How to Create Animated Videos with Powerpoint

Learn an easy way to create video animation with PowerPoint for business, marketing, online courses, YouTube and more

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Created byPaul Nekh. | Business | Innovation | Video

Last updated 2/2026

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What you'll learn

Master animated video creation with PowerPoint
Understand the important principles of design
Be able to use additional audio and video editing software
Download 20+ PowerPoint video templates for Intros, Ads, YouTube and more

Course content

8 sections • 70 lectures • 4h 35m total length

Introduction - What you are going to learn in this course4:52
Learn to create animated videos with PowerPoint by building slides with animations and transitions, recording the slideshow, and exporting it as a video.

Video of the first project - The story of Zappos founders0:37
Create an animated PowerPoint project that tells the story of how the Zappos founders validated their startup idea with a low-risk approach: photograph products, share online, fulfill orders.
Setting the background for video3:38
Learn to set up a PowerPoint video by using a 16 by 9 widescreen slide, select a high-resolution chalkboard image, and apply it as the background for animated videos.
Importing transparent pictures1:57
Import a transparent logo for PowerPoint slides by downloading a transparent image, then insert and resize it while preserving proportions to fit a chalkboard background.
Getting icons4:38
Icons are a great way to illustrate what you're saying without too much complexity. Just find nice icons and make beautiful connections between them.
Applying artistic effects to icons and arranging the order1:57
Don't leave your icons and other visual objects as they are. Apply some nice effects to them to mark the difference.
Finding and installing new fonts4:50
Choosing the right fonts is extremely important. Don't pick random fonts.
Grouping objects and precise positioning1:15
Learn to group objects in PowerPoint to move them as a single unit, ungroup when needed, and use keyboard arrow keys for precise, pixel-by-pixel positioning.
Inserting a curve and formatting it2:17
Playing with shapes - photo effect5:11
Come up with simple but efficient picture effects.
Playing with shapes - screen effect and others5:00
Rearranging the set1:32
Playing with shapes - custom 3D box5:08
How to use PowerPoint to create and customize new objects.
Finalizing the end slide1:23
Animations - Entrance6:02
Animations - Exit2:31
Master exit animations in PowerPoint by adding wipe effects from left or right and from bottom, ensuring multiple lines disappear in sync as the story returns to the store.
Animations - Simultaneous Entrance & Exit1:38
Morph transition3:02
The morph transition is an excellent addition to the latest version of PowerPoint and it is extremely powerful.
No transition and line animations2:37
Recording the times and Exporting the video5:30
Here's exactly how to record the video timings.
Update - Exporting in 4K and 60 FPS0:26
A short interruption1:17
Project 1 File Download0:07

Video of the second project - Elon Musk's Biography0:51
Introduction to Project 20:54
Choosing and Setting a consistent Color Palette5:16
Choosing the right colors for your design elements is absolutely critical. Don't pick random colors!
Creating a Text-Shape Title3:44
The Text-Shape Title is a famous design technique to display titles in a cool way. Learn how you can do it for a video.
Creating a fully custom shape6:57
Learn how to create more complex custom shapes in PowerPoint. In fact, you can create absolutely ANY shape in PowerPoint.
Creating a fully custom shape - Part 22:21
Creating a fully custom shape - Part 35:14
Creating a fully custom shape - Part 44:43
The boring but necessary detail rearrangements3:46
Animating the Text-Shape Title3:22
How to copy animations3:38
Preparing the trasition to bottom slide2:42
Creating fancy emphasis and exit animations6:36
Creating a Pan transition for "timeline" illusion2:39
"Timeline" transition is a great technique to illustrate a continuous video.
Building the Snake Curve6:25
Populating the snake curve3:03
Animating the snake curve2:24
Apply letter by letter text reveals in PowerPoint, adjust delay and speed in the animation pane, and copy animations to create the full snake curve sequence.
Continuing the timeline with a different curve3:50
Continue the PowerPoint timeline by duplicating a slide and crafting a new curve with a custom shape, using yellow color and shadow to create two slides for SpaceX and Tesla.
Populating the second part of the timeline1:58
Animating the second part of the timeline4:00
Conclusion of Section 24:28
Project 2 File Download0:12
Share your own video project!0:22

