How to create an animated promo video in PowerPoint

Name: How to create an animated promo video in PowerPoint
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Create your own custom animated video that you can use as a promo material for marketing campaign

Created byNatalia Liashenko, Anton Bystrov

Last updated 2/2023

English

What you'll learn

Create an animated promo video in PowerPoint
Create professional PowerPoint Presentations from scratch
Use major PowerPoint tools and techniques
Create dynamic animations and non-standard transitions in PowerPoint
Animate complex slides with multiple layers (work with the selection pane)
Convert Presentation to video and add the background music

Course content

4 sections • 38 lectures • 3h 56m total length

Preparation1:41
Prepare by downloading the source files, then open the PowerPoint files. Customize the quick access toolbar to streamline the design of the animated promo video.
Slide 1 - Creating the title slide10:21
Design a title slide in PowerPoint for an animated promo video by customizing the background image, arranging logos and text with guides, colors, shadows, and decorative shapes.
Slide 2 - Revealing the main idea of the promo video7:24
Learn to craft a polished promo video in PowerPoint by using video backgrounds, reducing brightness with transparency, merging shapes, and aligning text for a cohesive design.
Slide 3 - Revealing the client's 1st pain9:13
Slide 4 - Revealing the client's 2nd pain4:36
Show how to enhance a PowerPoint slide revealing the client's second pain by styling an image with pink borders, shadows, and precise cropping, then add a centered, high-contrast text block.
Slide 5 - Revealing the client's 3rd pain6:05
Slide 6 - Revealing the client's 4th pain5:27
Slide 7 - Offering the solution5:50
Stretch the image to fill the slide, darken it with transparency, and place blue text to present the solution. Align, center, and group shapes for a polished promo design.
Slide 8 - Answering their pain2:53
Create an animated PowerPoint promo slide by layering two images, resizing and cropping them, and drawing a transparent circle with a white border to center bold text.
Slide 9 - Offering our 1st benefit12:14
Create an animated promo slide by layering a video as a background, applying masks, shapes, and text with precise alignment, borders, and transparency to showcase the first benefit.
Slide 10 - Offering our 2nd benefit10:04
Learn to create an animated PowerPoint promo slide by applying a blue to pink gradient, merging shapes, and layering text and images for a polished visual.
Slide 11 - Offering our 3rd benefit2:51
Demonstrates slide 11 design by placing a high-quality image, resizing and aligning it, and using left text with layered effects to draw eye to center and highlight the third benefit.
Slide 12 - Offering our 4th benefit13:47
Design a compelling infographic using only PowerPoint shapes, gradients, and text by building a multi-circle motif with radial gradients, connecting lines, and precise alignment for a professional promo visual.
Slide 13 - Offering our 5th benefit4:44
Learn to design slide 13 to offer our fifth benefit by applying a gradient background, adjusting fonts, and placing images and mockups with shadows for a polished smartphone screen.
Slide 14 - Why trust us2:08
Slide 15 - Creating slide with video testimonial3:16
Create a slide with a video testimonial using layered blue and pink shapes, shadows, and a centered text block. Align and group elements for a clean PowerPoint presentation.
Slide 16 - Slide with ticking clock8:27
Create slide 16 with a ticking clock by building and rotating triangle shapes, applying color, gradient, and shadows, then add clock hands and center alignment for a polished promo.
Slide 17 - Call to Action slide5:32

