Re: [applekeynote] Re: Les Posen's MW 2008 presentation

Thank you very much, Kyn.

Kenneth Drake <keynoteken@keynoteuser.com> wrote:

No problem. The "sleight of hand" as it were is in the fact that you're not using a single
image, you're using TWO.

Take your image, duplicate it, then move it back precisely over the original. One easy way
to do this is to hold down Shift as you press the up arrow then the left arrow. Now, find a
spot you want to highlight. Draw a circle around it. Then, select the shape and the image
and Mask the shape with the image. Now, you've got your "interest point" neatly separated
from the rest of the image, so you can have LOTS of fun now. Some things you can do
are...

1) Decrease the opacity of the background image leaving the interest point to stand out
2) Place a drop shadow behind it to make it stand out even more
3) For a halo effect, leave the background image at full opacity, add a shadow to the
interest point image, change it's offset to zero, change it's color to white, and you've got a
glowing highlight
4) Enlarge the interest point and place it inside the image of a magnifying glass for an
even more dramatic effect

And so on. If there's several points you want to highlight on one slide, just create a
separate masked image for each highlighted area.

--- In applekeynote@yahoogroups.com, Richard Zraick <drumdocz@...> wrote:
>
> Can you explain a few of the ways, please. I have
> learned a lot from you and your website.
>
>
> --- Kenneth Drake <keynoteken@...> wrote:
>
> > There's already ways to produce these effects
> > directly in Keynote. No PowerPoint plus
> > Windows plus Plugin needed!--- In
> > applekeynote@yahoogroups.com, Richard Zraick
> > <drumdocz@> wrote:
> > >
> > > There is a PPT for Windows add-in available from
> > Opazity (www.opazity.com) which
> > one can use to get many of the blur effects that Les
> > used. The effect remained intact
> > when the PPT file was imported into KN4. This
> > program makes one less dependent on
> > an outside photo editor such as Photoshop.
> > >
> > > Kenneth Drake <keynoteken@> wrote:
> > Great presentation! I had to start and
> > stop it while at work. :) Did they crop the edges
> > off?
> > >
> > > BTW, if anyone has the Developer Tools installed
> > so that Quartz Composer is on your
> > HD,
> > > you can use it to create perspective images with a
> > nice perspective reflection as well! I
> > > mentioned it briefly on this page
> > >
> > > http://www.keynoteuser.com/news/?p=254
> > >
> > > but someone wanted me to work out the steps, so I
> > did in the comments :) Have fun!
> > >
> > > --- In applekeynote@yahoogroups.com, Les Posen
> > <lesposen@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Laurence,
> > > >
> > > > I used Photoshop's distortion capacities to take
> > the image and add
> > > > some perspective so as to lead the eye where I
> > want it to go.
> > > >
> > > > The file I used is more that 300MB (I left out
> > showing commercial
> > > > video clips due to copyright concerns on the
> > advice of Macworld staff)
> > > > so it might be best to use QT Pro and download
> > the video.
> > > >
> > > > The video isn't watermarked unfortunately so I
> > suspect some people
> > > > might use it and claim ownership of the
> > intellectual copyright. Not
> > > > that anyone on this list would do this!
> > > >
> > > > But it's a potential problem which I will look
> > into for next year's
> > > > Macworld, if I get invited back again.
> > > >
> > > > Les
> > > >
> > > > On 21/02/2008, at 2:19 AM, L J Frabotta wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks Brian for posting the link to Les'
> > presentation.
> > > > >
> > > > > Les:
> > > > >
> > > > > Can you briefly describe how you create the
> > angled (perspective) book
> > > > > cover images?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks very much for a very illustrative
> > presentation. Is it possible
> > > > > to get a copy of the QT file (since the link
> > will not likely be
> > > > > available forever)?
> > > > >
> > > > > Laurence
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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