Creating Shapes: The Basics-Intro

     Now, you might be thinking this, but you also might not. Where in the world did I get such awesome shapes on PowerPoint (like the sheep and goats in Anthrax? Well, to be honest, it's actually not that hard. I figured this out before having read my book (and with some indirect aid from my brother). What I realized is that PowerPoint gives you the most basic shapes like squares, circles, and triangles (and even with these, you can still play with their dimensions). Using these shapes, one is able to "play" with them and then COMBINE THEM to create other shapes. Over the next few weeks (beginning 25th of September) I will try to teach you, my bloggish viewers (and Mrs. Sheehan and Mr. Leathem) how to create more exciting shapes with the given shapes and how to use the "bring to front" and "send to back" buttons, the "group" button, and others. This series will be titled "Creating Shapes: The Basics" so if you miss a day, you can find more easily. *Also, every week, I will try to remember to include an "Animating TIP of the WHENEVER-I-REMEMBER-TO-POST-IT!" These will consist of easy and extremely helpful "tools" of trade! These I will post whenever I have time, or whenever I remember.*

Anthrax

     Now this next PowerPoint that I'm posting is about Anthrax (title, duh...). I made this one as a group project, but, to be honest, my partner didn't exactly contribute too much...well, actually, at all. This one is not exactly a full animation yet, but it is still more of one than Qian (the Anaconda Strategy).

                                                       
-BACILLUS ANTHRACIS

Qian (the Anaconda Strategy)

     Alright now, people. This is NOT the first ever PowerPoint that I created. It is also NOT in animation form. BUT, I'm posting it because it was the first PowerPoint in which I realized that I could be creative and that it didn't always have to be so bland and boring and still present and idea at the same time.

     

-Above is the layout of the Anaconda Strategy proposed by General Winfield Scott during the Civil War to subdue the seceding states

Don't know too much

     I don't really know too much about animations so far, but I understand the concept of frames because that is how I've been doing my animations on PowerPoint so far.

-Frames of a man running

My Mission Statement (at least so far...)

The Mission of BenditaAnimations is to convey ideas and information through animations on powerpoint presentations. Also, I will use animations to entertain my audiences with different personalities and filled with facts and/or humour that will hopefully fit them. I will also teach others ways to use Microsoft PowerPoint instead of only as a plain way of giving people information because Powerpoint can be such a fascinating program to use if one explores and learns how to use it.