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Re: exporting animations to powerpoint

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg47265] Re: exporting animations to powerpoint
• From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
• Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 03:30:08 -0500 (EST)
• Organization: Universitaet Leipzig
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• Reply-to: kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de
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Hi,

why do you not save the single frames as bitmaps and
use AVI Creator 

http://www.bloodshed.net/avi.html
?

Regards
  Jens

Dennis de Lang wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> I am trying to export an animation created with Mathematica to Powerpoint.
> If I export it as an animated GIF file, and subsequently import this file
> into Powerpoint, I only see the first frame of the animation but not the
> animation itself during the slide show.
> 
> Likewise, if I view the animation with another graphics viewer (Irfanview)
> the frame rate seems to have been significantly increased compared to the
> Mathematica animation, making me wonder if perhaps animated GIFS depend on
> the CPU clock rate instead of real time...
> 
> Anyway, is it therefore possible to export Mathematica animations to other
> formats, such as AVI or MPG, which are also easier to handle in programs
> such as Powerpoint because of their easier start/stop options and their more
> reliable (i.e. computer independent)  frame rate?
> 
> Any suggestions would be very much appreciated.
> 
> Dennis