This video will show you how to effectively use animations and several other features from PowerPoint to enhance your presentations
The different functions from PowerPoint that will be covered in this video include the following
To eliminate the background color from an image first insert or paste your image onto your powerpoint slide
Next go to the picture tools tab and click on format
Now select the color icon and click on the set transparent color option
All you have to do now is select the color that you would like to appear transparent in your image
For example, here we want to get rid of the white color
This is how you can give your image a transparent background
if you have a picture with a slightly more complicated background
You can simply select the remove background icon and manually select the areas you would like to eliminate or keep
There are many ways to edit pictures in PowerPoint
Today we will be demonstrating those which are most commonly used
To format the background of your slides with an image go to the design tab
then select the format background icon
click on fill and choose the picture or texture fill option
Select the location to insert your picture from and then adjust the transparency as well as the positioning of your picture
The applied to all button can apply your background to all the slides in your presentation
Another useful function when it comes to formatting pictures is setting the transparency of a shape or image
To increase the transparency of the safe image on your computer
Go to the insert tab and select the shapes icon
Select the rectangle shape or any other shape you prefer
now drag and draw the shape
under shape options select fill and go to picture or texture fill
Then click on the file button and import your image
If you copied an image instead of saving it on your computer
You can simply click on the clipboard button and your image will appear within the shape
Now you can adjust the transparency slider until the transparency you desire
You can also crop your image using the crop tool
Another option of cropping is the crop an image to shape
Click on the drop down menu under the crop icon and select the crop to shape option
Click on any shape you would like to crop your image to and then click crop
Adjust the shape as you prefer
Other things that can also be done to the image include adjusting its sharpness
brightness
contrast
color
as well as adding any artistic effects or picture effects
Animations can help make your presentations more dynamic and engaging for your audience
To animate an image or text first select the item then go to the animations tab
Select any animation that you would like to use
when editing animations click on the animation pane icon
This will open the animation pane which allows for easier edits
Only certain animations have effect options and you can use this to change the animation effects
To adjust how you want the animation to appear go to the start drop-down menu
On click allows the animation to occur upon clicking
With previous allows the animation to occur at the same time as your previous animation
After previous allows your animation to occur after your previous animation is finished without any further clicking
The timing of each animation such as its duration and delay of onset can be adjusted by changing the values in the boxes
It's also possible to add multiple animations to one item for example
For example, dimming a sentence or image after has been presented can be achieved by doing the following
To add another animation to a previously animated item
first select the item you want to apply the animation to
then select the add animation icon and choose the animation you would like to use
In the case of dimming images or text select transparency
You can also adjust the transparency as you like
This is the only way you can add multiple animations
Otherwise your first animation will be replaced when you try to add a second animation in any other way
Another example is to make an item disappear after it has been presented and replace it with something else
To do so select the item you want to animate
then select the add animation icon and choose disappear
Afterwards add in the new item that you wish to appear in place of the old item
Add in animation to the new item making sure that it appears after the old
Animations can also be controlled within the smartart
First select your smartart and edit it to your liking
Then go to the animations tab and select the animation you want to use
this will animate the entire smartart
however if you want to animate the individual items within the smartart go to effect options
then select one by one
For a smart art the order of animation cannot be adjusted by dragging items within the animation pane
Instead you have to manually remove and add in animation
More detailed Edits can also be made here
Object alignment on your powerpoint slides can make a world's difference to the appearance of your slides
if you have multiple objects you can use the align function available
To do this first select all of the objects you want to align
Then go to the format tab and click on the align option
from the drop down menu select the type of alignment you would like
Thank you for watching