Hello all,
Today I would like to show you how to create a random spinner
to choose a random name in a class or meeting or for lucky games
You can insert letters, symbols or numbers into the wheel.
In addition, you can also use the participant's own image
to creat random Image Picker Wheel.
For example, in an online meeting,
I take a screenshot of everyone while using the online meeting application
and quickly insert it into the wheel
and you have an interesting activity for everyone to play
Besides the classic spinners that you often see,
this method of mine also helps you with many different creative ideas
For example, I can create a ferris wheel at the amusement park
or a game of spinning bottles,
or transform it into a heart-shaped wheel, a flower-shaped wheel
a pinwheel, a windmill. etc…
My goal is to help you guys how to make this effect FASTEST, SIMPEST
and have the flexibility to adjust so that you are free to be creative with many ideas.
Because there are many other tutorials on how to create this effect,
but most of them are quite complicated.
To create pieces of a pie chart like this
you have to draw it yourself with the Shape tool or
use the pie chart function with Excel
Not only is it time consuming, but the effect is also error prone
Creating a spinner with letters or numbers is difficult
if you want to create a spinner with images
drawing a pie chart with Excel spreadsheets takes even more time.
So after researching many other ways,
I found this is the FASTEST, Easiest way
and doesn't have to be prepared long in advance.
With this way, making a basic spinner wheel with letters or numbers is too easy.
So I will show you how to make a spinner wheel with an image like this first
Compared to the type of wheel with names or numbers,
surely with a spinner wheel with photos,
participants will be very excited, when they can see their own picture in the wheel
and also help people remember each other's face, become more connected.
I will also show you, besides the basic rules for creating this effect,
there will be a few more specific instructions for you
to create all the types of spinner wheels you are seeing here!
Now open PowerPoint
To create a spinner wheel
You will go to Insert, choose SmartArt, choose Cycle
and look for a graphic type named Radial Venn
or Radial Cycle or Basic Radial, whichever is fine
they're just slightly different in terms of design
Done and then insert it into the slide.
By default, there are only 4 circles around the main circles
If you want more circles,
then in the data entry panel
just press Enter as many times to get the number of circles you want.
You can resize the circles to make them larger or closer together
You hold down Cltr to select all circles
then hold down the Shift key
while dragging the corners to increase the size
hold down Shift to keep the circle's proportions when dragging and not turn into ovals.
Once you have the desired size, then click Smart Art, and press Cltr + Shift + G 2 times
or Select Ungroup 2 times
to ungroup and convert all into separate shapes
Any unnecessary details can be deleted
Now I will insert each member's photo into each circle.
For example, I don't have a picture of each member
so I will take a quick screenshot of the online meeting application when everyone is present.
Click on the photo and Cltr + C Copy, then leave it here
Right-click on any circle, open Format Shape
in Shape Option choose Fill
fill the background with Picture Fill with the image source
which is the image you just pressed Cltr + C earlier.
Then go to the Picture Format tab of the image,
select the Crop tool.
There are white and black drag points
Remember to select the white points to drag and resize the image
And then move the image to the correct position displayed by the cropped circle
Similarly, you will insert pictures into the remaining circles
But to make it faster, do it this way,
click on the circle that has just inserted the image
and press the shortcut Cltr + Shift + C to copy the format
then click on the next circle,
click keyboard shortcut Cltr + Shift + V to paste the format
just like that, paste the format for all circles first.
Done, just adjust the image inside the circle differently
by clicking on each image, Picture Format and Crop
Move the cropped image to another face
Continue like that, in turn with other circles,
with each image just need to move the image a bit to have different faces in the circle frame
no need to insert the image into the shape again as at the beginning.
Finally inserted all the images
Now we will create a spinning arrow
Click on the center circle, go to Shape Format, select Edit Shape
and Change Shape to an arrow shape
Adjust the thickness, sharpness, and size of the arrow if necessary.
Or you don't like this PowerPoint's built-in arrow,
you can delete it and replace it with any arrow icon.
Here we will begin the animation process. There will be 2 types of effects for you to choose from.
and create an effect that the arrow will spin and stop randomly when clicked
The second type is the opposite, the arrow will stay still, and the circle will spin and stop randomly.
Depending on your idea or design later, you will choose effect type 1 or effect type 2
For example, with effect type 2 you can make a Ferris wheel or a magic hat spinner or heart spinner, flower spinner etc...
