PECHAKUCHA

PRESENTATION

NAME: VINCENT T. TANAEL YEAR/COURSE: BSE Eng. 2

 What is a Pecha Kucha Presentation?

A Pecha Kucha presentation is a format that uses 20 slides or images that are displayed for
20 seconds each. The slides will move automatically as the presenter is speaking. This format
ensures that the speaker is concise, keeps the presentation moving, and gets through all of their
content. Although it is an uncommon format, it is most often used for creative disciplines to share
their work or for professionals to share a journey or story. Some college courses will ask students
to use this format to increase their proficiency in presenting content quickly, with purpose, and
energy.
 Here are some things to keep in mind when creating a Pecha Kucha:

For PowerPoint Users:

 If you are designing slides and using custom fonts installed on your computer, they will not
be visible on a different computer unless they are installed prior to the presentation.
 (Note for Cedarville University students: Install your desired fonts while signed into the
campus computer you will be presenting on prior to the presentation. Make sure you sign out of the
previous presenter's account and into your account right before you present.)
 You will be able to type your speaker notes for each slide in the presentation file and view
them during using presenter mode. Since your slides will automatically change for this
presentation, your notes will as well.
 You will not need to set an aspect ratio for a typical screen. Only change it to square if you
know it is an old screen or have been informed that it is necessary. (If you have images and make
this change after you have placed them in the presentation, there may be some distortion.)
 In PowerPoint, you may feel limited in designing custom slides if you are accustomed to
using the adobe suite for projects. If you have very specific requirements or expectations for a
presentation in a creative discipline, you may want to consider designing with your familiar tools
and importing them to PowerPoint or using the PDF option.
 If you set the timer in PowerPoint and save the file, you will not need to set it up before you
present.

For PDF / Adobe Reader Users:

 Make sure you have created a file with the correct aspect ratio for the presentation screen.
The standard screen ratios are 4:3 for old screens (close to a square) and 16:9 for most modern
screens (widescreens). Always use the widescreen if you are unsure what kind of screen you will
be presenting on since it is the most common.
 With this option you can design your presentation in any program you are comfortable with
and export it as a pdf. You can then present it in Adobe Reader. Make sure the computer you
present on has Adobe Reader prior to the presentation.
 Since you are using a PDF, your fonts will be in the presentation, so no prior setup is needed
on any computer.
 You will not be able to have speaker notes like in PowerPoint, so you may have to use paper
or memorize more of the presentation.
 You will need to set up the timer on Adobe Reader right before your presentation, so give it a
try before you present!

A Pecha Kucha presentation is a simple presentation where you show 20 images or slides, each
for 20 seconds (i.e. 20x20). The slides/images will advance automatically to keep you on time. So
the total presentation is 6 minutes 40 seconds long. 
 Creating a Pecha Kucha Presentation Using PowerPoint

1. Open PowerPoint, File -> New; Home -> Layout -> Title and Content/Blank;

2. With the first slide selected, hit Return to create 19 more slides;

3. Command + A on a Mac or Control + A on a PC to select all the 20 slides, Transitions ->

uncheck the box of On Mouse Click, check the box of After, then put 20 seconds; This will
enable the slides advance automatically in 20 seconds.

4. Then go through each slide, to add images and/or text;

5. When finished, like a regular slide show, go to Slide Show -> Play from start. 

A PowerPoint template for Pecha Kucha presentation is available to download here DMC-

PechaKucha-presentation-template.pptx.

Creating a Pecha Kucha Presentation Using Keynote

1. Open Keynote, File-> New; Choose a theme, a Photo Essay is recommended.
2. With the first slide selected, hit Return to create 19 more slides.

3. Command + A to select all the 20 slides. Animate-> Start Transition -> change it fro On Click
to Automatically - Delay 20.00 S. This will This will enable the slides advance automatically in
20 seconds.

4. Then go through each slide, to add images and/or text;

5. When finished, like a regular slide show, go to Play -> Play Slideshow.

6. A Keynote template for Pecha Kucha presentation is available to download here DMC-

PechaKucha-presentation-template.key.zip.

Note: Google Presentation doesn't have 20 seconds option to automatically advance the
slides. File -> Publish to the web; auto - advance slides, (1, 2, 3, 5,10,15,30 seconds, 1
minute).

