Here is a compilation of research media that I like to refer to for inspiration. The captions on each item are my notes on what I thought was exemplary about it.

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Videos

Really cool demo shots and visuals. Good use of white space

Really cool demo shots and visuals. Good use of white space

Tons of attention to detail, camera motion, animations, clear audio, method visually described

Tons of attention to detail, camera motion, animations, clear audio, method visually described

Great overlays, 3d shots. Jump to 47 seconds too. Good way to avoid showing a title slide.

Great overlays, 3d shots. Jump to 47 seconds too. Good way to avoid showing a title slide.

Amazing all around. Story, lighting, slow motion, camera movement, examples, 3d visualization, very professional, text animation, transitions, clever, etc.

Amazing all around. Story, lighting, slow motion, camera movement, examples, 3d visualization, very professional, text animation, transitions, clever, etc.

Could use additional labels to keep the viewer following along

Could use additional labels to keep the viewer following along

Great teaser/trailer video. But….. it doesn’t convey well what Genesis actually does and is a bit misleading.

Great teaser/trailer video. But….. it doesn’t convey well what Genesis actually does and is a bit misleading.

Thumbnails

Text in thumbnails should be minimal and legible. Remember this is a thumbnail, not a title slide for a presentation. The text can complement the title and doesn’t have to even have any of the same words as the tile.

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Figure 1

Your Figure 1 plays a large part in the first impression of you paper and visually explain what your paper is about. Here is a great resource talking about the importance of the Figure 1 as well as an overview of the iterative design process.

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2402.18796

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2402.18796

Figures

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https://github.com/real-stanford/scalingup/blob/master/docs/visualization.md

https://github.com/real-stanford/scalingup/blob/master/docs/visualization.md

WSJ article https://apple.news/A1MmSZhnUTNeupzougWdmwg I like the ambient occlusions and the grayscale with red highlights.

WSJ article https://apple.news/A1MmSZhnUTNeupzougWdmwg I like the ambient occlusions and the grayscale with red highlights.

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2402.18796

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2402.18796

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https://arxiv.org/pdf/2010.11061.pdf I like the density of information. Small fonts. Also all contributions in a figure. Good idea.

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2010.11061.pdf I like the density of information. Small fonts. Also all contributions in a figure. Good idea.

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2312.11805.pdf

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2312.11805.pdf

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2404.00143 The lighting is the key to making this looks so good.

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2404.00143 The lighting is the key to making this looks so good.

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2402.18796

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2402.18796

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https://arxiv.org/pdf/2103.06372.pdf

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2103.06372.pdf

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6631303

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6631303

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2412.06769
I really like the font choices and the gray backgrounds to separate things.

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2412.06769 I really like the font choices and the gray backgrounds to separate things.

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Project Websites

One of the best I’ve seen. Unique design, amazing visuals, good story, etc https://umi-on-legs.github.io/

One of the best I’ve seen. Unique design, amazing visuals, good story, etc https://umi-on-legs.github.io/

Good flow of story, examples, visuals, tables, and call to action. https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~huy/scalingup/

Good flow of story, examples, visuals, tables, and call to action. https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~huy/scalingup/

Looks amazing, great template, amazing demos that you can try https://gaussianbp.github.io/

Looks amazing, great template, amazing demos that you can try https://gaussianbp.github.io/

Long, blog-post style. But good visuals and asthetic https://distill.pub/2021/gnn-intro/

Long, blog-post style. But good visuals and asthetic https://distill.pub/2021/gnn-intro/

Research Videos