Every once in while, TLC Creative gets to work on some really cool (pun intended) PowerPoint presentations. We recently teamed up with a client to help them make a big, bold statement about the rapidly growing global fanbase of a certain penguin.
Who is this cute penguin, you ask? He is a stop-motion show with a huge cult following. His cute, quirky charm has fans from all over the world saying “Noot! Noot!” Originally intended for children aged 3-6, this show has also attracted parents and caregivers from all over the world who often watch the show along with their kids. The show is simple, funny, and relatable to any age, which helped the global fanbase explode.
Our job was to create a unique and creative Microsoft PowerPoint slide segment that emphasizes this penguin’s popularity around the world. Once we brainstormed our idea, we had to find the right look by going through a ton of client-supplied art assets (one of the more fun aspects of our job for sure), locating a suitable background image of the show’s setting, and just the right image of our little black-and-white hero.
Note: for our post here and to respect confidentiality, we changed out some of the art due to proprietary rights. However, we made the swap quickly with this AI-generated image from Adobe Firefly:
Next, we added a claymation-style globe and some “pop” icons, and our penguin character was ready to be placed all over the planet.
For the animation, we kept it simple. Just zooms, appears, and disappears. Once the animation was dialed in on the first penguin character, we used the PowerPoint Animation Painter tool (a huge time saver) to duplicate the animation sequence to the other character images.
Finally, the timing of each penguin pop was adjusted in the Animation Panel, and a single audio clip was added and timed to play again and again, every time our penguin appeared. It was a little trial-and-error, but the result was totally worth it.
In the end, we were able to create something super fun that did more than just look good. The result was a quick, eye-catching moment to clearly communicate that fans all over the world love this little black-and-white guy. And at TLC Creative, we think he’s going places for sure. Noot! Noot!
-Mike and the TLC Creative Design team