the mystery of embedded objects

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I am working with large PPT files, visual stuff, highly animated. Often...and I cannot always replicate the problem...when I insert an object, say, a piece pf clip art from ART EXPLOSION, it will work fine at one time. Then, randomly, at some other time, I get the message "PPT CAN'T SAVE THE EMBEDDED OBJECT." Then...if I back out of that, delete the problem slide, save it...it will save...but then upon opening again, I get the message that it is a damaged file and cannot be opened. I can't understand this and it's driving me nuts-o! Any ideas about this?
 
John Fryman said:
I am working with large PPT files, visual stuff, highly animated.
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Often...and I cannot always replicate the problem...when I insert an object,
say, a piece pf clip art from ART EXPLOSION, it will work fine at one time.
Then, randomly, at some other time, I get the message "PPT CAN'T SAVE THE
EMBEDDED OBJECT." Then...if I back out of that, delete the problem slide, save
it...it will save...but then upon opening again, I get the message that it is a
damaged file and cannot be opened. I can't understand this and it's driving me
nuts-o! Any ideas about this?
Nothing definite, but does the problem only happen when you've used art from
Art Explosion? Might there be something about their files that gives PPT
indigestion? What format are they in? How do they get into PPT (copy/paste or
something else?)
 
Art Explosion images are generally CMYK, .eps files. Two things that PPT
does not like... Among the collection of clipart and stock photography, Art
Explosion's collection is one of my favorites. My process is to open the
image in Photoshop, convert it to RGB, size it appropriately and save it as
a .jpg or .png (for transparency use) and then insert the newly saved image
into PPT.

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Best Regards,
Troy Chollar
==============================
"troy at TLCCreative dot com"
TLC Creative Services, inc.
www.tlccreative.com
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John Fryman said:
I am working with large PPT files, visual stuff, highly animated.
Click to expand...
Often...and I cannot always replicate the problem...when I insert an object,
say, a piece pf clip art from ART EXPLOSION, it will work fine at one time.
Then, randomly, at some other time, I get the message "PPT CAN'T SAVE THE
EMBEDDED OBJECT." Then...if I back out of that, delete the problem slide,
save it...it will save...but then upon opening again, I get the message that
it is a damaged file and cannot be opened. I can't understand this and it's
driving me nuts-o! Any ideas about this?
 
Art Explosion images are generally CMYK, .eps files. Two things that PPT
does not like... Among the collection of clipart and stock photography, Art
Explosion's collection is one of my favorites. My process is to open the
image in Photoshop, convert it to RGB, size it appropriately and save it as
a .jpg or .png (for transparency use) and then insert the newly saved image
into PPT.
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Thanks, Troy .. much obliged.

Are they vector EPS or bitmaps? In other words, do they open with editable
objects into e.g. Illustrator?
 
I would have to check, but they are either .eps or .wmf format (I believe
..eps), so yes they are editable in Illustrator (at least the "clipart"
elements, the larger Art Explosion collections also include a number of .tif
photographs). For simplicity I did not mention opening in a Vector
formatting application, as I commonly do, before 'optimizing' into a PPT
friendly format in PhotoShop.

--
Best Regards,
Troy Chollar
==============================
"troy at TLCCreative dot com"
TLC Creative Services, inc.
www.tlccreative.com
==============================
 
I would have to check, but they are either .eps or .wmf format (I believe
..eps), so yes they are editable in Illustrator (at least the "clipart"
elements, the larger Art Explosion collections also include a number of .tif
photographs). For simplicity I did not mention opening in a Vector
formatting application, as I commonly do, before 'optimizing' into a PPT
friendly format in PhotoShop.
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No problem - mostly idle curiosity about Art Explosion. BTW, both EPS and WMF
(both usually vector formats) can contain bitmaps or be just bitmaps.
 
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