PowToon - Creating Awesome Presentations

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is a web-based presentation software tool that
allows users to create free and professional
animated video explainers/messages and
presentations as an alternative to presentation
softwares like PowerPoint or KeyNote.

In your URL, type
http://www.powtoon.com

Click Start Now

You can sign-
up through the
following ways:

Through your
Google
account:

Through your
Facebook
account:

Through your
Linkedin
account:

Or you can create
your own separate
account:

To sign up
using your
email address,

Enter your
First Name

Your email
address

and
password

Make sure to use a
strong password to
ensure the security of
your account!

Click Sign
Me Up!

Check your email for
account conﬁrmation.

Go back to the PowToon
URL to login

Login using your account
details:

Welcome to your PowToon account!

To start creating a presentation, you can either choose Start
from Scratch, or choose from Ready Made Templates:

Try Start from Scratch!

Choose Start from Scratch, click Edit

Wait for the template to load…

This will be your blank canvas:

So what are the
different parts of
the dashboard?

The slide pane is where you add your presentation
details, just like your Powerpoint or Keynote slides.

Toggle this portion to switch between movie or
presentation mode:

You can add and delete slides depending on the
length of your presentation:

This area shows the title of your presentation. Edit it
to rename your work, then click SAVE.

This button here is the preview button. Hitting this
will show you how your presentation looks like.

The Export button allows
you to Publish, Upload,
Download or share your
presentation in social
media.

You can choose a layout for your presentation:

And pick from the
different layouts listed
in your dashboard:

Or you can also choose a background:

And choose from
the following
options:

Choose a background:

Your screen will now show your chosen
background:

Now, add text
by clicking Text:

Choose the text
layout that you want
from the options:

Your chosen
text will appear
in your screen

And the
timeline
below:

The timeline shows when your
presentation starts and when it
ends.

This point marks
the entrance of
the text in the
presentation:

And this one
is the exit
point:

Adjust the
entrance timing
by moving the
vertical lines to
shorten or
lengthen the time:

Same goes
for the exit
timing:

Move the time from
10s to 3s. This means
that the picture/text
will leave the screen
at the 3rd second:

You can also add
effects by clicking
the Effects button
(box with 4 arrows)

Choosing Right
will make the
entrance of the text
to go to the right:

The same can be done for
the exit of the image/text.

Just click on the
effects button
and choose from
the available
effects.

Click left so
that the
image will
exit going
to the left.

Every once in a while, you can click the PLAY button to
see how your presentation looks like starting from the
chosen slide:

Or click the smaller play button to play
the presentation from the beginning:

Great
progress,
so far!

Now, let’s add
more awesome
things to your
presentation!

Move the red
arrow to the
next second
when the
image
disappears:

And add a
new image
from the
library:

Choose
from one of
the
available
characters:

Your
chosen
character
is now in
the screen.

Let us add
more text:

Type the
desired text in
the text box:

Click the text
box to edit the
text’s size,
font,etc.

Adjust the
entrance and exit
of the objects in
the timeline:

Now move
to the next
second:

You can add objects,
and choose from the
following options:

and choose from
the following
options:

You can add graphs
to your presentation,
too

Sounds, as
well!

It is much preferred to add the
voiceover ﬁrst, then add the
animations. Why? It will you
with the timings, making it
easier to add slides and
animations.

Click Soundtrack to choose audio ﬁles

You can import a pre-recorded voice
over from your ﬁles:

And/Or music track:

Or you can also choose from the
PowToon playlist:

Click Apply once done:

You can also
add Media

And choose from
the available
images in PowToon:

Or upload from
your local ﬁles:

You can add
images

And videos,
too

Always remember to SAVE
your work! Although PowToon
autosaves every 5 minutes, it is
important to click save
regularly.

Once you are done
with your movie/
presentation, you
can now Export it:

You can
publish to
your PowToon,

Upload to the
following
sharing sites

Note of those tagged
as premium, meaning
these are not available
to free accounts.

Download to
your local ﬁles,

or share it to
you social
media accounts:

Amazing,
right?

You can also create a
presentation using
Ready Made Templates.

Click Quick Menu

Choose New Project

Choose one of the ready made templates,
and click Edit

Wait for the template to load

Voila! This is your ready made template!

Click PLAY to see how the presentation looks like.

Go to each slide to EDIT the objects, animations
according to your needs.

Just apply the same editing options discussed
earlier! :-)

That’s it! You can now start
creating your AWESOME videos
and presentations using PowToon!

Always be AWESOME!

PowToon - Creating Awesome Presentations

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