Power Point problem

Hope you can help. I have a slide with an mpeg of rotating earth i wish to have an object orbit the earth coming across face of mpeg then dissapearing behind it to reappear at the other side impossible or what :0) help appreciated

Pretty much impossible because videos always play "on top". The object
would need to be incorporated into the video.
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Hope you can help. I have a slide with an mpeg of rotating earth i wish
to have an object orbit the earth coming across face of mpeg then
dissapearing behind it to reappear at the other side impossible or what :0)
help appreciated

If you convert your clip into an animated GIF you may be able to fudge it
somehow (but only in PowerPoint XP or 2003 with motion paths), or put the
object onto the GIF when you convert it.

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Hope you can help. I have a slide with an mpeg of rotating earth i wish
to have an object orbit the earth coming across face of mpeg then
dissapearing behind it to reappear at the other side impossible or what :0)
help appreciated

Have two more MPEG files that have just the shape that you want to go around
the Earth MPEG. In PowerPoint 2002 (XP) and later versions, you can move the
MPEGs to go around the other. And since all are MPEGs, they can move behind
or over the other MPEG. You need to more to have one behind the Earth and
other over the Earth.

- Chirag

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Hope you can help. I have a slide with an mpeg of rotating earth i wish
to have an object orbit the earth coming across face of mpeg then
dissapearing behind it to reappear at the other side impossible or what :0)
help appreciated

This is an interesting concept but I see at least 1 potential problem -
please correct me if I'm wrong, Chirag.
Unless the shape that Keith wants to orbit the Earth is rectangular there
will always be a box around it.
Also, would Keith really need the 2nd MPEG that goes behind the Earth? It
won't be seen and will presumably slow down playback.

"Chirag" wrote in message
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Have two more MPEG files that have just the shape that you want to go
around
the Earth MPEG. In PowerPoint 2002 (XP) and later versions, you can move
the
MPEGs to go around the other. And since all are MPEGs, they can move
behind
or over the other MPEG. You need to more to have one behind the Earth and
other over the Earth.

- Chirag

PowerShow - View multiple shows simultaneously
http://officeone.mvps.org/powershow/powershow.html

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Hope you can help. I have a slide with an mpeg of rotating earth i wish
to have an object orbit the earth coming across face of mpeg then
dissapearing behind it to reappear at the other side impossible or what
:0)
help appreciated

Yes, Adam, the shape that goes around Earth should be rectangular. Otherwise
it would look kind of odd. The second MPEG would be required if the orbit
around the Earth has dimensions more than that of the shape of Earth itself,
right?

- Chirag

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http://officeone.mvps.org/powershow/powershow.html

"Adam Crowley" adam@web****eDOTorg wrote in message
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This is an interesting concept but I see at least 1 potential problem -
please correct me if I'm wrong, Chirag.
Unless the shape that Keith wants to orbit the Earth is rectangular there
will always be a box around it.
Also, would Keith really need the 2nd MPEG that goes behind the Earth? It
won't be seen and will presumably slow down playback.

I see what you're saying, but I'm fairly sure the effect could be
approximated with just one motion path and one object that appears on one
side of the earth and disappears on the other? In reality the object's
perceived size would be constantly changing as it orbits but that's true
whether you have one object or two.
I've had a play with animated GIFs and here is one way to do it:
http://www.web****e.org/orbit/
it uses the earth in 2 halves and an object with a single circle motion path
and a grow/shrink effect as it orbits.

"Chirag" wrote in message
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Yes, Adam, the shape that goes around Earth should be rectangular.
Otherwise
it would look kind of odd. The second MPEG would be required if the orbit
around the Earth has dimensions more than that of the shape of Earth
itself,
right?

- Chirag

PowerShow - View multiple shows simultaneously
http://officeone.mvps.org/powershow/powershow.html

"Adam Crowley" adam@web****eDOTorg wrote in message
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This is an interesting concept but I see at least 1 potential problem -
please correct me if I'm wrong, Chirag.
Unless the shape that Keith wants to orbit the Earth is rectangular
there
will always be a box around it.
Also, would Keith really need the 2nd MPEG that goes behind the Earth?
It
won't be seen and will presumably slow down playback.

Adam,
Nice one.

I was going to suggest something similar by employing an elliptical path
such the shape is behind the parent shape but the path ensures that it never
has to appear over the shape with a grow/shrink employed to give the
perception of distance.

Regards
Shyam Pillai

"Adam Crowley" adam@web****eDOTorg wrote in message
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I see what you're saying, but I'm fairly sure the effect could be
approximated with just one motion path and one object that appears on one
side of the earth and disappears on the other? In reality the object's
perceived size would be constantly changing as it orbits but that's true
whether you have one object or two.
I've had a play with animated GIFs and here is one way to do it:
http://www.web****e.org/orbit/
it uses the earth in 2 halves and an object with a single circle motion
path
and a grow/shrink effect as it orbits.

"Chirag" wrote in message
...
Yes, Adam, the shape that goes around Earth should be rectangular.
Otherwise
it would look kind of odd. The second MPEG would be required if the orbit
around the Earth has dimensions more than that of the shape of Earth
itself,
right?

- Chirag

PowerShow - View multiple shows simultaneously
http://officeone.mvps.org/powershow/powershow.html

"Adam Crowley" adam@web****eDOTorg wrote in message
...
This is an interesting concept but I see at least 1 potential problem -
please correct me if I'm wrong, Chirag.
Unless the shape that Keith wants to orbit the Earth is rectangular
there
will always be a box around it.
Also, would Keith really need the 2nd MPEG that goes behind the Earth?
It
won't be seen and will presumably slow down playback.

Yes, either the Earth should be in 2 halves or there should be two object
orbiting the Earth in semi-circles. I tend to believe that the complexity of
breaking Earth into two halves is higher than having 2 MPEG objects orbiting
it if the Earth is an MPEG. I may be wrong since I have not worked much with
video editing software.

- Chirag

PowerShow - View multiple shows simultaneously
http://officeone.mvps.org/powershow/powershow.html

"Adam Crowley" adam@web****eDOTorg wrote in message
...
I see what you're saying, but I'm fairly sure the effect could be
approximated with just one motion path and one object that appears on one
side of the earth and disappears on the other? In reality the object's
perceived size would be constantly changing as it orbits but that's true
whether you have one object or two.
I've had a play with animated GIFs and here is one way to do it:
http://www.web****e.org/orbit/
it uses the earth in 2 halves and an object with a single circle motion
path
and a grow/shrink effect as it orbits.