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cyanide wrote on 6/16/2003, 5:53 AM
Not directly. A work-around is to record the presentation using a screen grab program like Camtasia or Hypercam and saving it as an .avi file, then importing to Vegas.
Zorro2 wrote on 6/16/2003, 6:36 AM
You could save each slide as a jpeg or targa and use those on the time line -
TheHappyFriar wrote on 6/16/2003, 7:21 AM
I've tried using a screen grabber: it was a pain in my butt to get a power point pres into vegas (computer moved to slow). What I ended up doing was outputting to tape and then capturing into vegas. I learned it's easier to just make in vegas in the first place.
Sab wrote on 6/16/2003, 7:59 AM
Quick and effective? Videotape the presentation from a laptop or other LCD screen. Bring into Vegas for further enhancements or encoding options. Heck you can even chop it up and insert other video if desired, add or change a sound track, etc. Works well.

Mike
ericb wrote on 6/16/2003, 8:42 AM
I have done this two ways:

Use a screen capture utility like Hypercam and record the Powerpoint presentation. Take the resulting avi file and encode to VCD or SVCD using TMPGENc.

or

Use "Save As" in Powerpoint and save the presentation as a series of bitmaps (bmp). Load the stills into Vegas and encode to VCD or SVCD.

I have tried both of these methods and they work BUT keep in mind that text doesn't transfer well from a computer monitor to a TV screen. Your presentation needs to have big print! The Hypercam method is nice if you have a lot of screen movement that you want to preserve. The stills method is quite good but remember, if a slide builds during your presentation (bulleted points appear or pictures appear) you need to create separate slides for each item that appears.

If you have access to making DVDs, then the extra resolution will certainly help. You still need to keep text large.