Intro - Reducing image size to optimize the presentation1:02
Learn how to optimize images in PowerPoint and reduce presentation file size by compressing pictures, selecting the appropriate resolution, and balancing image quality with performance.
Animating the 1st slide14:44
Animating the 2nd slide6:50
Animating the 3rd slide7:12
Master creating an animated PowerPoint slideshow by applying grow/shrink, entrance, zoom, and fly-in animations, adjusting durations and delays, using the selection pane to sequence layers and transitions.
Animating the 4th slide5:00
Learn to animate slide 4 in a PowerPoint promo video by applying image fade-in with shadow, a grow/shrink emphasis, wipe text, and entrance stretch with timed transitions.
Animating the 5th slide8:28
Learn to animate the fifth slide in PowerPoint by applying entrance, split, zoom, and spin animations, timing them with delays and grouping elements for a cohesive promo video.
Animating the 6th slide4:11
Animate the sixth slide with grow shrink and entrance effects on the image and lines, adjust sizes and center alignment, and time transitions to the next slide.
Animating the 7th slide4:52
Learn to animate a PowerPoint slide by moving the background, grouping shapes, and applying grow shrink, fade in, and split animations with precise timing.
Animating the 8th slide6:43
Animating the 9th slide8:14
Learn to animate slide 9 in a PowerPoint promo video by syncing background video, animating image entrances from the right, adding left and right arrows with fades, and setting transitions.
Animating the 10th slide9:04
Animate a promo slide by applying motion path to the blue circle, aligning guides, and tuning timing, gradient background, and entrance and exit effects for synchronized movement.
Animating the 11th slide3:37
Learn to animate a PowerPoint slide by grouping elements, applying fly-in and grow/shrink effects, using the animation painter, and coordinating timing for opening and closing transitions.
Animating the 12th slide8:50
Animating the 13th slide5:35
Master the animation of a PowerPoint promo slide by composing a mockup with layered elements, fly-out, glow, and grow effects, plus motion paths, shape unions, and auto transitions.
Animating the 14th slide3:17
Create pink rectangle with no border and apply 0.5s fade-out exit. Duplicate gray shape, apply 0.25s vertical split and grow/shrink, starting all layers with previous for a 2.75s reveal.
Animating the 15th slide4:08
Design the 15th slide as a video testimonial in PowerPoint by placing a bottom-centered name and description and aligning shapes. Animate entrance, exit, and transitions to sync with video playback.
Animating the 16th slide7:41
learn how to animate the 16th slide for a PowerPoint promo by drawing clock arrows, applying synchronized fade in/out, and coordinating delays, durations, and transitions to the next slide.
Animating the final 17th slide4:22

Requirements

The student must have MS PowerPoint 2016 or later

Description

After you complete this course, you will get to know and practice:

major tools and techniques of PowerPoint. Even if you never worked in PowerPoint before, we will explain step by step, so you will not have any complications. It will help you to create professional presentations by yourself.
PowerPoint hotkeys. To optimize working process and increase speed, we will use hotkeys. We will explain how they work and how to use them, and by the end of the course you will easily use them.
animation and transition. We will show you the standard and non standard animation effects in PowerPoint. Combining these effects, you can create your own custom video.
convert presentation to high quality video. You will gain enough knowledge to animate any static presentation in PowerPoint and produce the video.

Why do you need to create animated promo video in PowerPoint? The animated promo video is an effective tool of marketing campaign. It attracts more attention then static images. Yet, many people assume that creating professional promo video requires much time and knowledge of professional video editing tools. In our course, we offer the solution - creating the attractive animated promo video in PowerPoint. Benefits of this type of a video are:

easy to create. You can complete this course within several days and by the end of the course, you will have your video;
easy to edit. Once you create the video, you can easily change text, images, animation, etc. and use it multiple times for different marketing campaigns;
no need of complex video editing software. The majority of people use Microsoft Office that includes PowerPoint. That is all you need. Even if you never used PowerPoint, following our instructions will help you to create your own animated promo video.
highest quality Ultra HD 4K. PowerPoint 2019 allows recording video in Ultra HD 4K (3840 × 2160 px). For this course, we will record the video in FullHD to reduce file size and increase speed. Recording the Ultra HD 4K has no difference in work process, you just need to select this resolution in the end.

Who this course is for:

Coaches, Speakers, Trainers who need promo videos, webinar videos, attractive presentation for conference
Udemy instructors who want to improve quality of their videos
People who want to learn how to create professional engaging videos without deep knowledge of video editing tools

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Section 1 - Creating the design for the promo video18 lectures • 1hr 57min

Section 2 - Animating the presentation and creating custom transitions18 lectures • 1hr 54min

Section 3 - Converting presentation to the FullHD video1 lecture • 5min

Section 4 - Bonus Materials1 lecture • 1min

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