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NTSC for video clips that will be embedded into PowerPoint and presented at conference in London?
I am currently creating a couple of clips in FCP that will be placed in someone’s PowerPoint presentation. This person will then be traveling out of the US, to London, where she will present her PowerPoint. After creating the video clips, I will present them to her in windows media format, so that they can be embedded into the slides. The concern that I have is, should I be creating the clips in NTSC or PAL? I believe that she plans to hook up her laptop to a projector there — or possibly take the info on some sort of media stick. Thanks so much!
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Sure seems to me that projectors displaying computer outputs are agnostic to all of the format problems associated with video on a TV set in PAL vs NTSC land.
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That’s what I am thinking… Maybe create in NTSC and convert to PAL? Or maybe just do two versions..? Both clips are less than 2 minutes in length.
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You do not have to convert the clips to PAL. If she will be displaying the PP from her computer, the projector will default to the VGA setting.
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So the only thing that I need to do is export to wmv, she drops it into her powerpoint, and it should not be a problem at all. Thank you — I appreciate all of your help.
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Well if she is using Powerpoint I’m sure there will be a problem somewhere along the way.
Sorry, could resist taking a jab at PP. :->
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Keynote and a mac would have been a no brainer! PC world… Now am struggling with getting the wmv conversion done — compressor, flip 4 mac, etc.
But am learning! Any help with that task would be much appreciated. ie. best workflow. -
A couple of comments…One is that your best quality will be maintained if you do not try to standard-convert your clips for use in Powerpoint in Europe. It won’t help anything and it’s best to stay as close to your native format as possible in terms of scaling and frame rate.
Workflow options: 1-Export using Compressor (ties up FCP)
2-Export a Quicktime movie and bring that into Compressor.
It’s often quicker to work with a self-contained QT movie exported “with current settings.” This allows you some flexibility to do other things during the compression batch if you need to.-Make your WMV file in a size that looks correct with square pixels – 640×480 is about as good as you can get from NTSC 4:3.
-You should deinterlace for computer playback. There are good and bad ways to do it. If your results are bad, come back for advice on getting better deinterlacing.
-If your video doesn’t have much movement in it, you can output your WMV at half the frame rate.
In PPT, you can “Insert Movie from File” or you can “Insert Object / Windows Media Player” (something close to that). There are advantages to each approach.
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