• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  power point

  Posted by Scott Maida on February 19, 2011 at 12:25 am

  Having trouble importing powerpoint slides and programs. Do I need to install power point?

  Martin Curtis replied 15 years, 2 months ago 8 Members · 9 Replies
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  Richard Harrington

  February 19, 2011 at 12:31 am

  Can Open with Keynote ($29 from App Store) and export stills or movie

  Richard M. Harrington, PMP

  Author: From Still to Motion, Video Made on a Mac, Photoshop for Video, Understanding Adobe Photoshop, Final Cut Studio On the Spot and Motion Graphics with Adobe Creative Suite 5 Studio Techniques
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  Rafael Amador

  February 19, 2011 at 12:34 am

  Hi Scott,
  I’ve never worked with PP on FC, but I understand that FC needs some software to be able to read those files.
  Natively, FC can’t do it; so I would start by installing PP.
  rafael

  http://www.nagavideo.com
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  Scott Maida

  February 19, 2011 at 5:12 am

  THanks, Richard.
  Is keynote a download from Apple or do I have to order it? I have a quick deadline, you see.
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  Scott Maida

  February 19, 2011 at 3:34 pm

  When I searched for Keynote, I found iworks from the Apple Store for $79.
  did I miss something?
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  Chris Tompkins

  February 19, 2011 at 3:52 pm

  Open the PowerPoint Project first. Output stills to .png files – then import into FCP.

  May have to make a stop in PhotoShop along the way to tweak.

  Chris Tompkins
  Video Atlanta LLC
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  Russ Haskell

  February 20, 2011 at 2:46 am

  Actually a $19.95 download if you want to try Richard’s Keynote tip.

  Russ
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  Zane Barker

  February 20, 2011 at 6:47 am

  [Russ Haskell] “Actually a $19.95 download if you want to try Richard’s Keynote tip.”

  To clarify that you purchase it from the Mac App Store, which is only available if you have 10.6.6 installed for your OS.

  **Hindsight is always 1080p**
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  Mark Suszko

  February 21, 2011 at 4:44 pm

  Microsoft also has a free download of a player for powerpoint, called Producer, you might see if it can also export the slides.

  I would export slides as targa or tif myself, rather than .png, to maximize the quality. Though .png files might be smaller.

  If you get the full application, try to fix the slides there first before exporting, to save time later in photoshop, etc.
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  Martin Curtis

  February 22, 2011 at 12:28 pm

  [Mark Suszko] “Microsoft also has a free download of a player for powerpoint, called Producer,”
  An FYI for the OP, Microsoft Producer for Powerpoint is Windows only. Strangely enough, the overview for it is completely devoid of any useful information (yeah, ok, Bill, it’ll create “rich media presentations” … but what does it do?). That is very unlike Microsoft 🙂

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