Fantastic! You're absolutely right that this gives you a lot of "bang for your time buck," so to speak. Fairly easy to do and looks really cool. Thanks for watching, once again!
Excellent that you enjoyed! And you did a very smart thing, as it takes me FOREVER to make each video so I don't release them that often. Thank you for watching and commenting! :)
Yes, it works in PPT 2007 and 2003 as well. In 2007, on the right side of the Ribbon, select Picture Tools > Format. Then, in the Adjust section, click on the Recolor button, then Set Color Transparent button.
You can either right click and select the little picture symbol for pasting, or if that doesn't work or you don't have that option, you can paste into a simple drawing program like Paint, then copy and paste back into PPT. Hope that helps!
+Carson Dan Thanks! Glad you've found the videos useful and were able to figure some things out along the way as well - I always have to go through many rounds of trial and error when I'm working on a technique, which is why it takes me SO long to make videos.
And guess what I am going to be practising tonight on my computer! Very simple yet clever animations which give a very professional impression. Thank you for your videos.
You right click and choose that option from the paste menu (looks like a little square). You can also paste into another program like MS Paint, then copy and paste again into PPT.
Thanks by the way also you can make your own pattern by grouping shapes together or using other programs or record but no matter what it is the same method
Thank you for the comment! And don't lose your mind just yet :) -- I'll try to help you with it. What do you mean by overshadows? First, you should make sure that the mask layer is on top of the picture layer -- so bring it to the front, if necessary. You should also make sure that the mask is larger in size than you picture so you can't see it behind the mask. If you help me understand a little more, I may be able to help you figure it out. Also, picture format shouldn't affect this.
Powerpoint Spice I just wanted to say that your instructional videos are awesome! I've had a more productive day today learning powerpoint thanks to your efforts than I've had in a month. Thanks for your patience with this amateur!
Wow, amazing how much can be done using the newer versions of PowerPoint. I use to know it pretty well. Just amazing how much, more, more, you can do with the newer versions. I created a PowerPoint presentation and transferred it to Presentation Google, a lot of the effects were not transferable.
THANK YOU!! I watched 2 other videos that were helpful, except that there was no dialog, so it was hard to follow what they were doing. Your step by step instructions were great. Note that your links to free graphics are no longer valid, but this is a 10 year old video!
Thanks for watching even 10 years later, and glad it was useful - interestingly, so few people still use these techniques - lots more work to do on my part! 😅
@@powerpointspice I'm sure you're not hitting the newest things, but most of the stuff from 10 years ago still works. And a GOOD explanation of something old is better than a mediocre explanation of something new!
You either right click and choose the "paste as picture" option or you can potentially also paste into another program like "MS Paint" to make it all one layer and paste back into PPT.
Its always good to see someone who knows their stuff - I would not have thought of adding masks and animated backgrounds other than doing them in a video editing package then importing it as a video into the presentation. Thankyou for explaining it so clearly - it is very hard to get useful advanced tips in Powerpoint and I like to see how others put these things together. I will have a look at your other stuff and subscribe.
+Mark Hill Yes, that's the goal of my channel - to make people see all the possibilities that many don't think about with PPT - glad I was able to help broaden your perspective. Appreciate that you subscribed, welcome!
You were my first RUclips channel I subscribed to and still one of my all time favorites. In fact, I have posted many comments describing how much I enjoy watching/rewatching your videos. Please create more soon. In the meantime, can you please reveal where you get all your cool music for your videos? Thank you. :)
What an extremely thoughtful comment! Really appreciate all of your continued support, and very glad you've found the videos helpful. I get music from the MS office site, as well as freestockmusic (link in my "cool and easy" video). I actually have 2 videos coming up - one is on a fireworks effect (releasing new year's day, I hope) and one is on a "new design/animation features" in ppt 2013 -- am trying to get that out by the end of 2013 so it doesn't look too dated! :) I actually have a little bit of free time now before the avalanche of work kicks in again in the new year.
Zuzymra Azotal Great, well practice is definitely the key - I've heard that many beginners are able to look like they're pros using some of the tricks on my channel. Good luck, Zuzymra!
