Advanced PowerPoint Animation Tutorial - How to Make a Shooting Star Effect

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Hi Valdo - thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed, and really appreciate your support!

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[@jhing12813]

you are so incredibly generous for sharing your brilliant tips

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[@cherylmadick5326]

I've always like using powerpoint but until I saw your city night video I had no idea it was so cool!! Thank you fo sharing!!

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Thanks, Cheryl - really appreciate the comment, and so glad that you've been able to discover new things with PPT!

[@paulsastroutomo4273]

Again, your creatifity is super, your tutorial is clear and first class. Thank you

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Thanks, Paul! Glad you liked it.

[@alysonfenton49]

I have been following your tutorials for a while now and they are amazaing. They are easy to understand, well made and very effective. As a teacher, they are very appealing! All the best. Teacher from Australia!

[@powerpointspice]

Yes, absolutely! If you can't find it, you can google "gradient fill powerpoint 2007" and there are a few articles that show where it is.

[@powerpointspice]

That's wonderful - always good to hear from the really advanced users! :)

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[@moonraker2114]

Thanks a lot PowerPoint Spice, this is super duper nice...

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Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the music -- it often takes me a long time to choose the right music because it really sets the tone of the video.

[@bluek5653]

Wow this really *SPICES* up my presentations! Thanks so much! So helpful :D

[@powerpointspice]

Thanks for your question, Jane! That effect is achieved by having the image growing in the back (using grow/shrink animation) and on top of the image are black triangles with white lines on top of it (so the diamond is not a diamond but 4 triangles touching each other)--- that way the diamond stays the same shape while the image grows behind it.

[@playwrightvietnam]

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+Phong DP Thanks for the comment, Phong DP - glad you liked it!

[@ctstar82]

Works like a charm, what a nifty effect. Even easier than the fireworks.

[@powerpointspice]

ctstar82 Great that you enjoyed! Yes, definitely very nifty :).

[@ctstar82]

PowerPoint Spice And it was great seeing you speak yesterday at the Presenters Network.

[@powerpointspice]

ctstar82 Oh fantastic! So happy you were able to attend - what a great event, huh! Awesome that the Davids from Pointmade Animation were able to organize!

[@kashalord5101]

This would be excellent for my class presentation. My audience wouldn't fall asleep. ;)

[@powerpointspice]

Kasha Lord Thanks, Kasha - that's exactly right! :) If more people used these techniques, the world would be a much more fun place!

[@powerpointspice]

Hi again - sure, no problem. I'm glad that you're trying out this trick as a beginning, although it is a fairly advanced technique. When you say, "slides," I'm assuming you mean steps? If so, here you go: Step 1 - Insert a 16 point star, do a gradient fill, select "path" gradient and make the inside white with 0% transparency, make the outside 100% transparency. Insert a 4-point star and color it in the same way -remove the shape outline from both stars. Layer both on top of each other.

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Patrick Melicor Thanks, Patrick! Glad you liked the videos!

[@agarrapatas]

Thank you! Very well explained! love it!

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Thanks so much - glad you liked it! Appreciate the comment.

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I love your videos. I'm one of your fans. Please make some more powerpoint tutorials!! I've been waiting for a long time!

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+Phúc Tô Huỳnh - Hi Phúc - thanks so much for your comment! Have you seen my latest videos? I just put up fairly recently that you might enjoy!

[@gamemr6672]

Your explanation wonderful and distinctive has advised me a lot. Thank you .

[@powerpointspice]

Super, glad it helped, Ga Mr ! Thanks for the comment.

[@powerpointspice]

Hi Slidenerd - thanks - really glad you liked it! Well, I haven't been using PPT that long, compared to kids now who use it from the time they're super young :). I've been tinkering around with the animations etc. just for the past couple of years -- so really anyone can learn to do this stuff with some experimentation. I am not in a huge rush to get PPT13 but when I do, I'll definitely let you guys know - though many cool tricks can be done with earlier versions too, including this one.

[@BlackMambo]

That effect was KOOL!

[@VMCommMedia]

As always, you made another well explained video! Keep going! Thanks for share your knowledge, and all the best fot you!

