The last slide on presentation is usually, "Thank You" or "Thanks for a Patient Hearing" or something like that. Are there any showcases/ examples of nice last Beamer slides to be included in presentations?
[Tex/LaTex] “Thank You” slide in Beamer
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You could choose a beamer theme which supports that. For example Singapore:
\documentclass{beamer}
\usetheme{Singapore}
\begin{document}
\section{Introduction}
\subsection{One}
\begin{frame} text \end{frame}
\subsection{Two}
\begin{frame} text \end{frame}
\subsection{Three}
\begin{frame} text \end{frame}
\subsection{Four}
\begin{frame} text \end{frame}
\section{Methods}
\subsection{One}
\begin{frame} text \end{frame}
\subsection{Two}
\begin{frame} text \end{frame}
\end{document}
Here's the top of a frame, where subsection three of the introduction is highlighted.
Or
\usetheme{Szeged}
Or
\usetheme{Darmstadt}
There are related themes such as Berlin, Ilmenau, Dresden and Frankfurt, with such a navigation.
Also the progressbar theme is interesting, if you wish to show the frame progress.
To visit beamer themes galleries, have a look at Where to find custom beamer themes.
As already mentioned in the comments, the title page contains several PDF files using different fonts:
- The basic font of the beamer theme is Gill Sans
- The Text reading "This is a sample talk title" is set in Trebuchet MS
- The author's name ("Flip Tanedo") is set in Zapfino
- The logo of Cornell University is set in Palatino
Here is a quick and dirty hack, based on the sources (the pictures are replaced by the text set in the corresponding fonts):
%% BEAMER THEME FLIP 2012: Main tex file for compiling
%$ Compile this file.
%%
%% Copyright 2012 by Flip Tanedo
%% This file may be distributed and/or modified
%% 1. under the LaTeX Project Public License and/or
%% 2. under the GNU Public License.
%%
%% If you e-mail Flip (pt267@cornell.edu) to say that you
%% like this style file, then it would make him smile.
%% Please see notes.txt for comments on Beamer Theme Flip 2013
%% By default, this template is meant to be run with XeLaTeX (for fonts)
%% To run in PDFLaTeX, remove fontspec and any font commands
%% Discussion of Beamer vs XeLaTeX vs LuaLaTeX
%% http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/29497/xelatex-preventing-beamer-from-using-different-backgrounds
\documentclass[12 pt]{beamer}
\usetheme[
bullet=circle, % Other option: square
bigpagenumber, % circled page number on lower right
topline=true, % colored bar at the top of the frame
shadow=false, % Shading for beamer blocks
watermark=BG_lower, % png file for the watermark
]{Flip}
\newcommand{\titleimage}{title} % Custom title
\newcommand{\tanedo}{tanedolight} % Custom author name
\newcommand{\CMSSMDM}{CMSSMDMlight.png} % light background plot
%%%%%%%%%%
% FONTS %
%%%%%%%%%%
%% Default font: lmodern, doesn't require fontspec % solves some default warnings
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{lmodern}
%\usepackage{sfmath} % Sans Serif Math, off by default
%% Protects fonts from Beamer screwing with them
%% http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/10488/force-computer-modern-in-math-mode
\usefonttheme{professionalfonts}
%% XeLaTeX fonts: (comment out if you don't use XeLaTeX)
%% For advanced fonts: access local OS X fonts
\usepackage[no-math]{fontspec}
%% This template uses typical OS X and Adobe fonts
\defaultfontfeatures{Mapping=tex-text} % This seems to be important for mapping glyphs properly
\setmainfont{Gill Sans} % Beamer ignores "main font" in favor of sans font
\setsansfont{Gill Sans} % This is the font that beamer will use by default
% \setmainfont{Gill Sans Light} % Prettier, but harder to read
\setbeamerfont{title}{family=\fontspec{Gill Sans}}
\newcommand{\handwriting}{\fontspec{augie}} % From Emerald City, free font
% \newcommand{\handwriting}{} % If you prefer no special handwriting font or don't have augie
%% Gill Sans doesn't look very nice when boldfaced
%% This is a hack to use Helvetica instead
%% Usage: \textbf{\forbold some stuff}
\newcommand{\forbold}{\fontspec{Helvetica}}
% \newcommand{\forbold}{} % if you want no special boldface
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
% Usual LaTeX Packages %
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amsfonts}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{mathrsfs} % For Weinberg-esque letters
\usepackage{cancel} % For "SUSY-breaking" symbol
\usepackage{slashed} % for slashed characters in math mode
\usepackage{bbm} % for \mathbbm{1} (unit matrix)
\usepackage{amsthm} % For theorem environment
\usepackage{multirow} % For multi row cells in table
\usepackage{arydshln} % For dashed lines in arrays and tables
\usepackage{tikzfeynman} % For Feynman diagrams
% \usepackage{subfig} % for sub figures
% \usepackage{young} % For Young Tableaux
% \usepackage{xspace} % For spacing after commands
% \usepackage{wrapfig} % for Text wrap around figures
% \usepackage{framed}
\graphicspath{{images/}} % Put all images in this directory. Avoids clutter.
