Newbie to Powerpoint question

[Kimberly]

Dissolve In is an animation scheme, which is a collection of animations for a slide. Animation schemes are always the whole slide.

Compare it to the Dissolve custom animation, which affects whatever object you have selected.

The reason your eclipse motion is affecting the Title is apparently it is what you had selected when you applied the effect.

You can edit the animation properties in the Custom Animation task pane.