HOW TO Create an animated presentation

1 Pick a template

Open Keynote, tap Create Presentation, and pick the Showroom template. You’ll get a plain slide with some text, but the template includes several slide formats: tap the plus icon at the bottom left and pick the fourth.

2 Rearrange objects

Drag the text boxes to the top right and enter some suitable text. You can style it by tapping the brush icon near the top right. Drag the motorbike to the top left and, using the corner handles, reduce its size.

3 Add a shape

The bike needs a road. Tap the plus icon at the top right, then the third tab, Shapes. Pick the wedge shape and resize it to fill the bottom left area of the slide. Tap the brush, then Arrange, and drag the slider to the left.

4 Position elements

With the road under the bike, use two fingers to rotate the bike to match its more dramatic angle. Now tap the bike and choose Animate from the menu that appears. Tap Add Action, then Create Path. A red box appears.

5 Draw a motion path

Tap the second icon at the bottom, for straight lines, then drag the bike to the bottom of the slope, taking your finger off immediately to make a clean path. If necessary, tap Clear and retry. The angle needn’t be exact yet.

6 Add scaling

Tap Done, then resize the copy of the bike for dramatic perspective and adjust its position to hit the right edge of the slide. Notice that you’ve created two actions, Motion Path and Scale. Tap the first, Motion Path.

7 Edit trigger settings

Change the Start setting for this action from On Tap to After Transition, with no delay. Tap the chevron at the bottom left, then press Play at the top right to check your animation so far. Tap again to continue.

8 Add transitions

Tap Add Build In, then pick Pop: the bike expands into existence. Tap the cross at the left to close, then tap Add Build Out and pick Scale Big. The bike fades out with a dramatic zoom to round off the slide.

9 Test your animation

Press Play. The slide shows only the text, and waits for you to tap. The bike then pops into view and sets off, appearing to drive towards us. When it stops, there’s a pause to talk; then tap to fade the bike out.