\usetikzlibrary{backgrounds}
\usetikzlibrary{mindmap,trees} % For mind map
% http://www.texample.net/tikz/examples/computer-science-mindmap/
% SOME COMMANDS THAT I FIND HANDY
% \renewcommand{\tilde}{\widetilde} % dinky tildes look silly, dosn't work with fontspec
\newcommand{\comment}[1]{\textcolor{comment}{\footnotesize{#1}\normalsize}} % comment mild
\newcommand{\Comment}[1]{\textcolor{Comment}{\footnotesize{#1}\normalsize}} % comment bold
\newcommand{\COMMENT}[1]{\textcolor{COMMENT}{\footnotesize{#1}\normalsize}} % comment crazy bold
\newcommand{\Alert}[1]{\textcolor{Alert}{#1}} % louder alert
\newcommand{\ALERT}[1]{\textcolor{ALERT}{#1}} % loudest alert
%% "\alert" is already a beamer pre-defined
\author[Flip Tanedo\quad {pt267@cornell.edu}]{Flip Tanedo}
\title[Flip's Beamer Theme]{Flip's Beamer Theme}
\institute{Cornell University}
\date{\today}
\begin{document}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
% Additional settings %
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%% To use external nodes; http://www.texample.net/tikz/examples/beamer-arrows/
\tikzstyle{every picture}+=[remember picture]
{ %% This is a total kludge for a fancy title page background
\setbeamertemplate{sidebar right}{\llap{\includegraphics[width=\paperwidth,height=\paperheight]{BG_upper}}}
\begin{frame}[c]%{\phantom{title page}}
% The \phantom{title page} is a kludge to get the red bar on top
% \titlepage
\begin{center}
% \includegraphics[width=7cm]{WarpedPenguinsReturn}
\begin{tikzpicture}%[show background grid] %% Use grid for positioning, then turn off
\node[inner sep=0pt,above right] (title)
{ \fontspec{Trebuchet MS}\bfseries THIS IS A SAMPLE TALK TITLE };
% { \includegraphics[width=7cm]{\titleimage} };
% \node (title) at (1.5,1.5) {};
\end{tikzpicture}
\quad
% \includegraphics[width=7cm]{\titleimage}
\vspace{1em}
\footnotesize\textcolor{gray}{Journal of Cool Beans
\texttt{[arXiv:1234.5678]}}
\vspace{.5em}
%\includegraphics[height=1.5cm]{\tanedo} \quad
{\fontspec{Zapfino} Flip Tanedo} \quad
% \includegraphics[height=1cm]{FlipSansSerif} \quad
\includegraphics[height=1.5cm]{CUasym}\\
% \footnotesize\textcolor{gray}{In collaboration with} Csaba Cs\'aki\textcolor{gray}{,} Yuval Grossman\textcolor{gray}{, and} Yuhsin Tsai\normalsize\\
\footnotesize\textcolor{gray}{In collaboration with
D. Grayson, J. Todd, T. Drake, S. Brown, D. Wayne}\normalsize\\
\textcolor{normal text.fg!50!Comment}{\textit{Gotham University}, \today}
% \textcolor{Comment}{ \;($\pi$ day)}\\
% \Comment{4 February 2011}
\end{center}
\end{frame}
}
\end{document}
The result looks like this:
As you can see, it is not identical with the original title page. But it leads to an answer to your question: If you have the fonts and you put in some work, the title page can be set with XeLaTeX. No need for photoshop and friends.
Best Answer
Here is one I use in most of my presentations with applicable change in image, text, text size, text font and text color.
If you want to use ready made images as a full slide, this question will be useful.