How to Use Powtoon

How to Use PowtoonTo bring awesomeness to your presentations.

BY: NEZEL P. YURONGhttps://purposiveninja.wordpress.com

WHAT IS POWTOON?PowToon is used by businesses to create engaging, creative presentations that capture attention.

WHAT IS POWTOON?PowToon is a drag-and-drop video creation solution that's easy and even fun to use

LETS GET STARTED TO AWESOMENESS!Go to www.powtoon.com

CLICK SIGN UP FOR FREE

THE SIGN UP PAGE WILL OPEN

ENTER YOUR NAME

ENTER YOUR LAST NAME

ENTER YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS

ENTER YOUR NEW PASSWORD

ANSWER THIS QUESTION

CLICK THE DROPDOWN MENU

CHOOSE YOUR POSSIBLE ANSWER

IN THIS TUTORIAL WE WILL USE PERSONAL/SOCIAL

CLICK SIGN ME UP

OR YOU MAY SIGN UP USING YOUR GOOGLE+ ACCOUNT

LINKEDIN ACCOUNT

AND FACEBOOK ACCOUNT

CLICK SIGN ME UP

THIS IS NOW YOUR DASHBOARD

YOU ARE GIVEN TWO OPTIONS TO CREATE

THE FIRST ONE IS FOR VIDEO PRESENTATIONS

THE SECOND ONE IS FOR SLIDESHOW PRESENTATIONS

THE SLIDESHOW IS JUST LIKE THE POWERPOINT

THE ANIMATED PRESENTATION USES VIDEO

IN THIS TUTORIAL WE WILL CREATE A VIDEO PRESENTATION

CLICK CREATE

READY MADE TEMPLATESWe have to choose from the Ready Made Templates available.

CREATE FROM SCRATCHOr we could make our own from Scratch

WE WILL CHOOSE CREATE FROM SCRATCHClick on it

LOAD THE INTERFACEThe interface where we create the video will load automatically

CLICK EDIT

ANOTHER PAGE OPENSThis is where we create our video

CLICK GOT IT

THE LEFT HAND SIDE SCREENIs the shortcut to video

10 SECOND DURATION

We see here the duration of the video

AND THE NUMBER OF SLIDES

MAIN MENUTHE MAIN MENU IS THE UPPER BAR

THIS IS THE QUICK MENU

WHEN YOU CLICK THE MAIN MENU THIS PAGE WILL OPEN

CLICK IT BACK TO RETURN TO YOUR INTERFACE

THIS IS THE NOTIFICATIONS ICON

THIS IS THE HELP ICON

WRITE YOUR PROJECTS TITLE INSIDE THIS BOX

CLICK SAVE TO SAVE YOUR WORK

THIS ICON IS USED TO CUT, COPY OR PASTE

THIS IS TO UNDO WHAT YOU PREVIOUSLY DID

AND REDO WHAT YOU JUST ERASED

CLICK THIS ICON TO PREVIEW YOUR VIDEO

CLICK THIS TO UPLOAD, DOWNLOAD OR SHARE YOUR PROJECT

CURRENT STYLESCLICK THIS DROP DOWN MENU TO SEE THE CURRENT STYLES

RIGHT HAND CORNER IS THE LIBRARY

LAYOUTSTHESE ARE THE LAYOUTS TO CHOOSE FROM

BACKGROUNDSCHOOSE FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS

TEXTCLICK HERE TO ADD TEXT TO YOUR VIDEO

LIBRARYYOU MAY SELECT FROM CHARACTERS, PROPS, GRAPHS AND MANY MORE

OBJECTSYOU MAY ADD OBJECTS TO YOUR VIDEO

GRAPHSYOU CAN ADD GRAPHS

MUSICYOU MAY INTEGRATE A SOUND OF YOUR CHOICE

MEDIAUPLOAD IMAGE OR ADD IMAGE HOLDERS

LETS START CREATING VIDEOLETS CHANGE SIMPLE MODE TO CUSTOMIZE MODE

CHOOSE A CHARACTER FROM THE LIBRARY

HOVER THE MOUSE ABOVE OUR CHARACTERAND SELECT HELLO POSE

HE IS NOW ON THE INTERFACEWE MAY EDIT HIM AS WE WISH

CLICK TO CHANGE CHARACTERS POSE

CLICK TO SWAP CHARACTER OR OBJECT FROM THE LIBRARY

CLICK TO PLAY ANIMATION OR STOP

CLICK TO FLIP

WE WILL MAKE OUR CHARACTER ENTER THE SCREEN IN 3 SECONDS ON THE TIMELINE

THE BOTTOM SCREEN IS THE TIMELINE

THIS IS WHERE WE CONTROL OUR CHARACTER TO APPEAR OR DISAPPEAR

CLICK 3 SECONDS

LETS DRAG THE BAR INTO 3 SECONDS

CLICK THIS ARROW TO MAKE OUR CHARACTER ENTER RIGHT

CLICK RIGHT

NEXT CLICK THIS RIGHT HANDWHERE WE CAN ADD A COOL HAND THAT WILL PLACE CHARACTER INTO THE SCREEN

LETS THEN MAKE OUR CHARACTER LEAVE IN 8 SECONDS

CLICK 8

WE WILL DRAG THE BAR INTO 8 SECONDS

CLICK THIS ARROW TO MAKE OUR CHARACTER EXIT LEFT

CLICK LEFT

THEN ADD THE COOL HAND EFFECT

WE WILL NOW CHOOSE A BACKGROUND FROM THE LIBRARY

CLICK BACKGROUND

WE WILL CHOOSE THIS SKY BACKGROUND

THIS IS HOW OUR SLIDE LOOKS LIKE

OUR FIRST SLIDE HAS BEEN COMPLETED

NOW WE WILL SEE WHAT WE HAVE CREATED SO FAR

LETS CLICK THE PLAY BUTTON

GREAT JOB FOR CREATING THE FIRST POWTOON SCENE!

JUST CONTINUE TO EXPLORE YOUR CREATIVITY UNTIL YOU BECOME A POWTOON PRO!