Converting powerpoint-presentation into movie?

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Hi there,

I would like to convert an existing presentation including effects, movies,
sound etc. into a movie. I know, there's also the possibility of creating a
self contained pps-file but I dont want that ;o)

Is there a way to do this, what movie format should I use etc?

thanks for help!!
 
If you have CamTasia you can record whatever you see on screen together with sound. The AVI output files are large because the TSCC codec used does not offer great compression Also, this codec is not one that someone is likely to have on their PC unless you have sent it to them, so you might want to recreate the AVI with a better codec. For this you can use the free program VirtualDub from the same folks who make Gnu Ghostscript freeware for creating PDFs. The user interface leaves a lot to be desired, but it works very well. Using a divx codec I managed decreased my file size by about five times.

Adrian
 
hi, thanks for the reply.

I'll check out that CamTasia thing. One question though: doesnt that
decrease quality considerably? If I think about "ripping" audio from cd by
way of audioencoding via the soundcard - the loss is definitely noticable. Is
that different with video?

thnx, Albrecht

Btw: I already use GordianKnot for backing up my dvd's :o)
 
If you choose the right codec and compression settings, you won't get any
loss in quality whatsoever...I made an automated PowerPoint presentation,
converted it to AVI via CamTasia and VirtualDub and entered it into a
competition for movie adverts...I was a runner up.

Adrian
 
Adrian,
Have you checked out the latest version of Camtasia? (They released an update last month.) It does a much better job of the compression and lets you change CODECs if you desire. (Not to mention that it is now a single button click to start the recording and the presentation at the same time.) For more information, check out:
http://www.techsmith.com/products/studio/powerpointaddin.asp?BAC-answers

--
Kathryn Jacobs, Microsoft MVP PowerPoint and OneNote
Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint - Available now from Holy Macro! Books
Get PowerPoint answers at http://www.powerpointanswers.com
I believe life is meant to be lived. But:
if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we lived

If you have CamTasia you can record whatever you see on screen together with sound. The AVI output files are large because the TSCC codec used does not offer great compression Also, this codec is not one that someone is likely to have on their PC unless you have sent it to them, so you might want to recreate the AVI with a better codec. For this you can use the free program VirtualDub from the same folks who make Gnu Ghostscript freeware for creating PDFs. The user interface leaves a lot to be desired, but it works very well. Using a divx codec I managed decreased my file size by about five times.

Adrian
 
Cool. Thanks Kathy!

Adrian
Adrian,
Have you checked out the latest version of Camtasia? (They released an update last month.) It does a much better job of the compression and lets you change CODECs if you desire. (Not to mention that it is now a single button click to start the recording and the presentation at the same time.) For more information, check out:
http://www.techsmith.com/products/studio/powerpointaddin.asp?BAC-answers

--
Kathryn Jacobs, Microsoft MVP PowerPoint and OneNote
Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint - Available now from Holy Macro! Books
Get PowerPoint answers at http://www.powerpointanswers.com
I believe life is meant to be lived. But:
if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we lived

If you have CamTasia you can record whatever you see on screen together with sound. The AVI output files are large because the TSCC codec used does not offer great compression Also, this codec is not one that someone is likely to have on their PC unless you have sent it to them, so you might want to recreate the AVI with a better codec. For this you can use the free program VirtualDub from the same folks who make Gnu Ghostscript freeware for creating PDFs. The user interface leaves a lot to be desired, but it works very well. Using a divx codec I managed decreased my file size by about five times.

Adrian
 
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