Tutorial

3D Model On-Slide Turntable Animation

Here is a demo of the new 3D Model TURNTABLE animation created by Christie on the TLC Creative design team. The Turntable animation adds a 3D rotation, of a 3D model, that can be once, twice or endless as an on-slide emphasis animation.

For this demo the Microsoft logo 3D model logo was sourced from Remix 3D.

There are only 2 slides in the demo presentation, each for a specific task.

Slide 1 has the TURNTABLE 3D model only animation applied, with a rotation RIGHT and set to continue until end of slide. 

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Each 3D Model animation has a number of options. As example, changing the DIRECTION from the original RIGHT to DOWN. To change the effects of the animations, select the 3D model, click the Effects Options drop down, and the menu shows all available variations for direction, type of rotation and where the rotation axis is. 

Now the same slide animation looks like this

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Slide 2 is how this could be used in a real-world presentation. With slide 1 the logo has a never-ending rotation continue while the presenter introduces the topic. Then with a click to advance to slide 2, a morph transition to seamlessly moves and shrinks the logo to the right side of the screen while presentation content (the bullet list text) enters. And then for fun we used another new 3D model only animation, Jump & Turn, on the Microsoft logo in its new position.

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Troy @ TLC

By |2019-10-30T06:07:02-07:00January 26th, 2018|PowerPoint, Tutorial|

On-Slide 3D Model Animation!

There are 5 new animations in PowerPoint! All 5 are for 3D models only, and they provide on-slide animations (vs. using Morph to animate and see different views of a 3D model). I am hopeful that we will see additional new animations as support for 3D models continues to evolve in PowerPoint.

The new animations are found on the Animation tab.

Each animation has a number of Effect Options to adjust the animation action. One option is the click the Effect Options drop-down from the Animation Tab.

The other option is to view the Animation Pane and right-click the 3D model animation and select Effect Options to open the animation dialog.

And here are the 5 new 3D Model animations!

 

My personal hope is that the use of these animations will extend to be able to apply them to anything; photo, shape, text, icons, etc. But for now I am excited to finally see something new happening on the Animation tab!

Troy @ TLC

By |2018-01-11T11:32:30-08:00January 24th, 2018|Tutorial|

Animate 3D Models Using Morph

Combining the Morph transition with 3D models is easy, and can create amazing visuals and motion animation!
Insert a 3D model on a slide. Position and rotate. Then duplicate the 3D model to the next slide, adjust position, size and rotation with a morph transition. Watch the results!

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Make it a slow and long animation with a slow morph transition!

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Or very fast with a faster morph transition

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We can use the Pan and Zoom as part of our morph animation!

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TIP: 3D models can have any standard animation applied (motion paths, grow/shrink, fade in/out, etc.). IF it has an emphasis animation, the morph transition will continue to work. If it has an entrance or exit animation, the morph transition will apply to that model because it cannot have 2 entrance or exit effects (eg. morph entrance and fade in animation entrance).

Troy @ TLC

By |2019-10-31T22:04:25-07:00January 12th, 2018|Tutorial|

Moving and Formatting 3D Models in PPT

The 3D models in PowerPoint are vector art, so they can be resized from very small to very large with no quality loss (just like PowerPoint shapes, text, .emf or .svg image). 3D models when selected have the standard resize and rotate action points, AND a new 3D rotation icon in the center.

3D Models in PPT

3D models are like a real physical model. They can be viewed from all sides – including from the top or from underneath. Using the new 3D rotation icon a 3D model can be rotated to any angle and view.

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The PowerPoint ribbon has a new tab just for 3D models. Select a 3D model on a slide and to go 3D MODEL TOOLS. Here are some of the new, and very useful options: 

3D Models in PPT

1. “3D Models” is the same as the option on the Insert tab to add new 3D models to a slide (so don’t get confused, it is typical Microsoft Office – multiple ways to do the same thing).

2. “Reset 3D Model” works the same as resetting photos version. Click the button and the model goes back to original view but keeps any resizing or repositioning. Click the down arrow and use RESET MODEL AND SIZE to go back to original inserted view and size.

3. Preset model angles/views. 18 preset views. These are fast to get close to the needed angle, or are great is setting the view of multiple models to all be from same vantage point.

4. The Z order and align buttons are the same tools as found on other tabs (TLC Creative has each of these on our custom QAT).

5. The Pan & Zoom. This one is important. It adds another icon to the selected 3D model.

The Pan & Zoom icon “zooms” in or out the 3D model inside its bounding box and also moves the 3D model within its bounding box.

