Smoother Transitions in ppt 2003

[Guest]

I am using powerpoint to create backgrounds for widescreen, hi-res
presentations. I have a fast computer (athlon 64 x2 4200+ 1GB RAM, Matrox
Parhelia APVe PCI-x16 Video Card) with essentially nothing installed on it
but Windows and Office. My display is a 3 output card set at 3072x768
(1024x768x3) In the past I've done presentations on a slower PC with an older
video card and was unhappy with the quality of transitions (particularly the
"fade smoothly" transition) I assembled this computer solely to run these
presentations, getting the fastest hardware I could afford, but it hasn't
seemed to help significantly. I have tried checking and unchecking the "use
hardware graphics acceleration" box under "set up show" with no significant
difference. Reducing my output resolution is not an acceptable option.
Is there a video adaptor chip out there that is particularly excellent for
powerpoint or some sort of transition plugin that has better results than the
ppt standard "fade smoothly?"

thanks

Chris

 

[Austin Myers]

Some things you might try. Delete all *.tmp files on your hard drive and
then defragment it. You might be amazed at how badly fragmented a drive is
after installing Windows and Offcie.


Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

PowerPoint Video and PowerPoint Sound Solutions www.pfcmedia.com

 

[Adam Crowley]

Also try reducing the colour depth to 16 bit instead of 24 bit. This makes
a significant difference to the effects of hardware acceleration but may
adversely affect your images. I remember having a similar problem when I
used a Parhelia card and at the time I just came to the conclusion that it
was because I was asking one card to handle 3 times the usual amount of
image data.