iPad User Magazine - UK (2019-04)

Tapthethreedots(topright),pickExport,thenAnimated

GIFtosavea slidein thatformat.GIFsaren’tinteractive;

setactionsthatnormallyrequirea taptorunaftera delay.

Add eye-catchingeffectsto presentationswith newactionsand transitions

ITWILLTAKE

20 minutes

YOUWILLLEARN

Howtoanimate

objectsalonga path

andaddtransitions

YOU’LLNEED

iOS12,Keynote

Attheendof March,Apple

issuedupdatestotheiWork

apps– Pages,Numbersand

Keynote– thatbroughtnew

features.InKeynote,thesebegintoexplore

thepossibilitiesofthetouchinterfacefor

designingslidesfromscratchwithcreative

animationsandtransitions.

Thecontextualmenuthatappearswhen

youtaponanyobjectona slideincludesan

Animateoption.Tapthisandyoucanadd

a build-intransition,a build-outtransition,

anda varietyofactionsin between.These

allapplytotheindividualobject,independent

ofanytransitionsbetweenthisandthe

previousornextslide.

Oneclearline

Thefirstoption,CreatePath,letsyoudraw

withyourfingertosethowtheobjectwill

moveacrossthescreen.Thefreehanddrawing

methodmakesit simple,buttendstoregister

smallunintentionalmovementsasextra

points,makingwobblesandwiggles.

Thebestapproachis nottoworryabout

exactlywherethepathgoes,justaimtodraw

oneclearline(oryoucandoa zig-zag,if you

needtheobjecttovisitmorethanonepoint),

tapDone,thendragthepointstoreposition

themif necessary.

Havingaddedoneormoreanimations,tap

thethreedotsatthetopright,pickTransitions

andBuilds,thentapthelisticon(nexttoDone

atthetopright)toadjusttheorderin which

animationsplayandwhetherthey’llwaitfor

youtotapwhenpresentingyourdeck.

AdamBanks

Geniustip!

If two simultaneous

animations (like move

and scale) don’t feel

like they’re in sync, tap

each action to check its

duration (speed) and

acceleration settings.

Animate objects in Keynote

APPLE APPS Keynote animations