Re: Alpha channels and animation/video clips (again?)
From: Bill Dilworth (vestprog2_at_yahoo.org)
Date: 11/28/04
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Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 19:15:47 -0500
Since this did not come through the discussions group (where I would assume
it was a suggestion to be put out there for 'me too' votes), I'll assume
this is a suggestion from the NG.
Please make sure that you tell MS directly, also. If you are not using the
web-interface, I don't know if the votes count for telling MS that you feel
this way. Please spend a moment and visit
http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp
As it is, PowerPoint does not play the video, it just tells Windows that it
needs one played and Windows takes it from there. Being able to play a
video over/under text would be nice, agreed. I do believe there are some
Worship Service software out there that do already play video under text.
-- Bill Dilworth Microsoft PPT MVP Team =============== Please spend a few minutes checking vestprog2@ out www.pptfaq.com This link will yahoo. answer most of our questions, before com you think to ask them. Change org to com to defuse anti-spam, ant-virus, anti-nuisance misdirection. . . "Alon Amit" <alon.amit@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1101597900.586416.275960@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com... > I'd like to get some video clips into my PowerPoint slides. The clips > have a lot of transparency, and it would be VERY useful to have other > elements on the slide (text, background) show through those transparent > regions. I realize that PPt insists on playing video on top of > everything else (which is also a real shame), but at least it could > allow the things underneath to stay visible? > > As far as I can see, it seems that animated clip art supports this, at > least partially: I don't know if you can have transparency in the > middle of the frame, but at least the areas around the animated object > are transparent, so you're not forced to have a rectangular white or > black background. Perspector (www.perspector.com) also creates > animations with this feature, I'm not sure about the format but they > seem to be animated gifs. > > My clips are larger, longer and somewhat more sophisticated than what > I've seen on animated gifs, but perhaps they can be converted into > ones? I'm using a variety of tools to create the animations, including > some rather heavy machinery like Mirage (from Bauhaus) and occasionally > even Alias|Maya. I'm also creating Flash in Swift 3D. All of these > tools can export to many different formats, e.g. AVI with Alpha channel > or Flash, but it seems that PowerPoint ignores this alpha channel when > the AVI is imported. > > I'm currently using Office XP (2002) but will gladly upgrade to 2003 if > this would help. > Thanks very much for any thoughts, hints and ideas. > > - A. A. >
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