How to Fade a Picture From Color to Black & White for Powerpoint
PowerPoint 2007 contains enhanced features and options to enable users to create exciting presentations within the program, rather than inserting converted clips and effects. One of the features Smart Computing Magazine featured in September 2009 involved the extended options in formatting pictures. Pictures can be re-colored as objects on the slide using the "Format Picture" option. When pictures formatted to produce a special effect are combined with the Custom Animation option, presentations can display pictures that seem to transform from color to black and white.
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Open the desired presentation and navigate to the slide with the color picture.
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Right-click the desired picture and select "Copy."
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Select "Paste" under the "Home" tab, press the "Up" arrow key twice and the "Left" arrow key twice to position the picture directly over the original.
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Right-click the picture and select "Format Picture."
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Select the "Picture" section from the left-hand frame in the dialog box.
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Click the button next to "Recolor" and select the "Grayscale" option (which is the first thumbnail image effect under "Color Modes").
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Click the "Close" button.
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Click and hold the "Arrange" button under the "Home" tab and choose "Send to Back."
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Select "Custom Animation" under the "Animation" tab and click the color picture.
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Click the "Change" button in the "Custom Animation" frame on the right, select "Exit" and then choose "More Effects."
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Select "Fade" under the "Subtle" section or "Dissolve Out" under the "Basic" section and click the "OK" button.
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Adjust the options for activation and speed of the exit effect in the Custom Animation frame next to "Start" and "Speed" respectively, if desired.
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Select "From Current Slide" under the "Slide Show" tab to preview the fade effect before saving the file.
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