Video of the third project - Astronomy Education0:51
Inserting and animating a 3D model7:55
In the latest version of PowerPoint you can import and play with real 3D models and do pretty amazing stuff with them.
Adding titles to animated 3D models10:46
Adding and animating multiple 3D models8:41
Add and animate multiple 3D models in PowerPoint by positioning earth, the moon, and mars, using morph transitions, tidal locking, and background movement to create dynamic space scenes.
Project 3 File Download0:07

How to create the audio file of the voice-over script6:12
Learn which free software to use to record your audio, and how to clean it before combining it with your video.
How to synchronize animations and transitions with the audio script3:32
Record precise timings in PowerPoint by rehearsing audio playback to synchronize animations and transitions, then export a video and edit further in dedicated video software.
How to import files inside a video editing software2:18
How to edit and arrange video and audio elements on the timeline7:38
Learn to edit on the timeline by dragging media, cutting clips, and syncing video with narration to tighten pacing. Add music or sound effects for a polished PowerPoint video.
How to add sound effects5:33
Learn to add sound effects to PowerPoint animations by importing audio, syncing it with images, and balancing free and paid licenses while crediting authors.
How to export the final video + Conclusion4:44
Extra - Creating Vertical videos for TikTok, Reels and Shorts6:19

Design Quality VS Productivity6:49
Colors and Background5:40
Texts, Fonts and a great design learning resource5:16
Icons and Images5:53
Master using icons from the Noun Project and Font Awesome in PowerPoint, including SVG usage, color and size tweaks, and inserting full-screen images. Avoid stock images for harmony.
Looping Video Backgrounds, Videos inside video, Screencasts and Screenshots8:11
Learn to create animated videos in PowerPoint by using looping video backgrounds, overlaying objects, and built-in screencasting and screenshot features for dynamic, on-slide storytelling.
Licences2:26
Top 7 Worst Video Design Practices6:03

Requirements

Having PowerPoint on PC/Mac (preferably the latest subscription-based version)

Description

Welcome to the bestseller Powerpoint Video Course! Start creating animated videos now.

Video creation skills are becoming more and more important these days. Video content is growing fast, people prefer this format, and marketers are jumping on this trend. And while there is a lot of complex video software out there, you can actually create pretty beautiful videos with PowerPoint only!

The quality of PowerPoint videos is good enough for all kinds of informative/educational videos. These can be marketing videos for businesses, videos for online courses, for a YouTube channel or even for TikTok and Reels - Yes, you can also easily create animated vertical videos in PowerPoint as well. There are a lot of YouTube channels with millions of views which create their videos with PowerPoint only.

So if you want to use video for business purposes, you don't need fancy/complex software and long training anymore - You can use PowerPoint. And with the right techniques that I will teach you in this course, you can make beautiful videos which will definitely look like "real videos" and not PowerPoint presentations.

This course is full practice, full hands-on. We will create 3 videos together completely from scratch, and every single step will be clearly explained. By the end of it you will master PowerPoint video creation and will be able to make animated videos at will. And with more experience you will become more efficient. It's totally possible to create one video per day!

And, as a bonus, you will be able to download more than 20 ready-made PowerPoint video templates for your Video Introductions, Facebook/Instagram Ads, YouTube End Screens and more! I create these templates myself and occasionally upload new ones to the course completely for free.

Creating videos with PowerPoint is a great compromise between the quality of the video (in terms of "complexity") and the time it takes to do it. You can create hours and hours of video relatively fast compared to most specific software.

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Who this course is for:

YouTubers who want to grow a YouTube channel
Online instructors who wish to improve the visual quality of their videos
Independent/Business owners who want to promote their products using video
Anyone wanting to learn how to create animated videos
Anyone wanting to add a new skill to their marketing skills portfolio
Creators who want to make animated Vertical videos for TikTok & Reels

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Course content

Introduction1 lecture • 5min

First Project - An Entrepreneur's Story22 lectures • 1hr 3min

Second Project - Biography of a Genius23 lectures • 1hr 19min

Third project - Astronomy Education5 lectures • 28min

Technical - Editing the final video7 lectures • 36min

The Theory Recap7 lectures • 40min

Extra: Reverse-engineering .PPT videos from my YouTube channel3 lectures • 21min

Download my 20+ PowerPoint video templates + Bonus2 lectures • 2min

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