Developing Real Time Animation with PowerPoint
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Want to dazzle your audience with your presentations? A touch of animation can go a long way toward getting your point across. This article will explain how to do it with one of the most popular pieces of presentation software, Microsoft's PowerPoint.
You've no doubt already heard of MS PowerPoint, a Microsoft program that will enable us to create presentations in the form of slide shows.
As of the time this article was written, the latest version of PowerPoint was PowerPoint 2007, although many still use PowerPoint 2002. This tutorial has been written to accommodate both PowerPoint 2002 and 2007 users.
One of the best presentations that can be made for your audience involves creating animation. Animation gives life to your discussion, especially if you are discussing manufacturing processes, teaching kids and explaining complex ideas. Without animation, explaining the processes can be difficult and leave your audience confused during and after your presentation.
This tutorial attempts to create real life animation using PowerPoint. It is not as difficult as it sounds; even a beginner can create simple animations.
Basic Steps to Create Animation
In order to create animation using Microsoft PowerPoint, you need to meet the following requirements.
Step 1. Create a basic sketch plan. Make sure to sketch your process on a piece of paper before drawing it in PowerPoint. This will help you simplify your animation and make it more user-friendly. It will also make it easy for you to create animation. It is essential that during the sketch plan, you ensure that the objects can be drawn in PowerPoint using basic auto shape objects (see below).
Step 2. Draw those items in MS PowerPoint. Now that you have drawn those rough objects that you would like to animate on a piece of paper, it is time to draw them in PowerPoint.
Drawing can take a lot of time. It is important to utilize various PowerPoint auto shape tools to come up with your design. To make it three-dimensional, you can select 3D objects such as a cube or cylinder. It is important to realize that to minimize the time spent in drawing, you can make the graphics consist of only basic auto shape objects, such as cubes and cylinders for three-dimensional objects, or squares and circles for two-dimensional ones.
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