Keynote is Powerpoints funkier and far more slicker younger brother.
Been an avid fanboy of this fantastic application since switching to a Mac (nearly ten years) and thought I’d share the other ways I’ve used this uber-versatile presentation software:
- Video Vignetting—take one .png file and apply it over a video on a slide, export presentation as movie and hey presto, instant vignetting;
- Movie credit former—craft all your opening and closing movie credits with the great animation text effects plus some images / video underneath if that’s how you roll (again, once finished just export as movie and import into your editing software)
- Animation creator—create awesome little animations like this and this and this;
- Pie charts / bar graphs maker—create amazing 3D stats with the inbuilt chart maker;
- Advert / flyer / poster / desktop image tool—a simpler version that Photoshop (I created this infographic in Keynote);
- Resizer / repositioner / recutter of images—make things bigger, smaller, overlapping, cut things out etc with the in-built image editor;
- Design sites / applications—due to it’s simple interface designers are starting to use it to wireframe their websites plus others are exploring it application / programme design as well;
So what about you? How do you use yours?
Lots of good inspiration here – look forward to trying out some of these ideas in 2012. Thanks for sharing:-)
Appreciate the comment Tania and can’t wait to see them in action from you :-)
As a teacher, I play videos in Keynote. I can animate text to enter at a specific time. It’s a great way to show students how to take notes. I also resize videos so that they are part of a slide rather than always being full screen.
Thanks for popping by Bill and sharing how you use Keynote in the classroom – do you ever export them out (as a movie) and make them available online for the students to further their study?
Some great ideas DK. I really like the movie credits idea, and how Bill uses it too. I used it to make my cv a couple of years ago, and use it for animation mostly in class. I find the kids in my class use it for a whole range of things – it’s their “go-to” app in most cases, as it’s so flexible. Thanks for the cool post.
Appreciate you stopping by and adding your thoughts – great to hear it’s being used so much in your class :-)
Cool tips! Thanks for sharing.
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