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Create an animated intro for videos in PowerPoint

March 4, 2020 by Ellen Finkelstein 2 Comments

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If you want to create a series of short training or promotional videos, it’s useful to have an intro that you put in front of each video. This might include your company’s branding or just create a theme that viewers associate with your videos. Since you’ll be adding a video, it looks better when you […]

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Filed Under: Animation & transitions, Multimedia: Music, sound & video, Training Tagged With: animated intro, animation, intro, outro, promotional video, sales video, training video, video

Circle an object

June 1, 2019 by Ellen Finkelstein 8 Comments

A great way to emphasize and draw attention to an object on a slide is to circle it. Of course, the easy way is to insert a circle, and use the Appear or Fade entrance animation. Be sure to format the circle with no fill. I like to use a red outline and give it […]

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Filed Under: Animation & transitions Tagged With: animation, circle

Use triggers to create interactive presentations

September 16, 2018 by Ellen Finkelstein Leave a Comment

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Audiences today want an interactive experience. As a presenter, you can: Ask them questions Answer their questions Organize small group exercises But you can do more. You can also integrate your audience into the presentation itself. For example, you can create a menu slide that links to other parts of the presentation (or other presentations) […]

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Filed Under: Animation & transitions Tagged With: animation, create interactive presentations, interactive, interactivity, triggers, use triggers to create interactive presentations

Slow image animation for a cinematic look

May 25, 2018 by Ellen Finkelstein 14 Comments

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A common type of animation in videos is a very slow zoom in or out — or a pan — of an image. In this post, I’ll show you how to do this in PowerPoint. First, watch the video. Insert your image Did you find this post useful? Get my free video training, “13 techniques […]

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Filed Under: Animation & transitions Tagged With: animation, cinematic, slo-mo, slow animation

How to animate 3D objects in PowerPoint

March 13, 2018 by Ellen Finkelstein 8 Comments

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If you have Office 365 (the subscription version) and the Creative edition of Windows 10, you can insert 3D objects into PowerPoint. I explained this feature in an earlier blog post, “How to Insert 3D in PowerPoint.” Now, you can apply 5 special 3D animations to 3D models on your slides: Arrive: Fades in the […]

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Filed Under: Animation & transitions, Shapes & text boxes Tagged With: 3D, 3D objects, animate 3D, animation

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