Custom Animation - ON A DEADLINE!! HELP!

[kma11703]

I am trying to customize my PowerPoint Presentation so that our company's
truck will push the next slide into view. I also need to have our prospective
client's truck push the following slide into view. How can I do this?!

 

[Austin Myers]

If it is "pushing" the full size slide then the slide would be as wide as
the screen and you would never see the truck. (assuming you stop when it's
all on screen) Pulling maybe, but not pushing.

Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

PowerPoint Video and PowerPoint Sound Solutions www.pfcmedia.com

 

[Bill Dilworth]

It will be easier to show a slide being pushed off, since the truck (behind
the slide pushing) will not come into view until after the slide is in
position. All these instructions are for PowerPoint 2002 (XP) or 2003. The
effect is not nearly as easy to achieve in earlier versions.

You will need:
1) Graphic of your truck (preferably with the background transparent)
2) Graphic of other truck (same)


Then you will need to ...
1) Open your presentation, start it and advance to the slide that will be
pushed off
2) Press the Prt Scrn button.
3) End the show.
4) Open a graphic editor program (Like Photo editor) and paste the image
5) If you are using a dual screen trim the non-show screen
6) Save the file as a graphic (JPG or PNG)
7) Back in the slide show, advance to the slide after the one you just took
a picture of.
8) Change the slide transition to 'No Transition'
9) Insert the picture you just saved on top of everything
10) Insert the truck graphic
11) Group the truck and the slide picture
12) apply a motion path animation to the grouped images (make sure the
motion path extends far enough to be past the back bumper of the truck).
13) Change the timing on the motion path animation to suit. (probably 6 or 7
seconds should be good)
14) Change the Start option to 'After previous'

Now here is what will happen. Lets say that slide 6 is the one you are
transitioning from and going to slide 7. After any animations on 6 are
complete, you will advance to slide 7. The transition will be instant, but
the image will be identical (because of the image that you captured), so
there will be no awareness of change. Then, the picture and truck group
will start to move off to the side. Because the slide image and truck are a
group, it will look like the truck is pushing the old slide off to reveal
the new slide.

Post back if any of this is not clear.

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[FoamyPop]

'nuther option.

Don't go to a new slide. Group the text/graphics that are initially on
the screen with the 1st truck graphic, which you will insert then move
it off to one side of the slide's viewable area while in edit mode. (In
other words, when you play it, until you click the mouse, the 1st truck
cannot be seen, then it will come into view when you do this next
part).

Then do a motion path or other suitable animation on those grouped
objects that cause all or part of the group to go off screen to
whichever side you need it to go. It can go completely offscreen or
stop partway, leaving the 1st truck graphic still visible if you
desire.

Then do the same in reverse for the other truck. Insert and group the
2nd set of text and graphics on the slide, then move them off to the
side that they will roll n from. Motion path or animate them so that
they will be stopping in the viewing area of the slide. Depending on
how you do your graphics (like inserting a line that is as long as the
slide), you can make it appear that a new slide is being shoved in, but
you never actually leave that initial slide.

The best way to do this will depend greatly on the look you are trying
to acheive.

wbm

 

[kma11703]

Thank you so much. That is exactly what I was looking to do. I have a couplw
of questions - So, I insert the "pushed slide" over the next slide throughout
the presentation? How do I make the transition smoother once the truck pushes
the slide off the screen?

 

[Bill Dilworth]

I'm a little confused. The truck pushing the old slide off is the
transition (via an automatic animation).

Once the truck has pushed the old slide off, the revealed slide should be
ready to roll. Describe what you are seeing vs. what you want to see and
we'll get to the cause.



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[kma11703]

There are 5+ slides. So, right now Slide 1 is composed of slide A on top of
slide B and Slide 2 is composed of slide B on top of slide C and so on ....
should this be the set-up for all of the slides?

My transition question is that once Slide 1's transition and motion path is
complete there seems to be a delay before the next truck starts the next
motion path. Am I making sense?

 

[Bill Dilworth]

Slide 1 should have no overlay.
Slide 2 should have the capture of slide 1 (and the truck) as an overlay and
whatever is on slide 2.
Slide 3 should have the capture of slide 2 (and the truck) etc.
Watch that you have placed the motion paths correctly and do not have the
effect taking place far off the edge of the slide.

I would be very careful about overusing the effect.

If you are trying for a continuous effect, than using separate slides will
give you a slight delay between slides as the next one preloads. If you
need a quick 6 or 7 slides pushed out of the way like this, than you may
want to stack the 'slide image-truck' groups on top of one another on the
same slide. This will allow for better timing control, but not allow for
easily animating anything on the slide (or in this case, slide image).

If you need additional help, drop me an email and I'll send you a quick
sample of what I mean.


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