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Base Template

This is a very, very plain base template - a blank canvas upon which a Fedora design bounty ninja will unleash their creativity.

Some points to note up-front:

  • The template uses a light text on a dark background. This is because slide presentations are usually shown on a projector, and having a light-colored background can be overwhelming since it physically sends a lot more light to the viewer than a darker background. Sticking with light text on a dark background rather than vice-versa should make for a more pleasant viewing experience.
  • What counts as a 'title', and what counts as 'body text' is sometimes confusing. The presentation title and slide titles are definitely titles, and bullet points are definitely body text. Beyond that is up to you.
  • The slide design should be consistent with the Fedora brand. We do have specific colors and a general style we try to align to. Our current draft guidelines include the full swatch and should give you a good overview of the style we tend to follow. You may also want to refer to our logo usage guidelines.
  • The slide design should *not* use any artwork from a particular Fedora release. We'd like a template for which usage can span multiple releases, and tying the template to a specific Fedora release will mean it will be usable for at most 6 months before it is out-of-date.

Some points slide-by-slide:

Title Slide

Fedora-slide-template title-slide base.png

  • This slide is left up on-screen before the speaker starts, so it may be visible for a while.
  • There's room for both a presentation title and subtitle
  • The presenter's name is given a space, and beneath there are fields for their job title / affiliation / background
  • In the lower left there is a spot for the presenter to indicate the license of their slides

Topic Overview

Fedora-slide-template topic-overview base.png

  • Today's topics is a bulleted list of all the topics covered in the presentation - like a table of contents

Topic Splash

Fedora-slide-template topic-splash base.png

  • Before each topic in the presentation is covered, there's a slide to indicate the title of the topic that is about to start, centered and in a large size font.

Topic Details

Fedora-slide-template topic-details base.png

  • This slide represents the meat of a topic in the presentation.
  • These slides might have pictures, bullet points, flat text descriptions, diagrams - pretty much anything.

Summary

Fedora-slide-template summary base.png

  • This slide serves as a quick run-down of all topics covered to summarize the speaker's points.

Questions Slide

Fedora-slide-template questions base.png

  • This slide is left up on-screen while the speaker handles questions, so it will be up for a while.
  • The speaker's contact information is displayed in the lower left.
  • The slide license details are displayed again in the lower left.

Inspiration

Please feel free to be as creative as you'd like with these slides. Custom illustrations, innovative layouts - let your creativity go wild!

Here's some inspiration found from popular slide shows on http://slideshare.net :

Other Research

You'll note that the currently-listed Fedora slide templates have an assortment of issues. Many are specific to a particular version of Fedora, thus many use out-dated graphics. A few also actually don't comply with the Fedora logo usage guidelines. Others simply don't match the Fedora branding with their color choices, or don't even tie in the Fedora branding at all.

You may want to reach out to Fedora ambassadors and other folks in the Fedora community to get their feedback on the templates they use as inspiration for how to make your template super-awesome.