It’s a nice transition to use throughout most of your presentation. In the newer ones, however (20), the effect is much smoother. In earlier versions of PowerPoint, Split was much more direct and spontaneous. It’s a slow and gradual transition that fits almost everywhere, so you can use it just like you would use Fade. If necessary, add a Grow/Shrink animation to change the size of the spotlight.Ĭlick here to download the final PowerPoint file the video above was made from.Transitions between slides using Wipe is nice and smooth.Double-click to stop drawing the motion path. Now click on the part of the slide you want to move the spotlight to.Select the spotlight shape and go to ANIMATIONS → Add Animation → Custom Path.Move the resulting shape so that the spotlight hole covers the area you want to highlight.Choose FORMAT → Merge Shapes → Subtract to cut out the oval shape from the background shape.Select the overlay rectangle first and then select the oval shape while holding the Shift key.Add an Oval shape at the center of the overlay rectangle.This way we can later move the spotlight to any position on the slide. Enlarge the overlay rectangle using the sizing handles so that it’s about three times the size of the slide.Set the transparency of the shape fill to 30% ( Right click the shape → Format Shape → Set the Transparency slider for the fill to 30%).Change the shape’s background to Black ( FORMAT → Shape Fill).Remove the outline around the shape ( FORMAT → Shape Outline → No Outline).
In this tutorial, you will learn how to create an animated spotlight in PowerPoint 2013. A nice way to do that is to darken all of the slide except for the part you want to draw attention to. Sometimes you want to direct your audience’s focus to a specific part of your slide.
How to Create a Spotlight Effect in PowerPoint
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