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Create an animated intro for videos in PowerPoint

March 4, 2020 by Ellen Finkelstein 3 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

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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 9 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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