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How to create an After-Effects-like animation in Keynote: Taking a photo

How to create an After-Effects-like animation in Keynote: Taking a photo

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How to create an After-Effects-like animation in Keynote: Taking a photo

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- [Jole] I'm Jole Simmons, aka the Presentation Guy. So have you ever seen an animation so cool on a deck that you just knew it was created in some kind of crazy design program, like AfterEffects? Well, let me let you in on a little secret. A lot of those animations you're seeing in some of these really big decks are created entirely in PowerPoint or Keynote. Let's go ahead and dive into a practical example. Let's say we need to show somebody taking a photo with a cellphone. Let's think about what happens when you're taking a photo of somebody. We need a subject to take a photo of, so let's go ahead and use this guy right here. That's perfect. Now the next thing we need is a separate background, so let's go ahead and get one of those too. Bam, that looks great. Okay, next we need a cellphone, maybe preferably in somebody's hand already. So let's see if we can find one like that. Hey, that's perfect. Now the more things you can break out the better. So you notice I did not choose a…

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