Stick Figure Animation for PowerPoint

Stick Figure reading a book

These new animations are animated .GIF files but they can also be downloaded as Flash (.SWF).  They can be downloaded with a white background or with a transparent or clear background.  Also you can customize the background color of the animation using the customizer.  Customizing the color allows you to seamlessly match the animation to your presentation background.

A businessman finishes the race first in this animated clip art

Animated 3D figure uses a sledge hammer to break through a brick wall

These PowerPoint animations were created by Judd Albrecht and Josh Doohen, co-owners and artists here at PresenterMedia.  As we are the artists that create all the content on PresenterMedia, please feel free to let us know what you’d like to see on the site.  In most cases we are happy to create your suggestions and add them to the site for all our subscribers to benefit from.

View all our animations for PowerPoint here.

Typically an animated GIF is set to loop over and over again forever and ever.  After a while this can get distracting for your audience if you spend any amount of time on a slide.  Wouldn’t it be great if the animation would just stop after a few moments?

With this in mind, we’ve added an new feature to our custom animation (GIF) creator in our animations section.  You can now set the number of times our animations loop before they stop.

Control the number of loops in an animated .GIF

By clicking the Number of Loops area in the customizer, you can set the animation to loop one to six times or choose to let if repeat indefinitely.

I particularly like choosing one or two loops for animations in my presentations as this give just enough time to spark the slide without becoming a distraction to my message.

For now, the set number of loops only works with .GIF images created with our customizer.

Give it a try and let us know what you think.

The mac templates function by utilizing QuickTime video(.mov) instead of Windows Media Video (.wmv) required for PowerPoint 2010 and 2007 templates.  Unlike the Windows templates, the Mac templates utilize externally linked video files.  This means the mac templates come with an additional file or two.  Using the Mac templates are easy, but please remember to keep the video files in the same directory as your finished presentations.  If you don’t PowerPoint won’t be able to find the video and the animation will not work.

Download animated templates for Macintosh PowerPoint 2008 here.

Our animated templates require that you have installed updates for Office 2007 that Microsoft has provided.  These updates are free from Microsoft and can be accessed through “Windows Update”  on your computer.

Use Windows Update to Update PowerPoint 2007

Specifically, a PowerPoint 2007 user needs to make sure they have installed “The 2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 2.”

Update PowerPoint 2007 to play PowerPoint 2010 video

Installing this Office 2007 update brings your version of PowerPoint 2007 up to speed and allows it to play the embedded video that is contained in our animated templates.

View all our animated templates for PowerPoint here.

Business Woman Silhouette Pointing

The will work great in PowerPoint presentations as they all have a transparent background and can be placed over any of the elements in your presentation.

Businessman Silhouette

If there are specific business actions or concepts you would like to see Josh’s new silhouettes performing, please let us know.

Enjoy!

Download our 3D business figures here.

Depressed 3D Stick Figure

I’m not sure what’s up with them, maybe their World Cup team isn’t doing well.  But they sure will be useful at expressing an emotion in your next presentation.

3D stick figure student bored

Sitck Figure crying

If you have an idea for our stick figures, they love to take requests, maybe it will cheer them up.

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You can check out our complete selection of  Templates for PowerPoint 2010 here.

If you are used to PowerPoint 2007, moving to 2010 is so easy and so worth it.  The ribbon which Microsoft introduced with 2007 remains and its even easier to use.  Microsoft has also given PowerPoint an awesome set of multimedia tools, including the ability to embed video in your presentations.

It’s this new multimedia support that really has excited us here at PresenterMedia.  PPT 2010 allows us to stretch the definition of what a PowerPoint template is.  Now we can utilize video and 3D effects in ways never possible before in PowerPoint.

Check our our complete selection of PowerPoint templates for PPT 2010.  These all featured animated and static slide layouts.

Example of text and elements over video in PowerPoint 2010

Download this animated template here.

You can access the Slide Master by clicking on the view tab on the PowerPoint Ribbon.

Slide Master View in PowerPoint

Under the Slide Master you will find all the elements we have used to create the overall design of the template.  If you are editing an animated template, you will find the video files here that we use.  Also each swoosh, swoop, design box or divider we use in the template is located here as well.

Note: one exception is the 3D clip art we use is placed directly on the individual slides and is not part of the Slide Master.

There are typically several elements layered on top of each other, so you’ll want to have the selection pane open as well.

Opening the Selection Pane In PowerPoint 2010

Under the home tab in the ribbon, choose Select > Selection Pane.  The selection pane gives a list of all the elements that are on the slide and in what order they are stacked on top of each other.  Tip: This is a great way to get to an element that might be hidden beneath a text box or other element.

Selection Pane in PowerPoint 2010

For this tutorial I’m using the Global Energy template by PresenterMedia artist Josh Doohen.

Download Global Energy PowerPoint Template here.

By selecting different elements, moving and deleting, it was simple to create these distinct slide looks from the original title slide.

3D Stick Figure Contractor looking at Blue Prints

These new figures are perfect to illustrate the concept of construction or building.  They could be used to indicate a work in progress or a team working toward finishing a goal.

Group of 3D Stick Figures as Construction Workers

Contractor and Businessman shake hands

There are also versions of this construction clipart with out the tool belts.  We also created some general construction related images as well.

Construction hardhat with traffic cone

You can view all our 3D clip art here.