Can I shape shift a line via Actions or Magic Move? It just fades :(

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Can I shape shift a line via Actions or Magic Move? It just fades :(

I'm trying to get a curved line to change shape. I can get it to build itself in rather nicely with Build-In > Line Draw, but there isn't anything in the Action menu that allows me to change its shape.

I then tried a Magic Move transition where I copy the same line to a new slide and then change its shape. When I test this, the line just fades and the altered line appears.

It doesn't seem to matter if I make the new line editable and change it, or if I leave the new line unchanged but simply alter the proportions of the rendered line.

Any ideas?

Cheers,

Christian

MacBook Air

Posted on Mar 29, 2017 8:02 AM

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Answer 1

Mar 29, 2017 4:48 PM in response to christianready

IF it is possible for you to create the 'line' you want by using a rectangle and initially making it very narrow (to give your line width) then adding appropriate points to curve it Magic Move will do what you want. (Sadly your Build-In > Line Draw will no longer be effective).

I'm not sure if Magic Move ever worked as you and I expect on lines but I have used the above workaround. Yes, it is tedious.

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Answer 2

Mar 29, 2017 7:04 PM in response to pamfrombalwyn

Me AGAIN! - the only way my altered shapes are behaving correctly with Magic Move are ones I have made into images on the first slide and then pasted as an image onto the next slide and adjusted their size or position etc.. Sorry for my errors above.

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Answer 3

Mar 30, 2017 4:14 AM in response to pamfrombalwyn

No worries, I found pretty much the same thing. I suspect that Keynote treats shapes as fixed objects (e.g., photos) for the purposes of any kind of animation, which limits transitions to scaling, moving, rotating, and opacity. If the shape changes from one slide to the next, Keynote may treat them as separate objects and thus fade the first one out and fade the second one in after the transition.

I might try to submit this as a feature request or as a bug to Apple.

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Answer 4

Mar 29, 2017 5:00 PM in response to pamfrombalwyn

Reply to self!!!

Just tried running one of my previous presentations and Magic Move 'failed' on a shape that I had applied 'make editable'... my 'solution' above may not always be effective.

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