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Title: PowerPoint Animation Tutorial: Stickman Pivot

By: Jeremiah Lee
a production by

JEREMIAH
presents
Disclaimer:

The following tutorial is an advanced tutorial

and assumes that the viewer is more or less
familiar with PowerPoint Animations.
PowerPoint Animation Tutorial
Stickman Pivot
 heads up
How did that happen in PPT?

That’s what we’re here to find out!

Stickman Pivot: The Technique
let’s see it again in slo-mo
 The Pivot

The Pivot is a powerful technique if you know how to use it.

The basic idea is to move the center of an object to another location,

allowing you to use the Spin Emphasis with a new center.

Regular Spin Pivot

 The Pivot

This is possible by duplicating the shape, positioning them right

beside each other, and grouping them to reset the center. This center
becomes the most important part of the shape.

Then, make the other shape invisible.

look at the pivots
The Pivot

Notice that each section of the

stickman’s body consists of pivots.

Each center plays the role of a joint

in his body.

One of the centers also acts as the

central pivot point where the
stickman’s body is touching the
ground—in this case, his hind foot.
 The Pivot

The entire animation is divided into four sequences. Each sequence

may have a different central pivot point, depending on what point is
most responsible for maintaining his balance.
where is his balance per sequence?
LANDING
STANDING
STEPPING
STEPPING
Stickman Pivot: Working Efficiently
 Work Efficiency

So now you know how to pivot. That’s still not going to be enough.
You need to know how to make several pivots work together.

To do this, you need to use the Motion Path Emphasis in combination

with your Spin Emphasis.
consider what happens here
 notice the movement
of the center of the upper leg
that’s the motion path
of his upper leg
to illustrate another example, the center of
the blue object moves towards the tip of the
red object by using a motion path
 Work Efficiency

Use the Curve Tool for your Motion Paths so that you can alter the
paths should you need to by using Edit Points.

Always start with the central pivot point, and then move towards the
pivot points directly connected to the same shape.

In this case, if the hind foot is the central pivot point, the next
adjoining point is the hind knee.
hind leg
front leg
upper body
 End

That’s about it. Hope you learned a thing or two.

Keep practicing, and remember:

You’ve got the Power! You just need to Point it in the right direction!
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