Animation principle 3
Staging
Staging is not only a very important animation principle, it is well supported within PowerPoint.
A PowerPoint slide can be viewed as not only having left and right positions, but also forwards and backwards.
We can use this to our advantage.
perspective
The above image shows various depths locations that can be simulated on a PowerPoint slide.
The above image shows the light at the centre of the slide. Notice that the shadows are balanced as to where the light is.
The above image shows where the light was (blue arrow), but the light has moved to the right of the slide facing towards the back left.
The above image shows where the light was (Arrow), but the light has now moved to the left of the slide facing towards the right. Notice also (small red arrow) that the shadow on the icon is no longer correct. These kinds of issues need to be checked on each slide.