[@rafiktekari]

This is superb my lady i wish you cantinue doing that, you are really illuminating us with thous fantastique idea's. and something moore i like your why of going to fast, in 3 or 4 minute we get the idea and we do not wost our time, so again thank you.

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rafik T Thanks, Rafik - glad you enjoyed!

[@powerpointspice]

Thanks, Angel - appreciate the feedback! I'll try to work on slowing it down a bit in the future. Sounds like a really interesting class -- have you seen the book "better than bullet points"? It's on using PPT for e-learning - you may enjoy if you haven't read it already.

[@bachoang9002]

Unbelievable! Thanks indeed for sharing

[@powerpointspice]

+Bac Hoang Glad you enjoyed, Bac! Appreciate the comment.

[@powerpointspice]

for the second part (use this technique to...), the black boxes are layered on top of the blue boxes and come in together with an entrance effect (I think it's "float down"). when the star goes by them, the black boxes are exiting OUT with a horizontal wipe effect that is synced to the star. this makes it look like the star is turning the black into blue, but it's really black boxes that are leaving and exposing the blue ones underneath. There you go - hope that makes sense!

[@carljett6890]

Very helpful and presented very matter of fact....I like that.

[@nguyentoquocthai4804]

Very good! Thanks!

[@stavroulakourtidou8639]

Thank you very much!!!! Really amazing....

[@powerpointspice]

You are so welcome- thanks for the comment, stavroula!

[@ejsorianoriz]

Love it!!!!!! Thanks for sharing!

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Elsie Soriano Thanks, Elsie! Really glad you liked it!

[@slidenerd]

amazing vid, i seriously wonder sometimes as to how long you have been using PowerPoint, infact if you have powerpoint 13, i bet you have figured out some new tricks as well, just let us, the audience know :D

[@alejandroarielgarciaarriag568]

Amazing effects thanks for sharing them, l love your channel.

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+Alejandro Ariel Garcia Arriaga Thanks, Alejandro! Appreciate the comment, and glad the videos are useful!

[@cooldancer10]

that's nice, im going to use it in presentation for school

[@powerpointspice]

Awesome - good luck with your presentation! Thanks for watching.

[@tinkoog123]

PowerPoint Spice Hi..Need help from your side.. I cant figure out from where to flip the star and make path of the same. Please advise me

[@4uDudes]

at first i thought it was soo hard now icould make a presentation in my school. thanks!!!!!!!!!!!

[@powerpointspice]

That's wonderful to hear, Jasim! Glad you learned something - I'm sure that your classmates and teachers were very impressed!

[@mihirshah1717]

this was really helpful thanks a lot!!

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+Mihir Shah Thanks, Mihir!

[@youtubecontent4113]

u are so awesome!!! :-) more powerpoint, pls???

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Awesome - feel free to look at more of my videos and subscribe to my mailing list (link in my About section) - or check out my partners PowerPoint for Business Professionals for more on business-type effects and shortcuts. Glad you enjoyed!

[@UpsideDown211]

Yes, it makes sense .. Now I'm able to do them. Thanks heaps. I feel smarter now ;D

[@mooriah855]

I love your videos ! I also am pretty good on Powerpoints but your videos helped a lot ! Tnx XD

[@powerpointspice]

Awesome - thanks for watching and commenting!

[@peakgaiety]

good stuff...thanks for sharing ...I shall use in my progs...

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Great, glad you found it useful!

[@zefozaza]

really fantastic

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m zefo Thanks, M zefo! Glad you liked it!

[@angelangel-xx7wd]

I love it and I will also try

[@powerpointspice]

Great - thanks! And feel free to check out the download file to get you started :).

[@emolgasparkles7084]

It would be useful for my powerpoint✌️ Thanks for the help👍 It was awesome 😀

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+Eɱσlgα Dαzzlιηg Sтαя ღ - thank you so much, Eɱσlgα! So glad you enjoyed, and appreciate the comment!

[@McMasterProGenius]

Bravo You Deserve 10million subs

[@powerpointspice]

Thank you so much, Isaiah! Growing my channel slowly but surely :). Appreciate the comment.

