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Thursday, October 31, 2019

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Wednesday, October 30, 2019

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How to Create a Nautical Tattoo Font

Final product image — What You'll Be Creating

In this tutorial, I would like to show you how to create a nautical-looking font using Sketch. We will make use of simple shapes and the Vector tool along with Borders and Layer Styles to quickly create the nautical font.

For more inspiration on how to adjust or improve your final nautical flag alphabet font, you can find plenty of nautical or tattoo fonts at GraphicRiver.

1. Set Up Your Document

With Sketch open, the default view already has an infinite Artboard. Since we are not creating anything that is a specific size, we can leave this as is. We will, however, be working with a grid, so let's turn that on at this time.

On the top Toolbar, select View > Grid Settings and change the values as seen below.

2. Create Your First Letter of the Nautical Flag Alphabet Font

Step 1

In order to make my job easier, and inspired by some old nautical fonts, I've sketched some ideas that I would like to work from. This will help keep the theme of the nautical font even and provide a jumping-off point to start the vector process.

It isn't perfect, but it doesn't need to be. During the vector process, I even changed my mind about certain flourishes and shapes. These sketches are just there to provide a guide for my nautical sea font.

Step 2

From my sketches, I can see that all of my nautical font characters are made up of a wide bar and a stroke to complete the shapes. I've decided that I want this wide bar to be two squares on my grid wide and eight squares tall. Making it 50 x 200 px.

In the case of the letter "A", this bar will be skewed slightly, so I found it easier just to create a custom shape using the Vector tool (V). With the Vector tool selected, click on an intersecting grid point to start your shape.

Next, count two squares to the left and click to create another point. Go over two squares and up eight and click to create another point. Now count over two squares to the right and click to make a point. Lastly, click on the starting point to close the shape.

Step 3

Now let's create the other diagonal line that makes up the "A". Sketch has a Line tool that would be nice to use. However, this tool doesn't seem to play well with the grid, and lines drawn with this tool don't automatically snap into place. So we'll skip using this tool and make our lines using the Vector tool (V).

With the Vector tool (V) selected once more, click on the top of the grid where the wide shape comes to a point, and then go down to the bottom and over three squares and click once more. You can then press Return on the keyboard to set the path.

Step 4

We'll now create our crossbar and serifs. Using the the Vector tool (V) again, click and create horizontal lines across the middle of the pyramid shape. Since it is eight grid squares high, this means the center will be four grid squares up or down. As for the serifs, these will hang over one grid square on each side.

3. Apply the Nautical Font Styles

Step 1

The majority of our letterform is a simple stroke, but the wide bar needs to be styled to match our retro nautical tattoo theme. I'll be working in a nice aqua blue color, but feel free to use any color you choose. In the Layers List (leftmost pane), select all of the simple stroke layers, and then in the Inspector (rightmost pane), adjust the Borders section as seen below. If there are any fills, please be sure to remove them at this time.

With the strokes still selected, move to the Appearance section. Open the Layer Style menu and click Create New Layer Style to save the stroke as a preset for easier access later on.

Step 2

Now select the wide bar shape, and this time we will be adjusting the Fill, Borders, and Inner Shadows elements. First, apply the saved Layers Style from the Appearance section. This will automatically apply the blue stroke for your selected shape.

The Fill will be a gradient. If you click on the fill icon, the Fill Color panel will fly in, and you can adjust these settings. From this panel, select Gradient, and a preset gradient will appear on the shape.

In order to edit a gradient, you will have to look on the Artboard at the shape, and you will notice two circle icons at the top and bottom of the shape in a straight line. By default, the top circle icon is selected, so if you change the color/opacity it will only affect that point. For now, let's set it to flat white with 100% opacity. On the Artboard, click the bottom circle icon and adjust the color to the same one as your stroke from earlier.

Step 3

Zoom in on your Artboard so you are in the center of the bar shape, and drag the circle icons from the top and bottom of the gradient towards the middle. If you hold Shift, the icon will move vertically without straying. Do this so they meet and make a horizontal line of your border color and white.

