How To Animate First Page in PowerPoint [Step by Step Tutorial] -

In this step by step tutorial you will learn how to create PowerPoint Slide Animation so you can you start your business presentation with something that captures attention and want people to learn more?

When designing PowerPoint presentations for business audience, it’s important to strike the right balance between content, quality and delivery of your message. You want your slides to be eye-catching and engaging to your audience, while still retaining a professional tone. This may seem like a steep challenge, but we focus on how you can solve it in this tutorial: using the step by step tutorial, you can easily create a animated first slide for PowerPoint presentation that captivates your audience, but doesn't detract from your message and keeps them fascinated and asking for more.

Follow step by step instructions to learn how it was accomplished and you can also download final PowerPoint template, if you are just trying to reuse it for your upcoming presentation.

Final Cover Slide starts with black and white background animation of NY City and consists of 3 PowerPoint animations

Flying large parallelogram object with text
Smaller parallelogram with text entering the screen
Black and White background converts into Color background

Step 1. Launch PowerPoint and select Blank Presentation

On Start Screen select Blank Presentation.

Step 2. Select and delete all extra elements on the screen

Delete all extra elements, we will not be using
Click Insert Tab and select Insert Pictures

Step 3: Insert Picture of NY City

Switch to Insert tab and Click Insert->Images->Pictures

NY City WallPaper Picture can be downloaded by using the link below

http://wallarthd.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/New-York-City-Wallpaper-High-Definition.jpg

Step 4. Create a duplicate of the picture

Select picture and then click Copy and then Paste. This creates a duplicate of the picture.

Step 5. Make top picture Black and White

With Top level Picture selected, navigate to Picture Tools and select Color-> Color Saturation: 0%

Make sure second picture is selected
Select Picture tools
Select Color
Select Black and White
Realign second picture to make sure it is on top of the first one

Step 6. Apply Animation to top BW picture to Fade, making color picture available

Navigate to Animations and Select Exit->Fade Animation

Keeping second picture selected, Click on Animations Tab in PowerPoint
Add a new Fade Animation Effect – Make sure to select Fade on Exit as there are two Fade effects available
Extend duration of default Fade effect to make sure you can see gradual fading of Black and White picture

Make Animation Pane Available. This allows you to select the timing for animations

Right Mouse Click on Picture’s 5 Animation and select Effect Options

Adjust timing for animation to make Duration=3 seconds

Click Preview button to review the animation of the transition from Black and White to Color page. Adjust timings for the animation as you see fit.

Step 7. Insert Parallelogram

On Insert Tab, select Insert -> Shapes->Parallelogram

Type the desired text to the shape, by selecting the shape and start typing
Lets make font large, if necessary for better visibility and appearance
You can change background color of the shape to the color of your preference. Click on the Shape and Select Properties. Then pick desired color

Step 8. Add text to Parallelogam

Below image shows text "PowerPoint Cover Page Animation" added to the parallelogram

Step 9. Select Desired Color for Parallelogram

Step 10. Insert Small Parallelogram

Now we need to insert smaller shape, which could provide ability for you to insert additional text. Select Insert -> Shape->Parallelogram.
Type desired text

Step 11. Add text to smaller parallelogram and adjust it’s background color

Select background color of your choice
Keep in mind that If you have selected lighter background color as I did to add more contract, you would need to change the color of the font as well to make sure font is visible

Step 12. Add Animation Effects to the large parallelogram

Select Large Parallelogram and Add Fly-In effect
Click Animations Pane and add Fly In animation for the larger shape
Change the order of the animation to make sure Parallelogram’s animations gets triggered first, before animations for the background image
Next Lets change duration of the Parallelogram’s animation. Click [Effect Properties], Select [Timing] Tab and select [Duration] equal to 2 seconds

In Effect Options select Directions -> [From Left]

In Timing select Duration -> [2 Seconds]

Step 12. Select small parallelogram and Add Animation Effects

In this part of the tutorial we will be focusing on below activities

Change the order for Second Parallelogram’s animation to make it executing right after the first one
Now lets make sure it also flies-in from the left by selecting Effect Options and changing Direction to fly [From Left]
Change Duration of the Animation to make it 2 seconds

Select Small Parallelogram

Add Fly-In effect

In Effect Options select Directions -> [From Left]

In Timing select Duration -> [2 Seconds]

Step 13. Rearrange Order of effects

Lets make sure second parallelogram’s Animation starts after the first Parallelogram’s one. We will do it by selecting smaller Parallelogram in Animation Pane and using Right Mouse Click selecting [Start After Previous] option

Step 14. Make sure First Effect starts [Start On Click] and others [Start After Previous]

Below is how Final sequence of effects looks like

Step 15. Adjust timings of animations and enjoy your animated slide

And the last step is to preview the result of our hard work. Click preview button and enjoy the show!!!
Note: We have selected 2 seconds for flying in animations, but some of you might prefer to make it shorter (i.e 1 second). Please play with timings and enjoy the slide you have just built.

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How To Animate First Page in PowerPoint [Step by Step Tutorial]

Step by Step Tutorial to Animate First Slide in PowerPoint

Step 1. Launch PowerPoint and select Blank Presentation

Step 2. Select and delete all extra elements on the screen

Step 3: Insert Picture of NY City

Step 4. Create a duplicate of the picture

Step 5. Make top picture Black and White

Step 6. Apply Animation to top BW picture to Fade, making color picture available

Step 7. Insert Parallelogram

Step 8. Add text to Parallelogam

Step 9. Select Desired Color for Parallelogram

Step 10. Insert Small Parallelogram

Step 11. Add text to smaller parallelogram and adjust it’s background color

Step 12. Add Animation Effects to the large parallelogram

In Effect Options select Directions -> [From Left]

In Timing select Duration -> [2 Seconds]

Step 12. Select small parallelogram and Add Animation Effects

In this part of the tutorial we will be focusing on below activities

Select Small Parallelogram

Add Fly-In effect

In Effect Options select Directions -> [From Left]

In Timing select Duration -> [2 Seconds]

Step 13. Rearrange Order of effects

Step 14. Make sure First Effect starts [Start On Click] and others [Start After Previous]

Below is how Final sequence of effects looks like

Step 15. Adjust timings of animations and enjoy your animated slide

Watch below Video to learn how to do make Cover Slide Animation in PowerPoint

Video Transcripts - downloadable PDF Files

PDF Tutorial

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