You continue to amaze me! I opted to receive an email every time you post something new that stretches our PowerPoint imagination. Hope you'll continue.
I'm using 2013 but everything here can be done in 2010 too. The "picture background" options (the effects you see in the "moving background text" part of the intro video) and the "shine" effect can be done in 2007 and 2003 as well.
Hi there - as I mention in the video, the "video" background option works in 2010 and later -- I really don't think you can do it in 2007 because the video options aren't very sophisticated. However, you can still make really cool motion text in 2007 by using the "picture" background and adding various animations to it (motion path, grow/shrink, teeter, etc.). The shine effect also works in earlier versions.
Ashay Dwivedi Thanks, Ashay! I'm not sure if there's too much spice that can be injected into those (excel can be very cool with macros but Word... haven't found anything too spicy in it! :)) - I will say though that my favorite Word feature is holding ALT SHIFT while you're in a table row -- then hitting the up/down arrows to put the row up/down. That's why I love doing tables in Word (you can't do that in excel nor PPT). That's such a random feature though - not sure if that's helpful to you! :)
Thank you for your comment, and glad you are enjoying the videos. Here is how to do it in 2007: Click the slide that you want to add a solid color background to (to select multiple slides, click the first slide, and then press and hold CTRL while you click the other slides.) On the Design tab, in the Background group, click the arrow next to Background Styles. Click Format Background. Under Fill, select Solid fill, and then choose the background color and transparency that you want.
Yeeee!!!! I figured it out, just seeing this comment though..I think the trick was to bring the mask to forth, there is a TAB on the ribbon that activates after importing the picture and it simply say 'bring to front' and voila...it works!!! Many thanks. i feel empowered ...Hhehehe.
You are so creative with the power point ideas. whenever learn something new it make me feel happy and Iadmire your passion for playing with ppt and sharing the tricks with others. thanks a lot . I am a teacher and use these ideas in my ppts. again thanks a lot. Prasad
dolly prasad Excellent! Glad you've found my videos useful, Prasad! Your students are fortunate to have someone like you - who really cares that the presentations are fun/interesting - as their teacher!
Great tutorial. Very well done. Learnt a lot. Have seen many of your videos. Wonderful contribution to the fund of knowledge of Cosmos. I sincerely wish and hope you are rewarded. Truly amazing talent!!!
That's fantastic -- really glad to hear it! I was indeed thinking that it either had to do with bringing the mask layer to the front or some very strange never-before-seen error. Wonderful that you got it to work, and now you have a really neat new effect to use -- good luck with that!
I love it. It works. I am using PowerPoing 2016. QUESTION: How did you get the motion to work from 0:10 til 0:17 and retain the video behind the transparency in the text letters? The motion is so cool and a great effect. Thanks in advance.
Awesome . Really fantastic thank you But there is problem in powerpoint 2016 .. when i press slide show to see my vedio play behind words all thing disappear and only vedio that is become apparant . That wasn't happened in 2013.. How can i fix this problem
Hmmm very bizarre! That's not supposed to happen in 2016 (sounds exactly like an issue in 2007). If you send it to me at the email in the "about" section i can try to take a look.
Is this the real speed you are working in or do you speed up your vids before uploading them to yt? (Im really impressed. ..) Do you have after effects experience too? Greetings
Thank you! Glad you're enjoying the videos. I must admit that I have to do a LOT of editing for the sections where I explain how to do it, including speeding up in parts -- which is why it takes me a crazy long time to do videos. :) I don't use any other programs (for now) other than PPT, Movie Maker, and Paintbrush (very caveman, I know!).
Thanks for the tutorial. I got things right well almost... Can you please help me in keeping the background video behind the mask. coz when animation happens despite me having the mask on top of the background video it jumps in front till it plays and once the end is reached it goes back behind the mask.
Hi Jaqueline - easiest way to do it is to use Articulate products - it's very complicated in PPT. Someone made a macro for it a while back, but it only works on very old versions of PPT.
