AVI animation problems

[Stedmane]

I've used Adobe's Image ready to create a 30 second animation file. the
animation can only be exported as a .MOV which is no good to me as I
need to include it in a PowerPoint presentation.

To get the animation into the desired .AVI format, I was recomeded to
capture the animation using camtasia(I downloaded a free 30 day
trial).This worked fine and now I have inserted the .AVI movie into my
powerpoint....Now other people in the company want the .Avi file to add
into there PowerPoint Presentations but they can't insert the file or
if they do it's only a blank page?!

I thought this .Avi file would work like any other avi that they can
play?

Any sugestions on how to make the .avi file compatable with other
computers,

Thanks in advance,
Erik.

 

[Tom]

If I recall correctly, Camtasia's default codec is the
proprietary Techsmith codec so the .avi would only play if
that codec is present. Take a look and resave the movie
using the Cinepak codec, which is one of the most common.
Bet it works then.

 

[Steve Rindsberg, PPTMVP]

To get the animation into the desired .AVI format, I was recomeded to

capture the animation using camtasia(I downloaded a free 30 day
trial).This worked fine and now I have inserted the .AVI movie into my
powerpoint....Now other people in the company want the .Avi file to add
into there PowerPoint Presentations but they can't insert the file or
if they do it's only a blank page?!

I'm not positive, but I think that Camtasia uses its own proprietary codec
(software it uses to compress/decompress the AVI data). If that's not
installed on other computers, then they won't be able to play back the AVI.

I think you can choose a different codec in Camtasia and that they provide a
way to distribute their own codec to other users - that gives you two
options. I'd check the help file for more detailed info than I can pry
loose from the gray matter at the moment.

 

[TAJ Simmons]

Steve

I'm not positive, but I think that Camtasia uses its own proprietary codec

Yes it does...It's called the TSCC or TSSC or something like that.

Erik.

If you install their free player/viewer it will install the codec for you.

However...you can save any capture AVI using any install
codec....so...yes...probably best to use the cinepak codec as it's really
common on most pcs

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

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[Adam Crowley]

Did you try saving your animation as a GIF from Image Ready?
That would work on PowerPoint 2000 and later but would loop.

 

[Sonia]

It would only loop in PowerPoint 2000. The unwanted looping issue is fixed
in PowerPoint 2002, 2003, and the PowerPoint 2003 Viewer.
--
Sonia, MS PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun CD software, templates, and tutorials
http://www.soniacoleman.com/

Did you try saving your animation as a GIF from Image Ready?
That would work on PowerPoint 2000 and later but would loop.

 

[Adam Crowley]

Ah, thanks, I didn't know that.

It would only loop in PowerPoint 2000. The unwanted looping issue is fixed
in PowerPoint 2002, 2003, and the PowerPoint 2003 Viewer.