Sozi

Sozi is an application that enables you to create stunning presentations and that can help you direct your audience's attention to the exact pieces of information that you are most interested in.

The setup is quick, uneventful and does not require any special attention from your part, except for specifying the location where you want to decompress the archive. Upon launch, you are prompted to load your SVG file from the directory you are storing it on your HDD.

Once you load the file, the application enables you to preview the various settings and tools to design the first freely laid out presentation. The idea behind the application is to allow you to create presentations by using various layers independently. The layers are employed to add a fixed background to your frames and setting one item up entails zooming and editing the desired graphic element or text in your file.

It is worth mentioning that the utility allows you to execute the presentation in any available browser. However, the setback here is that you need to make sure that the HTML presentation is in the same directory as the JSON file that is created during the save, as this is where the data the editor accounts for when running the presentation.

On a side note, the editor saves the presentation automatically as soon as you are done with each layer. Then again, the app also includes a dedicated save button that you can use to save your progress at any point. At the same time, you should know that the original file is not altered in any way.

Considering that the application's role is to help you create presentations in a more flexible layout, you will be happy to learn that you can specify various parameters on how it should work. You can define each layer's opacity, establish the duration they should appear, transition interval, relative zoom in the page and select the timing function.

If you are working with mind mapping applications and you are not too keen of the PowerPoint presentations in general, then Sozi might be worth a try.