{"id":5,"date":"2018-09-17T16:26:32","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T16:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sorapure.net\/slidedesign\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2023-01-15T20:54:42","modified_gmt":"2023-01-15T20:54:42","slug":"resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sorapure.net\/slidedesign\/resources\/","title":{"rendered":"resources"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">UCSB Grad Slam <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gradpost.ucsb.edu\/grad-slam\/2023\" target=\"_blank\">2023 Showcase rules and information<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">slide design expertise &amp;\u00a0advice<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/itseugene\/7-tips-to-beautiful-powerpoint-by-itseugenec\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tips to a Beautiful Powerpoint<\/a>, by Eugene Cheng<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/thewikiman\/4-tips-for-power-point\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Four Most Important Powerpoint Rules for Effective Presentations<\/a>, by Ned Potter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/alexrister1\/introduction-to-slide-design\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Introduction to Slide Design<\/a>, by Alex Rister<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/zachholman.com\/posts\/slide-design-for-developers\/\" target=\"_blank\">Slide Design for Developers<\/a>, by Zach Holman<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.duarte.com\/book\/slideology\/\" target=\"_blank\">Slideology<\/a>, by Nancy Duarte<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0321811984?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creativeASIN=0321811984&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;tag=presentatio00-20\" target=\"_blank\">Presentation Zen<\/a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;<a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0321934156?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creativeASIN=0321934156&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;tag=presentatio00-20\" target=\"_blank\">Presentation Zen Design<\/a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;<a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.garrreynolds.com\/preso-tips\/design\/\" target=\"_blank\">Presentation Tips<\/a>&nbsp;by Garr Reynolds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">design principles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CRAP<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.presentationzen.com\/chapter6_spread.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">The Big Four<\/a>, by Garr Reynolds<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Non-Designers-Design-Book-Edition\/dp\/0133966151\/ref=dp_ob_image_bk\" target=\"_blank\">The Non-Designers Design Book<\/a>, by Robin Williams (4th edition, 2014)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other useful design approaches and resources:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.visualmess.com\" target=\"_blank\">Clean Up Your Mess<\/a>,&nbsp;Daniel Higginbotham<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/56713bf4dc5cb41142f28d1f\/1450306653111-70K5IT30R69NWPDIE1ZJ\/data-ink.gif?content-type=image%2Fgif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Remove to Improve<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-7-Essentials-Graphic-Design\/dp\/1581801246\" target=\"_blank\">7 Essentials of Graphic Design<\/a>, Allison Goodman<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Universal-Principles-Design-Revised-Updated\/dp\/1592535879\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1456687296&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=universal+design+principles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Universal Principles of Design<\/a>&nbsp;, Lidwell, Holden &amp; Butler<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Design-Basics-Index-Jim-Krause\/dp\/1581805012\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Design Basics Index<\/a>, Jim Krause<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00a0(charts &amp; graphs), Darkhorse Analytics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"images\">stock &amp; copyright-friendly images<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Unsplash<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pexels.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pexels<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/morguefile.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MorgueFile<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/labs.tineye.com\/multicolr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Multicolr<\/a>: search for images by color<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/photofunia.com\" target=\"_blank\">Photofunia<\/a>: put your own text or image into existing images<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.remove.bg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Remove Image Background<\/a>: a free online site where you can remove solid-colored backgrounds before placing your image in your slide<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">fonts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/fonts.google.com\" target=\"_blank\">Google fonts<\/a>: 1482 font families, all free and easy to download\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pagecloud.com\/blog\/best-google-fonts-pairings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Top 50 Google font pairings<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/fonts.google.com\/knowledge\" target=\"_blank\">Google Fonts Knowledge<\/a>: resources on all aspects of typography<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/fonts.google.com\/knowledge\/glossary\" target=\"_blank\">Google Fonts Glossary<\/a>: defines key typographic terms with examples<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dafont.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">dafont<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanfonts.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">urban font<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wOgIkxAfJsk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The History of Typography<\/a>, 5-minute video by Ben Barrett-Forrest<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/practicaltypography.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Practical Typography<\/a>, by Matthew Butterick<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.typeconnection.com\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Type Connection<\/a>: \u201ca typographic dating game\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">color<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/color.adobe.com\/create\/color-wheel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adobe Color CC<\/a>: you can explore and create color themes\/palettes and easily import them into Illustrator and other Adobe products<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/colorschemedesigner.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Paletton<\/a>: great tool to see color combinations for website design; check out the \u201ccolor blind\u201d option to see how different color combos look to people with various kinds of color blindness<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/coolors.co\/\" target=\"_blank\">Coolors.co<\/a>: generate a color palette, adjust the colors, extract colors from images, and other goodies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pantone.com\/color-of-the-year-2022\" target=\"_blank\">Pantone Color of the Year<\/a>: the annual zeitgeist, rendered in color<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;templates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slidescarnival.com\/category\/free-templates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Slides carnival Free Presentation templates<\/a>: opens in Google Docs, go to File &gt; Download to get the PPTX version<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nancy Duarte\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.duarte.com\/slidedocs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">book on Slidedocs&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.informing-arts.biz\/introducing-slidedocs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Introducing Slidedocs<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.informing-arts.biz\/how-to-design-a-slidedoc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Design a Slidedoc<\/a>, by Christine Thompson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Photoshop alternatives<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/photopea.com\" target=\"_blank\">Photopea<\/a>: free online photo editing program; annoying ads but the interface and tools are really similar to Photoshop; this is my first-choice PS alternative<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/pixlr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pixlr<\/a>: free online photo editing program<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gimp.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GIMP<\/a>: free, open-source, desktop program<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/affinity.serif.com\/en-gb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Affinity<\/a>: does everything that Photoshop does, for&nbsp;just $49.99, but just for Macs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UCSB Grad Slam slide design expertise &amp;\u00a0advice design principles CRAP Other useful design approaches and resources: stock &amp; copyright-friendly images fonts color &nbsp;templates Photoshop alternatives<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sorapure.net\/slidedesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sorapure.net\/slidedesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sorapure.net\/slidedesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sorapure.net\/slidedesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sorapure.net\/slidedesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/sorapure.net\/slidedesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54,"href":"https:\/\/sorapure.net\/slidedesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions\/54"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sorapure.net\/slidedesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}