Adding a header to the beamer

beamerpresentations

I am preparing my presentation and I saw a template that has a black header (works like the outline) and I want to add a similar one to my project, I also want the header color to be like the color behind "My name" in the footer

Here is my project in overleaf which contains "My Project" and the one I "want its header"

Edit: I deleted overleaf link because the problem has been solved, in case you are interested you can see the code in the accepted answer

Note: I couldn't give you a specific code because I actually do not know how that kind of headers work

Best Answer

Use in your preamble:

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%THEME%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\usetheme{Boadilla}
\usecolortheme{spruce}

\usefonttheme{default}  
\setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{}
\setbeamertemplate{caption}[numbered]

\useoutertheme[subsection=true]{miniframes} %<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
\setbeamercolor{section in head/foot}{fg=white, bg=black} %<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
\setbeamercolor{subsection in head/foot}{fg=white, bg=gray} %<<<<<<<

\setbeamercolor{title in head/foot}{fg=black, bg=white!50!MSUgreen} %<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
\setbeamercolor{author in head/foot}{fg=white!85!MSUgreen, bg=MSUgreen} %<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

UPDATE after follow-up question

Using \documentclass[compress]{beamer} to have the dots of the header arranged horizontally

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[Tex/LaTex] Latex Beamer Madrid theme – how to get smoothbars in the footer not header

Starting from the Madrid theme, one could redefine the footline template (taking immediately into account to suppress the subsections, as it is possible to see from \useoutertheme[subsection=false]{smoothbars}).

Code:

\documentclass[compress]{beamer}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usetheme{Madrid}

\setbeamercolor{section in head/foot}{parent=palette quaternary}

\makeatletter
\setbeamertemplate{footline}
{%
\vskip-9ex%
\begin{beamercolorbox}{}
\hfill\usebeamercolor[fg]{navigation symbols dimmed}%
    \insertslidenavigationsymbol
    \insertframenavigationsymbol
    \insertsubsectionnavigationsymbol
    \insertsectionnavigationsymbol
    \insertdocnavigationsymbol
    \insertbackfindforwardnavigationsymbol
  \end{beamercolorbox}%    
  \begin{beamercolorbox}[ht=3ex,dp=4ex]{section in head/foot}%
    \insertnavigation{\paperwidth}
  \end{beamercolorbox}%
}%
\makeatother

\title{My title}
\author{My name}
\institute{My institute}

\begin{document}
\section{First section}
\subsection{a}
\begin{frame}{Title}
hello
\end{frame}
\subsection{b}
\begin{frame}{Another title}
hello
\end{frame}

\section{Second section}
\subsection{a}
\begin{frame}{Title}
hello
\end{frame}
\subsection{b}
\begin{frame}{Another title}
hello
\end{frame}
\end{document}

which gives:

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[Tex/LaTex] Add content behind beamer background (or theme)

In order to have the title in front of the picture: How about leaving the traditional frametitle layer empty and including the frametitle in the footline layer?

\documentclass[t]{beamer}

\setbeamercolor{background canvas}{bg=blue!20}
\setbeamerfont{frametitle}{size=\fontsize{24}{28},series=\bfseries}
\setbeamercolor{frametitle}{fg=white}

\pgfdeclareimage[width=\paperwidth]{mybackground}{back.pdf}

\providecommand\insertframetitle{} 
\setbeamertemplate{footline}{%
    \begin{picture}(0,0)
        \put(0,0){%
            \pgfuseimage{mybackground}
        }
        \put(25,220){%
            \begin{minipage}[b][0mm][t]{100mm}
                \usebeamerfont{frametitle}{
                    \usebeamercolor[fg]{frametitle}{
                        \insertframetitle
                    }
                }
            \end{minipage}
        }
    \end{picture}
}

\setbeamertemplate{frametitle}{\vspace*{2.5cm}}

\begin{document}

    \begin{frame}
        \frametitle{Test Test Test}
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    \end{frame}

\end{document}

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[Tex/LaTex] Latex Beamer Madrid theme – how to get smoothbars in the footer not header

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