(To open the Custom Animation task pane, on the Animations tab, in the Animations group, click Custom Animation.) I set timings on the motion path to a Speed of 30 seconds and clear the check boxes on the Effect tab for Smooth start, Smooth end, and select the check box for Auto-reverse. Now I use the options in the Custom Animation task pane to add a motion path of left to the panorama picture and used my mouse to extend the end point all the way to the left of the picture. For best results, the width of your panorama should be a multiple of 10 (since the slide is 10 inches wide) so you don't end with white space when the picture 'moves.' In my example, the width is 30 inches. I then aligned the picture with the left side of the slide. (To display the Picture Tools and Format tabs, make sure that you've selected the picture.)įinally, I formatted the picture to be the same height as my slide (7.5 inches) and changed the size of the viewing window to 30% in order to see the entire picture (using the slider in the lower right corner). I next deleted this grouped object and inserted the PoolPanorama.jpg file on my slide and used the cropping tool under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Size group, to make the top and bottom of my panorama picture even. I then right-clicked on the grouped object, clicked Save as Picture, and saved my new panorama picture as PoolPanorama.jpg file. I've shown the pictures in my example with green lines to highlight the concept. I then stitched these photos together on my slide by aligning and grouping them. To do this, I stood in one location and took my first picture, turned slightly to the left, took the second picture, and so on. My solution is to create a panoramic shot of the entire pool. For example, I have a new swimming pool that I want to send pictures of to my family, but regular pictures just don't convey the overall effect very well. The advantage of a panoramic picture is that it shows so much more than a traditional photograph. Select a heading below to open it and see the detailed instructions. I choose not to snap any objects because I like a little more control, but you may find snapping objects easier for you. (On the Home tab, in the Drawing group, click Arrange, point to Align, and then click Grid Settings, and the dialog box pictured below shows. These will help you with placement of several items as we work and more easily help you identify the center of the slide which is very important. This article also assumes knowledge of applying animations and their settings.īegin by turning on grids and guides. The examples below are made by using PowerPoint 2007, but the basic instructions are the same for other versions of PowerPoint. For example, in a photograph of a baseball team, he might slowly pan across the faces of the players and come to a rest on the player the narrator is discussing.' Wikipedia states, 'In his documentaries, Burns often gives life to still photographs by slowly zooming in on subjects of interest and panning from one subject to another. You can add action to your digital images through the use of panning and zooming effects made famous by the documentary photographer Ken Burns.

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