Re: video clip + black box + still

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From: Echo S (echos_at_indyughspam.net)
Date: 02/17/05


Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 19:00:40 -0500

Hey, glad to hear it! Thanks for letting us know you got things going.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
"katluc" <katluc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1D6DA8CA-11F5-4715-969F-562DBC8180E4@microsoft.com...
> I'm forever in your debt! After I checked out what you meant with the
pause
> trigger, and incorporated that into my project, it worked perfectly! Thank
> you, thank you, thank you. You saved me from another gut-wrenching,
> hair-pulling day!
>
> "Echo S" wrote:
>
> > Check your animation settings. Does the video itself have a trigger
> > animation to pause? It should.
> >
> > To see what I mean, open a new blank presentation and Insert/Movie/From
> > File. When prompted, say yes to play automatically. Now go look at the
> > animation settings. See how the movie animation is set up? Look
especially
> > at the pause trigger that happens upon click of the movie itself.
> >
> > I think that's what you want (in addition to the trigger start upon
click of
> > the picture), although I admit I haven't tried it -- and it could be
that
> > instead of the picture just being an extra way to start the movie, it's
> > interfering with the other animation settings on the movie. If that's
the
> > case, you will have to remove the auto start  from the movie, but I'm
pretty
> > sure you can still set the pause trigger upon click of the movie itself.
> >
> > --
> > Echo [MS PPT MVP]
> > http://www.echosvoice.com
> >
> >
> > "katluc" <katluc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:82E4A465-FFA7-4CA5-81F3-02C80615FA1C@microsoft.com...
> > > Great! This did work, but another problem arises that I haven't been
able
> > to
> > > fix. Click on photo and the video starts now that I'm "triggered." But
if
> > I
> > > try to start and stop video, it takes me to the next slide rather than
> > just
> > > pausing for a moment. Is there a way to do that?
> > >
> > > "Echo S" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Start the video with a trigger animation -- trigger it upon click of
the
> > > > still image.
> > > >
> > > > http://www.echosvoice.com/triggers.htm has a quick tutorial on
setting
> > up
> > > > triggers.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Echo [MS PPT MVP]
> > > > http://www.echosvoice.com
> > > >
> > > > "katluc" <katluc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > > news:1B0ABAD7-F0FC-4BEF-90B5-A2989785803B@microsoft.com...
> > > > > In PPT 2003, working on presentation with video clips (WMV
format).
> > When I
> > > > > insert video clip, a black box appears. I need for a still photo
to be
> > on
> > > > top
> > > > > of it so that it doesn't show as a black box, but I cannot set
video
> > to
> > > > > automatically start as it needs to start/stop on a mouse click.
When I
> > > > insert
> > > > > still photo on top of video, I can't start video with mouse click.
Is
> > > > there
> > > > > any way to make this happen? Someone suggested linking them
somehow,
> > but I
> > > > > can't figure out how to do that. This is also going to be a print
> > piece,
> > > > so
> > > > > we can't have the black box, and unfortunately, PPT and booklet
need
> > to
> > > > match.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >
> >


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