Fade sounds in and out

[Guest]

I would like to be able to fade a sound (music especially) in and out at
specific slides. Even better would be the ability to cross-fade different
sound effects on one slide!

Now, you either have to go through the trouble of editing a soundtrack with
a separate application and insert it into a presentation, or suffer with a
"chopped" feeling when transitioning between pieces of music or other sound
effects (or no sound at all until a new "sound-linked" slide loads).

I was at a wedding over the weekend and the cinematographer even had to
suffer with this issue when he did a quick PP presentation of the ceremony
video and photos for the reception. It made an otherwise fantastic slideshow
seem amateurish.

 

[TAJ Simmons]

oppy,

I'd really like the ability to fade sound in powerpoint (a cross fade would be the treble in my bass bins)

Why don't you suggest it to microsoft ?

see
Contact Microsoft: Use MSWish to request features, report problems, etc.

http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00545.htm

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

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[Guest]

Hi, Oppy. Since Powerpoint can import from Flash, and since Flash handles
sound much better than Powerpoint does (including the sort of cross fading
you want), perhaps you can do some of the work in Flash -- always assuming
you know that program.

It's a fact of presentation lfie that the more programs you know, the easier
it can be to handle complex development issues. I did a contract job a few
months ago that required me to animate figures in Poser, output frames to be
made transparent in Photoshop using the GIF89a option, and re-assemble them
in Flash, because the client wanted a transparent movie on their web page --
and there was no other way to do it. Good thing they were paying by the hour!

 

[Guest]

I already did send in a suggestion. Someone from MS posted that I should
also list it here, so here it is! I hope they're reading...

 

[Guest]

I know there are a number of workarounds, but they all take time - time that
could be spent doing creative things, not editing.

I admit I'm no programming expert, but considering that PP already has
timing, sound and volume control systems built-in, I would think this would
be an easy thing to add to PP.

 

[Guest]

I would argue that editing *is* creative (you should see what I am going
through with screenshots for some tech manuals I am producing; I am all over
the Word Drawing & Graphics thread with PNG issues), but your point is
well-taken. Good luck!

Artie

 

[Guest]

Probably a bad choice of words on my part. I agree with you that there is a
lot of creativity involved in editing. Maybe I should have said "less
burdensome" or something like that.