Notice in the screenshot that this line is not exactly centered with the grid. I wanted the color to stop in line with the border of the crossbar.

Step 4

With the gradient the way we want it, press the Back button at the top of the Inspector and then adjust the Inner Shadows sections as outlined below. Once you're done, this will be the first letter from your nautical-looking font.

With these settings in place, save it as a new Layer Style in the Appearance section, as you did with the plain stroke.

4. Create the Nautical Flag Alphabet Font

Using our initial sketch as a guide and our new Layer Styles, we'll continue creating the other letters in our nautical font. You should find this a quick and easy task as a lot of it will be repetition of the aforementioned steps.

I'll assume you know how the alphabet looks, so rather than walking you through each letter, I'll stick to the major letter shapes that use different tools and techniques. Once you get used to these tips and tricks, maybe you'll be able to add the nautical font numbers on your own.

Step 1

To create the "B", we'll need to make a rectangle that is 50 x 200 px. This will be the main stem of the "B". To do so, select the Shape menu icon and choose the Rectangle tool (R) and draw your shape. Then add the Layer Style with the gradient fill.

Step 2

To create the bowl of the "B", we'll use the Rounded tool (U) and draw a rounded rectangle that is 150 x 100 px with a radius of at least half the height, so 50. You can adjust this in the Inspector sidebar.

Step 3

With the rounded rectangle we just created still selected, enable the Edit tool from our Toolbar at the top and click on the top left point to select it.

Now, in the Toolbar, a new set of options will become available. Among them you will see our 50 px corner setting. Click in that text box and change it to 0. This will remove the rounded corner from that top left corner. Go ahead and repeat this for the bottom left point as well.

Step 4

Go to Layer > Path > Scissors and click on the flat edge on the left to remove it. We will be using this tool a lot, so it may be in your best interest to save it to the Toolbar. To do so, right-click on the Toolbar or visit View > Customise Toolbar… and drag the tool to the Toolbar in a position that feels comfortable to you.

Select the Edit tool once again and click the bottom left point and drag it so it is no longer intersecting the stem of our "B". Now apply our simple stroke Layer Style. You can now finish it up by repeating these steps to create the bottom bowl shape and using the Vector tool to add an extra serif in the middle of the "B" stem.

Step 5

Our "C" is pretty simple. It is basically a circle, but we've added in our stem to fill it out a bit. Select the Oval tool (O) and create a circle that is 200 x 200 px.

Step 6

With the Rectangle tool (R), draw our main rectangle shape like earlier and align it to the left of the circle. Now Shift-click both shapes and go to Edit > Combine > Intersect or choose Intersect from the top Toolbar. You can now fill it with our gradient Layer Style.

Step 7

Draw another circle the same size as last time and place it over the shape we just created. Select the Edit tool and hover over the circle edge, and you will see the cursor change to a pen icon with a "+".

Where the path intersects with the grid, click to create a new point both above and below the center point. Select the Scissors tool and remove the paths between these two points you just created to create an opening. You can now apply the simple stroke Layer Style and add in your serifs.

Step 8

Following the above steps, you should be able to create the letters "A" through "R". It's pretty much just lather, rinse, repeat, following the theme and basic letter forms. The "S" is a bit different, however, so I'll explain that now.

To keep things in line, I decided to use the same angle as the letter "A" for all the other slanted letters, such as the "V", "W", and "X". However, this angle was a bit too harsh for the "S" and the "Z". So I've drawn a new angle for the "S" in this step. The block is still two grid squares wide, but instead of being three across, it is now four. So, as we did for the "A", select the Vector tool (V) and create your angled block as seen below.

Step 9

Select the Rounded tool (U) and draw a rounded rectangle that is 150 x 200 px with a radius of at least half the width, so 75. Now Shift-click both shapes and go to Edit > Combine > Intersect or choose Intersect from the top Toolbar. You can now fill it with our gradient Layer Style.

Step 10

Enable the Oval tool (O) and create two circles that are 150 x 150 px and place them directly over the previous shape, aligning one to the top and one to the bottom. Then select the Edit tool and hover over the circle edge, and you will see the cursor change to a pen icon with a "+".

