layering objects

[Mark]

I'm a beginner so bear with me. I know I can animate objects in a slide to dissolve and appear. My problem is: I have an Architectural floor plan (hospital) with colored spaces (Photoshop image) for each year this building was renovated...how do I make these colored spaces appear (on mouse click) in order of the the year renovated. When I use multiple stacked images, the white background blocks my previous image.

 

[Ute Simon]

Hi Mark,

I'm a beginner so bear with me. I know I can animate objects in a slide

to dissolve and appear. My problem is: I have an Architectural floor plan
(hospital) with colored spaces (Photoshop image) for each year this building
was renovated...how do I make these colored spaces appear (on mouse click)
in order of the the year renovated. When I use multiple stacked images, the
white background blocks my previous image. <

you can't animate parts of a bitmap image separately. But you could have an
Architectural floor plan with white spaces only, redraw the colored spaces
with PowerPoint's AutoShapes, color those and have them appear on
mouseclick.

Kind regards,
Ute

 

[John Langhans [MSFT]]

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Hello,

PowerPoint doesn't provide the functionality that you are looking for
(animation of portions of a bitmap).

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[Steve Rindsberg]

You'll need to use multiple stacked bitmaps, most likely.

Use the Transparency tool on the Picture toolbar (View, Toolbars to turn it
on if it doesn't show automatically when you click the picture) to turn the
white bits transparent.

Or depending on how complex the shapes are, here's a surprising little
trick:

Draw shapes to mask out the stuff you don't want. AutoShapes, Lines, middle
gadget on the second row is the ever-useful polygon, handy for this stuff.

Next, rightclick one of these masking shapes, choose Format Autoshape, Click
the Colors and Lines tab, then pick Background from the fill dropdown.

Once you have everything all masked off, duplicate the slide and delete one
of the masks .... voila, the new bit appears.
Repeat as necessary. Serves 8 or the purpose, whichever comes first.

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I'm a beginner so bear with me. I know I can animate objects in a slide

to dissolve and appear. My problem is: I have an Architectural floor plan
(hospital) with colored spaces (Photoshop image) for each year this building
was renovated...how do I make these colored spaces appear (on mouse click)
in order of the the year renovated. When I use multiple stacked images, the
white background blocks my previous image.

 

[mark]

Thanks for all your help, I shall try these suggestions. I'm new to these discussion groups an it is very much appreciated. -Mark

 

[mark]

Thanks Steve...the Transparency tool worked great. I got the result I was looking for. -Mark