Re: best program to make animated gif for powerpoint???

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"Bill Dilworth" wrote:

> Set-up varies a lot depending on the task I'm working on.
>
> A small motion GIFs can make hyperlinking, both self explanatory and
> professional in appearance. It can animate a corporate logo throughout the
> presentation.
>
> Combined with animation, a swimmer can really swim across the screen, or an
> object on the slide can change perspective as the screen changes (think
> matrix slow-mo effect).
>
> With multiple masters available in PowerPoint 2002 and up, you can place a
> GIF on the master, if you ill need it for multiple slides. You can use them
> as the background for an autoshape, to add a new dimension of animation to a
> slide. You can use the transparency in a GIF to add motion and effects.
> Really, a GIF is one of the more useful tools when putting together a
> presentation.
>
> However (and this is big), animation and motion are not always welcome in a
> presentation. If the motion will distract or detract: trash it. The
> unnecessary use of gratuitous animation is one of the common mistakes of new
> presenters.
>
>
> --
> Bill Dilworth
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> "LisaH" <LisaH@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:05C38395-D5DF-4FB6-9F34-FFD0D613CF74@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >I was just thinking...
> > how do you set up your animated gifs in PPT? I mean, do you only create a
> > side bar that animates and you don't put it as a background, but just have
> > it
> > play on top at the side? Or do you have an animation play in the
> > background
> > throughout the slide?
> >
> > Thanks Bill!
> >
> > "Bill Dilworth" wrote:
> >
> >> OfficeFx is a great PowerPoint addin that creates high quality animated
> >> backgrounds. Note that it has some minimum requirements for processor
> >> and
> >> graphics card. These minimums are fairly high end for most laptops, but
> >> the
> >> results are very nice.
> >>
> >> I use MS GIF Animator, to animate mine, but there are several other
> >> softwares out there, some of which offer pretty good results.
> >>
> >> If you are creating a full size background (1024 x 768 x 16) and adding
> >> additional frames (overlays): the GIF file will be big. There is simply
> >> no
> >> way to compress that amount of information down to 100KB and still have
> >> it
> >> look recognizable. If your computer cannot display the file well, then
> >> animated backgrounds may be beyond your machines capabilities.
> >>
> >>
> >> --
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> >>
> >>
> >> "LisaH" <LisaH@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:6DD5EFEE-D3A6-40F5-B2E4-DD5836012F8C@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> > What program is usually used to make an animated Gif for powerpoint?
> >> > The
> >> > file
> >> > that I did out of ImageReady came out to be like 17 MEGS.
> >> > What is Office FX? Is that the program that is best to use?
> >> >
> >> > "Austin Myers" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Are you saying the GIF is covering your entire background? If so you
> >> >> are
> >> >> going to need a very powerful machine, lots of RAM and a great video
> >> >> card
> >> >> to
> >> >> both play the GIF and run PowerPoint.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> Austin Myers
> >> >> MS PowerPoint MVP Team
> >> >>
> >> >> PowerPoint Video and PowerPoint Sound Solutions www.pfcmedia.com
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> "LisaH" <LisaH@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> >> news:0D142BF9-0A97-4927-8BFE-ADDFFC5B8355@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> >> > I would like to make an animated background to put into powerpoint.
> >> >> > i
> >> >> guess
> >> >> > it only takes animated gifs. I know how to use ImageReady and Flash
> >> >> > to
> >> >> make
> >> >> > an animation, but are those good programs to make animated gifs for
> >> >> > a
> >> >> > background? ImageReady worked best for me, but the animation played
> >> >> choppy.
> >> >> > Is there a way to rendor out specifically for Powerpoint? Is there a
> >> >> specific
> >> >> > program used to make animations specifically for PPT?
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Thanks!!
> >> >> > wdsg2@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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