Thanks PP Spice. By overshadow I mean after I got to set transparent color , the text looks OK , but the moment I import a picture, the letters stay behind the picture and the picture covers it all. However, if i drag the text over the picture, the image shows within the cut part of the picture and once I release the drag, the picture covers the text again. Been at it for 5 days now! PHEW!!
Fantastic! You're absolutely right that this gives you a lot of "bang for your time buck," so to speak. Fairly easy to do and looks really cool. Thanks for watching, once again!
Great, glad that you enjoyed - thanks again for watching!
Excellent that you enjoyed! And you did a very smart thing, as it takes me FOREVER to make each video so I don't release them that often. Thank you for watching and commenting! :)
AMAZING VIDEO THIS HELPED ME GRADUATE FROM HOGWARTS SCHOOL OF MAGIC!
+Darren Chan Haha that's great! Congratulations, graduate ;)
Great - thanks for watching and commenting! Appreciate it.
Wonderful to hear! Thank you for watching and so kindly commenting.
Yes, it works in PPT 2007 and 2003 as well. In 2007, on the right side of the Ribbon, select Picture Tools > Format. Then, in the Adjust section, click on the Recolor button, then Set Color Transparent button.
You can either right click and select the little picture symbol for pasting, or if that doesn't work or you don't have that option, you can paste into a simple drawing program like Paint, then copy and paste back into PPT. Hope that helps!
Lia...YOU are my GO-TO-GIRL!!! YOU ROCK!
+Carson Dan Thanks! Glad you've found the videos useful and were able to figure some things out along the way as well - I always have to go through many rounds of trial and error when I'm working on a technique, which is why it takes me SO long to make videos.
Thank you, and YOU are awesome for watching!
You're welcome - glad you enjoyed!
Wonderful to hear - thanks for watching!
And guess what I am going to be practising tonight on my computer! Very simple yet clever animations which give a very professional impression. Thank you for your videos.
Awesome - glad they were helpful - thanks for watching!
That's how useful it is... very useful. Love it
Matthew Ewell Haha - thank you for the comment! :)
Thank You PPT Spice - Now my text in PPT will be much better!!:D
+Aditya Bhardwaj Awesome - glad it was useful, Aditya! This will definitely spice up your text A TON.
You right click and choose that option from the paste menu (looks like a little square). You can also paste into another program like MS Paint, then copy and paste again into PPT.
Thank you 4 doing the video. I have been looking for a tutorial how to do this kind of animation. YOU ARE GREAT.
Thanks, Jenbatoong!
Glad you enjoyed - thank you!
Wow you make programming with PowerPoint look ultra easy
Tsavorite Prince Thanks, Prince - yes, this takes practice but it's not that hard once you know how to do it. Appreciate the comment!
Thanks by the way also you can make your own pattern by grouping shapes together or using other programs or record but no matter what it is the same method
Tsavorite Prince Yes, that's right - you can get an existing pattern or make one yourself - and it's the same technique!
I know
I'm your groupie now. Saw some of your other vids. So nice to meet such an accomplished creative.
Really awesome presantations . It helped to make my ICT visual quiz. Hope u would keep other many awesome presantations in coming future.
I just used this great idea to create an intro slide for a family reunion video. Thanks again for sharing with us!
Thank you for the comment! And don't lose your mind just yet :) -- I'll try to help you with it. What do you mean by overshadows? First, you should make sure that the mask layer is on top of the picture layer -- so bring it to the front, if necessary. You should also make sure that the mask is larger in size than you picture so you can't see it behind the mask. If you help me understand a little more, I may be able to help you figure it out. Also, picture format shouldn't affect this.
Powerpoint Spice I just wanted to say that your instructional videos are awesome! I've had a more productive day today learning powerpoint thanks to your efforts than I've had in a month. Thanks for your patience with this amateur!
Wow, amazing how much can be done using the newer versions of PowerPoint. I use to know it pretty well. Just amazing how much, more, more, you can do with the newer versions. I created a PowerPoint presentation and transferred it to Presentation Google, a lot of the effects were not transferable.
Adjoa Linda Fletcher Yes, definitely recommend using newer versions (2010 or later)! The video effects especially make it worth it!
