• Avid Media Composer

  Editing in PowerPoint slides

  Posted by Amani Channel on March 7, 2008 at 5:16 pm

  I have a client who needs me to video tape a series of powerpoint presentations. I figured it would be best to shoot it medium then edit in the powerpoint slides to match. Has anyone tried this or does anyone have any suggestions?

  Thanks,

  Amani Channel
  http://www.visualeyemedia.com

  Amani Channel replied 18 years, 2 months ago 5 Members · 7 Replies
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  Steven Friedman

  March 7, 2008 at 5:37 pm

  screencaptures…..edit in photoshop(if needed)……import into avid
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  Viktor Kibanov

  March 7, 2008 at 7:15 pm

  Camtasia in PC or Snapz Pro in Mac. I had some experience for medical education serie. Camtasia 5 works great and is very easy to edit. But then I had to do render in Avid for DVD encoding. But I’m not professional.
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  Accountfrozen_needs_realname

  March 7, 2008 at 7:23 pm

  Take the Powerpoint presentation and select “File, Save As. . .”

  In the filetype dropdown, you will see you can also save the Powerpoint slides as JPG’s, PNG’s etc.

  These can easily be resized to full screen video and imported, or you can access them using Pan and Zoom if that would be more effective in some cases.

  When I have used this technique, it saves the entire presentation to a series of images.

  Jon
  _______________
  Lack of preparation or organization on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.
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  Amani Channel

  March 7, 2008 at 8:03 pm

  Thanks a lot. It sounds easy enough. I’m going to test it out on one of my slide shows.

  Amani Channel
  Visual Eye Media
  http://www.visualeyemedia.com

  my blog http://www.myurbanreport.com
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  Chris Carnazzo

  March 7, 2008 at 8:41 pm

  Make sure you use the TIFF option. All other options compress the image.

  Also, if this is for air, or at least going to be played over a standard def TV set, make sure all the essential text is in title safe. Also, make sure the colors are all broadcast safe. If the whites are too white, the audio will buzz.

  And make sure all the type is readable on screen. Some presenters cram a bunch of info onto each slide. If you have the powerpoint file, break down some of the more dense material into multiple slides. Only one or two ideas per slide.
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  Amani Channel

  March 7, 2008 at 10:02 pm

  Thanks. I just joined this community and everyone is really helpful. PEACE!!

  Amani Channel
  Visual Eye Media
  http://www.visualeyemedia.com

  my blog http://www.myurbanreport.com
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  Amani Channel

  March 7, 2008 at 10:05 pm

  It’s actually for the web.

  Amani Channel
  Visual Eye Media
  http://www.visualeyemedia.com

  my blog http://www.myurbanreport.com

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