Creating Attractive Graphics Presentation
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Workshop at AAFCS annual meting, June 2021
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Creating Attractive Graphics Presentation
- 1. How to Create Attractive Graphics for Documents and Social Media Barbara O’Neill @moneytalk1 https://www.moneytalkbmo.com/
- 2. My Street Cred Social media user since 2009 Former professor at Rutgers University Currently a full-time financial education entrepreneur Create graphics constantly to accompany online content
- 3. Question: Why Do YOU Want to Use Graphics More?
- 4. Reasons to Use Graphics To promote your brand (if employed/self-employed) To foster connections with friends and family To produce better-appearing documents To be creative without having to have artistic skills To have something fun and creative to do FCS advocacy work
- 5. Social Media Engagement 101 Avoid pure “broadcasting” Ask questions and show interest in others Incorporate seasonal events or current events Provide useful information and links Retweet useful information from others Use eye-catching visuals
- 6. Visuals Increase Twitter Engagement Three Times!!! https://www.joe.org/joe/2019april/pdf/JOE_v57_2tt7.pdf
- 7. Twelve Useful Types of Graphics 1. Stock images 2. Personal photos 3. Hand drawn sketches 4. Grayed out images 5. Paint graphics 6. Canva graphics 7. PowerPoint jpeg images 8. Bitmojis 9. Photo collages 10. Charts, tables, and infographics 11. GIFs (video) (https://giphy.com/categories) 12. Memes
- 8. 1. Stock Images Do not use ANY copyrighted material! Assume images are copyrighted unless told otherwise Good source of free, high-quality images: Pixabay https://pixabay.com/ Other sources: Unsplash, FreeImages, PikWizard Read the fine print about subscriptions and fees!
- 10. 2. Personal Photos No copyright issues More personal than stock images “On the scene” access (e.g., places, events, etc.)
- 11. “Easy Peasy’ Photo Cropping Method #1: Crop on cell phone before inserting photo Pop up photo in Gallery, find icon that looks like a pencil, See a “four corner frame” around photo, resize and crop with finger Click “Save” when you have a final version Method #2: Transfer photo to computer and crop using commands Click on photo; see “Picture Format” and “Crop” function in Word or PowerPoint See a “four corner frame” around photo, resize and crop with mouse Click “Save” when you have a final version
- 12. 3. Hand-Drawn Sketches Do this if you have talent OR find people with talent Use a Sharpie® for high quality resolution
- 14. 4. Grayed Out Images
- 15. Steps to “Gray Out” Images Open PowerPoint to the blank slide layout, and then right-click. Click "Format Background." Click "Picture Fill," and upload a photo or graphic. Adjust the transparency slider to around 70%–80% and click "Apply to All" and then "Close." Insert a text box and type text over the grayed-out image. Digitize the PowerPoint slide using Paint or the "File," "Save As," "JPEG File Interchange" commands in PowerPoint.
- 16. 5. Microsoft PAINT Images Capture a screenshot of online content (Function Print Screen) Open Paint Paste the screenshot Click "File" and then click "Save" and name the file Crop if desired
- 19. 6. CANVA Graphics Basic features are free (www.canva.com) Can upload your own photos and graphics Saves all of your designs Has good design templates
- 20. CANVA Pricing
- 21. 7. PowerPoint jpeg Images Create a PowerPoint slide or series of slides (slide deck) Click “Save” to save file as a PowerPoint file (ppt extension) Click “Save As” and “JPEG File Interchange Format” (*jpg extension) Click “Save” and answer the “Which Slides to Export?” question One Slide Only- Click “Just This One” Series of slides- Click “All Slides”
- 22. PowerPoint jpeg Image Example
- 23. 8. Bitmojis
- 24. How to Make Bitmojis
- 25. Bitmoji and Photo Collages
- 26. 9. Photo Collages Use an app like PicCollage: https://pic- collage.com/ Download from the Apple App Store or Google Play Pick out camera photos Include stickers, backgrounds, and fonts Take screen shots of photo collages made by social media platforms (e.g., Facebook) and use PAINT to save them.
- 27. More Photo Collage Examples
- 28. 10. Charts, Tables, and Infographics Source everything that you don’t create personally Use basic features in Word or Excel to create tables Use Piktochart to create infographics Basic features for free: https://piktochart.com/ Chop up long infographics into sections
- 30. 11. GIFs (Video Clips) Plan A: Go to https://giphy.com/ for GIF files Pick a category (Example: Emotions) Pick a sub-category (Examples: Angry, Excited, Happy) Select and save a video file Plan B: Create your own video files Record mp4 files with cell phone, Movie Maker, Zoom, etc.
- 33. Questions? Comments? Other Resources? Connect on Twitter @moneytalk1