transparency problem

[mg]

ppt 2007
create 3d shape:
- insert a standard ppt-shape
- make it 3d
- then fill it
- then set it's fill transparency
- then view it

- when viewing it in the design view, it looks fine
- when i run the slide, the transparency gets messed up, wierd colors, etc.
- i have set resolution to current and high, same problem

any ideas?
thank you! mike g

 

[Echo S]

Sometimes the 3D stuff gets weird lighting and materials effects applied
that affect the transparency.

I ran into this a couple of weeks ago when the default shape had a bevel
applied. I removed the bevel then made the fill semitransparent. But there
were lighting and materials effects applied with the bevel effect that
didn't get removed when I removed the bevel! So my color was way off. And it
looked worse in slide show view than in editing view -- it was more
obviously off.

Anyway, right-click the shape and choose Format Shape. Go to the 3D Format
tab and see if changing materials and lighting helps.

However, I can't repro this using these specific steps:

1. open new, blank PPT file (using the default Office Theme)
2. Insert Shape, choose a rectangle. Click and drag on the slide to create
rectangle
(fill color is blue by default. I just left that color)
3. Drawing Tools Format | Shape Effects | 3D Rotation | Isometric Left Down
4. Drawing Tools Format | Shape Fills | use red, accent 2 from the
color-picker
5. Right-click, Format Shape, change fill transparency to 58%
6. View in slide show view

Looks fine here. If I'm doing something different than you are, please give
us the details. Maybe you're choosing a different 3D setting, for example?

Otherwise it could just be your video driver or maybe hardware acceleration.

 

[mg]

i created a new presentation, and it works fine.
so i've been copying the original presentation back into the new one.
NOW - the copy paste is not carrying all the formatting to the new
presentation:
for example i copied and pasted a textbox with a grow feature...
when it pasted, the font name, the font sizem and the font color were all
wrong.
jeez anyways..a lot of work this is becoming.

thanks for the information.

Sometimes the 3D stuff gets weird lighting and materials effects applied
that affect the transparency.

I ran into this a couple of weeks ago when the default shape had a bevel
applied. I removed the bevel then made the fill semitransparent. But there
were lighting and materials effects applied with the bevel effect that
didn't get removed when I removed the bevel! So my color was way off. And
it looked worse in slide show view than in editing view -- it was more
obviously off.

Anyway, right-click the shape and choose Format Shape. Go to the 3D Format
tab and see if changing materials and lighting helps.

However, I can't repro this using these specific steps:

1. open new, blank PPT file (using the default Office Theme)
2. Insert Shape, choose a rectangle. Click and drag on the slide to create
rectangle
(fill color is blue by default. I just left that color)
3. Drawing Tools Format | Shape Effects | 3D Rotation | Isometric Left
Down
4. Drawing Tools Format | Shape Fills | use red, accent 2 from the
color-picker
5. Right-click, Format Shape, change fill transparency to 58%
6. View in slide show view

Looks fine here. If I'm doing something different than you are, please
give us the details. Maybe you're choosing a different 3D setting, for
example?

Otherwise it could just be your video driver or maybe hardware
acceleration.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

ppt 2007
create 3d shape:
- insert a standard ppt-shape
- make it 3d
- then fill it
- then set it's fill transparency
- then view it

- when viewing it in the design view, it looks fine
- when i run the slide, the transparency gets messed up, wierd colors,
etc.
- i have set resolution to current and high, same problem

any ideas?
thank you! mike g

 

[Echo S]

Probably you're pasting into placeholders -- where it says "click to add
text." Those take on the formatting in the presentation that's specified in
the slide masters.

Look, it's hard to know what's happening without details. When you just say
"now copy paste isn't carrying all the formatting," well, we don't know what
you're copying or what you're pasting into. If you would like to give us
some specifics as to what you're doing, we can try to help.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

i created a new presentation, and it works fine.
so i've been copying the original presentation back into the new one.
NOW - the copy paste is not carrying all the formatting to the new
presentation:
for example i copied and pasted a textbox with a grow feature...
when it pasted, the font name, the font sizem and the font color were all
wrong.
jeez anyways..a lot of work this is becoming.

thanks for the information.

Sometimes the 3D stuff gets weird lighting and materials effects applied
that affect the transparency.

I ran into this a couple of weeks ago when the default shape had a bevel
applied. I removed the bevel then made the fill semitransparent. But
there were lighting and materials effects applied with the bevel effect
that didn't get removed when I removed the bevel! So my color was way
off. And it looked worse in slide show view than in editing view -- it
was more obviously off.

Anyway, right-click the shape and choose Format Shape. Go to the 3D
Format tab and see if changing materials and lighting helps.

However, I can't repro this using these specific steps:

1. open new, blank PPT file (using the default Office Theme)
2. Insert Shape, choose a rectangle. Click and drag on the slide to
create rectangle
(fill color is blue by default. I just left that color)
3. Drawing Tools Format | Shape Effects | 3D Rotation | Isometric Left
Down
4. Drawing Tools Format | Shape Fills | use red, accent 2 from the
color-picker
5. Right-click, Format Shape, change fill transparency to 58%
6. View in slide show view

Looks fine here. If I'm doing something different than you are, please
give us the details. Maybe you're choosing a different 3D setting, for
example?

Otherwise it could just be your video driver or maybe hardware
acceleration.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

ppt 2007
create 3d shape:
- insert a standard ppt-shape
- make it 3d
- then fill it
- then set it's fill transparency
- then view it

- when viewing it in the design view, it looks fine
- when i run the slide, the transparency gets messed up, wierd colors,
etc.
- i have set resolution to current and high, same problem

any ideas?
thank you! mike g