Where the circle intersects with the underlying shape, click to create a new point. Select the Scissors tool and remove the paths between these two points you just created to create a semicircle. You can now apply the simple stroke Layer Style and add in your serifs. Do this for both the top and bottom circle, and your "S" should be complete.

Step 11

The "Y" is a custom shape drawn with the Vector tool (V). You can see the steps below on how to create it.

Step 12

Finally, for the "Z", I felt the angle was too steep, so I elongated it as we did for the "S", only I made this one a bit more pronounced. Feel free to play with it to your liking, but for me I went over five grid squares and then added the stems and serifs to finish it off.

Arr, "X" Marks the Spot, Matey!

I hope I was able to show you a few time-saving techniques for reusing simple styles. Once you have the nautical font letters created, you can group the different elements together so that you can copy/paste the letters to form words and sentences. Challenge yourself and add the nautical numbers to the font. Stay tuned for future tutorials on how to use this nautical font in fun and crafty ways.

Feel free to adjust the final design and try different nautical font styles. You can find some great sources of more inspiration at GraphicRiver, with interesting solutions to create nautical sea fonts or tattoo fonts.

Nautical Fonts From Envato Elements

Cut out the hassle of creating old nautical fonts from scratch. Explore our amazing collection of fonts from Envato Elements to create your own designs!

Dark Seas - Five Styles!

This font comes with five styles that pair seamlessly together, creating the ultimate tool to give your designs clarity, style, and impact.

Burford Rustic Extras

Burford Rustic is a weathered and textured alternative to the Burford Family. It works the same way as Burford as a layer-based font family, but with some style variations and new layering options. It includes 20 font files, starting with four texture variations from Black to Bold, Light, and Ultralight. It also includes an outline and two inline weights. Additionally, it offers three line weights (light, medium, and bold) for top layering options.

Summers Typeface

Summers typeface is a modern and classic handmade typeface, perfect for any project in which you want to evoke a casual beach vibe.

Galley Font

Galley is a hand-drawn serif font salty enough for the seven seas. Inspired by the waves of a dark and endless ocean, this hand-drawn serif font is great for display and paragraph text.

Antiquarian Scribe

Antiquarian Scribe has true small capitals, numerous ligatures, alternate/titling caps, old-style and lining figures, a series of antique map symbols, as well as Greek and full Latin support.

Want to learn more? Check out the following tutorials:

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30 Animated Keynote Templates to Make Cool Captivating Presentations in 2019

The success of your presentation is tied to your presentation or slide deck.

Increase the effectiveness of your presentation by adding cool Keynote animations to your presentation. Animations help your visitors to better remember the information you shared. They also help them engage more with the content.

Animated Keynote Templates from Elements — Shift Up Amazing Keynote Template from Envato Elements.

To make sure your presentation is well-received, you need the right Keynote template. More importantly, you need an animated Keynote template that's got professional animations, slide transitions, and other effects. These will make your presentation more compelling.

You can find amazing Keynote animation templates for your presentations on Envato Elements or GraphicRiver.

Find Awesome Animated Keynote Templates on Envato Elements (With Unlimited Use)

When you need to create amazing Keynote presentations, the first place you should look is Envato Elements. Or browse to get inspiration from the best Keynote animations ever created.

Envato Elements has thousands of amazing Keynote animations. Download as many templates as you want for a low monthly price. Use them in as many presentations as you want.

Animated Keynote Templates on Envato Elements — You'll find hundreds of Keynote animated presentation templates on Envato Elements.

With Envato Elements you can also download thousands of other design assets. Choose from fonts, icons, and other graphic elements. Then, use in your presentations to help you present your information.

5 Amazing Keynote Templates From Envato Elements (With Cool Designs for 2019)

Take a look at some of the awesome Keynote templates that you can find on Envato Elements:

1. Business Animate - Awesome Keynote Template

The Business Animate Keynote template is the perfect choice for business-oriented presentations and even webinars. The template comes with more than 1000 custom icons paired with amazing animation in Keynote effects and transitions. These will help you introduce different sections of your presentation. You'll also find premade slide designs that are easy to edit. Plus, there's a link to the fonts that used in the presentation.

