Last time I played with some slideshow and animated gif experiments, and this time I tried a Canva experiment. I picked an image for each story, used the transparency tool to fade out the image, and then put the story text on top of the image: pork stew for one story, and a mango tree for the other story. Canva makes it really easy to adjust the transparency of the background image.
In the first story, greedy Anansi uses a disguise to get what he wants: pork stew! More about the story Anansi and the Pork Stew. (There's another story where Anansi's wife is not fooled after all: Anansi and the Chicken Soup.) Click on the image for a larger view; I learned that this wide design is not as good as the tall design for the text size.
In the second story, Anansi gets fooled as a result of his own greed; he does not get what he wants this time! More about the story Anansi and the Mangoes. (For a story where Anansi does get the mangoes, see Anansi and Tiger's Mango Tree.) Click on the image for a larger view. This tall-not-wide approach is definitely better!
Next time, I'm going to try finding layouts where the text is on a plain background and with just decorative images separate from the text, but I was curious to see how the transparency tool worked in Canvas.
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