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3D Model Education Stats Animation

Amber on the TLC Creative design team created this fun presentation example that uses 3D Models as art elements on almost every slide, and makes use of the new on-slide 3D Model animations. The presentation is 16×9, PowerPoint 2016 Office 365 with 3D Model support.

 

Design notes:

  • Slide 2: applied the turntable animation to the 3D model of the globe. Layered animations to maintain a seamless spin of the globe (typical presentation we would divide this content across 2 slides to make it easier to review as a PDF or printout)
  • Slide 3: added the building 3D Model and used the new on-slide 3D model animations for both; exit for the globe and entrance for the building + entrance animations for the text
  • Slide 4: Another 3D model with entrance animation and PowerPoint text
  • Slide 5: lots of 3D model animation, just because we can now!
  • Slide 6: all animation accomplished with a Morph transition

3D models are not always small file sizes. This presentation has not video, but it is 60 MB! The editable PowerPoint file can be downloaded here.

Troy @ TLC

By |2018-01-11T12:15:24-08:00January 18th, 2018|PowerPoint|

Christmas Animation Using 3D Model

Just having some holiday fun here at TLC Creative. Christie, on the TLC Creative design team, created this fun Christmas Animation using 3D (the Gingerbread house), holiday background image and PowerPoint text & graphics.

[KGVID]https://thepowerpointblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/unnamed-file-2.mp4[/KGVID]

Using only Morph transitions for the motion, this animation was accomplished in just 7 slides.

Christmas Animation Using 3D

Throughout January, The PowerPoint Blog is showcasing all 3D model use in PowerPoint.

Troy @ TLC

By |2019-10-28T15:27:37-07:00December 29th, 2017|Portfolio, PowerPoint|

Want A Perfect PowerPoint Circle, Square, Triangle?

Perfect shape 1

Sometimes just knowing a hack can save a lot of time. So this is one of those tips included in our TLC Creative PowerPoint training programs where someone always exclaims “Really!!” The tip is how to immediately add a perfect shape (same on all sides), ie. a circle, square or triangle. The solution is so simple, there is nothing complex to forget. Ready,

Click the desired shape in the shapes gallery

Perfect shape 2

Click on the slide. Note: just a simple click, no click and drag, no modifier keys, nothing, just click on the slide.

Perfect shape 3

Done! A perfect, equal sided, square, circle, triangle, etc. is added to the slide

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And the shortcut to the shortcut!

Hold down the CTRL key and click on desired shape in the shapes gallery

Perfect shape 5

Perfect symmetrical shape is automatically added to the slide!

Perfect shape 6

Troy @ TLC

By |2017-10-20T07:34:14-07:00December 12th, 2017|PowerPoint, Resource/Misc|

PowerPoint Illustration – Thanksgiving Cornucopia!

Amber, on the TLC Creative design team, loves Adobe Illustrator and PowerPoint. We challenged her to build a full vector illustration in PowerPoint. The result is an amazing Thanksgiving cornucopia!

  • 478 slides
  • Everything about the cornucopia (took me 3 times to get that spelled correct!) developed inside PowerPoint
  • Exported as a video with no transition and .01 second timing to create the stop motion animation effect

Thanksgiving Cornucopia

 

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving with friends and family!

Troy @ TLC

 

By |2025-05-28T16:09:59-07:00November 23rd, 2017|Portfolio, PowerPoint|

A 3-Scene PowerPoint Halloween Movie

Wanda on the TLC Creative design team created this amazing PowerPoint Halloween Movie. Just like a movie plot, it has 3 scenes. Each is a slide, and each seamlessly transitions from one to another (watch the video, there is no clear distinction of when the action transitions from one slide to another!).

PowerPoint Halloween Movie

If you are at the office, caution – fun Halloween themed soundtrack accompanies the animation fun!

[youtube src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/fxV-LajWQlw”]

Each slide has a very long animation pane. This is the top part of the slide 1 animation:

PowerPoint Halloween Movie

Troy @ TLC

By |2017-10-26T14:10:12-07:00October 31st, 2017|Portfolio, PowerPoint|

PowerPoint (Setup) Mistakes We All Make

In the most recent episode of The Presentation Podcast, episode 40 “Mistakes We Have Made,” we talk about presentation design and business mistakes we have made along the way. On LinkedIn, I have a new article that gets more PowerPoint specific, “PowerPoint Mistakes We All Make.” Part 1 of a 3 part series details 15 behind-the-scenes PowerPoint application setup customizations for a faster and more efficient work environment. 

Troy @ TLC

By |2017-10-23T20:53:00-07:00October 24th, 2017|PowerPoint, Resource/Misc|

IOS PowerPoint Morph & Zoom Test File

PowerPoint’s Morph (transition/animation effect) and Zoom (new custom shows) have had an amazing adoption rate and become something we use in projects on a regular basis. The addition of support for both effects on mobile versions of PowerPoint has happened fairly recently.  Amber on the TLC Creative Presentation Design Team created a fun, small file size, sample presentation setup with Morph transitions and Zoom custom shows for us to test and see how they work on our mobile devices.

Use this link to download our test file and open on your mobile device to see if Morph and Zoom are included/working on your mobile version of PowerPoint – Download test PPTX file here

After downloading, it is important to open with Microsoft PowerPoint on the device, not a PowerPoint viewer application. For iPhones (IOS), this means click-and-hold the file name to bring up a list of applications it can be opened with. Select the Microsoft PowerPoint icon.

Download > click-and-hold to select “Copy to PowerPoint” > the mobile version of PowerPoint opens > Presentation opens > click the Play icon to view as a slide show.

 

Here is a quick video capture showing the visual effects that should be seen on the mobile PowerPoint apps.

[KGVID]https://thepowerpointblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/unnamed-file-1.mp4[/KGVID]

 

Troy @ TLC

By |2019-10-28T10:11:46-07:00April 19th, 2017|PowerPoint, Resource/Misc, Software/Add-Ins, The PowerPoint® Blog|

PowerPoint Icons Library!

If you are running Office 365, PowerPoint 2106, a new addition was added to the ribbon – Icons!

This is a Microsoft offering, not an add-in from a 3rd party. It is also linked to our new .svg image support. Click the Icons button and there is a large library of professional and modern icons available.

Just search through the many categories, select an icon and click INSERT to add to a slide.

Every icon is provided in the .svg format. So, all icons can be resized with no quality loss, are very small file size, and can be recolored and offer limited styling options within PowerPoint (see previous post for overview of PowerPoint SVG formatting options and limitations).

Troy @ TLC

By |2017-01-11T12:52:48-08:00January 20th, 2017|PowerPoint|

.SVG and Windows

SVG is a fantastic vector image format for PowerPoint. But it is not completely Windows OS friendly, and I think everyone should be prepared for a few frustrations that can be there when using .svg images.

Windows Preview App:

  • There is no image app that can open and view an .svg image, including Windows 10 Photos, Paint, Windows Media Player, etc.
  • So if you double-click to open a .svg you will get the “I don’t know what to do with this image dialog”. Note: I currently have set SVG files to open with a web browser, as that is an app that can preview the file format.

Windows File Explorer:

  • Because there is no application that can preview an .svg, an .svg icon is blank.
  • Note 1: I have setup the Microsoft Edge web browser as the application to open a preview .svg images, which is why this Windows File Explorer image shows a web page icon for the .svg
  • Note 2: .svg is not the only image file format that Windows does not support. .wmf, .ai, .eps, .psd, and many others all cannot display a thumbnail image.

Troy @ TLC

 

 

 

By |2017-01-16T13:54:31-08:00January 18th, 2017|PowerPoint|
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