PowerPoint and "motion path"

[Bev A. Kupf]

Hi,

One of the professors I work for needs to make a Powerpoint
presentation with animation. He needs to have an object
move from one defined point to another. I'm told Windows
Powerpoint has an animation option called "motion path",
that permits doing this.

This doesn't seem to be present in Powerpoint 2004. As
an alternative, I created a set of slides for him that
had the object in a different position along a trajectory,
exported these as TIFF files, and then used iMovie to
convert the TIFF files into a movie that I imported back
into a Powerpoint slide.

The resulting movie works, but lines look jagged and imprecise.
So, is there another way to get something equivalent to
"motion path" in Mac Powerpoint 2004 (or Powerpoint X). Or,
what can I do to improve the quality of the movie I create
with iMovie using a series of high-resolution TIFF files.

Thanks,
Beverly

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Hi,

One of the professors I work for needs to make a Powerpoint
presentation with animation. He needs to have an object
move from one defined point to another. I'm told Windows
Powerpoint has an animation option called "motion path",
that permits doing this.

It does. And it'll play back on Mac PPT2004 (and PPTX too possibly? If need
be I can test that for you). So if you can create it on the PC you might be
able to play back on Mac.


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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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[Mickey Stevens]

It does. And it'll play back on Mac PPT2004 (and PPTX too possibly? If need
be I can test that for you). So if you can create it on the PC you might be
able to play back on Mac.

Presentations created using animation paths should play back correctly on
PowerPoint 2004, but not on previous versions of PowerPoint for Mac.

 

[Jim Gordon MVP]

Hi Bev,

Please take a moment to let Microsoft know that you would like them to
add the interface that allows PPT 2004 to control motion paths. You are
correct that this feature is in Windows PowerPoint. Mac PowerPoint can
play any motion path created in Windows, but it can't edit them.

Hi resolution TIFF files will take a lot more processing power than low
resolution images. Perhaps some other format would do as well, such as
PNG, JPG, or GIF.

-Jim

 

[Bev A. Kupf]

Hi Bev,

Please take a moment to let Microsoft know that you would like them to
add the interface that allows PPT 2004 to control motion paths. You are
correct that this feature is in Windows PowerPoint. Mac PowerPoint can
play any motion path created in Windows, but it can't edit them.

Hi resolution TIFF files will take a lot more processing power than low
resolution images. Perhaps some other format would do as well, such as
PNG, JPG, or GIF.

Thank you all for your suggestions. Jim - I did send send a message to
Microsoft using the Feedback menu item.

For now, as both the other gentlemen suggested, I shall ask the user
to create the motion animation on his PC.

Beverly

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

It does. And it'll play back on Mac PPT2004 (and PPTX too possibly? If need

Presentations created using animation paths should play back correctly on
PowerPoint 2004, but not on previous versions of PowerPoint for Mac.

Thanks, Mickey.

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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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