2. Color X-2 - Amazing Keynote Presentation

The Color X-2 is a colorful and versatile animated Keynote template. Use it for all kinds of presentations. The template comes with 100 unique slides and is fully animated. It’s also easy to edit as all shapes, colors, and fonts are completely customizable. And, the template comes with icons, charts, and other presentation elements.

3. Fast Running - Sports-Themed Animated Keynote Template

If need a sports-themed presentation, the Fast Running template is a great choice. The template is fully animated and includes more than 170 unique slide designs. It also includes image placeholders. So, you can easily add your own photos. You'll find charts, graphs, icons, and other necessary presentation elements.

4. Business Character - Corporate Awesome Keynote Template

Try the Business Character Keynote animation template if you’re looking for a business or corporate style template. This awesome, animated Keynote presentation includes four premade color schemes and elegant transitions and animations that bring your presentation to life. You'll also get more than 600 individual slides, custom icons, and seven blur backgrounds.

5. Keynote Presentation - Animated Keynote Template

The Keynote Presentation template is fully animated and designed in a timeless black and white design. This makes it perfect for any type of presentation. It works well to create awesome Keynote presentations for the fashion and beauty industry. But it's versatile enough to be used in corporate presentations as well. On top of awesome animations, this template also includes a grand total of 1000 custom icons and many slides that are easy to edit.

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Envato Elements powerful subscription includes unlimited access and use of graphics, vectors, photos, videos. You'll also get access to all sorts of presentation templates from PowerPoint to Apple Keynote templates featuring amazing animations.

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While Envato Elements is a powerful option, you might be looking for a single best Keynote presentation template for your next pitch. We've got your back, actually GraphicRiver has your back.

You can buy Apple Keynote templates one at a time (instead of getting unlimited access to thousands of designs). Check out the selection from our GraphicRiver marketplace below.

Find More Awesome Animated Keynote Templates on GraphicRiver (In 2019)

If you’re looking to make a one-time purchase of a Keynote template, stop by GraphicRiver. This marketplace has thousands of amazing animated Keynote templates. So, if you don’t want or don’t need access to other design assets with unlimited use, it’s definitely a good choice.

GraphicRiver animated keynote templates — GraphicRiver has tons of high-quality Keynote animation templates.

25 Best Animated Keynote Template Downloads on GraphicRiver (For 2019)

Below, you’ll find 25 amazing examples of animated Keynote presentation templates. Use one of these in your next presentation, pitch or webinar:

1. Professional Animated Keynote Template

This animations Keynote design is the perfect choice for building a presentation with motion. Choose from three custom color themes. Plus, you can explore the wide variety of included animations.

2. Archie - Animated Presentation Keynote Template

Archie combines powerful animations for Keynote with hundreds of sleek, versatile slides. There are maps, portfolios, and device mockups, to name a few. Each one is pre-animated, helping you build stunning slides quickly.

3. SkyBlue Keynote Template with Unique Animation

Cloud animations inspire these Keynote motion graphics. Select slides featuring charts, graphs, and text, then drop in your own content. Plus, the template is built with master slide layouts, enabling rapid bulk edits.

4. Synchrone Multipurpose Keynote Template

Synchrone is a multipurpose business Keynote presentation template. It features minimalist, yet elegant, and professional slides. The template includes 61 main slides and many various editable infographics, color schemes and more.

5. Epic Keynote Presentation Template

Epic Keynote presentation template offers:

74 unique creative slides
light and dark versions
drag & drop image placeholders
4000+ vector icons
Excel charts
editable text
vector maps
shapes
images
music
and other elements

With a list like that you won't want to miss this template.

6. GEO - Creative Geometry Keynote Template

GEO creative geometry Keynote template is a multipurpose geometric template. It can be used for any type of presentation:

business
portfolio
corporate
branding
advertising
minimal
design

7. Verzus - Awesome Keynote Template

The Verzus template is an awesome animated Keynote template. It boasts an impressive number of 300+ individual slides. It also comes with more than 3000 custom icons. The template also includes elements such as charts, graphs, maps, and various infographics elements. These are helpful for presenting data in an organized and streamlined fashion.

