PowerPoint and Presenting Stuff

Animation Carbon – Review

With the launch of PowerPoint 2002 (and 2003), animation metamorphosed from a simple single-click attribute to something much more enriched, and complicated. Designers spent hours mastering the new motion paths and fine-tuning the timings on multiple animations. After the jaws finished dropping and the wows were over, designers were expected to create a similar animation effect for another presentation element! You get the pattern: hours upon hours were being spent on recreating the same effects. It was often felt that it would be great if PowerPoint had a library feature where all such animation procedures could be stored and then imparted to objects with a single click. Our product for review, Animation Carbon fills that void.

Read the Indezine review of Animation Carbon.

Filed Under: Add-ins
Tagged as: Add-in, Animation, Animation Carbon, PowerPoint, Shyam Pillai

Motion Path End Position

Motion Path End Position is a free add-in from Shyam Pillai that creates a duplicate shape at the position where your selected motion path animation ends. Using this tool, you can quickly determine the end position of the animation at design time.

Download this add-in here.

Filed Under: Add-ins
Tagged as: Add-in, Animation, Motion Path, Shyam Pillai

Clean the Screen

After I clean my glasses, I am always amazed by how much more clearly I can see. The same is true of the computer screen. In everyday use, it accumulates dust, dirt, and fingerprints. An occasional cleaning is definitely in order. The correct way to clean your monitor depends on the type of monitor you have. Here are a few tips for the two most common types of computer screens.

Learn more on the Compu-KISS site

Filed Under: Miscellaneous
Tagged as: Display, Maintenance

Microsoft Expression

Microsoft Expression is available as a free download now, for both the Mac and Windows. For those who don’t know, Expression, a product acquired from Creature House is in the same class as CorelDRAW, Adobe Illustrator, and Macromedia Freehand. It’s also Microsoft’s first product that exports to Flash SWF. At over 50 MB, it is a big download.

More info can be found on the Microsoft website.

Filed Under: Miscellaneous
Tagged as: Microsoft

Wrapping Images in PowerPoint

Glen Millar shows you how you can create a wraparound style shape in PowerPoint using PowerPoint’s guides and shape editing tools.

Here’s the tutorial link on his site.

Filed Under: PowerPoint All Versions
Tagged as: Glen Millar, PowerPoint, Shapes