Comments on: Cliché of the Week: Clip Art http://blog.duarte.com/2008/11/cliche-of-the-week-clip-art/ Duarte Blog Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:09:18 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Norm Sutaria http://blog.duarte.com/2008/11/cliche-of-the-week-clip-art/comment-page-1/#comment-483 Norm Sutaria Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:52:48 +0000 http://slideology.com/?p=809#comment-483 Another resource for photographs: Flickr's Creative Commons images. Although businesses will be limited to the attribution, no derivatives and share alike licenses, there are some incredibly rich images. Also, be sure to include a credit line when necessary. Another resource for photographs: Flickr’s Creative Commons images. Although businesses will be limited to the attribution, no derivatives and share alike licenses, there are some incredibly rich images. Also, be sure to include a credit line when necessary.

]]> By: Jonathan Gullery http://blog.duarte.com/2008/11/cliche-of-the-week-clip-art/comment-page-1/#comment-463 Jonathan Gullery Sun, 16 Nov 2008 01:59:41 +0000 http://slideology.com/?p=809#comment-463 I've counseled clients to stay away from clip art as well, advising that a carefully chosen photo is always better. Problem remains, however, that a person without much of a graphic eye will choose something about as cheesy as the clip art they're replacing. As a book cover designer I see people send this type of stuff every day. Perhaps the best way to avoid all this is to NEVER go to slide design until the concept and story is really solid on paper first. I’ve counseled clients to stay away from clip art as well, advising that a carefully chosen photo is always better. Problem remains, however, that a person without much of a graphic eye will choose something about as cheesy as the clip art they’re replacing. As a book cover designer I see people send this type of stuff every day.
Perhaps the best way to avoid all this is to NEVER go to slide design until the concept and story is really solid on paper first.

]]> By: Doug Neff http://blog.duarte.com/2008/11/cliche-of-the-week-clip-art/comment-page-1/#comment-462 Doug Neff Sun, 16 Nov 2008 01:15:06 +0000 http://slideology.com/?p=809#comment-462 Hi Neeraj, I've designed a number of presentations myself, and I don't know photoshop or illustrator. You can do quite a lot within PowerPoint or Keynote, for one thing, and istockphoto can fill in a lot of gaps for you. There are thousands of great illustrations on istock, for every kind of subject... I've used Visio, too, as well as Omnigraffle on the Mac, but I think of these more as personal organization tools. Mind-mapping, org-charting, etc. Have you been to our slide:ology basic course yet? (http://slideology.com/seminars/spring-slideology-workshop/) That's really the point of these courses: how to design presentations in your mind, before you even boot up the computer. You'll find out just how creative you are, and how much you can do without photoshop or illustrator. Best to you! Hi Neeraj, I’ve designed a number of presentations myself, and I don’t know photoshop or illustrator. You can do quite a lot within PowerPoint or Keynote, for one thing, and istockphoto can fill in a lot of gaps for you. There are thousands of great illustrations on istock, for every kind of subject…

I’ve used Visio, too, as well as Omnigraffle on the Mac, but I think of these more as personal organization tools. Mind-mapping, org-charting, etc.

Have you been to our slide:ology basic course yet? (http://slideology.com/seminars/spring-slideology-workshop/) That’s really the point of these courses: how to design presentations in your mind, before you even boot up the computer. You’ll find out just how creative you are, and how much you can do without photoshop or illustrator.

Best to you!

]]> By: Neeraj http://blog.duarte.com/2008/11/cliche-of-the-week-clip-art/comment-page-1/#comment-452 Neeraj Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:15:34 +0000 http://slideology.com/?p=809#comment-452 Finding artwork is one piece of the puzzle, but for non-artist trained folks that plague the presentation worlds (read : engineers, MBAs) what are some good graphic creation software tools that we can use to make visual slides. I mean for me to learn adobe photoshop or illustrator seems to be overkill and highly time consuming..... so i use things like MS visio and those clearly don't look good as visuals ... thoughts? Finding artwork is one piece of the puzzle, but for non-artist trained folks that plague the presentation worlds (read : engineers, MBAs) what are some good graphic creation software tools that we can use to make visual slides. I mean for me to learn adobe photoshop or illustrator seems to be overkill and highly time consuming….. so i use things like MS visio and those clearly don’t look good as visuals … thoughts?

