How to animate videos with PowerPoint

How to animate videos with PowerPoint

Hello, and welcome back to my series Let’s talk about Microsoft 365!

As foreshadowed in my post about formatting papers with Microsoft Word, I want to share some simple hacks on how you can use Microsoft PowerPoint to create animated videos.

Although PowerPoint is getting more and more frowned upon and already wears the label “outdated” in regards to presentations, I am a huge fan and constant user of the software. While I do like to create nice-looking slides with PowerPoint, I must admit that I mostly misuse it as a “layouting” and content creation tool. I don’t have (yet) the skills or paid-for license to use the Adobe Creative Cloud apps such as Photoshop, but I can pretty much create anything in PowerPoint – and you can too!

In the short video below, you can find out how you too can create a simple animated video using nothing but PowerPoint.

https://youtu.be/q7Ouvs5I8po

Here are some additional points to ensure you have a visually pleasing video:

  • Decide on a colour palette and stick to it!
  • If you want to work with reoccurring layouts, build them out as a master slide to minimize the moveable object on your slides.
  • Use the presentation mode or the animation pane to preview your animations.
  • With animations, I prefer the “less is more” approach. To make everything look cohesive, stick with the same kind of animations as it might quickly look too crazy otherwise.
  • For stock footage, you can use free services like Canva.com. To find out more about this topic, check out the following post: Canva – The key to unlocking your designer needs
  • For license-free music, check out bensound.com

And there you have it! You don’t need to be an animator or professional video producer to create a nice-looking animated video. Try it out for yourself and share your experiences in the chat below!


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Music: https://www.bensound.com

Valentina Petrovic

Hi there! I'm Valentina and as you may have noticed based on the content of my blog, I am a sucker for any software and hack that simplifies everyday study and business life. In this blog I am sharing how you can get the most out of the Microsoft 365 apps without drowning in a sea of digital chaos. While we have a multitude of options available, in my professional life as well as in my studies I was and still am mainly working with programs such as Microsoft OneNote, Word, PowerPoint and Excel. But now more than ever we are faced with the question of how we communicate and collaborate within a virtual world. That's where the Microsoft services like OneDrive, Teams and not to forget Outlook come into play. Join me in leveraging the potential of Microsoft 365 so technology becomes an advantage rather than an everyday source of frustration!

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4 thoughts on “How to animate videos with PowerPoint

  1. Thank you for including my post Valentina! Love how it’s simple and informative. Can’t believe I’ve never considered exploring more with PowerPoint itself!

    1. Thanks, Megan!
      Sometimes great things can come out of just trying to work with what you have and making the most out of that – and PowerPoint is certainly a good example of that ?

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