This slideshare presentation makes good use of images in a linear approach. With Prezi, the PSA core concept “time slices” could start from here and become more interactive. I wonder if we can take some of the images and “reuse” them in our Prezi collection.
There’s a few constraints on getting images “out of” a slideshare. First, I don’t know a method for doing so other than a screen grab. Second, the images in this presentation don’t appear to be vector based, and do appear to get fuzzy with zooming.
Prezi also doesn’t use cut and paste but instead allows insert from our Hard Drive, Google images, and images in our “collection” library as you know. I’ve tried to add images from other’s “Re-usable” prezi to my collection with some success. But which at present only works in the online Prezi version, and not the desktop, and takes time to find what one wants.
So far, it doesn’t seem that when we share Prezi, we can add to our own library collection from the other persons prezi when editing online. I tried to add something from your shared prezi to my collection without success.
In the old days, this would be a matter for “clip art”. What we are looking for is “clip art” which is vector based, so it zooms without getting pixelated. This morning I found a few links through google that look promising for finding some free vector clip art online:
http://www.clker.com
http://openclipart.org/browse
http://goo.gl/jFBEr
Clker site says it will “vectorize” any uploaded image bigger in size than 1024×768: it will be automatically vectorized. Which is kind of like “posterizing” an image, if you remember that term from graphic arts.
Not sure how we can “know” how what is available at these “free” vector image sites compares to what Google prezi search comes up with…there’s probably some overlap.
And there’s plenty of vector art available for a cost online too.
Note another post today on semi animated cartoons.