Flash Animation in Powerpoint

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I've been creating a tutorial in which I've recorded a
video of my mouse clicking through a program. I made it
in Camtasia studeo into AVI format, then converted it
into Flash format for the PowerPoint Presentation. With
some minor adjustments to the window everything seems to
be working great with the exception that when the mouse
stops on a specific location for a short period of time
it leaves a black vertical line in that spot for the
duration of the video. Is there anyway I can fix this?
Or will I have to use the video editor and fix the
individual video frames?

Thanks,
- Caleb
Student Web Programmer
Southern Utah University
 
I would open the SWF in Internet Explorer and see what it looks like there.

If it leaves a black vertical line there, too, then it's an issue when the AVI is being converted to Flash, and you might want to look on the Techsmith (makers of Camtasia) forums to see if it's a known issue or if anyone has any suggestions there.

If there's not a line when you view the SWF in IE, then it's an issue when the SWF is inserted into PPT, and we'll have some figuring out to do.
 
Thanks for replying to message so fast. When the swf
file is played in Internet Explorer, the vertical cursor
sized lines don't appear, that is why I think there is a
problem with PowerPoint as opposed to the Camtasia Studio
flash file converter. It also doesn't show up in the
replay of the flash file in Camtasia Producer, so there
is really no way to edit them out, seeing as they only
appear in PowerPoint. I'll be using the PowerPoint
Presentation in an important Macromedia Breeze Conference
for my Provost, so if there are any more suggestions, I'd
be really grateful.

-Caleb
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I would open the SWF in Internet Explorer and see what it looks like there.

If it leaves a black vertical line there, too, then it's
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an issue when the AVI is being converted to Flash, and
you might want to look on the Techsmith (makers of
Camtasia) forums to see if it's a known issue or if
anyone has any suggestions there.
If there's not a line when you view the SWF in IE, then
Click to expand...
it's an issue when the SWF is inserted into PPT, and
we'll have some figuring out to do.
--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
presenter, PPT Live '04
Oct 10-13, San Diego http://www.powerpointlive.com



Caleb said:
I've been creating a tutorial in which I've recorded a
video of my mouse clicking through a program. I made it
in Camtasia studeo into AVI format, then converted it
into Flash format for the PowerPoint Presentation. With
some minor adjustments to the window everything seems to
be working great with the exception that when the mouse
stops on a specific location for a short period of time
it leaves a black vertical line in that spot for the
duration of the video. Is there anyway I can fix this?
Or will I have to use the video editor and fix the
individual video frames?

Thanks,
- Caleb
Student Web Programmer
Southern Utah University
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When Camtasia converts its captures to Flash it appears to split the screen
up into segments and only moves the bits that move...unless you're sizing
the Flash movie in PP to exactly the size in pixels at which it was created
this could cause some gaps in the segments. (And this would also explain
why you don't see the line when you try the movie in IE or Camtasia
Producer, as there you're not resizing the movie).
Or maybe not.

Caleb said:
Thanks for replying to message so fast. When the swf
file is played in Internet Explorer, the vertical cursor
sized lines don't appear, that is why I think there is a
problem with PowerPoint as opposed to the Camtasia Studio
flash file converter. It also doesn't show up in the
replay of the flash file in Camtasia Producer, so there
is really no way to edit them out, seeing as they only
appear in PowerPoint. I'll be using the PowerPoint
Presentation in an important Macromedia Breeze Conference
for my Provost, so if there are any more suggestions, I'd
be really grateful.

-Caleb
-----Original Message-----
I would open the SWF in Internet Explorer and see what it looks like there.

If it leaves a black vertical line there, too, then it's
Click to expand...
an issue when the AVI is being converted to Flash, and
you might want to look on the Techsmith (makers of
Camtasia) forums to see if it's a known issue or if
anyone has any suggestions there.
If there's not a line when you view the SWF in IE, then
Click to expand...
it's an issue when the SWF is inserted into PPT, and
we'll have some figuring out to do.
--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
presenter, PPT Live '04
Oct 10-13, San Diego http://www.powerpointlive.com



Caleb said:
I've been creating a tutorial in which I've recorded a
video of my mouse clicking through a program. I made it
in Camtasia studeo into AVI format, then converted it
into Flash format for the PowerPoint Presentation. With
some minor adjustments to the window everything seems to
be working great with the exception that when the mouse
stops on a specific location for a short period of time
it leaves a black vertical line in that spot for the
duration of the video. Is there anyway I can fix this?
Or will I have to use the video editor and fix the
individual video frames?

Thanks,
- Caleb
Student Web Programmer
Southern Utah University
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