Repeat animation:

[Bernie Pinsonnault]

I have a rather simple animation: I have a rectangle that fades in, follows a
series of "motions paths" that lead it in a square route around the slide
passing over several other fixed rectangles on the slide. Each motion path
takes the moving rectangle from one fixed rectangle to the next. As the
moving rectangle moves from one fixed rectangle for another, the fixed
rectangle flashes ("flash bulb" effect which "starts with previous").
Eventually the motion paths take the moving rectangle back to where it
started and it fades out.

So the effect is the moving rectangle fades in, moves areound the screen,
lighting up each fixed rectangle as it passes over it and fades out when it
gets back to where it started. The fixed rectangles are always premanently on
the screen.

What I want is to repeat the above with another moving rectangle but I want
it to start before the first moving rectangle returns to where it started and
fades out.

In fact, what I want is for this to loop repeatedly until I stop it. Thus
producing an effect of several moving rectangles chasing each other around
the screen over and over.

Any help appreciated.

Bernie

 

[Old in Dallas]

Bernie - it's doable, but it will be somewhat tedious to get the timing right
because all of the animations will have to be set to "with previous."

Basically, make your first one do what you want it to do, then simply copy
and paste the first one, then go into the advanced timeline and adjust the
timing and intervals, including the repeat until end of slide.