So you can do the basics in PowerPoint, but you're looking to get to grips a bit more with animation. This Slideshare will teach you about adding multiple animations as well as showing you a couple of pretty cool hacks, such as replicating a mouse click. Intrigued? Read on to discover you inner Animation Ninja.

1. POWERPOINT
HOW TO BE A
ANIMATION NINJA
LEVEL 2

2. HELLO YOUNG WARRIOR

3. HELLO YOUNG WARRIOR
GOOD TO SEE YOU HAVE RETURNED TO REFINE YOUR NINJA SKILLS IN
POWERPOINT ANIMATION

4. IF YOU NEED TO COMPLETE THE INITIAL TRAINING, YOU CAN HEAD
BACK TO BASICS HERE

5. LEVEL 2 WILL BE A TEST OF
STRENGTH RESILIENCE&

6. THE RIGHT TOOLS FOR BATTLE
SO ALL YOUNG WARRIORS MUST HAVE
LEVEL 2

7. AT THE END OF LEVEL 1 WE MET THE
QUICK ACCESS TOOLBAR
THINK OF IT AS THE ANIMATION NINJA’S UTILITY BELT
IT PUTS EVERYTHING YOU NEED WITHIN ARM’S REACH TO MAKE YOU ANIMATE LIKE EVEN THE SNEAKIEST OF NINJAS
YOU CAN RIGHT CLICK YOUR TOOLS AND ADD THEM TO YOUR QUICK ACCESS TOOLBAR
OR
YOU CAN DOWNLOAD ONE HERE THAT’S PRE-FILLED AND READY TO GO

8. REMEMBER:
LEFT TO ADD
RIGHT TO REPLACE

9. STEP 1
ENTER STAGE LEFT. TRANSFORM. EXIT STAGE RIGHT

10. ANIMATIONS ARE THERE TO HELP YOU TELL
YOUR STORY
STEP 1

11. STEP 1
Ninja Jekyll is walking along, minding his own business…
Ninja Jekyll begins to feel a little funny and suddenly becomes Ninja Hyde.
Ninja Hyde skulks out for a spot of pillaging.
‘

12. STEP 1
WE KNOW HOW TO BRING THINGS IN AND OUT, BUT HOW DO WE THEM?TRANSFORM

13. INTRODUCING YOUR EMPHASIS ANIMATIONS HERE WE CAN MAKE THINGS:STEP 1
GROW
SHRINK
CHANGE COLOUR
PULSE

14. STEP 1
NINJA JEKYLL
TEETEREMPHASIS ANIMATION:
SO NINJA JEKYLL MIGHT COME IN …
FEEL A LITTLE UNEASY…

15. STEP 1 FILL COLOUREMPHASIS ANIMATION:
IN FACT HE STARTS TO GO A FUNNY COLOUR

16. STEP 1 SPIN (COUNTERCLOCKWISE 20 ⁰EMPHASIS ANIMATION:
THEN HE LEANS BACK…

17. STEP 1
BEFORE BECOMING THE GRUESOME AND GRIZZLY HYDE (GROW)
eeeeeeeeekkkk
GROWEMPHASIS ANIMATION:

18. IT’S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT YOU ADD AN ANIMATION EACH TIME, INSTEAD OF REPLACING WHAT YOU HAVE.
(IN YOUR QUICK ACCESS TOOLBAR UTILITY BELT THIS IS THE LEFT-HAND YELLOW STAR)

19. HACK ALERT
CONTRACTING ONE ELEMENT AND
EXPANDING ANOTHER OVER THE TOP OF
IT IS ALSO A GREAT WAY TO
TRANSFORM ONE THING INTO ANOTHER.