To use, click and hold on the magnifier icon, then move up to zoom in/enlarge or move down to zoom out/shrink. This is different from resizing the 3D model shape because zooming in can make the 3D model too large to fit it bounding box and automatically crops it to the placeholder shape.

The Pan part of the Pan & Zoom tool is moving the 3D model within the placeholder. For example, if we click and drag a 3D model, the placeholder moves position. If we click the Pan & Zoom tool on the ribbon, then click the magnifier icon, then click and drag the 3D model and the model moves inside the placeholder while the placeholder stays in the same position.

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Troy @ TLC

By |2019-10-28T10:02:00-07:00January 8th, 2018|Tutorial|

Creating .SVG images in Adobe Illustrator for PowerPoint

Adobe Illustrator is most likely going to be where designers are creating .svg images. But the .svg format has a number of options, not all are currently recognized or supported by PowerPoint. Here are the Save As options we use for PowerPoint .SVG images:

  1. In Adobe Illustrator, go to FILE > SAVE AS
  2. Change the file to SVG in the drop down
  3. In the SAVE OPTIONS dialog, use these options
    1. SVG Profile = SVG 1.1.
    2. Fonts – Type = Convert to outline
    3. Fonts – Subsetting = None.
    4. Image Location = Embed.
    5. Preserve Illustrator Editing Capabilities = unchecked

For even more details on the SVG save options, we developed this PDF 1-sheet reference to all Illustrator SVG options and PowerPoint compatibility. Download Here.

If you need an .svg image to experiment with, click here to download the apple image used for this blog series.

Troy @ TLC

By |2020-04-01T10:03:14-07:00January 16th, 2017|PowerPoint, Tutorial|

Save AND Apply PowerPoint Chart Styles

Formatting the visual styling of charts can be… tedious. When a presentation has a number of charts, all needing the same visual styling, saving a chart template can be a huge time saver!

  1. Format a chart with all of the visual styling. Here is the sample stylized chart for this tutorial.

  2. Right click the chart and select SAVE AS TEMPLATE

  3. In the SAVE CHART TEMPLATE dialog, give the chart template a (short) name that helps identify the styling (ie. project name, type of chart, colors used, etc.). The Chart Template is automatically saved into the Microsoft/Templates/Charts folder (and must be in this folder for PowerPoint to use it).
  4. To apply the chart template styling to a chart, select a chart, right click and select CHANGE CHART TYPE
  5. In the Charts dialog, select TEMPLATES and the custom template to apply
  6. Click OK and done!

 

Here is an unformatted chart.

And here is the same chart with the above chart template (4 clicks and formatted!).

NOTES:

  • Chart Templates are local to a computer, they DO NOT travel with a presentation.
  • Chart Template thumbnails are very limited in the visual and description, so if you have many it can be difficult to tell them apart.
  • Right-click to Save Template was introduced with an Office365 PowerPoint 2016 update, I have not tested in previous versions. 

 

Troy @ TLC

By |2016-12-13T14:51:28-08:00December 21st, 2016|Tutorial|

Yes, We Can Copy PowerPoint SECTIONS!

PowerPoint’s Sections are not new (introduced with PowerPoint 2010), but they are very unutilized. Just this past month, the updates to PowerPoint (for Office 365 subscription version) included the ability to copy sections to another presentation, or different location in the same presentation. While there are more improvements needed to help PowerPoint Sections become a truly easy to use and helpful organization resource, this is a great improvement (and it lets us know the Microsoft Dev Teams are looking at Sections and making progress on improving them!).

As an example, if there are sections in the deck, copying the entire section is easy.

  • Find the Section name either in Slide Sorter View or the left thumbnail Panel
  • Click the section, which highlights all the slides in the selected section
  • CTRL + C to copy the section
  • Go to other presentation (or other location in same presentation) and CTRL + V to paste in the section name and all of its slides!

Here is my sample presentation with sections. I am going to copy the RED FLOWERS section into a new presentation.

PowerPoint Sections

PowerPoint Sections

Notes:

  • Right-click dialog on a section name does not have copy or paste commands, so must use keyboard shortcuts. But you can right-click the insert location and use the standard PASTE OPTIONS in the right-click dialog.
  • Drag-and-drop copying does not work (yet)
  • Currently only able to select one section at a time
  • If pasting into a presentation that does not have sections added, the pasted in section – and its name – are added to presentation and all slides above go into an automatically created section. But all slides after the insert point are added to the new (pasted in Section)

Troy @ TLC

By |2016-12-12T15:56:55-08:00December 12th, 2016|Tutorial|

PowerPoint Change Shape

All PPT shapes are vector (meaning they can be resized with no quality loss and are very small in file size). One great feature of PowerPoint (that has been in many versions but hasn’t been discovered by everyone), is the ability to change shape to any other shape – AND maintain all format styling and animation!

