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08/15/2004: "PowerPoint was bad, this is worse"

Saw this on /. Instant Effects a firm of hard-hitting CG execs has released the ultimate fluff job, OfficeFX.

The existing animations with PowerPoint were bad enough, now we have a variant of PP that will only run on high-end hardware. My problem with all of this is that 90% of the time (or more) PP is a crutch for the presenter. (I really don't need you to read the slides to me, thanks.) The backgrounds, colors and animations only make things worse.

Now this, embedded AVI files with rippling or flame effects.

Is this what you want to leave behind in the brains of your potential customers, management, or staff? Yet another twist on flaming logos?

As Doc said, its the story, stupid.

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