Animation is a great way to add life to your presentations. In this article, we’ll show you how to create animated characters in PowerPoint. First, you’ll need a few pieces of software. We recommend using Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator for this project, but any program that can create vector graphics will work. Next, you’ll need some images of your characters. You can find these online or in a photo library. Make sure the images are high-resolution so they look good when scaled down to small sizes. Now it’s time to start creating your characters! To start, draw a basic outline of each character with a pencil on paper. Once you have the outline drawn, you can start filling in the details with Photoshop or Illustrator. Be sure to use different colors and shades for each character so they look unique and stand out from one another. Once all the characters are complete, it’s time to export them as vector files. To do this, open up your exported files in Adobe Illustrator or Photoshop and resize them as needed (you may want to make them smaller so they fit better onscreen). Then, use the Pathfinder tool (found under Edit > Pathfinder) to smooth out any jagged edges and create clean lines between each character. Finally, it’s time to add some animation! To do this, select each character in your file and click on the Animation button found under Effects > Animation > Basic Motion (or press F8). This will open up a dialog box where you can choose which animation effect you want to use (such as Animate). Click OK once you’ve made your selection and enjoy your animated presentation! ..
Part of PowerPoint’s charm is being able to give objects such as images, shapes, and text boxes animations, making your presentation more interactive and engaging. When animating text boxes, you can animate all the text in the box at once, or you can animate characters individually.
Animating Characters in PowerPoint
When you select a text box and give it an animation, PowerPoint treats the text box (and all contents inside) as a single object by default.
If you want to give each character a different type of animation, you’ll have to highlight each character individually and then assign the animation to it. However, if you want all of the characters or words to have the same animation, and you just want to initiate or time the animation separately, there’s an easier way.
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In your PowerPoint presentation, select the text and then choose the animation you want to assign. To do so, move over to the “Animations” tab and select your desired animation in the “Animation” group. In this example, we will use the “Fly In” option.
Next, head over to the “Advanced Animation” group and select “Animation Pane.”
A pane will appear on the right-hand side. Find the animation effect assigned to the text box and double-click it.
A window will appear, giving you several advanced options for the animation. On the “Effect” tab, click the “Animate text” drop-down menu. Here, you can choose whether you want to animate by word or letter. Make your choice and then click “OK.”
Now you’ll see a preview of the animation take place. Notice that each character (or word) executes the animation individually. Repeat these steps as often as required for your presentation.
