Animations, transitions, and Presenter Mode
Three different motion concepts in Decks: per-element animations (within a slide), per-slide transitions (between slides), and Presenter Mode (the actual playback experience).
Per-element animations:
• Click any object on a slide and open the Animation Timeline panel (right side)
• Pick from Fade In, Slide In (Left/Right/Up/Down), Zoom In, Zoom Out, Bounce
• Set Duration (ms) and a Trigger — On Click (advances on space bar / mouse click) or Auto (with a delay before/after)
• Drag entries up or down in the timeline to reorder when each element appears
• Multiple elements can animate at the same time — set the same trigger on each
Per-slide transitions:
• In the right panel under Slide Settings, pick a Transition — None, Fade, Slide Left, Slide Right, Push, Cover, Zoom
• Transitions only play in Presenter Mode, never in the editor canvas
Presenter Mode:
• Click Present in the top toolbar (or press F5)
• The deck goes full-screen on the active monitor
• Keys: → / Space (next), ← (previous), Home (first slide), End (last slide), Esc (exit), B (blackout — black screen until you press B again), . (clear all animations and jump to slide end), Q (quit), N (notes view on second screen)
• A small elapsed timer in the corner counts up from when you started — useful for keeping a 20-minute pitch on time
• Speaker notes (entered in the right panel of the editor) display on the presenter's view if you have a second monitor; the audience sees only the slide
Click-triggered animations advance one element per click rather than the whole slide. Auto-triggered animations play continuously based on their delay. You can mix both on the same slide — auto for slide intro, click for the bullets you want to reveal one at a time.