8. Motagua - Animated Keynote Template

Try the Motagua Keynote template if you’re looking for an elegant and fresh design. This template includes 25000+ total slides, which are organized into categories. So, you can easily find the ones you need.

The Motagua is a versatile Keynote template that can be used for all kinds of amazing Keynote presentations. The template has a light and a dark version and includes 16 premade color schemes. You'll also get tons of charts, maps, infographics, icons, and other presentation elements.

9. Six Reasons - Amazing Keynote Template

Try the Six Reasons Keynote template if you’re going for a more corporate look and feel. This template has 45 premade slides. It also includes various presentation elements on top of beautiful slide transitions and animation in Keynote effects. The template comes in four premade color schemes. But you can easily customize them with your brand’s colors.

10. Kaspian - Modern Animated Keynote Template

The Kaspian template is a modern Keynote template that uses trendy colors and object placeholders. So, all you've got to do is drag-and-drop your images and other elements into place. It includes awesome animation effects and slide transitions. These make your presentation more lively. Plus, you'll also get over 100 unique slides and more than 450 icons.

11. Ever - Amazing Keynote Template

The Ever template has everything you need for a stunning and engaging presentation. When you buy this template, you'll get a grand total of 16000 slides paired with awesome animation effects and unlimited color possibilities. The template was designed in a widescreen aspect ratio.

12. Triangle - Awesome Keynote Template

The Triangle is an awesome Keynote template that features a creative and unique design. The template includes 60 individual slides. Use it to present information about your company or project. It’s also easy to customize and the template was designed in widescreen format.

13. Marketofy - Amazing Keynote Template

The Marketofy template features over 200 unique slides and 2500 custom icons. Plus, there are a ton of other elements you'll need for your presentation. Each slide is animated as well as each individual object.

The template uses vector elements. So, they're easy to recolor and you can also drag and drop your own images to replace the placeholders.

14. Business Keynote Template - Awesome Keynote Template

The Business Keynote template features a professional design. It's got more than 400 unique individual slides that are organized into different sections. So, you can easily find the ones you need. The template includes custom icons and elements such as charts, maps, graphs, tables, and more. This template was designed in widescreen and standard 4:3 format.

15. Rework - Animated Keynote Template

If you’re a fan of dark color schemes, the Rework Keynote template is a great choice. This template includes tons of custom presentation elements as well as animation effects. You'll find media placeholders. So, you can easily insert your own images and over 50 unique slides.

16. Swiss Style - Bold Keynote Template

The Swiss Style Keynote template features a clean and bold design. It includes many slide designs and interesting slide transitions that'll breathe new life into your presentation. The template was designed in HD quality.

17. Concept - Animated Keynote Template

The Concept is a stunning dark colored Keynote template. It’s perfect for business and corporate presentations. Each slide is subtly animated. Plus, you'll also get tons of presentation elements such as charts, graphs, icons, and more. The slideshow was designed in both widescreen and standard screen formats.

18. Eureka - Minimal Keynote Template

The Eureka template features a modern and minimal design with beautiful animation effects and slide transitions. The template includes several pre-made color schemes. Plus, you can easily customize fonts and colors. On top of that, Eureka comes with 200 unique slides, hundreds of custom icons, and was designed in 16:9 aspect ratio.

19. Arcama - Modern Animated Keynote Template

The Arcama template is a modern Keynote template. It’s perfect for startups, designers, small businesses, and fashion brands. It uses a minimal and clean design. Plus, it comes with hundreds of pre-made slides and cool Keynote animations. The template also includes vector graphics, drag-and-drop images, and fully editable data charts.

20. Perfect - Professional Keynote Template

The Perfect Keynote template is a trendy template. It's got several premade color schemes and over 200 unique slides. The template includes resizable vector icons and image placeholders that make it easy to add your own photos. Plus, the template has charts, maps, graphs, and other elements needed for a presentation.

