of Minnesota
This video focuses on the technics of presentation slide rather than how to use a Keynote.
Conclusion: Power of free tools
Keynote has a lot of function more than I thought. If I provide the keynote file to PowerPoint user, it’s so great. I’m still not sure I can nicely convert Keynote file to PowerPoint file. I need research and test if I want to deliver a file to a client as a project.
