PowerPoint Design Assets #135: Challenge | Recap
Stock up on pre-built assets in this week’s challenge. We’re looking for the most common graphic elements used in course design!
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I'm terrible at editing the points, I always end up with really awkward looking blobs, haha.
I use combine or subtract a lot to get the shape I want.
But I really should get better at using the "edit points" feature.
I use combine or subtract a lot to get the shape I want.
But I really should get better at using the "edit points" feature.
- Well, for symmetrical shapes and clean cuts merge/substraction is the best - you'd have to be very dedicated to make one by hand in PPT. :) I'd say points are more for fine-tuning. In the avatar example, I made the outfits by making half of the outfit (and that's where I used points to make the details and curves) first. I then duplicated the half and merged halves together to get a symmetrical outfit. Then I used a copy of the background circle to make sure the bottom of the outfit follows the shape of the circle (with the help of extraction).
- Oh, and there's also a "shape" called Curve (not to be confused with the Scribble) which acts sorta like a Bezier curve / Pen tool. I used it to draw John Snow's beard - it is not made of shapes, it's just a free-form shape made with a mouse. Same goes for the lips - I used the Curve to draw then and then adjusted the details with nodes. Curve makes much cleaner and controlled lines, without tons of unnecessary nodes (as opposed to Scribble).
- Just a suggestion, Maija. Perhaps you can create a video showing how you do these. That would be a great thing. Or even a blog post will do. If you have put up one, do share the link.
And I will agree with what you have said about curve. The avatar that I use for ELH commnuity, well, I created in PowerPoint using just curves.
