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 on your own computer if you have some pictures of people or animals that you want to turn into animated characters. Once you have the images and the software ready, it’s time to start creating your characters! To start, open up Photoshop or Illustrator and create a new document. Then, drag the images of your characters into the document. Be sure to resize them so they’re all the same size (or as close as possible). Next, use the tools in Photoshop or Illustrator to edit the images. You can change their colors, add details like eyes and mouths, and more. Once you’re happy with how they look, it’s time to save the file as a PNG file (or another format that Photoshop or Illustrator can use). Now it’s time to create your animation! To do this, open up PowerPoint and click on the “Animation” button on the toolbar (or go to File > Animation). In PowerPoint’s animation window, select one of your PNG files from earlier and click on “Open.” Then, choose which layer in PowerPoint’s timeline you want the animation on (usually “Layer 1”). Finally, choose which frame in that layer’s timeline you want the animation at (usually “Frame 1”). ..
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.
