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Idea #11349: Apple's PowerPoint Application (Keynote) Slide Transitions & Animation

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Written by teeteebahbah the 21 Jul 08 at 04:06. Related project: OpenOffice.org Presentation. Status: Not an idea
Rationale
Apple's PowerPoint Presentation application, Keynote, is amazing & even better than PowerPoint, in some ways, notably, the slide transition effects & animations.

Most people do NOT know that PowerPoint supposedly was originally created for Macs, not PCs. The original company got bought out by guess who? Microsoft, of course.

Apple has since then created their own "PowerPoint" application called Keynote. Its a part of the iWork 08 application suite. I

Just watch any keynote presentation (on Apple.com or YouTube) given by Steve Jobs, i.e. the recent 3G iphone keynote announcement & introduction.

All linux users, not just Ubuntu users, need to have a PowerPoint or Keynote-like application that is equally professional & awesome in slide transitions & animations equal to the Desktop Effects found in Compiz-Fusion. Maybe it should be some how incorporated in w/the Compiz-Fusion Technology.

OpenOffice.Org 3.0's application, Impress or Presentation, will definitely be an improvement over the current version. However, it looks like it will not have the ability to perform the same very slick & amazing slide transitions & animations especially those available in Apple's Keynote. There is still room for improvement.

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Written by teeteebahbah the 21 Jul 08 at 04:06.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #11349 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!

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FuturePilot wrote on the 21 Jul 08 at 07:44
Impress already has some 3D transitions available. These were new with the 2.4 release. Take a look at the package openoffice.org-ogltrans

droetker wrote on the 21 Jul 08 at 08:50
But AFAIK not with OpenGL per default, just with a patch.

Eldmannen wrote on the 21 Jul 08 at 10:10
I think OpenOffice.org 3 will have some nice stuff.

biomega wrote on the 21 Jul 08 at 17:48
Something better that OpenOffice.org, its very slow... please

cardinals_fan wrote on the 21 Jul 08 at 19:26
I'm against this idea for two reasons:

1) Animations are ridiculous. They don't add to the content at all. If your presentation is so boring that it needs animations, you don't have a good presentation.

2) This is an upstream feature request anyway. If you really care, take it up with the OpenOffice.org people rather than polluting Brainstorm.

Auzy wrote on the 22 Jul 08 at 05:17
Your right Cardinals, Brainstorm is only for the Ubuntu LiveCD installer (how silly of us to post ideas pertaining to linux applications).


In terms of animations being rediculous, they don't add anything to the content, but animations are used to provide a visual indication of what has changed (they call it "feedback").

Because if you click the mouse and things just happen on the screen without any indication it has happened, people may only immediately recognise something has changed, but not immediately what.

+1

teeteebahbah wrote on the 6 Aug 08 at 18:11
Cardinals-Fan

I am the author of this Ubuntu Brainstorm Idea or concern.

As far as my using Ubuntu Brainstorm to bring up OpenOffice.org Presentation App in comparison to Apple's Keynote. You are right. I should use and can use the OpenOffice.org website.

However, I disagree with you slightly. By bringing it up on Ubuntu Brainstorm, it CAN possibly get others, who may somewhat agree w/me, to at least echo their opinions and it may also result in the issue/concern gaining more momentum.

Did it ever occur to you that possibly the OpenOffice.org developers may ALSO be Ubuntu Brainstorm subscribers like you and I? Also, that they may see on the Ubuntu Brainstorm website my idea or concern and the end result voting on it, in favor of or against it.

I also disagree w/you on the lack of importance to slide show transitions and animations. You're certainly entitled to you opinion. However, I think its safe to say that most people, not all, do like slide shows to have attractive slide transitions and animations. It helps keep people's attention and helps people definitely KNOW when there is a new slide, etc.

We live in the age of the HDTV,.XBOX, Nintendo, WII age where most people like some Eye Candy (period). You are obviously NOT one of those people.

Auzy wrote on the 6 Aug 08 at 23:49
Either way tee, I think in some aspects you have actually lost the purpose yourself. The real reason transitions are used is to help make changes more obvious. If you just flash changes on the screen, its not as easy to tell whats changed.

Vahan Harutyunyan (Brainstorm moderator) wrote on the 24 Nov 12 at 18:10
Please direct your suggestion to the OpenOffice/LibreOffice team.

Closing in Brainstorm.


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