Tips and Tricks

Checking image resolution

This is to help prevent pixel artifact from displaying. 
From left to right, low resolution image 100x67, image after more pixels added in 1200x800,
original high resolution image 1200x800.
          

 
A. If an image is in a very low resolution, it may look pixelated when it is projected to a big
screen or printed large. 

B. Upscaling images by adding in more pixels will reduce/minimize pixel artifacts. This
interpolation process increases pixel count.  However, it can't increase the amount of details. If
the detail was never captured it can't be replaced. The results of upscaling images are nothing
like what you'd get with an image that was higher resolution to start with. 

C. On Mac, open the image with Preview, Tools -> Adjust Size...

D. On PC, open the image with Paint, Home -> Resize...

E. Increase the image resolution to match the projecting device's resolution. For instance,
DMC's projector has a resolution of 1024x768; DMC's multipurpose room's big screen has a
resolution of 1920x1080.

F. Placing an image onto a slide

G. Have a placeholder on the slide. A placeholder is much like a picture frame, which gives you
more flexibility when manipulating images.

H. Drag an image into the placeholder; or have the placeholder selected, then copy and paste
an image into it.

I. Adjust the placeholder border (i.e. the black bracket) to cover the whole slide

J. Crop picture to fill placeholder if important content won't be lost with cropping

K. Resize picture to fit inside placeholder otherwise.

L. Using placeholder to crop images

M. A placeholder can be duplicated when it is empty.

N. After an image is placed inside the placeholder, only the image will be copied when you use
copy function. The placeholder won't be copied.

Removing the background from an image

This helps to bring focus to the key part of the image and makes the text and image look more
integrated. 

  

A. Double click an image on a slide

B. Format Picture -> Remove Background

C. Drag the rectangle to make it cover all the foreground. The background is shaded with
Magenta color.

D. Draw lines within the areas that you want to include or exclude from the background image.

E. Click Remove Background

F. Fading an image into a solid color

this allows you to blend your image into a solid color or background color to highlight text or to
bring focus to the key part of the image.
G. Home -> Insert -> Shape, choose rectangle

H. Draw a rectangle

I. Fill -> Fill Effects..., Fill -> Gradient. Choose the direction of the gradient fill.

J. Next, select the two gradient colors. Click to select the left gradient bucket, from the Color
drop down menu, choose More Colors...., choose the Magnifying glass to sample a color on the
image. Set the transparency to 100%, which will make the rectangle blended seamlessly to the
image. 

K. Click to select the right gradient bucket, from the Color drop down menu, choose More
Colors...., choose the Magnifying glass to sample a color on the image. Set the transparency to
0%, which will make the rectangle have solid color at one end.

A. Creating masks to highlight key areas in an image

Semi- transparent
mask enables you
to highlight a
section on an image. 
     

    

A. Home -> Shape -> Rectangles, select the Rectangle shape, draw it to cover the whole
image, Fill -> Fill Effects..., Fill -> Solid, choose a solid color and adjust transparency to about
50%, then click OK to apply.

B. Home -> Shape -> Basic Shapes, select the Circle shape, draw it around the area you want
to highlight, Fill -> black or a different color then what you choose above. Click the oval you just
draw, Arrange -> Bring to Front

C. Select the oval and the semi-transparent rectangle, right click over, Save as picture..., save it
as a PNG file since PNG file can preserve transparency setting. 

D. Delete the oval and the semi-transparent rectangle, then drag the saved PNG file over the
image, Recolor -> Set Transparent Color, click the black oval. Then you should see the After
effect.

E. Borrowing nice color combinations from PowerPoint's built-in theme 

F. Themes -> Colors, the eight colors that you see next to the theme name represent one light
background/text color, one dark background/text color, and the six accent colors for that
theme. 
G. There are visibility rules built into the theme so that you can switch colors at any time and all
your content will remain legible and still look good.

H. Theme colors handle both light and dark backgrounds very well. The light colors are always
visible over the dark colors and vice versa, such as when dark color text is used over a light
background.  There are six accent colors that look good over any of the four possible
background colors. And they are color-blind friendly.

I. Themes -> Colors -> Create Theme Colors, you can check a color's RGB value and borrow it
or you can change a particular color to what you like. 

Many slide show projectors show dark backgrounds and light text better than they show light
backgrounds and dark text.