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Chienworks wrote on 9/14/2003, 7:16 PM
PowerPoint pretty much refuses to be useful inside anything else. I don't know if this is an oversight on Microsoft's part, deliberate for their own gain, or just plain mean and spiteful. You would be better off starting over with the original photograph files and importing those into Vegas. If you don't have them available, then the closest i've been able to come is to do a screen capture of each page of the presentation, paste this as a new file into a photo editor, crop if necessary, and save to a new still image file.

We had several clients who would send us their photo albums as a PowerPoint file because they thought it was "cool". I finally grumbled at them enough to disabuse them of the notion and now they send me a .zip file of JPEGs instead.
Teepolo wrote on 9/15/2003, 5:02 PM
Hey thanks Cheinworks. NOw let me ask the ultimate question. How do i do a screeen capture? If too hard to explain on forum i understand.
JohnnyRoy wrote on 9/15/2003, 5:26 PM
Try the Print Screen key on your computer keyboard. It will copy the screen contents to the clipboard. Then just paste it into any application you’d like. If you want to use it on the Vegas timeline, paste it into a graphics program as a new image first and then save it as a PNG or JPG file. Drop the PNG or JPG file on the Vegas timeline.

~jr
Teepolo wrote on 9/15/2003, 5:35 PM
Got it!!! Thanks much jr.

Tee
hugoharris wrote on 9/15/2003, 5:57 PM
Just to add to what has already been said...

I'm in the process of converting a powerpoint presentation (on a medical topic) into DVD format. I've been using the "Print Screen" button (1024x768 screen resolution) as they progress, then I "paste" them into photoshop, and save them as .PNG files. Then I import the PNGs into Vegas 4.0.

The results have been surprisingly good. Good luck.

Kevin.
Solocinema wrote on 9/15/2003, 8:49 PM
Also, recent versions of Powerpoint can export your presentation to a series of JPG files, which you could pick up on the timeline.

bd
MichaelS wrote on 9/15/2003, 10:48 PM
Teepolo,

There is possibly another way. I haven't tried it, but I will tomorrow at work and report back to you.

If you have MS Office, I think you can use the MS Camcorder to record the action and audio of a PP Slideshow and save it as an .avi.

As I said, this is pure speculation on my part, but a direction you may want to investigate further.

Here's where I found the idea.

http://www.hits4me.com/wintip_11.asp

Good luck!
cswain wrote on 9/15/2003, 11:21 PM
I've found a similar site:

http://www.powerpointbackgrounds.com/powerpoint-to-dvd.htm

and plan to try it using this tool:

http://www.techsmith.com/download/studiofreetrial.asp

C.
ArmyVideo wrote on 9/16/2003, 4:40 AM
Print screen will work, but it is slow. Open the PP file, and then do a "save as". Below where it asks for the file name, it will default to PowerPoint Presentation, how ever, there are many other options there, including .jpg. When you choose the jpg option, each slide will be save as a seperate jpg file allowing easy import into numerous programs, and easy 'tweaking' in Photoshop or any other digital imaging app. This has worked for me for years, and while not as good as having the original pics, it's a lot faster and more convienient than using print screen.
Jsnkc wrote on 9/16/2003, 10:09 AM
What we do for PPt is to get a Scan Converter, run the PPt presentation on a laptop, run the video from the scan converter into vegas then capture just like you would normal video. It works great!
Chienworks wrote on 9/16/2003, 11:38 AM
ArmyVideoPro, thanks for that tip! That must be a new feature to PowerPoint 97. The previous version didn't seem to have that.