As for the game of arrow spinning, spinning the bottle, ... we need to use effect type 1
With effect type 1 only the arrow will spin, so now click on the arrow
Go to Animation tab, turn on the Animation Pane
Add Animation, add a SPIN animation
Right-click on the effect you just created on the Animation Pane,
select Effect Option
set to spin 2 times
continue on the Timing tab, the number of Repeat
is "until the next mouse click"
Preview the effect, the arrow spinning at this speed is a bit slow
so I will adjust the Duration to be faster under 1s like 0.75s or 0.5s.
Continue to let the arrow only spin when you want, you need to apply Trigger for the effect
For example, I will add a square shape or a button shape
When you click this button, the arrow will spin
when you press the button next time, the arrow will stop spinning
Go to Arrange and turn on the Selection Pane to see and rename this command button firs
Then now select the effect that has just been created on the Animation Pane,
right-click and select Timing
in the Trigger section, define the effect that will be performed
when clicking "On Click of" is the newly added command button.
Now to make the arrow can stop spinning at any time, and point in random directions,
you would do it like this.
Select the arrow, Add Animation, select the Appear effect
Attach a Trigger to this effect as "On Click of" which is also a control button
That's all.
Now check it out first,
when you click for the first time the arrow will spin,
when you click it for the second time, the arrow will stop spinning and stop at a random point.
So when you want the arrow to spin or stop or spin again, just click on this command button.
You have done type 1 effect for the arrow that spins and stops randomly
Now just add a background image, decorate the command button, add a title.
Or if you have an idea of ​​​​designing a different game theme such as Spin the Bottle
you can change the shape of the circle to a cork,
insert a picture or text,
change the arrow to a bottle for example
Or you can also place the arrow on the outer spin like this.
What about effect type 2: The arrow doesn't move and only spins the circle?
Likewise, only something that will spin will have an animation attached to it
Then you will select all the circles and Cltr+G group them into 1 group.
Then follow the same steps as effect type 1
Also Add Animation, add Spin effect
Effect Option choose to spin 2 times
go to Timing to adjust the number of times to repeat continuously "until the next mouse click"
change Duration to 0.75 or 0.5 left for faster spinning
Continue to select Group circles, Add Animation: Appear
Done, hold down Cltr to select 2 effects in turn,
go to Trigger to determine that these 2 effects will take place
when clicking on the arrow, or the command button
You see, the way to create the two types of effects is also similar,
the only difference is that
which one you want to spin, you only create the effect for that one.
Once you understand the rules of creating effects, you can unleash your creativity
For example, instead of using a circle,
you will select all Shape, go to the Shape Format tab, select Edit Shape and Change Shape
and then change all to a heart shape, for example.
Rotate each shape to align with the center
and then resize the shapes as needed
When you're done, insert pictures or text,
decorate the background, spin frame, arrows, spin button and game question selection panel
Group all the hearts into 1 group
and create 2 Animation so that it will spin and stop when the control button is clicked.
Similarly. If you don't like to change it to a heart shape
you can change it to a teardrop shape
Rotate shapes in different directions to create different decorations.
Insert a picture or type a number into the shape
then decorate the background, add tree stumps, branches and pistils, add arrows...
Finally, group all the details of the flower into a group
and then add 2 Animations for them as I instructed,
attach the Trigger to the control button to make the flower spin and stop
Lastly is a ferris wheel design, like this
To create a ferris wheel, you can draw it yourself with Insert Shape
draw each detail separately such as rectangles, straight blocks, circles of different density
and arrange them all so that it looks like a ferris wheel.
now it looks like a ferris wheel
continue to insert pictures into each circle, add arrows, rotate the shapes towards the center,
add buttons control panel and question selection panel.
Before creating Animation, remember to Group all the parts that will rotate into 1 group
For example all circles, below wheel frame
Leave the logo and the pillar unselected because they don't move.
After grouping into a group, then Add 2 Animations
attach Trigger for it to happen when the control button is clicked.
So at this point, do you find it true that creating a spinner wheel this way
is faster than creating a pie chart with Excel spreadsheets?
It's also very flexible to be creative
I've added up to 5 different wheel designs,
I hope to inspire you to try and find new ideas for your presentation.
Good luck. Good bye and see you again