Business Presentation Layout: A Complete Guide
Studies show that animated presentations improve information retention and audience engagement more than static visuals. Not only does this impact how we create and deliver virtual, Zoom presentations, but also how we approach in-person meetings.
Animated PowerPoint templates give your content a fresh, new angle. They break the monotony of traditional slide decks and transform dull data into dynamic stories.
But if you’re looking to level up your animated PowerPoint presentations, simply upload your existing PowerPoint presentation to your Visme account.
Add 3D animations and gestures, clickable buttons, pop-up elements, seamless transitions, interactive features like interactive data visualizations and hotspots and much more to keep your audience hooked.
Visme offers hundreds of fully customizable animated presentation templates so you can say goodbye to PowerPoint once and for all.
In this article, we’ll show how you can transform your animated PowerPoints into engaging presentations that tell a story using our AI-powered presentation maker. We’ve also rounded up some of our favorite animated slide deck templates to edit and download.
But before you begin, check out our quick 5-minute tutorial video to learn how to create your next presentation in Visme.
Your first step is to upload your PowerPoint with animation to Visme. You can easily do this with a Visme business account: go to your Visme dashboard, hit Create → Import PPTX.
Once your PPTX is successfully uploaded, you can bring it to life with Visme transitions, animations, 3D characters, templates, interactivity, AI-powered capabilities, design elements and much more.
Pro Tip: If you’re working on a presentation with your team, use Visme’s collaboration and workflow features to invite team members and give them regulated or unlimited access to leave comments, reply and work on the design in real time. You can also assign specific slides or the entire project, set deadlines, review and approve projects—all in one workspace.| Features | Visme | PowerPoint |
| Ease of upload | Direct PowerPoint import, maintain original animations and preserve slide structure | Doesn’t support third-party presentation upload, manually transfer content |
| Animation features | Supports advanced animations and transitions | Offers basic animations and transitions |
| Interactive features | Clickable hotspots, pop-up elements, interactive charts and graphs, embedded forms/polls/surveys and live data integration | Limited interactivity; primarily supports hyperlinks, static charts and embedded media |
| Interface | User-friendly, drag-and-drop interface | Traditional ribbon toolbar interface |
| Design assets | Built-in stock photo and video library, icons, fonts, illustrations and music | Limited built-in assets |
After importing your animated PowerPoint template to Visme, you can now take things to the next level by adding transitions to the slides. Here’s how to do it:
All animated presentation templates in Visme have an attractive staggered transition effect from slide to slide. There are more than 900 slides in our template library to help make your presentations look impressive and unforgettable. Plus, our design panel is loaded with free animations for PowerPoint slides.
These are the slide transition options available in Visme to make your animated PowerPoint templates that much better:
There are several ways you can choose to trigger these slide transitions: based on time, when clicked or when a video ends.
The one you choose is entirely dependent on your personal preference. I use the “When clicked” option when I want maximum control over the presentation and “Based on time” when I want a more hands-off approach.
Check out this video tutorial to learn how to add slide transitions to your Visme presentations:
You can also get granular while designing your animated PowerPoint inside Visme. You can choose to add transitions only to a single slide at a time, or automatically add transitions to the entire project in one go.
Pro Tip: If you’re looking for a quick solution to design engaging presentations, try out Visme's AI presentation maker. Input a text prompt explaining your requirements, choose a style and Visme's AI will craft text, images and icons to create tailored presentations. You can then customize the slides in Visme's presentation maker and include your interactive and animated features to make your presentations more engaging.
We know that you’re thrilled to hear that all PowerPoint templates can be imported and animated with Visme. But that isn’t even the best part!
The Visme presentation library is full of animated templates and free animations for PowerPoint in several industry styles and content types.
But wait, there’s more. Did you know you can also create animated infographics? Read this post to learn how to design interactive infographics to elevate your content strategy.
Below are some of our most versatile animated slide decks ready for you to edit, animate and download or share online.
