Mental Canvas for Training and Development : Creating Engaging, Interactive Presentations / by Michael Commini.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Commini, Michael, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Apple computers.

Apple and iOS.

Local Subjects:

Apple and iOS.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (376 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2023.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : Apress : Imprint: Apress, 2023.

Summary:

Take advantage of layering and other digital techniques to create stunning, interactive compositions suitable for delivering instructional content and presentations on your iOS or Android device. This book shows you how to move from traditional paper and pen drawing to 3D content that can be interacted with by the viewer. Designed to be used on tablets, the Mental Canvas app is a reimagining of presentation software in the digital age that uses patented technology developed by a research team at Yale University. Whether producing concept drawings, storyboards, tutorials, sales presentations, or other forms of interactive media, you’ll learn the skills to transform boring presentations into something exciting and new! You’ll create stunning panoramic views; allow viewers to move through your artwork with multiple scenes; publish to the web for viewing on any smart phone, tablet, or computer; import image files; and export animated fly-throughsas .mp4 files. Mental Canvas can be used by individual creatives or as part of a collaborative design team sharing files between multiple devices giving global instructional design firms an edge over their competition. Provide fun, interactive, and engaging presentations and throw out those boring click-through, static presentations of the past. Business Dashboards, Organizational About Us pages, Sales presentations – virtually whatever the organization’s creatives can think up you’ll learn to develop in Mental Canvas! You will: Use layering to create stunning 3D effects in an otherwise static 2D image Import and adapt existing images into your dynamic presentation Create .mp4 fly-throughs that bring websites and presentations to life with video.

Contents:

Part One: Overview

Chapter 1: Overview of Mental Canvas

Part Two: Your First Scene and Managing its Files

Chapter 2: The Scene and File Management

Chapter 3: The Drawing Mode: The Basics

Chapter 4: The Canvas

Part Three: Layers Bookmarks and Beyond

Chapter 5: Layers and Importing Images

Chapter 6: Bookmarks, Timings, and Animation

Part 4: Projects

Chapter 7: Project One: Office Fire Safety Part One

Chapter 8: Project One: Office Fire Safety Part Two

Chapter 9: Project Two: Office Safety. - Part Five: An Finally..

Chapter 10: Summary of Our Mental Canvas Journey of Discovery.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781484287743

1484287746

OCLC:

1406832798