MacLife UK – August 2019

Tap the three dots (top right), pick Export, then

Animated GIF to save a slide in that format. GIFs

aren’t interactive; set actions that normally require

a tap to run after a delay.

GENIUS TIP

Tap each action to check

its duration (speed) and

acceleration settings. If

two simultaneous

elements, like move and

scale, don’t feel like

they’re perfectly in

sync, look here for

the discrepancy.

ON 28 MARCH, Apple issued

updates to the iWork apps

— Pages, Numbers and

Keynote — that bring new

features to the iPad. Those in Keynote

begin to explore the possibilities of the

touch interface for designing slides from

scratch with animations and transitions.

The contextual menu that appears

when you tap on any object on a slide

now includes an Animate option. Tap

this and you can add a build–in transition,

a build–out transition, and a variety of

actions in between. These all apply to the

individual object, independent of any

transitions between this and the previous

or next slide.

The Ľrst option, Create Path, lets you

draw with your Ľnger to set how the

object will move across the screen. The

freehand drawing method makes it

simple, but tends to register small

unintentional movements as extra points,

making wobbles and wiggles. The best

approach is not to worry about exactly

where the path goes, just draw one clear

line (or a zig–zag, if you need the object

Animate objects in Keynote

Use Keynote’s new actions and transitions for eye–catching effects

to visit more than one point), tap Done,

then drag the points to reposition them

if necessary.

Having added one or more animations,

tap the three dots at the top right, pick

Transitions and Builds, then tap the list

icon (next to Done at the top right) to

adjust the order in which animations play,

and whether they’ll wait for you to tap

when presenting your deck. ADAM BANKS

REQUIRES

iOS 12, Keynote

YOU WILL LEARN

How to animate objects

along a path and add

transitions

IT WILL TAKE

20 minutes

Create

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