Tks. I did a presentation on ageing.
THANK YOU!! I watched 2 other videos that were helpful, except that there was no dialog, so it was hard to follow what they were doing. Your step by step instructions were great.
Note that your links to free graphics are no longer valid, but this is a 10 year old video!
Thanks for watching even 10 years later, and glad it was useful - interestingly, so few people still use these techniques - lots more work to do on my part! 😅
@@powerpointspice I'm sure you're not hitting the newest things, but most of the stuff from 10 years ago still works. And a GOOD explanation of something old is better than a mediocre explanation of something new!
Try going to Adjust --> Recolor --> Set Transparent Color
You either right click and choose the "paste as picture" option or you can potentially also paste into another program like "MS Paint" to make it all one layer and paste back into PPT.
Its always good to see someone who knows their stuff - I would not have thought of adding masks and animated backgrounds other than doing them in a video editing package then importing it as a video into the presentation. Thankyou for explaining it so clearly - it is very hard to get useful advanced tips in Powerpoint and I like to see how others put these things together. I will have a look at your other stuff and subscribe.
+Mark Hill Yes, that's the goal of my channel - to make people see all the possibilities that many don't think about with PPT - glad I was able to help broaden your perspective. Appreciate that you subscribed, welcome!
Very nice thing I learnt. Thank You Ma'am!
You are super welcome - thanks for watching!
@@powerpointspice 😇
You were my first RUclips channel I subscribed to and still one of my all time favorites. In fact, I have posted many comments describing how much I enjoy watching/rewatching your videos. Please create more soon. In the meantime, can you please reveal where you get all your cool music for your videos? Thank you. :)
What an extremely thoughtful comment! Really appreciate all of your continued support, and very glad you've found the videos helpful. I get music from the MS office site, as well as freestockmusic (link in my "cool and easy" video). I actually have 2 videos coming up - one is on a fireworks effect (releasing new year's day, I hope) and one is on a "new design/animation features" in ppt 2013 -- am trying to get that out by the end of 2013 so it doesn't look too dated! :) I actually have a little bit of free time now before the avalanche of work kicks in again in the new year.
PowerPoint Spice Thank you! :)
thank you for unveiling the mystery behind this type of animation!
Claude Alain Djiemo Sure, no problem - glad you enjoyed! Thanks for the comment, Claude!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge of powerpoint. Can't wait to watch the rest of your videos!
Thanks, Stanley! Glad you enjoyed.
Thanks, I'm beginner in power Point but I try to do this. I'm going to practice everyday.
Zuzymra Azotal Great, well practice is definitely the key - I've heard that many beginners are able to look like they're pros using some of the tricks on my channel. Good luck, Zuzymra!
PowerPoint Spice
I hope I learn more with help of your channel.
Ha - that's a creative one - thank you! :) Glad you liked it.
You continue to amaze me! I opted to receive an email every time you post something new that stretches our PowerPoint imagination. Hope you'll continue.
I'm using 2013 but everything here can be done in 2010 too. The "picture background" options (the effects you see in the "moving background text" part of the intro video) and the "shine" effect can be done in 2007 and 2003 as well.
Your Powerpoint tutorials are amazing! Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge. I always get good value.
Really glad that you enjoyed - thanks for watching and commenting! :)
VERY NEAT AND AMAZING RESULTS, THANK YOU
Thank you for the nice comment, Aniket! So glad you liked the effect (and feel free to check out my others, as you may like them as well).
Awesome job on this one!
Excellent Web videos. I have learned many techniques to improve my PP presentations. Blessings. Rodi
That's wonderful to hear! Thanks, Rodi!
You made my day......
I'm so happy that I found your channel. I'm learning every day something new. Thank you so much!
Absolutely Fantastic - Thank you
Roy Ipad You're fantastic for commenting - thanks, Roy! :)
Great video! Thanks for all the tips!
You are most welcome - thanks for watching!