]]> By: CK http://blog.duarte.com/2008/11/cliche-of-the-week-clip-art/comment-page-1/#comment-451 CK Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:25:44 +0000 http://slideology.com/?p=809#comment-451 I found http://www.sxc.hu to be a great free resource for some stunning stock photos ! Do check it out ! I found http://www.sxc.hu to be a great free resource for some stunning stock photos !
Do check it out !

]]> By: Miguel.M http://blog.duarte.com/2008/11/cliche-of-the-week-clip-art/comment-page-1/#comment-450 Miguel.M Fri, 14 Nov 2008 09:57:58 +0000 http://slideology.com/?p=809#comment-450 Sorry: "...selling low-cost royalty-free stockphotos" "...too heavy even for..." Sorry:
“…selling low-cost royalty-free stockphotos”
“…too heavy even for…”

]]> By: Miguel.M http://blog.duarte.com/2008/11/cliche-of-the-week-clip-art/comment-page-1/#comment-449 Miguel.M Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:28:05 +0000 http://slideology.com/?p=809#comment-449 Bruce, Doug, As we all know, imagery use in presentations is, most of the time, conceptual. Clipart is the easiest/laziest/costless way of solving the problem... In my 20 years as a presentation designer, I've NEVER used clipart. Specially nowadays, with places selling royalty-free stockphotos like istockphoto.com or dreamstime.com, this last selling hi-res photos as low as $0.20 each? Will a few bucks be to heavy even for the lowest budget? Maybe, but only if you're working for free... Bruce, Doug,

As we all know, imagery use in presentations is, most of the time, conceptual.

Clipart is the easiest/laziest/costless way of solving the problem…

In my 20 years as a presentation designer, I’ve NEVER used clipart.

Specially nowadays, with places selling royalty-free stockphotos like istockphoto.com or dreamstime.com, this last selling hi-res photos as low as $0.20 each? Will a few bucks be to heavy even for the lowest budget?
Maybe, but only if you’re working for free…

]]> By: Doug Neff http://blog.duarte.com/2008/11/cliche-of-the-week-clip-art/comment-page-1/#comment-448 Doug Neff Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:52:00 +0000 http://slideology.com/?p=809#comment-448 Fair point, Bruce. Luckily, places like www.istockphoto.com are awesome resources of illustrations as well as photos. A bit more expensive than photos usually, but you can easily find some great assets there. Be careful, though, and use a discerning eye. Mr. Detective came from istock, and they have plenty more like him. Look for simple, clear, well-designed graphics. Anyone else have a good resource for non-clip-art graphics for their presentations? Fair point, Bruce. Luckily, places like http://www.istockphoto.com are awesome resources of illustrations as well as photos. A bit more expensive than photos usually, but you can easily find some great assets there.

Be careful, though, and use a discerning eye. Mr. Detective came from istock, and they have plenty more like him. Look for simple, clear, well-designed graphics.

Anyone else have a good resource for non-clip-art graphics for their presentations?

]]> By: Bodie http://blog.duarte.com/2008/11/cliche-of-the-week-clip-art/comment-page-1/#comment-447 Bodie Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:17:17 +0000 http://slideology.com/?p=809#comment-447 actually, as much as we all may hate to admit it... we all have our own self-created clip art libraries that we go to when w need something in a pinch. But for client reviews we just call it artwork. :c) actually, as much as we all may hate to admit it… we all have our own self-created clip art libraries that we go to when w need something in a pinch. But for client reviews we just call it artwork. :c)

]]> By: Bruce Schechter http://blog.duarte.com/2008/11/cliche-of-the-week-clip-art/comment-page-1/#comment-441 Bruce Schechter Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:14:34 +0000 http://slideology.com/?p=809#comment-441 I certainly agree. But at the same time, Doug, I feel like you told us what we should not do, without telling us what we should do instead. I am perpetually on a mission to replace words & bullets in my presentations with graphics and visuals. But when the project has no budget for a graphic artist, where are the available sources for excellent graphics (since Powerpoint's built-in clipart is not it)? I'd sure appreciate some professional help! :) I certainly agree. But at the same time, Doug, I feel like you told us what we should not do, without telling us what we should do instead. I am perpetually on a mission to replace words & bullets in my presentations with graphics and visuals. But when the project has no budget for a graphic artist, where are the available sources for excellent graphics (since Powerpoint’s built-in clipart is not it)? I’d sure appreciate some professional help! :)

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