PowerPlugs: PhotoActive FX for PowerPoint 1.33

CNET editors' review

Reviewed by: CNET Staff

This add-on for PowerPoint not only includes a wide variety of preset photo effects and animations but also enables you to combine and significantly adjust them. PowerPlugs: PhotoActive FX includes such effects as distortions, frames, perspective, text on background, animated text over image, and text transitions. We found the interface handy with its categorization of effects, immediate preview, and time line for animations. The only disadvantage is the absence of a zoom-out button. As for creative capabilities, the transformations in PhotoActive are a combination of layered lenses and instructions so that you can greatly vary existing effects. The animation work flow allows you to set intervals between specified frames, and every frame can be edited as a simple image. The program saves the result as an AVI file. This add-on is a cheaper alternative to full-blown graphics packages if you just want to make your presentations more vivid in a matter of minutes.

Publisher's description

From CrystalGraphics :

PowerPlugs: PhotoActive FX adds television-style still and animated effects to the photos in your presentations-and it does it all right in Microsoft PowerPoint. This makes the program incredibly easy to use and lets you avoid the hassle of importing and exporting graphics files. PowerPlugs: PhotoActive FX's stunning visual effects will focus your audience's attention on your key visuals, helping you to communicate more effectively. These pre-created effects are sold in a series of volumes, and volumes 1 and 2 are available now.

Version 1.33 includes unspecified updates.

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