morph

Rotating the Feathers

From the previous “Turkey” post, here is the secret to the feather animation.

Morph moves everything based on the object center.  To accomplish the tail feathers fanning out and looking natural, each tail feather needed to have a ‘ghost’ feather added to create a center point that is at the end of the visible feather.

In the above image, the orange feather (really two shapes grouped to make the feather design) is what is seen in the illustration. I duplicated the lighter color orange, which is the larger feather element. Then flipped it and positioned to be a mirror image. Then group all 3 elements. The end of the orange feather is now the center point of the object. The final step is selecting what is grey in the above image and changing it to no fill (eg. transparent).

Play this video to see the center point in use. Note, this animation is the SPIN effect, which also uses the object center. The black dot shows the center point we want the animation to rotate from.

  • The left feather is the one above, with the mirror image feather in the group still grey so it can be seen.
  • The middle feather is the same as the left, but the grey feather is set to no fill (eg. transparent)
  • The right feather is the original feather, which is spinning, but not in accomplishing the visual needed as it is spinning based on its center point (the red dot)

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Troy @ TLC

By |2021-11-11T08:15:52-07:00November 29th, 2021|PowerPoint|

Happy Thanksgiving!! Having Fun with PowerPoint and Morph Today

Happy Thanksgiving (to everyone in the United States)!!

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Using morph as the sole animation, I created this fun animation in under 10 minutes. If using motion paths and other “traditional” animation options this would have taken greater than an hour. So, this is really a composite of slide animations; Morph with a very fast .10 second transition duration and all slides set to auto advance instantly.

The only negative to this style of animation is slide count. This 12 second animation is 32 slides.

Troy @ TLC

By |2021-11-11T08:05:04-07:00November 25th, 2021|PowerPoint|

User Navigation Demo Using Animation

This is a unique project: it’s not a true slide presentation, but a presentation demonstrating potential user navigation flow within a theoretical app. Because this is setup to be presented, we developed a 16×9 version of the app, used oversize icons and simplified much of the content so the audience has large, easy to track content. It was a presentation, but not a presentation of slides, but the content was revised to be the same size (aspect ratio) as slides… got it?

Here is the final motion graphic styling, all developed using PowerPoint.

[KGVID]https://thepowerpointblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/unnamed-file-3.mp4[/KGVID]

For reference, the above video is from 7 slides:

user navigation

There is a combination of on-slide animation and Morph transition to achieve all motion graphic effects:

user navigation

Troy @ TLC

By |2019-10-30T05:59:17-07:00May 28th, 2018|PowerPoint|

Carousel Motion Effect

Using the same slides as the previous Morph transition, this version of the Carousel Motion Effect uses big bold photos, and includes a nice PowerPoint reflection styling.

[KGVID]https://thepowerpointblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/unnamed-file.mp4[/KGVID]

The animation in the video was completed on 7 slides, with no animation pane “animation.” Also included in the animation effect was the progress bar – equally easy to setup and animate with Morph.

Carousel Motion Effect

 

Troy @ TLC

By |2019-10-28T10:02:59-07:00May 18th, 2018|PowerPoint|

Carousel Effect

Using the Morph transition and 3D models this “Carousel Effect” is quick and easy to create.

[KGVID]https://thepowerpointblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/unnamed-file-6.mp4[/KGVID]

The animation in the video was completed on 6 slides, with no animation pane “animation.” Note: Each car not only moves and resizes, but also rotates from a 3/4 front left view to a 3/4 front right view as it moves across the screen. All animation was as simple as re-positioning the images, adjusting the rotation of the 3D models and applying  a Morph transition.

Carousel Effect

 

Troy @ TLC

By |2019-10-30T06:01:22-07:00May 16th, 2018|PowerPoint|

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!

[KGVID]https://thepowerpointblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/unnamed-file-10.mp4[/KGVID]

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

[KGVID]https://thepowerpointblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/unnamed-file-1.mp4[/KGVID]

Or very fast with a faster morph transition

[KGVID]https://thepowerpointblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/unnamed-file-9.mp4[/KGVID]

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

[KGVID]https://thepowerpointblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/unnamed-file-8.mp4[/KGVID]

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|

Animated Timelines Using Morph

This is a demo of using the Morph transition to achieve a great visually animated style. This is also a real client project, with all details cleansed for public viewing. We used 2 different Morph transition options to achieve different visual effects so we could show the same timeline twice during the meeting with different animation styles (Full disclosure: Each Morph option needed different slide layouts for the effect to work, which is detailed below). The key to these animated timelines is there are NO animations used anywhere on the slides, all motion is achieved solely with PowerPoint’s Morph transition effect.

Option 1: Morph by Character

[KGVID]https://thepowerpointblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/unnamed-file.mp4[/KGVID]

The slide deck is 9 slides (slide #1 being the info/title slate).

Animated Timelines

To achieve the motion effects, the transition for each slide is Morph > By Character and 1 element off-slide (that animates into place on the next slide)

Animated Timelines

Option 2: Morph by Object

[KGVID]https://thepowerpointblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/unnamed-file-1.mp4[/KGVID]

The slide deck is also 9 slides (slide #1 being the info/title slate).

Animated Timelines

But the off-slide content (that animates into place on the next slide) planning and layout is more extensive for this visual effect.

Animated Timelines

Troy @ TLC

 

By |2019-10-28T09:51:46-07:00November 14th, 2017|Portfolio|

Using Morph for Animations

The PowerPoint Morph transition is PowerPoint’s best new animation feature!

using morph for animations

We have been leveraging the fantastic new transition in lots of presentation projects since its release, including using Morph for animations. Here is another example where we used Morph as the animation effect. Our client wanted to show the above three statements. The real request was to emphasize each as they were addressed. Our first step was to convert the provided bullet list into a dynamic visual; the end result was the above slide.

For the “emphasize each” request, using the Morph transition as our animation, we created a dynamic “flip” animation effect. It also was something that did not look like “PowerPoint.” Below is a video of the final animation effect:

[KGVID]https://thepowerpointblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/unnamed-file.mp4[/KGVID]

  • After the slide layout was approved, we duplicated the slide 3X.
  • On the first slide, we added the animated entrance effect for the 3 circles and text.
  • On the second, third and fourth slides, we simply horizontally flipped each circle. No animation on these slides. The Morph transition created the nice twirl, or flip, animation.
  • Done!

using morph for animations

 

– Troy @ TLC

By |2019-10-28T09:57:42-07:00August 5th, 2016|Portfolio, PowerPoint, Tutorial|

Can a Video Morph in PowerPoint?

Can a video morph in PowerPoint? The answer is yes (but not completely).

The great thing is – a video placeholder works with Morph. Here is my two slide sample, the video on the second slide has been resized to full screen.

video morph-1

In the demo video below, the sample video growing to full slide size with a Morph transition works perfectly. However, due to a limitation of how PowerPoint plays videos, a video cannot play across slides. In this sample, the visual works nicely with the 2nd slide set with a shorter slide transition duration (morph) and a Play-with-Previous to have the video start playing instantly after the morph finishes. But a video with audio or content that would look awkward with a  pause will not work as well (visually).

[KGVID]https://thepowerpointblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/unnamed-file-6.mp4[/KGVID]

-Troy @ TLC
By |2019-10-31T22:13:58-07:00March 28th, 2016|PowerPoint|
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