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General - All about Custom Animation What is Custom Animation? Custom Animation is a feature in Microsoft Office PowerPoint. It contains a list of effects that you can apply to objects to have them animate during the slide show. PowerPoint 2000 and earlier versions offer basic Entrance effects such as Appear, Dissolve and etc. It is to be noted that in PowerPoint 2000 and earlier versions, all objects can only be animated once. With the release of PowerPoint 2002/XP, more effects are introduced and are grouped into 4 categories. The 4 categories include: Entrance, Emphasis, Exit (The 3 E's), and Motion Paths. Objects can now be animated multiple times and effects can be combined to create complex animations such as the Leaf Motion effect. Each effect contains variables such as start (On click, With previous, After previous), delay, speed, repeat and triggers. Entrance effects Entrance effects animate object so that it enters the slide show. During the slide show view, you won't be able to see the object until it starts to animate. Hence, if two entrance effects are added onto an object one after another, the object will disappear when the second effect starts to animate. List of Entrance effects PowerPoint 2000 and below: Appear, Fly, Blinds, Box, Checkerboard, Crawl, Dissolve, Flash Once, Peek, Random Bars, Spiral, Split, Stretch, Strips, Swivel, Wipe, Zoom, Random Effects. PowerPoint 2002/XP and above: Basic Appear, Blinds, Box, Checkerboard, Circle, Crawl In, Diamond, Dissolve In, Flash Once, Fly In, Peek In, Plus, Random Bars, Random Effects, Split, Strips, Wedge, Wheel, Wipe. PowerPoint 2002/XP and above: Subtle Expand, Fade, Faded Swivel, Faded Zoom. PowerPoint 2002/XP and above: Moderate Ascend, Center Revolve, Color Typewriter, Compress, Descend, Ease In, Grow & Turn, Rise Up, Spinner, Stretch, Unfold, Zoom. PowerPoint 2002/XP and above: Exciting Boomerang, Bounce, Credits, Curve Up, Flip, Float, Fold, Glide, Light Speed, Magnify, Pinwheel, Sling, Spiral In, Swish, Swivel, Thread, Whip. Emphasis effects Emphasis effects animate object on the spot during slide show. The end result will stay there unless Auto-Reverse under the effect tab or "Rewind when done playing" under the timing tab have been checked. List of Emphasis effects PowerPoint 2002/XP and above: Basic Change Fill Color, Change Font, Change Font Color, Change Font Size, Change Font Style, Change Line Color, Grow/Shrink, Spin, Transparency. PowerPoint 2002/XP and above: Subtle Bold Flash, Brush On Color, Brush On Underline, Color Blend, Color Wave, Complementary Color, Complementary Color 2, Contrasting Color, Darken, Desaturate, Flash Bulb, Lighten, Vertical Highlight. PowerPoint 2002/XP and above: Moderate Flicker, Grow With Color, Shimmer, Teeter. PowerPoint 2002/XP and above: Exciting Blast, Blink, Bold Reveal, Style Emphasis, Wave. Exit effects Exit effects animate object so that it leaves the slide show. During the slide show view, the object will disappear from the screen based to the effect that you have added. They can be re-called by adding an Entrance effect. A fun fact is that even if you have added an Exit effect on the object, you can still add an Emphasis effect or Motion Path after the Exit effect. The object will still animate, with the exception that the animation will be hidden from the viewers. List of Exit effects PowerPoint 2002/XP and above: Basic Blinds, Box, Checkerboard, Circle, Crawl Out, Diamond, Disappear, Dissolve Out, Flash Once, Fly Out, Peek Out, Plus, Random Bars, Random Effects, Split, Strips, Wedge, Wheel, Wipe. PowerPoint 2002/XP and above: Subtle Contract, Fade, Faded Swivel, Faded Zoom. PowerPoint 2002/XP and above: Moderate Ascend, Center Revolve, Collapse, Color Typewriter, Descend, Ease Out, Grow & Turn, Sink Down, Spinner, Stretchy, Unfold, Zoom. PowerPoint 2002/XP and above: Exciting Boomerang, Bounce, Credits, Curve Down, Flip, Float, Fold, Glide, Light Speed, Magnify, Pinwheel, Sling, Spiral Out, Swish, Swivel, Thread, Whip. Motion Paths Motion Paths animate object by moving it from one position to another. This feature is similar to Motion Tweening in Adobe Flash, but much simpler to manipulate with. PowerPoint provides a wide range of Motion Paths to choose from. In addition, you can draw and modify Motion Paths. The methods available includes Line, Curve, FreeForm and Scribble. Best way to understand how they work is to try them out individually. Take note that if you are using PowerPoint 2004 for Mac, Motion Paths cannot be added, but you will be able to view Motion Paths added from PowerPoint for Windows. List of Motion Paths PowerPoint 2002/XP and above: Basic 4 Point Star, 5 Point Star, 6 Point Star, 8 Point Star, Circle, Crescent moon, Diamond, Equal Triangle, Football, Heart, Hexagon, Octagon, Parallelogram, Pentagon, Right Triangle, Square, Teardrop, Trapezoid. PowerPoint 2002/XP and above: Lines & Curves Arc Down, Arc Left, Arc Right, Arc Up, Bounce Left, Bounce Right, Curvy Left, Curvy Right, Decaying Wave, Diagonal Down Right, Diagonal Up Right, Down, Funnel, Heartbeat, Left, Right, S Curve 1, S Curve 2, Sine Wave, Spiral Left, Spiral Right, Spring, Stairs Down, Turn Down, Turn Down Right, Turn Up, Turn Up Right, Up, Wave, Zigzag. PowerPoint 2002/XP and above: Special Bean, Buzz Saw, Curved Square, Curved X, Curvy Star, Figure 8 Four, Horizontal Figure 8, Inverted Square, Inverted Triangle, Loop de Loop, Neutron, Peanut, Plus, Pointy Star, Swoosh, Vertical Figure 8. PowerPoint 2002/XP and above: Draw Custom Path Line, Curve, FreeForm, Scribble. Animation Trigger Animation Trigger is a feature introduced in PowerPoint 2002/XP and the later versions. It allows an object to be animated only when a specific object on the Slide Show is clicked, hence triggering the animations. It is widely use for interaction purposes. Triggers can be found under the Timing tab by double clicking on added effects. Check out the Animation Trigger tutorial here. Backck  |  Top

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