Hi there - as I mention in the video, the "video" background option works in 2010 and later -- I really don't think you can do it in 2007 because the video options aren't very sophisticated. However, you can still make really cool motion text in 2007 by using the "picture" background and adding various animations to it (motion path, grow/shrink, teeter, etc.). The shine effect also works in earlier versions.
really creative and educative
Glad it was useful - thanks, Hajj!
Thank you ma'am !!!
That was really an awesome tutorial!!!!!!!!
Thanks, Rahul! Glad you enjoyed - and appreciate your comment!
Please make tutorials for Excel and Word also. I would love it !
Ashay Dwivedi Thanks, Ashay! I'm not sure if there's too much spice that can be injected into those (excel can be very cool with macros but Word... haven't found anything too spicy in it! :)) - I will say though that my favorite Word feature is holding ALT SHIFT while you're in a table row -- then hitting the up/down arrows to put the row up/down. That's why I love doing tables in Word (you can't do that in excel nor PPT). That's such a random feature though - not sure if that's helpful to you! :)
Really amzing and beuatiful greetings from Mexico
+Alejandro Ariel Garcia Arriaga Thanks, Alejandro - wonderful to have you as a viewer!
Great presentation. Thank you!
Thanks, Dan - appreciate the comment!
Great, glad you enjoyed!
This is so much fun!
ETtheEnglishTeacher Absolutely! PPT can be very fun if you play around with it enough :).
KEEP IT UP :-) VERY NICE AMAZING TEXT EFFECTS
+epifania belmis Appreciate the encouragement - thank you, Epifania! Glad you enjoyed.
simple et attrayant, merci ma belle !
I really like the way you have shared these effects. Thanks and will keep on watching you for more.
Thanks, Preeti! Glad you enjoyed, and thanks for continuing to watch my videos!
Very cool! Thanks for sharing!
+Karen Marsh Thanks for watching, Karen! Glad you liked it.
thank you for your tutorial it helps a lot to me because I got some contest for the powerpoint
+Speed Art Oh wonderful! People have won school competitions and other contents with my tricks so hopefully you will too - good luck!
thank you ^_^
Thank you, it worked really fine. I learned a lot.
Thank you so much!!! Glad you enjoyed! :)
EUREKA!!! IT WORKED!
Awesome idea and really clear.
Thanks, Mordechai - glad you enjoyed! Feel free to check out a few of my other tutorials as they might be useful as well.
+PowerPoint Spice Small question: what font did you use for "Thanks for Watching?"
Thank you for your comment, and glad you are enjoying the videos. Here is how to do it in 2007: Click the slide that you want to add a solid color background to (to select multiple slides, click the first slide, and then press and hold CTRL while you click the other slides.) On the Design tab, in the Background group, click the arrow next to Background Styles. Click Format Background. Under Fill, select Solid fill, and then choose the background color and transparency that you want.
Yeeee!!!! I figured it out, just seeing this comment though..I think the trick was to bring the mask to forth, there is a TAB on the ribbon that activates after importing the picture and it simply say 'bring to front' and voila...it works!!! Many thanks. i feel empowered ...Hhehehe.
2:30 Paste as picture, set transparent color. Thank you so much for this. Simple enough but was messing me up when I tried doing something like this.
Ernest Werbel Were you able to get it? If not, let me know what was messing you up. Hope it worked, and thanks for the comment!
Awesome! Thanks so much!
You're welcome -- and very cute profile pic, by the way! :)
In PP versions prior to 2010 it could also be done using AnimGif images as background for text (or whichever chosen shape)...
+Miguel Monteiro Absolutely, and great idea! I might actually make a tutorial about this in the future.
You are so creative with the power point ideas. whenever learn something new it make me feel happy and Iadmire your passion for playing with ppt and sharing the tricks with others. thanks a lot . I am a teacher and use these ideas in my ppts. again thanks a lot. Prasad
dolly prasad Excellent! Glad you've found my videos useful, Prasad! Your students are fortunate to have someone like you - who really cares that the presentations are fun/interesting - as their teacher!
most useful vid iv seen this
Thanks so much, CrazyRandom - glad it was useful!
Great work, Really helpful
Great that you enjoyed - thanks for commenting!
Great, but so quick!
