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[David Roth weiss]

WMV plays very nicely with Powerpoint, so why not use Flip4mac? WMV can be any resolution you choose, up to and including HD, so quality isn’t an issue.

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[Kevin Reiner]

I guess the part that I am questioning is that I am simply using slides that are cut to audio. It seems that compressing to a wmv file would be over kill. Is there a way to cue cuts in PowerPoint to exact parts of an audio clip? Or should I play it safe and make a wmv?

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[Greg Ball]

I agree that WMV is the way to go

[David Roth weiss]

[Reins] “Is there a way to cue cuts in PowerPoint to exact parts of an audio clip? Or should I play it safe and make a wmv?”

Like the others say, you’re a video editor not a Powerpoint expert, right? It will take you about five minutes to do this job in FCP, so get it on…

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[John Sutherland]

You can do this in PowerPoint. You’ll need to add the audio track to play during slide show. Then there is a way to “rehearse” the show and add cues. I think it records the timings and then you can Play Show to get playback. Sorry I can’t be more specific but I think investing 15 minutes with the ppt help guide would put you straight. Good luck.

John

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[David Roth weiss]

[John Sutherland] “You can do this in PowerPoint. You’ll need to add the audio track to play during slide show. Then there is a way to “rehearse” the show and add cues. I think it records the timings and then you can Play Show to get playback.”

The only reason corporate types do this is because they don’t have tools like FCP or the knowledge to use them. Even these corportate types use video in thgeir Powerpoint presentations whenever possible, such as when things require syncing to audio. Sure you can do it, but why???

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[John Sutherland]

Yeah… what you said. I’m not advocating it but one reason might be file size and ease of use. Often my graphic artist will send me several examples of a style in powerpoint, because when I send it to my client they don’t go “huh? what was that thing you sent me? It didn’t open.” Lots of corporate types are extremely ingorant about video and graphic files, even people that should know better. How often have you asked for a logo and got the .gif file version?

John

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