Microsoft Office 2010 Powerpoint

March 5, 2010 | By Zo Nicholas In Daily Online Training Calls, Web Graphics, Ycademy | Comments(0)

Microsoft Office 2010 Powerpoint

Following upon yesterday’s Ycademy daily training call in which we ran through some of the added features in the new edition of Microsoft Office 2010 Powerpoint, all particiants found that the new 2010Powerpoint is so much easier to use, especially those who still remember the 2003 edition. That edition was certainly a bit of a challenge. There will be more Ycademy trainings following up on this subject.

Powerpoint Slides

Here is an example of a slide created with just a few clicks during the session, with an added Photoshop Page curl just for fun!
Each slide can be manipulated and adjusted according to ones preferences.

Author:
Zo Nicholas, Media, Marketing, Publishing.

Co-Founder of YORGOO, Ycademy,YORGOO Press and Semiomantics.

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Branding and Logo Design

March 4, 2010 | By Zo Nicholas In Daily Online Training Calls, Web Graphics, Yorgo, Zo Nicholas | Comments(0)

By Zo Nicholas

Branding and Logo Design

Following up on my previous posts about Branding, this post concerns the next stage of the branding process that of creating a logo, a graphic representation of a business to promote brand recognition. Most companies today use this as a clearly visible and easily identifiable promotional trademark. Easily identifiable both on the web and offline.

Creating a Logo

When creating a logo one of the first steps is to decide which elements you would like to see in your design. What needs to be considered aswell is the fact that a logo will also be used on printed matter as well as on the web, therefore the end product must reproduce well in both formats. A complicated design is not always easy to reproduce succesfully. Simplicity well crafted is chic!

The Logo

Having recently changed the style, layout and the colour on my blog I decided that now was the time to create a logo, a simple representation of what I do. Having decided on the elements to use, in this case just good clear and distinctive fonts like Helvetica, which looks good both on the web and in print, and an initial decision on which text was to be used the creative process began in Photoshop.

Logo creators

There are various logo creators online, for free or to purchase, that can be used quite succesfully to create a perfectly acceptable logo, however for a really professional look one really needs to use a professional image editing software like Photoshop.

Logo Design Study

After some initial designs, here are a few of the results of a brainstorming session last nite with Yorgo. Bouncing ideas with another person is a great way to improve the upon the creativity process. There will be more to come soon.

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2. Adding some colour

3. Different interpretation

4. The glossy effect

5. The pastel look

6. Bold and glossy

Which design so far is your favourite?

Author:
Zo Nicholas, Media, Marketing, Publishing.

Co-Founder of YORGOO, Ycademy,YORGOO Press and Semiomantics.

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Branding and Logo Design

March 4, 2010 | By Zo Nicholas In Daily Online Training Calls, Web Graphics, Yorgo, Zo Nicholas | Comments(0)

By Zo Nicholas

Branding and Logo Design

Following up on my previous posts about Branding, this post concerns the next stage of the branding process that of creating a logo, a graphic representation of a business to promote brand recognition. Most companies today use this as a clearly visible and easily identifiable promotional trademark. Easily identifiable both on the web and offline.