How to create a jumping up animation effect in powerpoint

I'm not sure what the image looks like so can see the angle of the picture was shot at but maybe by using the animation "grow/shrink"?

Or maybe using a custom motion path. Chances are that the kid would not jump in an absolute perfect line.

I like adding the grow/shrink like Adam suggested too.

The biggest challenge to me sounds like what to do about the legs (assuming it's a photograph that you can't make the knees or ankles bend). You might need to only show above the knees (at least at the start of the jump). Or maybe start the slide where he's already partially in the air so that it looks less awkward?

Thanks.  I tried the grow/shrink effect.  It works well too.

Great activity for after lunch to wake up the brain!

I added a little upward movement at the same time as grow/shirnk (125%), with a .09 "bounce"  in effects on the end before auto-reversing the annimation. the upward and grow at the same time gives it a perspective and the "bounce" at the end adds a "moving pause" in mid-air.

I don't know if this helps you any, but it was a fun to work on! Thanks!

Hi Michael,

I am pretty new to eLearning, and am learning along the way.  Is it possible for you to send me to file you modified so I can learn how you do that?  Many thanks.

it isn't fancy or even a good pic...but, here you go. I hope it helps you out.

Yes, thank you.  I modified the ending a bit and now it looks more real. 

Nice, Michael. I quite enjoyed the picture, but that's just me.

Alice, what modifications did you make? Would you be willing to show us what you did with the animation?

I have the person jumping out from the side and added a bounce down effect.  I think it looks better than the one I had before.

Here is the file if  you want to see it.

Hi Alice,

What about a bounce effect with a custom path, keeping the path/jumping sort of in one spot? And maybe slowing down the duration to about 4 (so he doesn't look like he's had too much caffeine ).

Alice,

Just use the advanced timing to increase or decrease the speed that you want. Rebecca is right on the money.

Alice,

Here is a good example of kids jumping. Just play with the animation duration. What I created this for was a kids ministry night where at the end of the night the teacher hands out the most enthusiastic award. I also added some firework effects to add some fun to the slides. Anyway the kids and trophy are from MS Clipart but the rest items build by me and this should give you a good start.

I have used the Rise Up animation in PowerPoint to make it look like someone jumped up into the slide.  Here is an example of how that might look.

Doug

Not bad.. I kind of expanded on this. I cut out the grass so I could use layers which allows the person to appear to  jump forward from behind the first grass hill and land behind the front grass hill. I also used the shrink grow effect to make it appear that the person was jumping forward.  I must admit I can do this type of animation a lot easier in Flash but Power Point also works. MS wants to mimic some of the effects but IMHO they still have a long ways to go.I think if they actually made a timeline like Flash with layers, you would have better control over your animations

Those examples and suggestions are great.  I didn't know there are so many ways to do things. 

But James Brown, for some reasons, I can't see into the animation details fopr how you  create the jumping of the kids, do you know why?

Thanks

Alice

On the first jump post  with the kids, I actually used the slide master to house the animation and the images.  Once you switch to the Slide Master  you will see the animation. The second post was not done this way. I set the background in the Slide Master but then I added the two grass parts and the jumpers on the actual slide. Hopefully that helps.  (I know -- I need to start making screenr's. )

Yes, James! Make us a screenr!

I got it.  Thanks for your help.  8-)

BTW - I also separated the kids so I could animate each one individually. You should be able to do this with the remove background feature in Power Point. I actually used Adobe Fireworks since it has a pen tool which allows you turn the trace into a marquee and then cut the piece and create a new png with a transparent background.  I also used Fireworks to add a pillow emboss to the trophy. Hopefully I'll be able to drum up the funds to pickup CS5 and Adobe Illustrator. There are a lot of cool effects that allow you make your own self drawn characters that you can use in your own projects. 

Thanks.  I am very new to this and have lots to learn, but I am very excited to be in the eLearning area.

Hi All,

I created a screenr here: https://player.vimeo.com/video/149039807

Shows a girl jumping rope. Nothing elegant. Microsoft clip art that I animated. Hope it helps!

That's a lot of jumping tips. Thank you!