Keynote is the Apple equivalent of Powerpoint. If you're putting together a portfolio that you will present as a slideshow, it will work fine. But if you mean you want to use Keynote to design a portfolio for print purposes or to save as a pdf, then Keynote makes about as much sense for that as Powerpoint would - in other words it could be done, if you were locked in a dungeon by a crazed maniac who refused to let you out until you design your portfolio in Keynote or Powerpoint. In virtually any other scenario there are better options.
I would never hire someone who brought a screen in lieu of a paper portfolio. Just print it out. You can’t see anything on an iPad.
Dec 10, 19 9:00 am ·
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Non Sequitur
I agree. Printing a portfolio makes you consider the page count since it actually costs something. Forces people to weed out the garbage and filler stuff... and that folio better be perfect-bound. No spiral coil bullshit.
Dec 10, 19 9:48 am ·
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ivanmillya
Perfect binding only really makes sense for books of 80-or-so pages. Given that most portfolios should really only be 30-40 (between 8-10 sheets of paper), they'd be better off staple-bound, which will also allow them to lay flat.
Jul 21, 20 9:31 am ·
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Non Sequitur
^ that is incorrect. I perfect bind my 10 page folio but thanks for resurrecting this year-old thread with your glorious knowledge.
Jul 21, 20 9:51 am ·
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ivanmillya
Non, the thread is literally 7 months old. Not that old for new information. I'd love to see your perfect-bound 10 page portfolio. 10 pages (5 sheets perfect-bound) isn't near thick enough for the glue backing to hold properly. It's .5mm at that point. At the very least you should have 12 sheets for it to make any sense at all. Otherwise you'll end up with sheets either falling out from lack of adhesive or stuck together from glue getting between the seams. Saddle stitching is way more effective at that small of a sheet count.
It’s more that I just can’t see anything on the screen. You have to zoom and pinch and touch and all this nonsense. Same reason I bring a roll of physical drawings to sites instead of relying on a screen. Lots of room for technical difficulties with the screen. Hard to fuck up a piece of paper. It’s really obnoxious to ‘flip’ on a screen, find a particular page etc, have to potentially explain to interviewer how to do the said flipping etc. paper is simple and requires no instructions, battery can’t die etc etc. I also make my staff print everything out for redlines, often to their chagrin at the beginning, until they start doing it, and, gasp, begin to find their own errors/redlines before even bringing it to me. It’s much easier to see details on a paper than a screen. That’s the business and it will always be that way. You can’t replace that kind of tactility unless some gen z plans on replacing human eyes and hands. Print the thing. For yourself and the interviewer. The screen has its use and place yes, but sometimes, such as in the case of the portfolio, paper is very important.
I think Apple Keynote is similar to Powerpoint. If you just want to make a slideshow, Powerpoint meets your requirement. I made my portfolio before by Powerpoint. After that, in order to put some music to my powerpoint, I used Apple Music Converter from DumpMedia. You don't have to waste money on Keynote.
Make sure to use those wicked page transitions including sound effects when doing the portfolio in keynote/powerpoint, nothing says "hire me" better than that.
Jul 21, 20 3:22 am ·
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Apple Keynote Software for professional Portfolio?
how is the Apple software keynote to create a professional portfolio? Has anyone done it before ?
Keynote is the Apple equivalent of Powerpoint. If you're putting together a portfolio that you will present as a slideshow, it will work fine. But if you mean you want to use Keynote to design a portfolio for print purposes or to save as a pdf, then Keynote makes about as much sense for that as Powerpoint would - in other words it could be done, if you were locked in a dungeon by a crazed maniac who refused to let you out until you design your portfolio in Keynote or Powerpoint. In virtually any other scenario there are better options.
okay great. I think I’m just going to bring an iPad from now on for future interviews. keynote should be fine then.
I agree. Printing a portfolio makes you consider the page count since it actually costs something. Forces people to weed out the garbage and filler stuff... and that folio better be perfect-bound. No spiral coil bullshit.
Perfect binding only really makes sense for books of 80-or-so pages. Given that most portfolios should really only be 30-40 (between 8-10 sheets of paper), they'd be better off staple-bound, which will also allow them to lay flat.
^ that is incorrect. I perfect bind my 10 page folio but thanks for resurrecting this year-old thread with your glorious knowledge.
Non, the thread is literally 7 months old. Not that old for new information. I'd love to see your perfect-bound 10 page portfolio. 10 pages (5 sheets perfect-bound) isn't near thick enough for the glue backing to hold properly. It's .5mm at that point. At the very least you should have 12 sheets for it to make any sense at all. Otherwise you'll end up with sheets either falling out from lack of adhesive or stuck together from glue getting between the seams. Saddle stitching is way more effective at that small of a sheet count.
incorrect again.
You really need to bring a nicely printed portfolio and offer to leave with the interviewer(s).
some dinosaurs in this thread. bring a couple VR headsets to the interview so you walk around your projects in full scale
I think Apple Keynote is similar to Powerpoint. If you just want to make a slideshow, Powerpoint meets your requirement. I made my portfolio before by Powerpoint. After that, in order to put some music to my powerpoint, I used Apple Music Converter from DumpMedia. You don't have to waste money on Keynote.
Make sure to use those wicked page transitions including sound effects when doing the portfolio in keynote/powerpoint, nothing says "hire me" better than that.
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