This animated market trends report has a cool slide background and creative transitions that navigate from slide to slide. Each transition is different but they don’t feel overwhelming. The data widgets enter the slide seamlessly in a visually interesting way.
Even simple designs will look great with creative transitions and animations as PPT presentations. This Architecture Presentation template has slide transitions all coming down from the top, making it look interesting and attractive.
The fashion design presentation has a different combination of slide transitions. They are all zoom-in and zoom-out transitions, perfect for the design style of the slides in this template.
Add more slides from the template or duplicate the ones you have and they will all have the same transition. With these animated images for PowerPoint, you can grab and hold your audience's attention for longer periods.
Watch this video below to discover the power of animated illustrations to tell compelling stories, convey complex concepts, and evoke emotions in your audience.
Your animated PowerPoint templates and all Visme presentation templates have plenty of animation styles and possibilities.
With Visme, you can add various animation effects in PowerPoint to any object within a slide. Here are a few types you can incorporate:
Enter Animations
Exit Animations
Furthermore, control the timing of the animations to create interesting and unforgettable compositions. Use these animation features to create your own in and out slide transitions. Control the movements on click, hover or just by navigating to the next slide.
We asked Alex, Visme’s design manager, to share her favorite animation. Here’s what she had to say:
Design Manager
Here’s a quick tutorial on adding object animations to your presentations and infographics in Visme.
You can also add unique text animations to your titles and subtitles to draw your reader's attention to your content. Simply hover to any text box, click animate and choose a style that matches your aesthetic.
When designing your slides, take advantage of our selection of moving backgrounds for PowerPoint. Choose between animated and video backgrounds to create even more attractive animated PPTs.
Below are some animated templates for different industries.
Use enter and exit animated effects for the elements on each slide. Use a two-directional approach with the elements coming in from two sides in a staggered effect. Time the animation so that it comes in slowly as a creative visual.
This PowerPoint animation template has this style of animation. You can duplicate the slides and then switch the elements to create more slides.
Looking for an animated background for PowerPoint? This animated slide has up and down movements for different elements. The effect created is a rotating scenery from day to night with a gradient background quality.
Share this PowerPoint template with animation as a live link or an HTML file. Alternatively, embed it on your site as part of a blog post or call to action.
This type of animated presentation is called building the story. The entire presentation seems like it's created on one slide as pieces of the puzzle enter the scene one by one. Use an animated slide like this to create an unforgettable presentation.
Similar to the above template, this animated Venn diagram has a staggered effect with pieces that come into the scene one by one. A Venn diagram has lots of possibilities for different topics and industries. It's always best to explore a variety of Venn diagram templates to see which design can best showcase your point.
Apart from engaging slide transitions and animation effects, Visme also lets you add interactivity to your animated PowerPoint presentations — pop-up boxes, hover effects, links to other slides, content blocks or objects and links to external websites.
Check out what Daniela, Visme’s graphic designer, has to say about using interactivity in your presentations:
Graphic Designer
Interactivity can be as simple as adding a clickable table of contents, pop-ups, or a hovering effect. When it comes to interactivity, you're only limited by your imagination. If you're having a creative block, here’s an example of how you can add animated elements to your slides using a carousel animation effect:
Below are some of the best Visme animated presentation templates and PowerPoint video templates that use interactive features.
This presentation template has seamless transitions from slide to slide plus a number of creative pop-ups. Each pop-up includes additional information for its respective slide. The design follows the style of the presentation and adds an extra dose of creativity.
Create an interactive navigable slide deck with a main menu that links to different slides with Visme’s interactive link features. This style of presentation is like a website you can look through. The best way to share an interactive presentation like this, share a live link.
The video below shows you how it all works.
The best part is that there’s no limit to what you can do in Visme. You can make animated backgrounds for PowerPoint, animated images for PowerPoint or a complete PowerPoint template with animation.
Pro Tip: Use Visme’s 3D character creator to add animated characters to your presentations. This tool allows you to create characters with different body types, facial expressions, hair styles and more to suit your presentation theme. Also, you can choose from various entry, waiting and exit poses to animate these characters and keep your audience entertained.
