using custom PNG's for bullet points

[Dawgma]

I'm having a problem with my custom made bullet points... I have created a
fancy arrow that I would like to use as a bullet point, and saved it as a PNG
so that I can maintain the transparency effects.

The problem occurs when I animate my bullet points in the slide show... it
seems that once animated, the PNG quality is degraded, and the bullet point
looks "choppy" on the screen.

If I leave the bullet point un-animated it shows up on screen ust how I
would like it to. But once I apply any type of animation to my bullet
points, the quality is reduced... as though it were all scrunched up.

Is there any way to preserve the quality of these bullet points during
animation?

 

[Bill Dilworth]

This sounds like a variation on the scruffy text issue. Unanimated text
looks sharper in most cases than the same text when an animation is applied.

I wish I could tell you a solution, I do not think there is one for the
text.

However, if you are using PowerPoint 2002, 2003 or 2007, you could create
separate objects in front of the text line, then animate them in together
with the text (with previous entrances). Do your arrows stay clean after
this sort of animation? (not as bullets that are part of the text box, but
as independent objects that animate in)


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[Dawgma]

However, if you are using PowerPoint 2002, 2003 or 2007, you could create
separate objects in front of the text line, then animate them in together
with the text (with previous entrances). Do your arrows stay clean after
this sort of animation? (not as bullets that are part of the text box, but
as independent objects that animate in)

I have been using this method... but it is stupid as hell.