Need PPT to Flash solution that works with audio, transitions & ti

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I've searched this forum and have seen a number of suggestions. In fact I've
currently got four PPT to Flash conversion softwares loaded on this machine,
but none work the way I need them to.

I have a PPT preso with some rather large audio files embedded into it.
Primarily the slides are made up of bulleted text. I've rehearsed the timing
and saved it so that the bullets come in at the right time according to the
audio. As a power point presentation it works fantastic. I've burned it to
an autoplay disk and that works great too but the size is huge, almost 80
megabits.

I'd like to be able to e-mail this as a flash movie, I understand that once
it's converted to flash it could be 80-90 % smaller. Great.

I've converted the presentation five times with five different 'demo'
downloads and none of them seem to work properly. FlashSpring and Flash
Point didn't work, one didn't keep the audio, basically turned it into a
silent film, the other one played the audio but lost all the timings I had
recorded so that after the audio played, then all the bullets slide in. The
whole thing just looks like a mess.

I know they all claim to be able to convert to Flash and save the embedded
audio and transitions and timings but has anyone every actually done what I'm
trying to do?

If this presentation is going to play on it's own as a flash movie then it
needs to be as perfect as the powerpoint presentation original.

Any help would be appreciated.

Wes
 
We did something for a client that included a hundred such presentations,
and we ended up using TechSmith Camtasia Studio. Since Camtasia does not do
actual PowerPoint to Flash conversion, it can get all the narration timings
right by just recording everything. And then, it outputs to Flash.
 
I'm not sure I'd trust anyone that puts up a site containing eg ...

"This program is developed for all people who do not want to loose their
time and who wishes to move forward. "

Camtasia is great and if you have no cash camstudio is free and can record
the screen during a presentation in avi or swf.
 
I've searched this forum and have seen a number of suggestions. In fact I've
currently got four PPT to Flash conversion softwares loaded on this machine,
but none work the way I need them to.

I have a PPT preso with some rather large audio files embedded into it.
Primarily the slides are made up of bulleted text. I've rehearsed the timing
and saved it so that the bullets come in at the right time according to the
audio. As a power point presentation it works fantastic. I've burned it to
an autoplay disk and that works great too but the size is huge, almost 80
megabits.

I'd like to be able to e-mail this as a flash movie, I understand that once
it's converted to flash it could be 80-90 % smaller. Great.

I've converted the presentation five times with five different 'demo'
downloads and none of them seem to work properly. FlashSpring and Flash
Point didn't work, one didn't keep the audio, basically turned it into a
silent film, the other one played the audio but lost all the timings I had
recorded so that after the audio played, then all the bullets slide in. The
whole thing just looks like a mess.

I know they all claim to be able to convert to Flash and save the embedded
audio and transitions and timings but has anyone every actually done what I'm
trying to do?

If this presentation is going to play on it's own as a flash movie then it
needs to be as perfect as the powerpoint presentation original.

Any help would be appreciated.

Wes
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Converting PowerPoint to Flash reduces file size by 80%-90%.
This is just an average percentage. It does not rule all the
conversion.

If you have a very complicated PPT file with a lot audio, video, and
etc, it will be very difficult for a conversion software to reduce the
file size dramatically.
Anyway, in most cases, you do have smaller file size.

For the lost audio, it is usually caused by the registration failure
of the audio compenents.
For the sline-in bullet points, probaply you use some special graghic
effects and the conversion software convert
all the points as an image.

You may have a look at this PPT2Flash Professional to keep the
timing.
http://www.sameshow.com/powerpoint-to-flash-pro.html

Based on my experience, I can retain the orignal timing in the
converted Flash file and sync the animation and the audio clip,
although not perfectly, maybe one or half second delay.
 
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