There's also good information on this post from David Astling after WWDC (he created
svg2key) There's a link to an example presentation at the bottom of the page.
http://www.keynoteuser.com/news/?p=158
--- In applekeynote@yahoogroups.com, John Driedger <driedger1@...> wrote:
>
> I just sent out a sample .key file for folks, I saved it set on the
> second slide and told people to play the file.
> Select slide 1 and then play it.
>
> I'm sure ya'll would have figured that out, being Keynote experts.
>
> John
>
>
> On 22-Feb-08, at 5:51 AM, Kenneth Drake wrote:
>
> > No problem. The "sleight of hand" as it were is in the fact that
> > you're not using a single
> > image, you're using TWO.
> >
> > Take your image, duplicate it, then move it back precisely over the
> > original. One easy way
> > to do this is to hold down Shift as you press the up arrow then the
> > left arrow. Now, find a
> > spot you want to highlight. Draw a circle around it. Then, select
> > the shape and the image
> > and Mask the shape with the image. Now, you've got your "interest
> > point" neatly separated
> > from the rest of the image, so you can have LOTS of fun now. Some
> > things you can do
> > are...
> >
> > 1) Decrease the opacity of the background image leaving the
> > interest point to stand out
> > 2) Place a drop shadow behind it to make it stand out even more
> > 3) For a halo effect, leave the background image at full opacity,
> > add a shadow to the
> > interest point image, change it's offset to zero, change it's color
> > to white, and you've got a
> > glowing highlight
> > 4) Enlarge the interest point and place it inside the image of a
> > magnifying glass for an
> > even more dramatic effect
> >
> > And so on. If there's several points you want to highlight on one
> > slide, just create a
> > separate masked image for each highlighted area.
> >
> > --- In applekeynote@yahoogroups.com, Richard Zraick <drumdocz@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Can you explain a few of the ways, please. I have
> > > learned a lot from you and your website.
> > >
> > >
> > > --- Kenneth Drake <keynoteken@> wrote:
> > >
> > > > There's already ways to produce these effects
> > > > directly in Keynote. No PowerPoint plus
> > > > Windows plus Plugin needed!--- In
> > > > applekeynote@yahoogroups.com, Richard Zraick
> > > > <drumdocz@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > There is a PPT for Windows add-in available from
> > > > Opazity (www.opazity.com) which
> > > > one can use to get many of the blur effects that Les
> > > > used. The effect remained intact
> > > > when the PPT file was imported into KN4. This
> > > > program makes one less dependent on
> > > > an outside photo editor such as Photoshop.
> > > > >
> > > > > Kenneth Drake <keynoteken@> wrote:
> > > > Great presentation! I had to start and
> > > > stop it while at work. :) Did they crop the edges
> > > > off?
> > > > >
> > > > > BTW, if anyone has the Developer Tools installed
> > > > so that Quartz Composer is on your
> > > > HD,
> > > > > you can use it to create perspective images with a
> > > > nice perspective reflection as well! I
> > > > > mentioned it briefly on this page
> > > > >
> > > > > http://www.keynoteuser.com/news/?p=254
> > > > >
> > > > > but someone wanted me to work out the steps, so I
> > > > did in the comments :) Have fun!
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In applekeynote@yahoogroups.com, Les Posen
> > > > <lesposen@> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Laurence,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I used Photoshop's distortion capacities to take
> > > > the image and add
> > > > > > some perspective so as to lead the eye where I
> > > > want it to go.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The file I used is more that 300MB (I left out
> > > > showing commercial
> > > > > > video clips due to copyright concerns on the
> > > > advice of Macworld staff)
> > > > > > so it might be best to use QT Pro and download
> > > > the video.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The video isn't watermarked unfortunately so I
> > > > suspect some people
> > > > > > might use it and claim ownership of the
> > > > intellectual copyright. Not
> > > > > > that anyone on this list would do this!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > But it's a potential problem which I will look
> > > > into for next year's
> > > > > > Macworld, if I get invited back again.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Les
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On 21/02/2008, at 2:19 AM, L J Frabotta wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Thanks Brian for posting the link to Les'
> > > > presentation.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Les:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Can you briefly describe how you create the
> > > > angled (perspective) book
> > > > > > > cover images?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Thanks very much for a very illustrative
> > > > presentation. Is it possible
> > > > > > > to get a copy of the QT file (since the link
> > > > will not likely be
> > > > > > > available forever)?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Laurence
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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