Congratulations! You’ve created a mask. Now, change the fill colour of this mask – any dark colour will work well.
It’s time to have some fun. Drop in a cool image, graphic, or video behind the mask. Use something on-brand or something bold from a free image depository like Unsplash. Not sure where to source royalty free images? Luckily, we’ve got a blog post on the topic here. When you’ve found your image, send it to the back of the side (right click > Send to back). It should look something like this:
This is where the magic starts! You’re ready to russia country code mobile number add some animation to make things pop. Here are a couple of options:
A) Place the mask above your slide and use a motion path animation to move it into view. Go to the Animations tab and, under Add Animation, select Motion Path. You can edit the effect by opening the Animation Pane, right clicking the animation, and selecting Effect Options to make sure your text ends up front and centre.
Here’s an example of what you can achieve with a couple of motion paths!
B) Alternatively, add a subtle Grow/shrink animation to both the title and the background image so they move dynamically as the slide animates. To do this, select the objects, navigate to the Animations tab and pick Grow/shrink. Open the Animation pane, right click on the Grow/shrink animation you’ve just added and select Effect Options.
Then increase the animation duration to something like 3 full animation length.
This means that, as the animation plays, it will slow down. Repeat these animation steps with both the title mask and background image, making sure there’s a slight offset between the two (so they don’t start at the same time). If you’re feeling creative, you can add further animations such as a Fade or a Spin for extra flourishes.