[@powerpointspice]

Step 2 (continued from earlier message): Spin the stars. Put a "spin" animation on both stars --- make the 4-point star spin in a clockwise direction, and make the 16 point star spin in a counterclockwise direction. Make sure that the spins continue until the end of the slide. In terms of timing, make the 16-point star spin about twice as fast as the 4-point star. That's it for step 2! (for step 3, highlight both stars, go to "add animation" and click on a motion path). Hope that helps!

[@ГерманБурнашов]

thanks a million

[@Loedin_71105]

WELL DONE

[@powerpointspice]

Thank you!!

[@UpsideDown211]

Thanks for your speedy response! Would you please explain how u did the first and second slides? I'm a bit beginner at powerpoint. Thanks again for taking the time to answer me! Much appreciated!

[@thechristiancowboy6967]

Awesome!

[@powerpointspice]

Thanks, Cowboy - really appreciate it, and glad you liked the video.

[@thechristiancowboy6967]

You know your stuff, you are clear and succinct about it. Thank you....

[@SubhamRaoniar]

nice effect , I'm gonna use it :)

[@powerpointspice]

Fantastic - good luck with it! It will look great.

[@powerpointspice]

Good question! You have to use a wipe entrance effect for the text and make the timing line up to the timing of the shooting star so that it appears just as the star is going by.

[@christopherjohnson8262]

So awesome

[@powerpointspice]

Thanks, Christopher!

[@Taqarvust]

Thank you.

[@lilixu9195]

Excellent!

[@batpat8764]

muchas gracias, ayuda mucho

[@chincc5185]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing..

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Chin CC Thanks, Chin, for the comment - glad you liked it!

[@junador53]

Very powerful, Thanks

[@mychanel8277]

Amazing

[@powerpointspice]

Thanks!!

[@ianhenzon8004]

awesome tutorial

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+Ian Henzon Thank you, Ian!

[@aggsik4]

BRAVO.Thank you!

[@powerpointspice]

Ok sure - the first part is just grey text that is slowly moving in a horizontal motion path (see my "reveal effect with moving background" video). On top of that, we have the star coming in (see step 3 of this video) and the white text has a WIPE entrance animation that is synced up with the star (through trial and error). That way, it looks like the star is connnected to the text.

[@powerpointspice]

All you do is have the text come in with a "wipe" effect and play with the timing so that it comes in with the star. For the "draw" effect, just use a custom motion path in the shape of the text to make it go up/down like that. Then, use a wipe effect on the text so that it makes it look like it's being drawn. Hope that helps!

[@rocio2917]

This answers my question wondering if there is a trick to time the star with the text. I played a bit and it worked. But it took some time.

[@powerpointspice]

Thank you!!

[@ainaraiyan]

thank you so much

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'Ainatul Raiyan Thanks for watching, 'Ainatul!

[@emilsalim3816]

thank you for help :)

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Thanks for watching and commenting, Ru and Ra!

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[@truelife200]

Thanku.. 👌

[@powerpointspice]

Thanks a lot! I'm currently using 2010 still, but this effect can be done in earlier versions as well. If you have any questions about particular sections where it was fast, let me know.

[@powerpointspice]

Thanks!!!

[@UpsideDown211]

Thanks a million! But I was asking about the 1st and 2nd slides at the beginning of this vid.. I would like to know how you made the text and the star moving like that. I'm deeply indebted to you..

[@samsulbahri1952]

amazing...

[@powerpointspice]

Thanks, Samsul!

[@powerpointspice]

You're very welcome! Ok to clarify, do you mean the part that says "shooting star effect in powerpoint" or "use this technique to..." ? Just want to make sure I understand what you mean by "slides" (as the different sequences you see do not always correspond 1-1 to # of slides being used).

[@zefozaza]

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m zefo Oh wonderful - thank you very much!

[@powerpointspice]

Working on it!

[@shashwikshetty2478]

Amazing! You are one creative angel! Please tell me how you created the TRACE SHAPE effect, coz thats one idea that blew my mind, and I would love to hear how to do it... (00:32-00:49)

[@powerpointspice]

+Shashwik Shetty Hi Shashwik - thanks for the comment (which I somehow missed until now - sorry about that) - to do the trace shape effect, you just draw the lines using a Wipe entrance effect and make the timing sync to the motion path of the star - that way, it makes it look like the star is drawing it. Hope that helps!