Here is an example, a rectangle with gradient fill, text styling and cast shadow.

1. Select any shape on a slide.

Change Shape 1

2. Go to the FORMAT TAB.

Change Shape 9

3. Click the EDIT SHAPE drop down menu.

Change Shape 8

4. Select the CHANGE SHAPE menu

Change Shape 7

5. From this PPT shape gallery, select the new desired shape – for this example, we are choosing the heart shape.

Change Shape 11

6. The rectangle changes to a heart shape – and the color file, drop shadow, gradient, text font-color-styling and animation are all still there!

Change Shape 2

-Troy @ TLC

By |2016-09-20T09:50:40-07:00November 18th, 2016|PowerPoint, Tutorial|

Office 365: Change to First Release Channel

The big, and confusing question, is how to change from CURRENT CHANNEL version of Office 365 to FIRST RELEASE version. This is accomplished in the Office 365 Admin Console – so you will most likely need to be an administrator on the account to access these options. One of the confusion points is Office 365 Admin Console itself. If you search the web for tutorials on where to find the settings, the older tutorials often reference an older build of Office 365, which shows how quickly Microsoft is changing and updating things. I have been using Office 365 to run TLC Creative Services since its release in 2011 and the Admin area has had many overhauls during that time, which makes things difficult to keep things running smooth when the entire interface changes.

Based on the 2016 Office 365, Business Premium account admin console, here are the steps to change which Office Channel you have:

  1. Log into your Office 365 account
  2. Click the “checker board” selection button in the upper left
    First Release Channel 3
  3. Find and click the ADMIN button
    First Release Channel 4
  4. In the Admin Center > HOME > OFFICE SOFTWARE > click SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD SETTINGS
    First Release Channel 5
  5. The SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD SETTINGS dialog will open. In the SOFTWARE FOR PC section, confirm 2016 VERSION is on, and the “How often do you want users to get feature updates for Office apps” is set to EVERY MONTH (CURRENT CHANNEL)
    First Release Channel 6
  6.  Click SAVE
  7. Someone with Admin Rights to the Office 365 needs to complete these next 3 steps
    1. Log into the Office 365 Account
    2. Go to SETTINGS > ORGANIZATION PROFILE
      First Release Channel 11
    3. In the RELEASE PREFERENCES section, click EDIT
      First Release Channel 12
    4. Select a RELEASE TRACK (a “track” is going to be the “channel” option) and go through the settings process
      First Release Channel 13
  8. When the above items are complete, go to this web page: https://portal.office.com/OLS/MySoftware.aspx
  9. Log into your Office 365 account
  10. If the above steps were completed, you will see this message that your Office 365 account can be changed to the FIRST RELEASE CHANNEL
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  11. Note: if you already have Office 2016 installed (which I am guessing most everyone will), this next step is installing the First Release version, but it will not (at least from my testing and use) affect your current install – it automatically upgrades the current install and keeps all settings, files and data
  12. Close all Office apps (PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.)
  13. Click INSTALL
    First Release Channel 8
  14. The Office installer will run
    First Release Channel 9
  15. Open PowerPoint, go to FILE > ACCOUNT > OFFICE UPDATE and it should now list FIRST RELEASE
    First Release Channel 10

-Troy @ TLC

By |2016-11-07T15:34:57-08:00November 7th, 2016|Resource/Misc, Tutorial|

PowerPoint’s “What’s New” Dialog

The Office 365 version of Office Apps, including PowerPoint, is on a continuous update cycle. Often, it is difficult to know what is new. Well, there is a newer dialog option within all office apps to give you a summary of “What’s New.”

To see what the new features are in PPT, simply go to the file tab, scroll down to account, and click on the What’s New Dialog below the “Office Updates” box.

Once clicked, a window will pop up either asking the user to update PPT or simply show what new features have been added.

 

What's New Dialog 1

 

What's New Dialog 2

Click the LEARN MORE link to open a web browser and get the full details and history of all feature updates.

What's New Dialog 3

 

-Troy @ TLC

By |2016-09-20T09:28:11-07:00September 30th, 2016|Resource/Misc, Tutorial|
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