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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
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Pretty much impossible because videos always play "on top". The object
would need to be incorporated into the video. -- Sonia, MS PowerPoint MVP Team Autorun CD software, templates, and tutorials http://www.soniacoleman.com/ " wrote in message news 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 |
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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. " wrote in message news 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 |
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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 " wrote in message news 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 |
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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. "Chirag" wrote in message ... 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 " wrote in message news 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 |
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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 ... 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. |
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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. |
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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 ... 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. |
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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. |
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