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    Slide Preparation

    A key element of your SIGGRAPH Asia 2014 presentation is your electronic slide preparation. The audience will base its evaluation of you and your subject matter partly on the appearance of your images. An attractive, legible, and organized presentation will reflect positively on the content, and therefore on you. Please review these basic guidelines to ensure that your SIGGRAPH Asia 2014 presentation is the best it can possibly be.

     

    Slide Templates

    For Speakers presenting in the Bougainvillea Hall or in the Plum Blossom Hall, slides should be prepared in the 16:9 format. To save on your preparation time, we have created a template for you to download.

     

    SIGGRAPH Asia 2014 PowerPoint Slide Template (16:9)
    (For Bougainvillea Hall and Plum Blossom Hall)

     

    For Speakers presenting in any other halls, slides should be in the 4:3 format. To save on your preparation time, we have created a template for you to download:

     

    SIGGRAPH Asia 2014 PowerPoint Slide Template (4:3)
    (For all other halls)

     

    Timing

    Find out how much time is allowed for your presentation. Plan your talk and the number of slides to allow for a relaxed pace. Think of what you would change if the presentation had to be shortened or lengthened. Practice your talk before the conference. Time yourself. Force yourself to slow down a little. A rushed presentation will create more stress for you and will not be compelling. Come to the Speaker Preparation Room to upload your presentation and practice your timing.

     

    Legibility

    The technical session rooms at SIGGRAPH Asia 2014 are large, and your presentation must be legible from the back row. If you can stand two meters away from your computer's monitor and easily read your slides, your text is large enough. To achieve this, limit each slide to eight lines of text or less and limit each line of text to 30 characters or less. Use a bold typeface, no smaller than 28 points, with generous line spacing.

     

    Use key words, so that your slides will be quick and easy to read. You want the audience to hear your presentation, while the slides accentuate the points to remember. Use standard fonts. That way your presentation will be truly portable. Incorporate only the essential parts of a diagram and simplify whenever possible. While it is tempting to include detail for the sake of accuracy, too much will make the slide difficult to read and become a distraction. Break up complex diagrams into sections if you can, so that each section can be made larger and therefore more legible.

     

    Capitalization

    Avoid using ALL CAPITAL letters. Words written in ALL CAPS are harder to read and take up more space on the screen. Use bold face and italics for emphasis, or use a bright color such as yellow text when normal body text is white. Underlined text is not recommended.

     

    Color and Contrast

    Make good use of color and contrast. Dark backgrounds tend to be easier to view, especially with light text and graphics. Good background color choices are black, blue, maroon, or gradient dark colors. Good text colors are white or yellow. If you use a light background, use black or very dark text and graphics.

     

    Maintain consistency throughout your slides. Using the same background color, text size, text color, and uniform fonts throughout all the slides makes it easier for the audience to follow the flow of your ideas.

     

    Movies in Presentations

    Please review this information to be certain that your movies will play on the SIGGRAPH Asia 2014 computers. These tips were written for PowerPoint users, but the issues (files, folders, and CODECS) are common to most presentation software.

     

    Files and Folders

    Be sure to bring all the files associated with your presentation. (If you have movies that play in your presentation, you must copy each individual movie file onto your presentation disk.)

     

    Make sure your PowerPoint presentation and your movies are in the SAME folder. If you put videos in sub-folders, they will likely not play. (If you have already done this, we can fix it in the Speaker Preparation Room.)

     

    CODECS

    If you used a special CODEC to create video compression, you must bring this CODEC program with you so we can install it on our presentation computer. If you are unsure about your CODEC, try your presentation on a computer other than the one you use everyday. Try one in another office or at a friend's house. If you know the person who created the video, please contact that person and ask if the video includes any CODEC issues.

     

    We can Help

    If you are unsure about which CODEC your movie requires, you can email a sample of one of your movies to the SIGGRAPH Asia 2014 Speaker Preparation Staff. We will test it and let you know if there are any issues. Send your questions or concerns to the Speaker Preparation staff.

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