20. STEP 2
UNITING THE POWER OF ANIMATIONS

21. NOW, YOUNG WARRIOR, YOU CAN ADD MULTIPLE ANIMATIONS TO YOUR ELEMENTS TO SEE THEM
COME IN, CHANGE EXIT&
LIKE A TRUE NINJA.
STEP 2

22. LET’S TAKE THIS
ONE STEP FURTHER
BUT
STEP 2

23. LET’S CREATE SOME COMPOUND ANIMATIONS ON THE SAME EFFECT.
STEP 2

24. PANNING ZOOM
INTRODUCING THE
STEP 2

25. 1.PUT YOUR ELEMENT ON YOUR SLIDE (WHERE YOU WANT IT TO END UP)
2.GIVE YOUR ELEMENT A ZOOM ANIMATION.
3.NOW ADD A MOTION PATH.
STEP 2

26. WE NEED TO MOVE THE RED TRIANGLE OF THE MOTION PATH (THE END)
TO THE CENTRE OF YOUR OBJECT,
AND WE WANT TO MOVE THE GREEN TRIANGLE A LITTLE FURTHER BACK.
STEP 2
HERE’S WHERE IT GETS TRICKY…

27. THIS ONLY WORKS WHEN YOU’RE USING AN ENTRANCE ANIMATION,
IF YOU MOVE THE START AND END POINT WHEN YOUR ELEMENTS ARE ALREADY THERE, YOU’LL JUST GET JUMPING JACK RABBITS.
NOTE:
NINJAS DON’T DO THIS.

28. Animation Pane
Play All
Racoon
Racoon
Smooth start
Smooth end
Bounce end
Path
IN YOUR ANIMATION PANE OPEN UP YOUR MOTION PATH
AND SLIDE THE ARROW OVER TO A SMOOTH END.
STEP 2

29. Animation Pane
Play All
Racoon
Racoon
CHANGE YOUR TIMINGS SO BOTH ANIMATIONS LAST 0.5
OF A SECOND AND RUN AT THE SAME TIME. Start on click
Start with previous
Start after previous
STEP 2

30. STAND BACK AND
MARVEL AT YOUR NINJA-DOM.
STEP 2

31. AND THE BEST NEWS IS, ONCE YOU’VE GOT THE HANG OF THIS,
YOU CAN BRING OBJECTS IN WITH A WHOLE ARRAY OF COMBINED EFFECTS.
STEP 2

32. BUT NOT THE BOOMERANG
NEVERUSE THE BOOMERANG
ANIMATION

33. STEP 3
HARNESS THE POWER OF THE MOUSE

34. STEP 3
THIS LAST STAGE TO BECOMING A LEVEL 2 ANIMATION NINJA
IS A TRICK THAT WILL IMPRESS ALL OF YOUR NINJA FRIENDS. WE’RE GOING TO
IMITATE A MOUSE CLICK
WOAAAAAH

35. BRING IN YOUR ELEMENT
WE’D RECOMMEND A FLY IN WITH A SMOOTH END.
STEP 3

36. STEP 3
NOW ADD A MOTION PATH
DRAG THE RED TRIANGLE TO WHERE YOU WANT YOUR MOUSE TO CLICK.
DON’T FORGET TO GIVE IT A FULL SMOOTH END.
Smooth end

37. STEP 3
HERE’S THE CLEVER BIT
ADD A GROW/SHRINKANIMATION
TO YOUR ELEMENT

38. OPEN IT UP IN THE EFFECT OPTIONS.
HAVE YOUR OBJECT GROW BY
15%.
STEP 3

39. NOW NAVIGATE TO THE ‘TIMING’ TAB AND CHECK THE ‘REWIND WHEN DONE PLAYING’ OPTION.
STEP 3

40. CHANGE THE ANIMATION LENGTH TO
0.25 SECONDS
STEP 3

41. STEP 3
AND PLAY YOUR SEQUENCE THROUGH.

42. STEP 3

43. STEP 3
PHEW
PHEW
PHEW

44. AND PAT YOURSELF ON THE BACK BECAUSE
LEVEL 2YOU’RE A
ANIMATION NINJA

45. ANIMATION NINJA: LEVEL 2 COMPLETE
CONTENT: HANNAH
DESIGN: BETHANY
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