Powerpoint 2007: A Stenciled Text Layer Over a Hellfire Movie

[sprdeagle]

Using either gimp 2.8 or an Adobe product, I want to create fiery letters that play in powerpoint 2007 on a bigscreen TV. Gimp will not accept any movie files, so I simply inserted it into the powerpoint slide itself, then created a black, stenciled message in gimp, and brought this to the front on the slide. Unfortunately, the playback was highly pixilated, and the stenciled text layer simply disappeared just as the movie began to play. I know this is probably no big challenge for some of you folks. Please help.

[JohnWilson]

This cannot be done in 2007. Video plays in a seperate layer always at the front. It will work in later versions

[sprdeagle]

Originally Posted by JohnWilson

This cannot be done in 2007. Video plays in a seperate layer always at the front. It will work in later versions

Thanks for your help, JohnWilson. I did find a how-to video for exactly what I'm trying to do. Let me make sure I'm properly explaining myself. I'm trying to create a powerpoint slide showing text through which a video of fire plays.
Now I must somehow figure out how to make the text larger than the limit, which is 96. The font is Arial Black, set in bold. Do you know how to make the text larger than 96?

[sprdeagle]

Originally Posted by JohnWilson

This cannot be done in 2007. Video plays in a seperate layer always at the front. It will work in later versions

Thanks for your help, JohnWilson. I did find a how-to video for exactly what I'm trying to do. Let me make sure I'm properly explaining myself. I'm trying to create a powerpoint slide showing text through which a video of fire plays.
Now I must somehow figure out how to make the text larger than the limit, which is 96. The font is Arial Black, set in bold. Do you know how to make the text larger than 96?

[JohnWilson]

I'm guessing you are looking my friend "PPT Spice's" video.

To get the text larger is simple. Instead of using the drop arrow just type in the value you want. Maybe 200.