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Using Flash Animations

This document discusses using Flash animations in PowerPoint presentations. It explains that Flash is a vector-based animation tool from Macromedia that allows for smaller file sizes and precise animation controls. It recommends downloading the Flash player and inserting Flash (.swf) files into PowerPoint using the Visual Basic toolbar. However, it notes some issues like Flash objects playing on top of other content and slides appearing black when saved as web pages.

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105 views7 pages

Using Flash Animations

This document discusses using Flash animations in PowerPoint presentations. It explains that Flash is a vector-based animation tool from Macromedia that allows for smaller file sizes and precise animation controls. It recommends downloading the Flash player and inserting Flash (.swf) files into PowerPoint using the Visual Basic toolbar. However, it notes some issues like Flash objects playing on top of other content and slides appearing black when saved as web pages.

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Using Flash Animations

In PowerPoint
Note:
This presentation
requires the Flash 4
cathleen belleville viewer be installed
on your system.
a bit better corporation
Available as a free
www.bitbetter.com download from:
www.macromedia.com
What the Heck is Flash?
vector based animation product from
Macromedia
native file format is Flash
exports movies to animated gif, quicktime,
avi in bitmapped format
exports movies to shockwave (swf) in vector
format, excellent compression with
antialiasing
hard to learn, but not as bad as Director
good on-line tutorial & good help
Why use Flash & Shockwave?
Vector-based animation: looks good at
any size
much smaller files than gifs
powerpoint loops all animated gifs
very precise controls, including
buttons, starts & stops
gif files aliased to specific
background color--easy to
change in flash
Adding Shockwave Animation
view/toolbars/visual basic
click on control toolbox button (hammer &
wrench)
click on more controls button (hammer &
wrench)
drag out placeholder for animation
right-click to bring up properties of
animation:
– movie: enter full path:
c:\windows\desktop\foo.swf
– height: enter in pixels
Problems & Issues
must have flash 4 player installed
– free download from www.macromedia.com
powerpoint plays all flash animations on top
layer
– no full page animations if you want text too!
important to set size in vba object properties
resizing can cause strange things to happen,
or not!
slides with swf files display as all black
when saved to web
Problems & Issues, cont.
files placed on master will play
continuously from slide to slide
powerpoint can’t recognize any mouse
clicks made while mouse is on top of
flash object
looped files do no reset themselves back
to frame one
workaround:
• in flash, set movie as not looping
• at last frame, insert an action that goes to
thank you

cathy belleville & the


screenbeans
a bit better corporation
www.bitbetter.com

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