Professional Documents
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Lesson 4
Formatting Illustrations:
Productivity Tools Resizing Illustrations
Also known as productivity software; used to a. Click the image and sizing handles will
create and produce professional quality appear. Click and drag any of the sizing
documents, presentations, databases, and more. handles.
Three basic functions: Format Pictures and Clip art
Microsoft Word – writing skills a. Select the picture to format. A Format tab of
Microsoft Excel – numeracy skills the Picture Tools will appear.
Microsoft PowerPoint – presentation skills 1. Corrections
2. Color
Advance Techniques in Word Processor 3. Artistic Effects
1. Integrating Illustrations in Word Processor – 4. Picture Styles, Border, and Effects
visualization or drawing. Insert illustrations Format Shapes
easily by using the illustrations group of the a. Click the shape. Format Tab of the Drawing
Insert Tab. Tool will appear.
Inserting Illustrations: 1. Shape Styles
Picture from a File 2. Shape Fill, Outline, and Effects
a. Click the area where to insert the picture in Format Chart
your document. a. Select the chart to format. Design, Layout,
b. Insert Tab > Illustrations group > Pictures. and Format tabs of the Chart Tools will
Insert picture dialog box will appear. appear
c. Choose the picture > Insert. b. To edit the data, click Edit Data of the Data
Shape group under the Design tab. An MS Excel
a. Insert Tab > Illustrations group > Shapes. window will appear. Edit the data. Close this
b. Click the shape and click the area in the window as soon as done.
document were the shape will be placed. c. To add labels, go to the Layout tab and click
the appropriate button in the Labels group.
SmartArt
a. Insert Tab > Illustrations group > SmartArt.
A dialog box will appear. Select from the Advance Techniques in PowerPoint
list of SmartArt and click OK. Animations
Chart a. Animations Tab > Add Animations. There
a. Click in the document where the Chart is to are choices of various animation types for
be placed. entrance, emphasis, exit and motion paths.
b. Insert Tab > Illustrations group > Chart. A Hyperlink – text or image on the screen used
dialog box will appear. Select the type of to jump to another file or within the existing
chart and click OK. MS Excel window will file.
appear with the chart. a. Click the word or the image > Insert tab
c. Edit the data in MS Excel window. You > Hyperlink or Link.
can close Excel after editing the chart. b. Click on the choices on where to link the
image or the word. Click OK.
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4. Alignment – the way visual elements are Lesson 6
arranged. Principles and Techniques of
a. Edge Alignment
b. Center Alignment
Design Using Online Creation
5. Repetition – process of repeating elements Tools, Platforms, and Applications
throughout a design to give a unified look.
6. Contrast – divergence of opposing elements. Web Page Creation
An effective website design should fulfill its
Image Manipulation intended function by conveying its message while
Refers to a process of bringing changes to a simultaneously engaging the visitor.
digitized image for transforming it to a desired Factors that contribute to good website design:
image. 1. Consistency
2. Colors
Principles and Basic Techniques of Image 3. Typography
Manipulation 4. Imagery
1. Cropping – cutting parts away
5. Simplicity and functionality
2. Color Balance – ambience and tone of light
3. Brightness and Contrast – making the image
Web Templates
darker or lighter.
Unique full-page layout that contains generic
4. Filter – gives your image a twist from its
information which can be replaced by the users
original look.
with their own personal information.
5. Changing the Background
6. Removing the Color
7. Combining text, graphics, and image WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET
“WYSIWYG”
No coding skills are required.
Design components are manipulated using an
editor window and get the chance to choose
what elements are on your page.
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2. Simplicity – the best way to go when Online Creation Tools
considering the user experience and the usability TYPES OF VISUAL CONTENT
of your website. 1. Infographics – graphic visual representations
Color – has the power to communicate intended to present information quickly and
messages and evoke emotional responses. clearly.
Limit color scheme to less than 5 colors.
Piktochart – infographic creation tool
Pleasing color combinations.
that lets you design stunning pieces
Typography – should be legible. Use worth sharing in minutes.
maximum of 3 different fonts. 2. Videos – recording of moving pictures and
Imagery – capture the spirit of the company sound, especially as a digital file.
and their brand personality. PowToon – online animation software
3. Navigation – finding system used on websites perfect for storytelling and creating
where visitors interact and find what they are Flash-style movies.
looking for. 3. Presentations – use catchy images, videos,
and graphics in your presentation to get into
4. F-Shaped Pattern Reading – most common way the minds of your target audience.
visitors scan text on a website. Prezi – cloud-based presentation
software that displays information not as
series of slides but as a large board that
zooms in on specific information, text,
or an image.
SlideShare – upload and share
5. Visual Hierarchy – arrangement of elements, professional videos and slide
order of importance. Establish a focal point. presentations.
6. Content – using compelling language, great
content can attract and influence visitors by
converting them into customers.
Grid-based layout – arranges content into a
clean rigid grid structure that line up and
impose order for an aesthetically pleasing
website.
Load Time – waiting for a website to load
will lose visitors. Nearly half of web
visitors expect a site to load in 2 seconds or
less. Optimize image sizes.
Mobile Friendly – more people are using
other devices to browse the web. Consider
building your website with a responsive
layout that could adjust to different
screens.
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Online Tools to Produce Video Content
MULTIMEDIA AND ICT 1. Facebook Live – Facebook’s live-streaming tool
that engages viewers in real-time.
Web 1.0 – “readable” phrase of the World Wide 2. YouTube Editor – creates new videos and edit
Web with flat data and limited interaction clips and publish them to YouTube.
between sites and web users. 3. YouTube Live Streaming – with three options to
Web 2.0 – “writable” phrase of the World Wide start a live stream: Stream Now is a quick and
Web with interactive data. easy way to start and stop stream content at the
Web 3.0 – It is the “executable” phrase of Word right time.
Wide Web with dynamic applications, 4. Adobe Spark – Adobe’s app to transform ideas
interactive services, and “machine-to-machine” into visual stories.
interaction. 5. Magisto – app to create professional videos with
easy-to-use editing tools, captions, custom
Rich Content in Online Environment and the branding, and commercially licensed music.
User Experience 6. Facebook Slideshow – video-like ads that use
Rich User Experience motion, sound, and text to tell your story across
Ability of the web to deliver full scale GUI devices.
style application to the client, making it easier 7. Loopster – full-featured online video editor with
to interact, share and access the web content. an easy-to-use interface.
Focuses to enhance how the data is presented, 8. Wideo – tool to create animated videos for a
manipulated, and used by the user. marketing campaign.
GUI (Graphic User Interface) 9. Periscope – Twitter’s app for live streaming.
Program that allows a person to work easily 10. WeVideo – full-featured online platform for
with a computer by using a mouse to point a editing video.
small picture and other element on the screen. 11. StoriesAds.com – tool for creating compelling
video content tailored for Instagram’s vertical
Interactive Multimedia format.
Interactive – the user or audience has control 12. Animoto – platform for creating videos and
over the program or presentation. slideshows with three storytelling products.
Multimedia – the integration of text, sound, Marketing Video Builder – drag-and-drop
graphics, animation and video into a single unit. tool designed to perform well on social
media.
Slideshow Builder – provides roughly 100
templates to turn photos and video clips into
a professional slideshow video.
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Online Platforms and Sites
1. Webcast – media file distributed over the
Internet using streaming media technology to
take a single content source and distribute it to
many simultaneous viewers.
According to PSMAG Webcast means:
To send live audio or video programming
over the Web.
To send selected Web-based information to
Internet users based on individual
requirements.