[@powerpointspice]

Thanks! :)

[@powerpointspice]

Thank you for watching and commenting! I'm happy the video was helpful to you. Since I don't really have a company or anything right now, there is not really anything to join at this time... but if you make any cool videos with PPT though, I'd love to take a look!

[@aditya-cp9zt]

How shall I add 2 animations to 1 or a group of objects? Please reply!!

[@aditya-cp9zt]

+just me2 Thanks!!!

[@shahidmahmood7046]

good presentation

[@powerpointspice]

You are most welcome, and thank you for the comment!

[@byronovus]

Thank you for the amazing videos, Lia! I'm curious about the transition effect which you used at one point in your intro. The effect starts at around 0:57 in the video, when the background changes from black to white. The elements look a little like scales?...Could you kindly talk about it a little? Many thanks.

[@powerpointspice]

+byronovus Sure, that's just the glitter transition - it's available from 2010 on I believe. Thanks so much for the comment, byronovus!

[@UpsideDown211]

Woow that's really cool .. but I hope u slow a bit next time :$ what version are u using?

[@MrAbuNoah]

Thank you so much. How did you select the two objects together?

[@powerpointspice]

Yep, you could do that as well!

[@christianmanlangit2592]

pls do it to, revealing the text is hard, and i really want the draw part, your awesome powerpointspice

[@cianely8696]

Please do a video on how to reveal text when the star comes across it would be much appreciated

[@izuryati5771]

Thanks.. I like it...😘

[@powerpointspice]

Izur Yati Glad you did, Izur - what a cool smiley face, too!

[@b.e.1753]

If creating multiple stars with multi speed for spin and rate of movement across ppt, is there a hot key to duplicate stars but modify direction of movement without having to change each star one-by-one like the rotate tool in format.

[@powerpointspice]

Hi Brian - easiest thing to do, if I understand your question correctly, is to duplicate the stars (using cut / paste like control + C, then control + V or just control + D on a PC) -- the animations will be duplicated automatically -- then just change the direction of the motion path in the way you want.

[@b.e.1753]

Thanks again, I already see an improvement in my work that I assumed was only available with Photoshop or other expensive softwares.

[@mohamedzouhairtalas6011]

Thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

[@UpsideDown211]

"shooting star animation" + "use this technique to" if that possible. Thanks for your kindness!

[@ThuHaNguyen-tk8bw]

thanks very much for this effect.but you haven't show us how to make the star appearance with the shapes and letters and something like that.pleaz tell me more

[@powerpointspice]

You're welcome! If you mean how to make the star reveal the text? For this, you just create a wipe entrance effect for the text and make the timing match when the star goes by. You have to modify the "delay" and "duration" of the wipe entrance until it matches the star.

[@powerpointspice]

It's actually pretty easy -- all you do is set a "wipe" entrance effect on the text and work out the timing so that it comes in right with the star. Let me know if you have other questions.

[@saidivya1517]

when we go to format shape and make the 16star into white colour the interior is black but for u it is white. How come???? plz help us

[@powerpointspice]

You need to make sure the shape fill is set to white

[@ShwetaSingh-sg1xd]

how do you make it look like the star is uncovering the text or pushing the text? could u plz help on that

[@powerpointspice]

+Shweta Singh use a wipe animation on the text - timed so that it happens as the star is going by

[@christianmanlangit2592]

tnx

[@powerpointspice]

It's called "break away remix" and can be found on the MS office clip art site (google "ms office clip art"). I usually post the music and any pics I used in the description of the video so everyone can find them. Good luck!

[@powerpointspice]

You're welcome - thanks for watching!

[@powerpointspice]

Sure, can you be more specific about what you'd like help with? Which step of the process?

[@reactionbudd]

nice....

[@powerpointspice]

Thanks!

[@gippy123100]

hello, how to uncover text using the shooting star animation can u plz tell through video

[@powerpointspice]

You just use a wipe entrance animation on the text as the shooting star is going by -- you just have to time the wipe entrance to coincide with the star's path.

[@gippy123100]

thanks