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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So I have a question, and this may be really silly, but other than the microsoft drawing toolset in powerpoint, what are the advantages of using PPT drawings over just using the tools within in Storyline? I typically will just use the SL ones to make my stuff. By the way I do LOVE everyone's work here, it's nice to see such talent in one place.
- Richard,
You're right that we can do so many things using Storyline graphic tools, very similar to PPT. Yet, as Alexander points out, PPT has a few additional tools and effects which offer more functionality and allow for some creativity.
I sure agree with that and offer a couple of thoughts:
1. prototyping your design and graphic elements in PPT using the same screen size and proportion will save you time as you are building your Storyline file. You can try out multiple layouts and color palettes very easily in PPT, then transfer the elements to your story file.
2. those layouts and graphic elements can then be stored within a PPT file or series of files for future reference and re-used for your future projects.
Overall, I have found I can visualize and preview my screen layouts and colors more rapidly in PPT than working exclusively in Storyline.- Thanks Joe, it seems that there certainly ARE more benefits than I had first noticed!
- I had the same curious thought Richard. To me the key features are editing points in shapes, removing backgrounds and the artistic\3D effects which are not available in SL yet... : )
- Thank You Alex! That makes perfect sense, with it's importability also. Still I'm stickin' with the Adobe CC or Storyline itself. So no challenge this week. : (
- Agree with you Alex...I so wish SL had merge shapes!
