Editing the background slides themselves
I have some movies that I made in 2006 and the dates are
showing on the movies - its a product demo and I dont want to date
my product !
I'd like to edit out the dates so they don't show - I don't
want to re-record the whole movie again - is it possible to go into
each slide and just remove the offending part on each slide using a
bitmap editor or something like that ?
Hope this was clear !
Thanks
Mike
Welcome to our community, Mike
It's easier than you think!
Edit one of the slides and add a Highlight Box object.
Configure the Frame to be 0 pixels and the Fill Color to match your
background. Configure the Fill Transparency to 0%. Now size and
position the Highlight Box so it covers your unwanted date. Copy it
to the clipboard and paste it on other slides where you also want
to do the same. Now simply visit each slide, right-click the
Highlight Box and choose Merge Into Background. This will have the
same effect of having opened each of the background images in
something like Photoshop and blotting it out!
Cheers... Rick
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