[Yr7-10it] Powerpoint 2007 Story Book Animations

[monica njoroge]

Hi Paul
My name's Monica I'm at Macedon Grammar. I want to use your ''Molly''
project for my yr 7-8 IT(thanks very much).
I have a question, we'll be using Office 2010 and it has an option to remove
background on pictures within powerpoint.
Does this mean we don't have to do it in GIMP? Can we just insert a normal
jpeg and use the remove background option?
Why do we need to remove the background in the first place?

Thanks alot I love your website.
Kind regards
Monica Eaton




On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 5:01 PM, <mppascoe at tpg.com.au> wrote:

> Hi Everyone and welcome to 2011.
>
> PowerPoint 2007 (as well as 2003) can be used to build great story book
> animations.
> My Year 7 students make these as part of their ICT course and really enjoy
> it.
>
> You are welcome to view and use any of the resources on the following web
> page.
>
> http://passyworldofict.blogspot.com/2011/01/powerpoint-2007-animations.html
>
> These will show you how to make a basic PowerPoint animation. It also
> showcases in some YouTube videos animations that my students have made.
>
> As a lead up to this work, students are taught the basics of PowerPoint
> effects, using material from a previous blog post at this link:
> http://passyworldofict.blogspot.com/2010/08/powerpoint-special-effects.html
>
> Students also need to do some prerequisite work in GIMP, Photoshop, or
> Fireworks so that they can obtain cartoon characters which do not have
> white
> backgrounds on them, as well as crop images.
> Eg. Students learn how to obtain images from the web, and remove their
> backgrounds and change the background to transparent by saving them as .PNG
> or .GIF files.
>
> Stories which students have made include the following:
>
> Disney Stories, Winnie the Pooh, Sesame Street and Elmo, Nursery Rhymes,
> Movies, James Bond, Comic Superheroes, Computer Games, Girls Going
> Shopping,
>
> Teletubbies, Diego, Dora the Explorer, Simpsons, V8 Supercar Race, Nintendo
> Mario,
> Japanese Anime, Barbie, Monsters Inc, Bananas in Pyjamas, Pacman Game,
> Alvin and the Chipmonks, Harry Potter, Toy Story, Lilo and Stitch, Pokemon,
> Yugio, Sonic,
> Road Runner, Bugs Bunny, Mickey Mouse, Stick Figures, Random Clip Art
> Stories, and so on.
>
> The possibilities are only limited by their imaginations.
>
> I also have the students each present their finished story to the class.
>
> If you are looking for a 2 to 3 week Animation Project for Year 7 or even
> Year 8 students, then this could be just what you need.
>
> Enjoy,
> Paul Pascoe
> ICT / Mathematics Teacher
> St Francis Xavier College Berwick.
> http://passyworldofict.blogspot.com/
>
>
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