PowerPoint FOR TELEVISION & VIDEO A QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE THE BAD NEWS The most important concept to understand is that TV screens and computer screens are very different. TV sets have lower resolution, less color tolerance and they mask off part of the screen where you may have placed important information. Unless you build your slide show understanding these concepts your slides may not be readable to TV viewers. THE GOOD NEWS The rules are easy... There are only three.. Anyone can make TV Safe slides PowerPoint FOR TELEVISION & VIDEO THREE SIMPLE RULES 1. Avoid fine patterns and small text 2. Avoid brilliant whites and pure colors 3. Stay within the “TV SAFE ZONE” FIRST RULE TV HAS LESS RESOLUTION THAN A COMPUTER SCREEN So...Don’t use small text like this. It looks great on the computer but will not be readable on TV. The smallest text size should allow only 50 characters per line Don’t use serif fonts like this TIMES NEW ROMAN Use sans serif fonts like this ARIAL OR HELVETICA Don’t use backgrounds that have fine patterns like this Use plain, gradient or soft pattern backgrounds like this SECOND RULE TV CANNOT HANDLE PURE, BRIGHT COLORS So...Don’t use pure, bright colors for text Also..Don’t use pure white Use an off white Use subdued colors THIRD RULE STAY AWAY FROM THE EDGES OF YOUR SLIDE On your computer your slide looks like this... But on TV your slide looks like this... THIRD RULE STAY AWAY FROM THE EDGES OF YOUR SLIDE TV sets may look like computer displays but they use very different technology. One of the principle differences is that computer displays show you everything on your screen but TV sets do not. Every TV screen “masks” the edges of the screen so that they cannot be seen by the TV viewer. This helps “hide” special data that goes along with the TV signal when it is broadcast and would otherwise be distracting to the viewer. This line would not be seen by TV viewers because it is to close to the edge of the slide THIRD RULE STAY AWAY FROM THE EDGES OF YOUR SLIDE The line around this slide represents the TV SAFE ZONE Build all your important information to fit within this zone and the TV viewers will be able to read all your text and see all your pictures. ADDITIONAL TIPS TO HELP YOU MAKE SLIDES THAT WORK WELL ON TV Easily understood Charts & Graphs are particularly challenging for presentations NEXT ARE THREE EXAMPLES OF CHARTS & GRAPHS THAT WORK WELL CHARTS & GRAPHS MAKE THEM BOLD & SIMPLE CHARTS & GRAPHS MAKE THEM BOLD & SIMPLE CHARTS & GRAPHS MAKE THEM BOLD & SIMPLE ADDITIONAL TIPS TO HELP YOU MAKE SLIDES THAT WORK WELL ON TV Here are some slides that do not work very well for TV. See if you can identify which rules they break. 1. Avoid fine patterns and small text 2. 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