21. Se7en - Animated Keynote Template

The Se7en is a multipurpose Keynote template that can be used in many industries and for all kinds of awesome Keynote presentations. The template was designed in widescreen format. You'll get 100+ unique slides as well as maps, graphs, tables, icons, and other presentation elements. Each slide is subtly animated. Also, you can easily customize the colors, fonts, and more.

22. Leafe Ecogreen Keynote Template

The perfect template for ecology and nature related presentations. The Eco Green Nature Keynote Template has a minimalist, yet elegant, and certainly professional design. The template includes 60 main slides and many various editable infographics, color schemes and more.

23. Convidance Creative Keynote Template

Convidance Creative Keynote Template is a very interesting keynote template and very easy to use. It's suitable for all kinds of business purposes, business, construction or developer needs. Master slides and editable vector elements are features of this template. They'll make your presentation more professional and can amaze your potential business investors.

24. Technical Fully Animated Pitch Deck Keynote Template

Hundreds of unique slides enable this template to show off countless Keynote animation examples. It’s structured as a pitch deck, and has all the slides you’ll need to sell investors on your next big idea.

25. Omega Keynote Template

Last but never least, Omega is a dynamic Keynote animations download for all types of content. In total, over 80 slides are included with the pack. Free fonts are used throughout to deliver a clear, readable feel.

5 Quick Tips for Making Pro Keynote Animations & Slide Transitions

Adding animations to your Keynote presentation isn't difficult. Here are a few Keynote animation and slide transition tips that'll help you make your presentations more engaging.

1. Familiarize Yourself With Animation Effects

All the Keynote templates on this list come with awesome animation effects. To customize them, first you need to familiarize yourself with different animation effects. Knowing this will allow you to tweak the duration and other settings.

2. Learn to Animate Individual Objects

Keynote makes it easy to animate slides and apply transitions. Plus, you can animate individual objects, like timelines, on each slide. Use the Build In section to access these. Animating individual objects can make your presentation more engaging. It can also prevent your audience from losing interest.

Anuaro - Keynote Template — Anuaro Keynote Template available on Envato Elements.

3. Move Objects Between Slides

For an extra awesome effect, consider moving objects between slides. For this, you'll need to use the Action tool and apply the Move effect on the object you want to move. The object will be duplicated, and you'll need to move to where you want it to end up.

When you’re done, you’ll see a line that links both objects and shows you the path on which the object will move. This effect works really well when you need to showcase a change in the process.

4. Customize Your Toolbar

Keynote templates can save you time when you need to put together a slide deck for your presentation. But if you want to save even more time, then take a few minutes to customize the Keynote toolbar. To do this, simply click on View from the menu bar and choose the Customize toolbar. Now all you've got to do is drag the features you find yourself using frequently and remove those that you don’t use at all.

5. Choose Your Keynote Animations Carefully

Lastly, make sure to choose your animations carefully. Too many animations at once will overwhelm your audience. And they'll make your presentation appear too busy instead of gently transitioning from one slide to the next.

Avoid using all the possible cool Keynote animations on a single slide. Space them out throughout the presentation. Use transitions between individual slides that introduce different topics or points. Save object animations for a few key slides within each section.

There are many options in Keynote animation templates, but you don't have to use them all at once.

How to Quickly Make Animated Keynote Presentations (With Templates)

There are two ways to build animations for Keynote. The first option is to make them from scratch by using a default design.

A much better way is to choose an animated Keynote template from Envato Elements. With these templates, animations are built-in, helping you quickly build Keynote slide decks in seconds. Let’s learn how.

For our purposes, let’s use the Color-X 2 Keynote Template that we featured above. Once downloaded, it’s a breeze to create a new animated Keynote presentation in a few quick steps.

1. Add Custom Content

Let’s start on slide 3 in the deck. It’s a series of three circular charts. This is really a great way to visualize data like progress reports, market share insights, and more. To make them work for you, all it takes is swapping out the text for words of your own.

Next, you can edit the charts themselves to fit with your own data. To do that, click on one, then choose Edit Chart Data. A Numbers window will appear, right inside Keynote.

