Slide Transitions

[Joe Cofone]

I have my powerpoint show set up to run automatically. I
have slides that contain several photos that I have
animated to fade in at certain intervals. How can I keep
the last photo on the screen for several seconds before
the presentation moves to the next slide. what has been
happening is that the almost immediately after the last
photo fades in the presentation moves to the next slide.
I tried using the slide transition option but it does not
seem to work. This is a major presentation I'm working on
and any help anyone can provide would be deeply
appreciated.
Thanks

 

[Bill Dilworth]

Hi Joe,

You are having an issue with the timed slide transitions being shorter than
the total build time of all the animations on the slide. The individual
pictures come in with animations. Add up all the times for the animations,
then add a couple of additional seconds. For instance:
3 seconds - Picture 1 fade in slow 3 seconds
1 seconds - Picture 2 fade in fast
2 seconds - Delay prior to starting next pict.
3 seconds - Picture 3 fade in slow
5 seconds - Keep on screen for
------------------
14 second timed slide transition (time to advance)

The while the slide is selected, click on
SlideShow | Slide Transition... | {section} Advance Slide | {checkbox}
Automatically after ...
and fill in the time to advance.

The timed slide transitions will not advance until the last animation is
completed, so what you are seeing is the result of too short a time being
allowed for the slide to build (animations) prior to auto time
transitioning. Also, keep in mind that there is a little float in the
execution of all this. It may take 14 seconds on your system, but might
take 15 on an older one.

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[Joe Cofone]

Thanks very much Bill I give it a try. One other small
problem. I noticed that the fade animation is not smooth
at all. Beacuse I am using many photos my PP presentation
is quite large 50+Mb. I running 512 RAM. Can you offer
any advice on how I might improve the "smoothness" of the
fades. Thanks again.

 

[Ron]

Joe,

If you are using PowerPoint 2002 or 2003 you should be able to get a smooth
fade up or down with custom animation, but it depends upon several factors.
One variable is the amount of RAM and processing power of your video card.
Photos files should be scaled down in size to at least the resolution of
your monitor.
You should also use hardware acceleration feature found under "Slide Show --
Set Up Show -- Use Hardware Graphics Acceleration check box"
As a last resort, you can try changing the output video resolution of
computer (e.g. from 1024 X 768 to 800 X 600)

Hope this helps.

Ron Halbert

 

[Dave]

Thanks very much Bill I give it a try. One other small
problem. I noticed that the fade animation is not smooth
at all. Beacuse I am using many photos my PP presentation
is quite large 50+Mb. I running 512 RAM. Can you offer
any advice on how I might improve the "smoothness" of the
fades. Thanks again.

Make sure your picture resolution/size is not greater than your screen
resolution eg.
If you are running 1024x768 screen on the computer then an original
picture size of no more than 1024x768 pixels is needed. Don't worry
about dpi etc. just the pixel width and height. Of course, if your
pictures are not full screen then you can reduce there size accordingly.

Your timing problem can easily be solved by "faking it". Just duplicate
the required slide then delete all other pictures except the one
required to be shown and remove any transitions/animations. You can then
set the timing on that slide to your needs.