14 November 2010

Make animations using Microsoft PowerPoint

Today through this post, I will give you one of the easiest way of creating animated gif
Generally you use PowerPoint to make presentations, but have you ever wondered that you can even create some animated gif images using it?
Seems strange huh???
Not a problem read further you will learn how????? :)
First you need a gif animator, here I am using UnFreez .you can download it free from Internet

Let us start by simple animation

1:-First Open Microsoft PowerPoint. Select font size,family, color of your choice .Use the text box in PowerPoint to make HELLO. Right-click on the edge of the text box surrounding it, and select “Save as picture”. Save it as a “gif” to your Desktop. By default, it will be named “Hello.gif". Make sure it is saved as gif otherwise it will not work



2:-Next, Type CEANS. Right-click on the edge of the text box surrounding it, and select “Save as picture”. Save it to your Desktop as “Helloceans.gif”.


The last gif you need to make is blank gif .For that delete all the words and Right-click on the edge of the text box and save it to the Desktop as “blank.gif”.


Now if you have downloaded the gif animator, Run the UnFreez animator . Find the gifs you have saved on your Desktop and drag each one into the window of the Unfreez animator starting with Picture1 until you have all 3 gifs in the animator.
See below

Select the speed you want your animated gif to play by raising the number on the Frame Delay. I have selected 70 (as you increase no,its speed will decrease) .You can also select the option to loop continuously or play once.
Click on “Make Animated GIF”. Save it to your Desktop as “helloceans.gif”. now open “helloceans.gif “ in your browser
Similarly you can create more animations using this trick .just give some time and you can rock
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