The solution offered was the simplest to put into words. If you are using
PPT 2002/2003 and are comfortable with the animation pane and the advanced
timeline you could do something along these lines:
- Using fill effects to layer a solid arrove or ball on top of a 'glowing'
one (using fill effects and transparency for 'glow') or develop in an
outside image editor, save as .png with transparency.
- Animate with motion path along desired route, either as one continuous
animation, with built in pauses, or advance on click segmetns.
- Fade in semitransparent dots to show path taken. Have these elements fade
in as motion path passes over each.
- Fade in other symbols to represent points of interest, half-way mark,
direction, etc.
- If desired, have first route fade out as new route begins.
- If needed, first zoom in on portions of map and show path along that
section, have map zoom back with path on it, then zoom in to next section
and animate path, etc.
There are lots of possibilities on what graphics to use and how to animate.
Much depends on the material presented (do not want animation to distract
from message or speaker), developers skill in using animation capabilities,
and pre-production time available. Hope this is helpful in getting the
thought process going in alternate animation possibilities.
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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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