Picture Effects Objects

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Picture Effects in PowerPoint 2010+

In PowerPoint 2010 you can make use of the powerful PictureEffects object to create a list of effects to applied to a picture which are applied in sequence to the shape to create the final composited image. The effects can be added, moved and deleted from the chain. This also means that the properties of Brightness, Contrast etc are no longer functional in PPT 2010. They are now a part of the picture effects chain. Also, the recolor options continue to remain out of object model support. See the snippets below to apply and then read the information for the effects applied on the picture.

Supported versions: PowerPoint 2010+

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Sub ApplyEffect()

Dim shp As Shape

'Assuming that the select shape is a picture

Set shp = ActiveWindow.Selection.ShapeRange(1)

With shp.Fill.PictureEffects

    'Add a line drawing effect with 50% transparency and pencil size 1

    With .Insert(msoEffectLineDrawing)

        .EffectParameters.Item(1).Value = 0.5

        .EffectParameters.Item(2).Value = 1

    End With

    

    'Add 300% saturation

    With .Insert(msoEffectSaturation)

        .EffectParameters.Item(1).Value = 3

    End With

    

    'Soften the image 50%

    With .Insert(msoEffectSharpenSoften)

        .EffectParameters.Item(1).Value = -0.5

    End With

    

End With

End Sub



Sub EnumAppliedPictureEffects()

Dim shp As Shape

Dim i As Integer

Dim j As Integer



Set shp = ActiveWindow.Selection.ShapeRange(1)



With shp.Fill.PictureEffects

    For i = 1 To .Count

        

        Debug.Print "Position:" & .Item(i).Position

        Debug.Print "Type:"; .Item(i).Type

        Debug.Print "Visibility:" & .Item(i).Visible

        Debug.Print "Number of parameter:" & .Item(i).EffectParameters.Count

        

        For j = 1 To .Item(i).EffectParameters.Count

            With .Item(i).EffectParameters(j)

            Debug.Print vbTab & "Parameter name: " & .Name & vbTab & "Value: " & .Value

            End With

        Next

        

        Debug.Print "----------------------------"

    Next

End With

End Sub