Power Point and Video

I use Keynote for this kind of thing, it lets you a export slide as TIFF.
No idea if the Powerpoint app lets you do this, I don't have it

PowerPoint has an option that will let you export each slide in the presentation as a .tif or .jpg. If they created their presentation right this is easy.
Once you have the folder of images, import into FC, and, if you want to use all the images in a row, drag all the images onto the timeline.

Bear in mind, that most PPt users, do not set their projects up with 'screen safe/title safe' in mind.

I usually end up cropping the slides slightly, scaling them down a bit, and putting them over some type of background plate or motion background.

If your delivery is to be viewed on a computer, this is not an issue...only if it is to be viewed on a television set.

K

Open the .ppt file in PowerPoint. Go to File->Save As and then choose the file type you want from the drop-down "Save As Type" menu. Make sure you save the images into a folder - not scattered all over your desktop.

-DH

I was wondering if all the animation is imported as well (along with the slides and titles) or is it hust a way of getting the materials into the timeline.
Is it possible to bring a power point presentation (animation and all... I mean the whole thing) into FCP and then export it to a DVD?

Nice hijacking of this thread...

I do the powerpoint to FCP a lot.
Make sure you sequence knows it isn't interlaced footage or the DVD results will look like garbage.

I use SnagProX (I think that's the name, or is it Snap Pro X?) to record the screen and then save it as a Quicktime format--the SnapPro does that part.

I also record the audio voice over to do this.

I do this on the Mac whereas on the PC/Windows I would use Camtasia Studio to do it easier (although the current version 6 is full of bugs, bugs and more bugs). So mostly now I use the Mac for this.

Hi,
can anybody help me? After download of Quick Time 7.6 (PC, Vista) I tried to import some videos made with my lumix to a Power Point presentation. But I cannot start the video (.MOV) - is it necessary to connect Qick Time and Power Point?
Thank you so much

No, but this has been a problem with PowerPoint for a long time. It doesn't really play well with Quicktime. The particular codec used by your Lumix movies may not work in PPT. I always revert to Windows Media in PPT for PCs.

I tend to go with Keynote for this. You can export Quicktime in your editing format. Keynote shows are easy to format in any way that you need for your edit. Plus, the quality of fonts and graphics is better than Powerpoint exports in my experience. The downside is that some Powerpoint animations and effects don't translate to Keynote and you might run into font substitutions, slight repositioning of things in the slides, and the like. Keynote works well for exporting individual TIF or other graphic formats as well as Quicktime movies.