Swivel Custom Animation

[Hutch]

I was wondering if there was a way to make the transition more smooth in a
swivel custom animation if you have the swivel repeating?

I have an image on which I am using the swivel custom animation. I want it
to keep swiveling until I go to the next slide. It will swivel the image I
think three times, and then it will repeat. My problem is that it that the
swivel does not appear smooth between repeat. The swivel itself is smooth,
but since it starts the image back in it original position b/f repeating it
looking jerky at that point. Is there a way to minimize this problem? Is
there a way to increase the number of swivels it does before repeating?

 

[Glen Millar]

Hi,

First, try and get the resolution of the image as close to 96 dpi if
possible. maybe compress it with the image option. Then, try turning on
hardware acceleration. Doesn't always help but it can really improve
animations on a good machine. Via Setup Slideshow.

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[Ute Simon]

I have an image on which I am using the swivel custom animation. I want

it
to keep swiveling until I go to the next slide. It will swivel the image
I
think three times, and then it will repeat. My problem is that it that
the
swivel does not appear smooth between repeat. The swivel itself is
smooth,
but since it starts the image back in it original position b/f repeating
it
looking jerky at that point. Is there a way to minimize this problem? Is
there a way to increase the number of swivels it does before repeating?

You can produce this effect yourself by applying the animations Entrance -
Stretch and Exit - Collapse. You cannot repeat a combination of animations,
but have to apply them several times.

Best regards,
Ute

 

[Echo S]

In addition to the other suggestions, you might right-click the animation in
the pane, select Effect Options, and tick the options for "smooth start" and
"smooth end." Dunno if that will do it or not, but it's worth a try.

 

[John Wilson]

There's no way to REPEAT an entrance swivel animation smoothly as one cycle
ends with the object fully expanded and the next start with it fully
compressed. A jump is inevitable. You can do a series of exit swivel followed
by entrance followed by exit etc all after previous but you still cant repeat
unless you make the slide a repeating custom show.

You really need an animated gif

 

[Shyam Pillai]

Hutch,
If you don't mind mucking around with the script editor, you can change the
behavior of the swivel animation to get the desired effect.
This can be tricky for a beginner so it's best to start with a single slide
with a shape and just the swivel animation assigned to it.

1. Switch to HTML script editor (Alt+Shift+F11)
2. Activate the slide node for the said slide.
3. Search the text for #ppt_w*sin(2.5*pi*$) if it is the swivel entrance
animation.
Change the values from 0.0,1.0
targetElement="_x0000_s2053" attributeName="ppt_w" calcmode="linear"
valueType="number" keyTimes="0.0;1.0" formulas="#ppt_w*sin(2.5*pi*$)"
values="0.0;1.0"/>

to 0.25, 1.75
targetElement="_x0000_s2053" attributeName="ppt_w" calcmode="linear"
valueType="number" keyTimes="0.0;1.0" formulas="#ppt_w*sin(2.5*pi*$)"
values="0.25;1.75"/>

4. Close the script editor
5. When you return to PPT environment, you will be prompted to refresh the
info. Click Refresh.
6. Try out the animation.


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Regards,
Shyam Pillai

Animation Carbon
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[Shyam Pillai]

Just a correction, use the following values:
values="0.25;1.25"


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Shyam Pillai

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