Austin Kleon uploaded this slidecast to SlideShare last year. I've always loved how he used some simple tools to create a clear communication using visuals and an audio commentary.
Cool aye!? Imagine sharing how to set up a Web site in Wordpress or how to uncover a client's needs or how to plant a garden. Essentially this is a bare bones, animated napkin sketch with voice over. Quick, cheap and pretty easy. If you want to lead a tribe by teaching others what you know then this is one great way to do it.
So how did he do this? I sent Austin an e-mail and he kindly told me how.
- Drew the final image (at end of slideshow)
- Created a series of images be deleting parts of the final image
- Inserted the images on his slides to show them building from a blank canvas up to the final image
- Uploaded to SlideShare
- Added audio
And that's it.
Of course if you have some sweet graphic design skills then you could create some vector graphics and use those in your slidecast, but that is necessary to create the kind of slick presentation that Austin did.
I plan to do a slidecast to show you exactly how this is done from start to finish. Stay tuned.