You can make an object seem to disappear behind another object, or appear from behind that object. This effect creates a 3D impression and seems quite magical.
In order for this to work, you need to create the appearance of a 3D environment that your object can disappear behind. This takes some experimentation. You also need to play with the order of the objects, by right-clicking and using the Order item on the shortcut menu.
Here’s the slide in Normal view.
normal view
Here are the objects, separated. The top oval uses a gray-blue gradient, to give the appearance of the shadow inside the glass.
objects separated
The tulip is simply cropped to provide a flat bottom.
I have created a game and I am trying to animate the pieces randomly. Behind each numbered square is a question. I have added animation effects to make the squares go away and reveal the question that is behind it. However, I don’t know how to make a random choice. I want to click #1 and see what’s there. If I decide my next choice is #25 I would like to click that and reveal the question. I hope you can help me to do this randomly. All objects are on one slide.
Najayyah,
It sounds like an interesting project! As far as I know, you need to use VBA programming to get random events. I’m not a programmer, so I can’t help you there. If you do a Google search on powerpoint vba random, you’ll find some content that may be of help. You might want to ask the question at Microsoft’s Answer forum at http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/powerpoint?tab=all. Good luck!
Gaylesays
I think what you’d use there is the Action feature rather than animation, which plays in sequential order.
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I have created a game and I am trying to animate the pieces randomly. Behind each numbered square is a question. I have added animation effects to make the squares go away and reveal the question that is behind it. However, I don’t know how to make a random choice. I want to click #1 and see what’s there. If I decide my next choice is #25 I would like to click that and reveal the question. I hope you can help me to do this randomly. All objects are on one slide.
Najayyah,
It sounds like an interesting project! As far as I know, you need to use VBA programming to get random events. I’m not a programmer, so I can’t help you there. If you do a Google search on powerpoint vba random, you’ll find some content that may be of help. You might want to ask the question at Microsoft’s Answer forum at http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/powerpoint?tab=all. Good luck!
I think what you’d use there is the Action feature rather than animation, which plays in sequential order.