Keynote Update Animated Data — Update the data with your info to update the chart.

There, you can easily customize the charts to fit your needs. No matter the type of slide, you’ll find that it’s quick and easy to create slides in Keynote, thanks to templates like this from Elements.

2. Edit Slide Animations

Now that you’ve added content, it’s time to animate it. Thanks again to Elements, you don’t have to do this from scratch. In fact, every slide in this template comes pre-animated. But that doesn’t mean that you’re giving up creative control.

Click on the Animate button in the upper right corner of your Keynote window. That will launch the Animate sidebar. It’s truly the nerve center of animations in Keynote, and from here you can change the various dimensions of each animation. For example, this slide features a Twirl effect.

Keynote motion graphics pre-animated — Choose an animation option from the menu for an eye-catching preset.

Under Duration & Direction, you’re able to rapidly change the timing and movement of the animation. To be sure your changes work as planned, try out the Preview tab in the sidebar. It provides a live look at the animation you’re editing.

3. Change Animation Order

Keynote also offers the ability to change the flow of animations onto the slide. These tools live in the lower half of the Animate sidebar.

Set animation for Keynote order — Choose an option from the **Delivery** dropdown to choose if animations appear together or in groups.

Options like Delivery address how animations appear. And for the ultimate control, click Build Order at the bottom. There, you can click and drag each animation on a slide and drop it into a new position.

Re-sequence animations for Keynote — Drag-and-drop the items in this list to re-sequence your animations for Keynote.

It’s a smooth and efficient way to re-imagine slides by altering their animated content. As you can see, it’s fast, simple, and easy to build animated Keynote presentations with a template from Envato Elements!

Find the Best Animated Keynote Template Designs in 2019 (Envato Elements vs GraphicRiver)

Envato Elements and GraphicRiver are the two best resources for creative content today. These include animated Keynote templates like those we just featured.

You can easily see the quality of the designs—after all, they’re built by professionals. Are you wondering which site to choose? Let’s explore the key features of each.

1. Top Advantages of Envato Elements

Elements is the ideal choice if you want to download multiple templates. In fact, for a low monthly rate, you unlock unlimited downloads. That means you can try as many designs as you want before finding one that’s perfect for you.

Elements also includes a wide variety of other content, including stock photos, graphics, audio, and more. Use those to build presentations by enriching them with content! There are countless amazing animated Keynote templates available on Envato Elements.

Animations for Keynote in Templates — The best Keynote animation examples in unlimited templates from Envato Elements.

2. Top Advantages of GraphicRiver

GraphicRiver is perfect if you need a single template for your next project. You pay by download—no monthly fee required. And you receive the same top-notch professional designs that truly make your slides shine.

If you need an animated Keynote template now, check out some of the offerings available over on GraphicRiver:

3. Which Site is Right for You?

Suppose you’re a creative designer or have to make presentations often. The unlimited-download model from Envato Elements is right for you. With your membership, you’ll have the freedom to try and use as many templates (and other digital assets) as you want. Join Envato Elements today!

Keynote Animations with Unlimited Downloads — Source the best Keynote animations with unlimited downloads from Envato Elements.

But if you just need a template for a project, GraphicRiver is hard to beat. You only pay for what you use, with no membership required. Check out the incredible selection of animated Keynote templates today.

Learn More Animations in Keynote

If you're getting started and feel uncomfortable with Apple Keynote software, we've got a quick video tutorials series explaining how to use Keynote in 60 seconds.

If you're looking to dive deeper, learn more, and master animations in Keynote, check out the ultimate Apple Keynote tutorial guide. Below are some example tutorials to give you a starting point.

Create Amazing Keynote Presentations With An Animated Keynote Template

An animated Keynote presentation is sure to engage your audience and make your presentation more interesting. Find the perfect animated Keynote template on Envato Elements. Or, stop by GraphicRiver and peruse our collection of amazing Keynote presentation designs.

Editorial Note: Our staff updates this post regularly—adding new, amazing animation templates for Keynote with the best, high-quality designs.