Prezi Present allows you to zoom anywhere on the canvas and create a wow moment for your audience. Zoom in to details for more information and zoom out to give context while you tell your story.

Adding a zoom animation

Add animations to highlight specific areas, zoom in on an object, or zoom back out to give your audience the overall picture. You can zoom to areas of your canvas or to specific objects.

To add a zoom animation:

1. Click the More button from the top bar and select Animation. 
2. To add it to an existing object on the canvas, you can select the object and click Add animation from the property bar.
3. A sidebar will appear with Fade and Zoom animation options. Select the one you’d like to add.
4. All animations will appear on the timeline in the left sidebar. From here, you can rearrange, edit, and delete them.

If you want to zoom to an area of your presentation, you can add a frame. Just click the green Add Frame button on the top left side or Frame from the top bar and draw the frame around the area you want to zoom to. 

To create new content, you can add a frame and select a Frame layout from the right sidebar. You can learn more about frames in our article here. 

Using zoom to guide your audience’s attention

Prezi automatically includes a zoom animation when you create a frame or topic. This way, you can zoom in to any part of your presentation to reveal more information and direct your audience’s attention.

Frames are the best way to zoom to areas of your presentation to reveal content. 

Zoom animations are the best way to zoom to specific objects and put the focus on them. Consider adding a zoom animation when you want to focus on an image or specific block of text.

If your text or image is rotated, the canvas will automatically rotate for the smart zoom. Click outside of the object or text to zoom back out and continue on your path.

Reviewing your animations

All of your animations appear in the timeline on the left sidebar. To see how they’ll appear during your presentation, just click on one. This will also bring you to that area of your presentation so you can review the content.

You can rearrange, edit, and delete animations from the timeline until your presentation looks perfect.

Zoom animations will appear in the timeline as frames with extra options on the 3 dots, and Fade in and out animations will allow you to preview it in the editor, reorder and delete. 

Using smart zoom while presenting

Sometimes you’ll want to spontaneously zoom in on a detail in your presentation such as a graph or other object while presenting. Smart zoom makes this easy in Prezi Present, without needing to add an animation beforehand. 

Simply click on the object or text you’d like to zoom to, and smart zoom will take you directly to that area. Click outside of the object and you’ll zoom back out. You can do this at any point while giving your presentation so you can freely focus on what your audience wants.