Morph Animation in PowerPoint - Top 3 Examples! | MyExcelOnline

In this article, we will cover how to use the morph animation in Microsoft PowerPoint. We will go over 3 different examples to help your slides look more professional. Included are tips for creating a zoom effect animation, a black and white to color animation, and a shape morphing animation. These 3 tips should help you be able to create more professional slideshows.

Here are the steps to Make Morph Animation in Microsoft PowerPoint – 3 Examples – 

Let’s look at each of these ways thoroughly!

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Zoom Morph Animation in Microsoft PowerPoint

First, create a Blank Presentation.

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Remove the default boxes by Highlighting them and pressing Delete.

Morph Animation in PowerPoint - Top 3 Examples! | MyExcelOnline

Next, go to Insert, Pictures, and choose This Device.

Morph Animation in PowerPoint - Top 3 Examples! | MyExcelOnline

Select and Insert the files you want to use. To resize the images, Click and Drag the double-headed arrow on the corner of the image. Line up the images in the order you want them to appear.

Morph Animation in PowerPoint - Top 3 Examples! | MyExcelOnline

Next, we will incorporate some shapes by going to Home, then choose Shape. In this case we will choose the Rectangle shape.

Morph Animation in PowerPoint - Top 3 Examples! | MyExcelOnline

Draw the shape by dragging the corner.

Morph Animation in PowerPoint - Top 3 Examples! | MyExcelOnline

Go to the Fill Color, and select the Eyedropper tool.

Morph Animation in PowerPoint - Top 3 Examples! | MyExcelOnline

Pick a color from the image itself.

Morph Animation in PowerPoint - Top 3 Examples! | MyExcelOnline

Hit CTRL-C and CTRL-V to multiply the shapes.

Morph Animation in PowerPoint - Top 3 Examples! | MyExcelOnline

Morph Animation in PowerPoint - Top 3 Examples! | MyExcelOnline

Hold down the Shift button on the keyboard and Select All Shapes. Go to Arrange, then Send to Back.

Morph Animation in PowerPoint - Top 3 Examples! | MyExcelOnline

Right Click on the Slide and select Duplicate Slide.

Morph Animation in PowerPoint - Top 3 Examples! | MyExcelOnline

Select the second slide. Click and Drag from the grey area to select all the elements in the slide.

Morph Animation in PowerPoint - Top 3 Examples! | MyExcelOnline

Once all the elements are selected, Drag them all the way down to the lower right-hand side.

Morph Animation in PowerPoint - Top 3 Examples! | MyExcelOnline

Morph Animation in PowerPoint - Top 3 Examples! | MyExcelOnline

Next, select the PowerPoint rectangle and icon, and Resize it up to the left so that it’s very large.

Morph Animation in PowerPoint - Top 3 Examples! | MyExcelOnline

Select the PowerPoint icon and Drag it a little bit to the Right.

Morph Animation in PowerPoint - Top 3 Examples! | MyExcelOnline

The second slide will serve as the “Zoom View.”

Right Click and Duplicate the first slide. Move the duplicated slide to the third position.

Morph Animation in PowerPoint - Top 3 Examples! | MyExcelOnline

We are going to do the same thing for all the icons. Select and Move the PowerPoint icon and rectangle to the top.

Morph Animation in PowerPoint - Top 3 Examples! | MyExcelOnline

Highlight the rest of the elements and bring them down to the corner again.

Morph Animation in PowerPoint - Top 3 Examples! | MyExcelOnline

Highlight the Word icon and rectangle to its’ zoomed form.

Morph Animation in PowerPoint - Top 3 Examples! | MyExcelOnline

Move the Word icon to the left like we did with the PowerPoint icon.Morph Animation in PowerPoint - Top 3 Examples! | MyExcelOnline

Repeat the process with the rest of the icons. For the last slide, Duplicate the first slide and Drag it to the end of the presentation.

Morph Animation in PowerPoint - Top 3 Examples! | MyExcelOnline

Hold down Shift on your keyboard to select all the slides. Go up to Transitions and select Morph. Morph Animation in PowerPoint - Top 3 Examples! | MyExcelOnline

To view the presentation, go up to Slide Show and select From Beginning.

Morph Animation in PowerPoint - Top 3 Examples! | MyExcelOnline

As you can see, the Morph feature will give the presentation a zooming effect.

Black and White to Color Highlight Morph Animation in Microsoft PowerPoint

Next, we are going to create a black and white version of the presentation we just made. The colors will change and morph based on the topic being presented.
Morph Animation in PowerPoint - Top 3 Examples! | MyExcelOnline

Highlight everything in the presentation and press CTRL+C.  Go to File and select Blank Presentation.

Morph Animation in PowerPoint - Top 3 Examples! | MyExcelOnline

Highlight the 2 default boxes and hit Delete. Hit CTRL+V to paste the elements into the new file.

Morph Animation in PowerPoint - Top 3 Examples! | MyExcelOnline

Right Click the first slide and go to Duplicate Slide.

