PowerPoint to MovieMaker

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I created a HUGE powerpoint presentation of family photos (600+ with fading transitions and a small amount of text) and music (on a CD) for my boss. This was done on a brand new computer so I was able to get the timing down pretty well for the stops & starts on the music. Obviously, this was a poor solution, but one mandated by time constraints

What we would like to do now is put the whole program into a format that (1) will not require a separate music CD and (2) can be converted to DVD / be played on any computer with the proper music timing

Can PowerPoint be easily converted to Microsoft's MovieMaker? Or can you give me a recommendation for software that I can use to have the same effects as the PowerPoint but that is more accessible?
 
All depends on your version of PowerPoint.

Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team


Diana said:
I created a HUGE powerpoint presentation of family photos (600+ with
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fading transitions and a small amount of text) and music (on a CD) for my
boss. This was done on a brand new computer so I was able to get the timing
down pretty well for the stops & starts on the music. Obviously, this was a
poor solution, but one mandated by time constraints.
What we would like to do now is put the whole program into a format that
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(1) will not require a separate music CD and (2) can be converted to DVD /
be played on any computer with the proper music timing.
Can PowerPoint be easily converted to Microsoft's MovieMaker? Or can you
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give me a recommendation for software that I can use to have the same
effects as the PowerPoint but that is more accessible?
 
Ok, Austin

You've got me curious now. This could be a useful feature for me in
converting lecture files. I'm running PPT-XP myself. Now, what gives with
this convert to MovieMaker stuff?
 
Terry,

I should have been more clear. (Sorry)

PowerPoint can not export to any video file (required for DVD use) unless
you use a Mac. I was thinking more along the lines of converting the music
CD to wav (MP3/WMA depending on PPT version) and then creating an autorun CD
and including the PPT viewer.

Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team
 
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Hello,

PowerPoint for Windows does not have the built in ability to save
presentations as video files or any type (with the exception of PowerPoint
97 using an obsolete add-in from the Windows Media Technologies team for
converting a presentation with narrations to an *.asf file).

If the ability save presentations as video files, directly from within
PowerPoint, is important to you (or anyone else reading this message), OR
if there are specific features of PowerPoint slide show that you would like
to see (which would mitigate the need to save presentations as video
files), don't forget to send your feedback (in YOUR OWN WORDS, please) to
Microsoft at:

http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp

As with all product suggestions, it's important that you not just state
your wish but also WHY it is important to you that your product suggestion
be implemented by Microsoft. Microsoft receives thousands of product
suggestions every day and we read each one but, in any given product
development cycle, there are only sufficient resources to address the ones
that are most important to our customers so take the extra time to state
your case as clearly and completely as possible.

IMPORTANT: Each submission should be a single suggestion (not a list of
suggestions)

In the meantime here are a couple of free Microsoft downloads for capturing
(recording) what's on your screen (including a slide show):

1) Microsoft Windows Media 9 encoder

and if you are using PowerPoint 2002 or 2003...

2) Microsoft Producer 2003 for PowerPoint (use it's screen capture
capability during a PowerPoint slide show).

Both of these create *.WMV files which are the same as *.ASF files (just a
different file extension). In each case they only capture the screen and,
optionally, the default audio input source (not output) so to record audio
you would have to use an audio patch cable to connect the line-out or
speaker-out port to the default audio input port on your system. If your
slide show contains any video, it would not be captured. To convert the
resulting *.WMV to a different format (such as *.AVI or *.MPG for DVD-Video
authoring) you would have to use some additional tools.

John Langhans
Microsoft Corporation
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Microsoft Office PowerPoint for Windows
Microsoft Office Picture Manager for Windows

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Hi, Diana,

PPT can indeed be converted to MovieMaker, but maybe not in the manner
you're thinking.

MovieMaker will only import images. So if you have any animations on
your presentation, those will be lost. So will your transitions.
MovieMaker does, however, offer some nice transitions and pans itself.

As for converting to DVD, that can be a nightmare. If you're willing to
consider a CD instead, there are links which explain how to create
autorun CDs available at http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00037.htm
You'll need to use audio editing software to "rip" a sound file from
your CD (MP3 or WAV will work well), and then you'll need to place that
sound file in the folder along with your presentation. Then delete the
CD sound file and insert your "ripped" sound file. Be aware of copyright
laws before you rip that sound file. Holler if you need suggestions on
sound editing software. Windows Media Player might even do this, but I
can't remember for sure.

But (big but), even creating an autorun CD isn't going to guarantee
those music sound timings, esepecially on a bunch of different
computers.

You might take a look at Producer, a free addin for PPT 2002 and 2003.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...d5-fc75-4f99-94bc-784919468e73&DisplayLang=en
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...65-352d-4968-9b30-361fa2874ff8&DisplayLang=en

Producer will let you synch your sound better than PPT can, and your
animations/transitions will be preserved. Your files will run in a
browser window, but it's actually not too bad.

Another option is to convert to Flash. There's some info on programs for
that at http://www.echosvoice.com/autoruncdlinks.htm

Another option is to capture the presentation on your computer using
something like TechSmith's Camtasia Studio. You could save out as an
MPEG and create your DVD from that, even. But you'd want a *really
really beefy computer* in order to do something like this.
 
Austin,

That had been my impression all along. I thought you might have stumbled on
something I'd missed somewhere along the way.
 
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