Add Animations to Shapes in PowerPoint using Java

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Animation can be used in Powerpoint to make the document more vivid and attractive. This article will give sample example of how to add animations to shapes in a PowerPoint document using Free Spire.Presentation for Java.

Import the Free Java API (2 Methods)
● Download the Free Spire.Presentation for Java and unzip it. Then add the Spire.Presentation.jar file to your project as dependency.

● You can also add the jar dependency to your maven project by adding the following configurations to the pom.xml.

<repositories>
        <repository>
            <id>com.e-iceblue</id>
            <name>e-iceblue</name>
            <url>http://repo.e-iceblue.com/nexus/content/groups/public/</url>
        </repository>
</repositories>
<dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>e-iceblue</groupId>
        <artifactId>spire.presentation.free</artifactId>
        <version>3.9.0</version>
    </dependency>
</dependencies>

Add Animation to Shape:

import com.spire.presentation.*;
import com.spire.presentation.drawing.FillFormatType;
import com.spire.presentation.drawing.animation.AnimationEffectType;

import java.awt.*;

import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;

public class SetAnimation {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        //create a PowrePoint document 
        Presentation ppt = new Presentation();
        //add a slide
        ISlide slide = ppt.getSlides().get(0);

        //Add a shape to slide
        IAutoShape shape = slide.getShapes().appendShape(ShapeType.FIVE_POINTED_STAR, new Rectangle2D.Double(50, 150, 150, 150));
        shape.getFill().setFillType(FillFormatType.SOLID);
        shape.getFill().getSolidColor().setColor(Color.orange);
        shape.getShapeStyle().getLineColor().setColor(Color.white);

        //Add animation to the shape
        slide.getTimeline().getMainSequence().addEffect(shape, AnimationEffectType.FADED_SWIVEL);

        //save the document
        ppt.saveToFile("AddAnimationToShape.pptx", FileFormat.PPTX_2013);
    }
}

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