Wow, that's a perfect use of this technique -- I'm sure it added a very nice touch to the reunion video! Fantastic job!
Great tutorial. Very well done. Learnt a lot. Have seen many of your videos. Wonderful contribution to the fund of knowledge of Cosmos. I sincerely wish and hope you are rewarded. Truly amazing talent!!!
deepblue 21 Thanks, Deepblue - glad you enjoyed the videos and found them informative. Appreciate the comment!
That's fantastic -- really glad to hear it! I was indeed thinking that it either had to do with bringing the mask layer to the front or some very strange never-before-seen error. Wonderful that you got it to work, and now you have a really neat new effect to use -- good luck with that!
All your tutorials are great!Thank you.
Very Creative !!!
+Dr. Stephen Shaw Thanks, Dr.! Really appreciate the comment!
good presentation
Excellent stuff!
Thank you, Yosef!
I love it. It works. I am using PowerPoing 2016. QUESTION: How did you get the motion to work from 0:10 til 0:17 and retain the video behind the transparency in the text letters? The motion is so cool and a great effect. Thanks in advance.
please,could you explain by using microsoft office powerpoint 2007,it is too difficult to understand by using 2013
You're my Powerpoint Goddess!
you're simply awesome....
+Jennifer Jasmin You are awesome as well for commenting - thanks, Jennifer!
thanks thanks alot you rocked
super and fantastic job thank you
+Abdulla Al Masum Thank you, Abdulla! Glad it was useful!
I really enjoy your videos and have used a few of your techniques. Looking forward to your next video.
Awesome . Really fantastic thank you
But there is problem in powerpoint 2016 .. when i press slide show to see my vedio play behind words all thing disappear and only vedio that is become apparant . That wasn't happened in 2013.. How can i fix this problem
Hmmm very bizarre! That's not supposed to happen in 2016 (sounds exactly like an issue in 2007). If you send it to me at the email in the "about" section i can try to take a look.
Woahh A.W.E.S.O.M.E!!!
+Artic uno Thanks, Artic - appreciate the comment!
Many thanks for yet another Suburb instructional video - keep the excellent work up
awesome thank you i have learnt a thing
+Basanta Yumnam thanks basanta!
Is this the real speed you are working in or do you speed up your vids before uploading them to yt?
(Im really impressed. ..)
Do you have after effects experience too?
Greetings
Thank you! Glad you're enjoying the videos. I must admit that I have to do a LOT of editing for the sections where I explain how to do it, including speeding up in parts -- which is why it takes me a crazy long time to do videos. :) I don't use any other programs (for now) other than PPT, Movie Maker, and Paintbrush (very caveman, I know!).
Thanks for the tutorial. I got things right well almost... Can you please help me in keeping the background video behind the mask. coz when animation happens despite me having the mask on top of the background video it jumps in front till it plays and once the end is reached it goes back behind the mask.
+Samuel Shiboo are you using 2007? if so, you may want to try the picture or shine techniques instead, as 2007 is wacky with video.
Thankyou very nice video
Been searching for this for a while now. thanks! :)
J-DotAlmighty Great - glad your quest has finally ended :)
Wow. Thank you for sharing
You are most welcome - thank you for commenting, and glad you liked!
wonderful!!!
Could you please make a video teaching how to put effect to hold and drag objects in a presentation in power point ?
Thank you!
Hi Jaqueline - easiest way to do it is to use Articulate products - it's very complicated in PPT. Someone made a macro for it a while back, but it only works on very old versions of PPT.
Thanks PP Spice. By overshadow I mean after I got to set transparent color , the text looks OK , but the moment I import a picture, the letters stay behind the picture and the picture covers it all. However, if i drag the text over the picture, the image shows within the cut part of the picture and once I release the drag, the picture covers the text again. Been at it for 5 days now! PHEW!!
AMAZING VIDEO THANK YOU
Thanks so much!
THANK YOU
thx now i know how to put video picture on that ppt.... im searching for hours
Great, glad it helped, Stella!
yes very useful....
very good tips as used i watched this vedio many times keep doing that you are great