–ThePowertoAnimateTitle:PowerPointAnimationTutorial:StickmanPivotBy:JeremiahLeeJEREMIAHpresentsaproductionbyJEREMIAHpresentsDisclaimer:ThefollowingtutorialisanadvancedtutorialandassumesthattheviewerismoreorlessfamiliarwithPowerPointAnimations.PowerPointAnimationTutorialStickmanPivotheadsupHowdidthathappeninPPT?That’swhatwe’reheretofindout!StickmanPivot:TheTechniquelet’sseeitagaininslo-moThePivotThePivotisapowerfultechniqueifyouknowhowtouseit.Thebasicideaistomovethecenterofanobjecttoanotherlocation,allowingyoutousetheSpinEmphasiswithanewcenter.RegularSpinPivotThePivotThisispossiblebyduplicatingtheshape,positioningthemrightbesideeachother,andgroupingthemtoresetthecenter.Thiscenterbecomesthemostimportantpartoftheshape.Then,maketheothershapeinvisible.lookatthepivotsThePivotNoticethateachsectionofthestickman’sbodyconsistsofpivots.Eachcenterplaystheroleofajointinhisbody.Oneofthecentersalsoactsasthecentralpivotpointwherethestickman’sbodyistouchingtheground—inthiscase,hishindfoot.ThePivotTheentireanimationisdividedintofoursequences.Eachsequencemayhaveadifferentcentralpivotpoint,dependingonwhatpointismostresponsibleformaintaininghisbalance.whereishisbalancepersequence?LANDINGSTANDINGSTEPPINGSTEPPINGStickmanPivot:WorkingEfficientlyWorkEfficiencySonowyouknowhowtopivot.That’sstillnotgoingtobeenough.Youneedtoknowhowtomakeseveralpivotsworktogether.Todothis,youneedtousetheMotionPathEmphasisincombinationwithyourSpinEmphasis.considerwhathappensherenoticethemovementofthecenteroftheupperlegthat’sthemotionpathofhisupperlegtoillustrateanotherexample,thecenteroftheblueobjectmovestowardsthetipoftheredobjectbyusingamotionpathWorkEfficiencyUsetheCurveToolforyourMotionPathssothatyoucanalterthepathsshouldyouneedtobyusingEditPoints.Alwaysstartwiththecentralpivotpoint,andthenmovetowardsthepivotpointsdirectlyconnectedtothesameshape.Inthiscase,ifthehindfootisthecentralpivotpoint,thenextadjoiningpointisthehindknee.hindlegfrontlegupperbodyEndThat’saboutit.Hopeyoulearnedathingortwo.Keeppracticing,andremember:You’vegotthePower!YoujustneedtoPointitintherightdirection!End