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Make Your Next Presentation AWESOME Through
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is a web-based presentation software tool that allows users to create free and professional animated video explainers/messages and
presentations as an alternative to presentation softwares like PowerPoint or KeyNote.
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In your URL, type http://www.powtoon.com
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You can sign-up through the following ways:
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Through your Google account:
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Through your Facebook account:
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Through your Linkedin account:
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Or you can create your own separate
account:
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To sign up using your
email address,
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Enter your First Name
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Your email address
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Make sure to use a strong password to
ensure the security of your account!
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Click Sign Me Up!
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Check your email for account confirmation.
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Go back to the PowToon URL to login
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Login using your account details:
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Welcome to your PowToon account!
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To start creating a presentation, you can either choose Start from Scratch, or choose from Ready Made Templates:
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Try Start from Scratch!
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Choose Start from Scratch, click Edit
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Wait for the template to load…
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This will be your blank canvas:
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So what are the different parts of the dashboard?
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The slide pane is where you add your presentation details, just like your Powerpoint or Keynote slides.
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Toggle this portion to switch between movie or presentation mode:
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You can add and delete slides depending on the length of your presentation:
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This area shows the title of your presentation. Edit it to rename your work, then click SAVE.
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This button here is the preview button. Hitting this will show you how your presentation looks like.
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The Export button allows you to Publish, Upload, Download or share your
presentation in social media.
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You can choose a layout for your presentation:
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And pick from the different layouts listed
in your dashboard:
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Or you can also choose a background:
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And choose from the following
options:
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Choose a background:
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Your screen will now show your chosen background:
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Now, add text by clicking Text:
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Choose the text layout that you want
from the options:
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Your chosen text will appear in your screen
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And the timeline below:
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The timeline shows when your presentation starts and when it
ends.
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This point marks the entrance of the text in the presentation:
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And this one is the exit
point:
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Adjust the entrance timing by moving the vertical lines to
shorten or lengthen the time:
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Same goes for the exit
timing:
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Move the time from 10s to 3s. This means
that the picture/text will leave the screen at the 3rd second:
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You can also add effects by clicking the Effects button (box with 4 arrows)
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Choosing Right will make the
entrance of the text to go to the right:
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The same can be done for the exit of the image/text.
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Just click on the effects button
and choose from the available
effects.
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Click left so that the
image will exit going to the left.
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Every once in a while, you can click the PLAY button to see how your presentation looks like starting from the
chosen slide:
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Or click the smaller play button to play the presentation from the beginning:
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Great progress,
so far!
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Now, let’s add more awesome things to your presentation!
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Move the red arrow to the next second
when the image
disappears:
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And add a new image
from the library:
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Choose from one of
the available
characters:
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Your chosen
character is now in
the screen.
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Let us add more text:
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Type the desired text in the text box:
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Click the text box to edit the
text’s size, font,etc.
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Adjust the entrance and exit of the objects in
the timeline:
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Now move to the next second:
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You can add objects, and choose from the
following options:
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and choose from the following
options:
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You can add graphs to your presentation,
too
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It is much preferred to add the voiceover first, then add the animations. Why? It will you with the timings, making it easier to add slides and
animations.
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Click Soundtrack to choose audio files
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You can import a pre-recorded voice over from your files:
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And/Or music track:
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Or you can also choose from the PowToon playlist:
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Click Apply once done:
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You can also add Media
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And choose from the available
images in PowToon:
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Or upload from your local files:
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You can add images
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Always remember to SAVE your work! Although PowToon
autosaves every 5 minutes, it is important to click save
regularly.
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Once you are done with your movie/presentation, you
can now Export it:
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You can publish to
your PowToon,
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Upload to the following
sharing sites
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Note of those tagged as premium, meaning these are not available
to free accounts.
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Download to your local files,
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or share it to you social
media accounts:
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You can also create a presentation using
Ready Made Templates.
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Choose New Project
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Choose one of the ready made templates, and click Edit
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Wait for the template to load
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Voila! This is your ready made template!
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Click PLAY to see how the presentation looks like.
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Go to each slide to EDIT the objects, animations according to your needs.
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Just apply the same editing options discussed earlier! :-)
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That’s it! You can now start creating your AWESOME videos
and presentations using PowToon!
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Always be AWESOME!