Transparent layer trick can work but still something will be missing. No matter how bold and large you make the font, it will look forcefully placed over the stunning image. The elements in the visual take a toll on text readability. That happiness when you find the perfect visual for your presentation is often short-lived when you place text over it. See the screenshot below to see how we created the masking effect: Keep increasing the transparency of each gradient stop till the last gradient stop has 100% transparency.
Choose the color you wish to use and keep 3-4 gradient stops. Here’s how you create the masking effect: Take a rectangular shape and fill it with a Gradient Fill. It looks very professional, see for yourself below: In masking, we gradually keep decreasing the transparency of the shape till it merges into the picture. The bottom half is too busy to add title over there. If we put a transparent layer from left to right, the young man’s face will be cut off. Make it easier for the audience by masking. Readability is not that bad, although one has to concentrate a lot. The problem is the same- text seems to rob the beauty of a stunning image. Keep the sub-heading of a different color, preferably picked from the visual itself. Besides, the tiny font adds more meaning to the slide, which is to admire the vastness of space. Take a cool font worthy of depicting galaxy. Thankfully, the image has some white space on the right. The Jupiter seems to be invaded by a boring font. But does this slide look remarkable after text is forcefully inserted over the planet? Juno’s mission to Mars is a remarkable achievement. But some images are too precious and remarkable to be tampered with. When the characters in your visual cover the entire space leaving you with no space to write your text, you are left with no option but to put it over that central character. Here’s how the Brexit opening slide now looks after applying hack #2. Now, format the shape, change the color of the shape, set transparency level and remove the outline. In such a scenario, take a rectangle from the Shapes menu in PowerPoint and cover the complete visual with it. The image in the background is such that if some part of it is blocked by text and transparent shape, the slide becomes a mess. Many a times when you try hack #1, you might feel it looks forced and awkward. But while creating the opening slide for it, we faced the same problem. The outcome had global repercussions not just for the UK economy.
Hack #2- Add a Transparent Layer over the Imageīrexit: the shocking exit of Britain from the European Union. Ensure that if the image is of some personality, you do not block off the person’s face.
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But often a small problem crops up over here- How to display text over an image? The title is barely readable on the colorful image! Not only is your title getting lost somewhere in the slide, it’s killing the beauty of the image too. There is nothing better than opening the opening slide with a striking image.
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If you are using a great, full screen visual on the title slide, half the battle is won. You want the audience to immediately sit straight, keep their phones away, open their eyes and ears and look forward to the next 20 minutes of your presentation. It’s the introduction- your first impression. Title Slide is the most important slide in your presentation.
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