Visme turns your animated PowerPoint templates into amazing data visualization presentations. All charts and graphs created with the Graph Engine can not only be animated, but they can also have interactivity. In this article, we've explained how to create animated charts in Visme.
Head over to this article to learn how to create animated charts in Visme, or check out this quick tutorial on adding chart and graphs to your projects:
Apart from that, there are also plenty of data widgets to visualize other types of information, like maps and percentages.
We asked Hylie, Visme’s graphic designer, to share some insights on using charts and graphs in presentations. Here’s what she said:
Graphics Designer
Financial reports are full of analytics and data visualizations. Make yours even better by using animated charts and graphs. The bars, lines, and curves have animation features to fit any presentation.
This template is perfect for all the financial reports you create for your business.
Statistics is a classic source for data visualization in a business setting. Stats presentations are used in meetings day in and day out, sent to team members and stakeholders. Make all your stats reports better than they’ve ever been by adding animation to charts and graphs.
Even better, use this presentation template and save yourself some time.
Just how easy it was to import your PowerPoint presentation into Visme, it’s easy to export your Visme presentations as PPTX too.
Here’s how to do this:
Since PowerPoint doesn't support all of Visme's unique animation and interactivity features, it’s best to stick with Visme for sharing and presenting.
You can also share your animated presentation as a live link or download it as HTML5 to maintain all animation and interactivity features offline that PowerPoint can’t support.
If you're short on time and don't want to go back and forth between PowerPoint and Visme, just use the Visme AI presentation maker to whip up stunning animated PowerPoint presentations in seconds. Be it an interactive presentation for sales, business, project, product or corporate use.
And before you present, watch the video below to review the ways to structure your presentations. There are 7 main presentation structures to help you set up amazing stories throughout your presentation.
The tips and templates provided above can help you create impressive animated presentations. However, Visme understands that not everyone has the time or design expertise to start from scratch. That's where Visme's AI Design Generator comes in.
Visme's AI Design Generator is a powerful tool that can help you create professional-looking designs in seconds. It uses artificial intelligence to generate unique designs based on the prompt you input. You can use it to create presentations, documents, printables and social media graphics.
| Features | Visme | PowerPoint |
| Presentation style | Interactive | Static |
| Download options | High-resolution image formats, PDF, video, animated GIF, PPTX, HTML5, SCORM and xAPI | High-resolution image formats, PPTX, PDF and video |
| Team collaboration features | Shared team library, project folders, review workflows, tag collaborators, assign tasks, share comments and feedback and version control | Real-time collaboration, live chat and version control |
| Ease of Use | Intuitive export process with clear options for different formats and sharing methods, batch export and cross-platform compatibility | Single file export and platform-dependent |
To animate a PowerPoint presentation, select the object you want to animate, go to the “Animations” tab, and choose from various animation options available.
However, for more advanced interactive animations, you can import your PowerPoint into Visme and utilize its extensive animation options.
The four main types of animations in PowerPoint are Enter Animations, Emphasis Animations, Exit Animations and Motion Paths.
Yes, you can set PowerPoint slides to auto-animate by adjusting the timing settings for each animation effect.
To create PowerPoint presentations with transitions and animations, first add your content to the slides. Then, apply animations to elements through the “Animations” tab and transitions between slides from the “Transitions” tab.
In PowerPoint, animation is the movement or effect you apply to individual objects or elements within a slide, such as text or images. Transition, on the other hand, is the effect that takes place between slides as you move from one to another during a presentation.
To make PowerPoint slides play automatically without clicking, go to the “Transitions” tab, find the “Timing” group, and set “After” to the desired duration before moving to the next slide. You can apply this to each slide for an automated presentation.
There are many options for creating animated presentations with Visme, from uploading PowerPoint templates to using Visme’s PowerPoint video templates.
Animate any presentation in our library, edit the slide transitions, add animated compositions to your slide decks and create visually rich presentations. Share them with your audience and use our integrated analytics to track views and reads.
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