Morph Animation in PowerPoint - Top 3 Examples! | MyExcelOnline

The second slide will serve as the black and white base of the presentation. Select all the elements, and hit CTRL+C to copy, then CTRL+V to paste. Move the pasted elements out of the way.

Morph Animation in PowerPoint - Top 3 Examples! | MyExcelOnline

Next, select the icons from the original by holding down the Shift button and clicking each icon. Go to Picture Format, then Color. Select a black and white shade.

Morph Animation in PowerPoint - Top 3 Examples! | MyExcelOnline

Now, change the color of the rectangles by selecting each rectangle and going to Fill Color. Choose a grey color.

Morph Animation in PowerPoint - Top 3 Examples! | MyExcelOnline

Select All of the colored elements and Right Click. Select Group to make them appear as one image.Morph Animation in PowerPoint - Top 3 Examples! | MyExcelOnline

Carefully Drag and Drop the colored image on top of the black and white elements.

Morph Animation in PowerPoint - Top 3 Examples! | MyExcelOnline

Next, Right Click on the image and go to Save as Picture. Hit Save. Delete the grouped image that you just saved.

Morph Animation in PowerPoint - Top 3 Examples! | MyExcelOnline

Go up to Insert, Pictures, Insert Picture From This Device.

Morph Animation in PowerPoint - Top 3 Examples! | MyExcelOnline

The reason we need this to be in the form of a picture is because the Crop tool is only available for pictures. Align the picture exactly on top of the grey elements.

Morph Animation in PowerPoint - Top 3 Examples! | MyExcelOnline

Go up to the Crop tool, Crop to Shape, and Select the arrow shape.

Morph Animation in PowerPoint - Top 3 Examples! | MyExcelOnline

Go back to the Crop Tool and select Crop.

Morph Animation in PowerPoint - Top 3 Examples! | MyExcelOnline

Once applied, you can Resize the arrow to Highlight the icons.

Morph Animation in PowerPoint - Top 3 Examples! | MyExcelOnline

Right Click on the second slide and go to Duplicate Slide.

Morph Animation in PowerPoint - Top 3 Examples! | MyExcelOnline

On the third slide, Select the cropped image, go up to Picture Format, then Crop.

Morph Animation in PowerPoint - Top 3 Examples! | MyExcelOnline

This time, you can Re-crop the picture to Highlight the Word icon.

Morph Animation in PowerPoint - Top 3 Examples! | MyExcelOnline

Right Click on the third slide and go to Duplicate Slide and do the same process for the last two icons.

Morph Animation in PowerPoint - Top 3 Examples! | MyExcelOnline

Once done, Duplicate the first slide and Drag it down to the last slide.

Morph Animation in PowerPoint - Top 3 Examples! | MyExcelOnline

Lastly, hold down the Shift button and Select All slides. Go up to Transitions, and click Morph.

Morph Animation in PowerPoint - Top 3 Examples! | MyExcelOnline

To watch the finished product, go up to Slideshow and select From Beginning.

Morph Animation in PowerPoint - Top 3 Examples! | MyExcelOnline

As you can see, the colors will be morphing and changing based on the topic you are talking about.

Shape Morph Animation in Microsoft PowerPoint

Highlight All the elements on the first slide and hit CTRL+C on the keyboard to copy.

Morph Animation in PowerPoint - Top 3 Examples! | MyExcelOnline

Go up to File, select Blank Presentation, and hit CTRL+V to paste the elements onto the new presentation.

Morph Animation in PowerPoint - Top 3 Examples! | MyExcelOnline

Go up to the Search Bar above and search for Selection Pane.

Morph Animation in PowerPoint - Top 3 Examples! | MyExcelOnline

You will see that all the elements on the slide will be represented by a name in the pane. In order to morph one image to another, it needs to have the same name on different slides. That name also needs to start with two exclamation points (!!) Double-click on the first image name and change its’ name to !!Image1. Copy the name and Paste it to all the other image names.

Morph Animation in PowerPoint - Top 3 Examples! | MyExcelOnline

Now, change the names of the rectangles to !!Rectangle. Then, set the Transition to Morph to retain that transition for every slide.

Morph Animation in PowerPoint - Top 3 Examples! | MyExcelOnline

Right Click on the first slide and click Duplicate Slide.

Morph Animation in PowerPoint - Top 3 Examples! | MyExcelOnline

On the second slide, Highlight everything under the PowerPoint icon and rectangle and hit Delete.

Morph Animation in PowerPoint - Top 3 Examples! | MyExcelOnline

Duplicate the first slide again, and Drag the duplicate to the third position. Highlight, and Delete everything except for the Word icon and rectangle.

Morph Animation in PowerPoint - Top 3 Examples! | MyExcelOnline

Repeat the same process for the Excel and Access icons. Finally, Duplicate the first slide and Drag it all the way down to the last position.

Morph Animation in PowerPoint - Top 3 Examples! | MyExcelOnline

Preview the presentation by going to Slideshow, then click From Beginning. As you can see, the icon will morph into the next one in this super cool transition!

There you have it! In this article, we have covered how to use various Morph transitions in a PowerPoint presentation. Use these tips to add a cool and professional look into your presentations!

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