Editing pictures in Powerpoint?

[Kickback]

I am using Powerpoint 2003. I have a picture of an object that sits
on a blue background, that i copied and pasted into windows paint. I
then cropped out most of the blue background around the object, so i
can save the object and choose it in powerpoint. It just so happens
that my slide background is the same blue color that is partially
around the object i'm going to use on the slide. That way, when i go
to animate the object, you won't see it's blue outline moving along
with it. My question is, is there something in powerpoint that
allows me to edit out the rest of that blue edging around my object
so that when i add more than one of the same object on the same slide
and have them move close to one another, you don't see that blue edge
appear on the adjacent object as they pass close to each other?

 

[Troy @ TLC Creative]

PPT is not an image editor, so you are on the right track with exporting to
an image editor. PPT does have a 'remove background' tool but the results
are often jagged/bitmapped. To try the PPT tool go to the black triangle at
the end of any toolbar >> add remove toolbars >> picture >> set transparent
tool. Click on this tool, then click on the blue to set that blue to
transparent.

The other option is to remove all of the blue in a photo editing app, save
as a .png and then import - this would be the preferred method for best
results. There are number of tutorials online about creating .png's here is
one: http://www.tlccreative.com/ppt_tutorials.htm (The Power of "Ping")

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Best Regards,
Troy Chollar
TLC Creative Services, Inc.
troy at tlc creative dot com
www dot tlccreative dot com
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