3-D+Effects+and+Animation

3-D Effects and Animation **Ever had to present a powerpoint presentation in class? Even worse, ever had to sit through a class full of boring powerpoint presentations? Well, read ahead to learn how to capture the attention of your audience next time through professional looking 3-D effects and Animation using Powerpoint 2007.**

In this Tutorial, I will show you how to make an exciting Powerpoint slide (this one probably works best as a cover page if you add a title.)

Step 1: Start on a New Page on Microsoft Powerpoint 2007. Delete the Text Boxes, then right click on the slide and go to Format Background.

Step 2: Go to Fill, then choose Gradient Fill. At the bottom of the pop up box click the dropbox for Gradient Stops, and make sure there are 3. If you don't have three, you can add or remove stops.

Step 3: Next, go to Stop 1 and choose Black as the color. Do the same for Stop 2. Go to Stop 3, and choose whichever color you would like for the bottom half of the slide. In my example, I chose Olive Green, Accent 3, Lighter 40%. Click Apply to All Slides and then Close.

Step 4: Go to Insert, Shapes, and choose the Rectangle. Drag out the rectangle across the middle slide and drag it down more towards the bottom half.

Step 5: Right click on the Rectangle and go to Fill. Choose Picture or texture fill, click the drop box for Texture, and choose one of the wooden textures at the bottom.

Step 6: <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Go to Line Color on the left-hand menu and choose No Line. Then go to 3-D Rotation, click the Rotation drop box, and choose Perspective Relaxed.

<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">Step 7: <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Next, go to 3-D Format and adjust the Depth to 10 pt. Click the drop box for Lighting and choose Soft.

<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">Step 8: <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Go to Insert, Photo, and choose a photo you would like from the pop up box, then click Insert.

<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">Step 9: <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Resize the image so that you can place it on top of the wooden panel on the right side. Go to Format on the ribbon and choose one of the formats already shown. I chose the 3rd one as shown below. Then, click the Picture Effects drop box, go to 3-D Rotation, and choose Perspective Contrasting Left. Next go to Shadow and choose Perspective Diagonal Upper Right. If you would like to darken the shadow, right click on the photo, go to Format Photo, Shadow, then play around with the transparency until you're happy.

<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">Step 10: <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Your final 3-D images should look something like the image below. If it doesn't look exactly the same, it's ok! Just have fun and play around with the effects.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: center;">**<range type="comment" id="99664105_1">Once you are happy with your 3-D images, you can take a look at the following tutorial video to learn how to add animations to them. Once again, have fun, play around with the many animations offered by Powerpoint 2007, and show off your fun and professional powerpoint slides!</range id="99664105_1">** media type="youtube" key="BIfQgyE_-JM" height="344" width="425"

** Page By: Crystine Cabrera **