Spicy Presentations

At least among designers, PowerPoint has a reputation as "not a professional program" in the way that Adobe software is. And while it's true that Photoshop is a far more powerful image editing program than PowerPoint is, it is not true that PowerPoint can't do some things just as well as PowerPoint. On a daily basis, I often edit imagery using PowerPoint's built-in tools because it's quicker, simpler and also non-destructive.

But the other day I heard a speaker make the case for using PowerPoint for video effects because "users shouldn't have to buy and learn AfterEffects" if they're not a professional video editor. And users also shouldn't have to pay a professional video editor when they can get a usable result on their own using PowerPoint.

That speaker was P-Spice, someone I've known for a while and whose YouTube channel of "Spicy" PowerPoint tips, tricks and hacks has racked up almost 3 million views.

In tutorial after tutorial, P-Spice shows how PowerPoint can be used for business and for fun to create incredible animation and video effects—most of which I didn't even know were possible.

If you're into animation, or just want to check out some fun things you, check it out here!

Below is one of my favorite tutorials. For years when clients asked if PowerPoint could create a spinning globe effect, I always said, "no." Well...guess I was wrong!