Powerpoint to Vegas video

jecst29 wrote on 7/17/2007, 7:59 AM

I have not been in the forum for a while. This question may have been asked many times over, if so forgive me. Lately I have had several projects that were done in microsoft powerpoint that the customer wanted imported into a video. After trying different methods ( with no luck ) I finally recorded the presentation by videotaping it from my computers monitor. It worked, but I thought that there must be an easier way. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

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YesMaestro wrote on 7/17/2007, 8:48 AM

You can export each slide as a png, jpg, tif, or bmp and then bring them all into Vegas. All you do is Save As and choose which file format you want. Of course Vegas prefers png's. PowerPoint will then ask you if you want just the one slide or all of them. Does it have any audio or video embedded in it?

Paul

jrazz wrote on 7/17/2007, 8:56 AM

I believe that export feature only to be in Office 2007 yes?

j razz

rs170a wrote on 7/17/2007, 9:00 AM

I believe that export feature only to be in Office 2007 yes?

Nope. It's been an option in PowerPoint for several years now.

edit: Powerpoint Image Exporter is a neat (and free) little app developed by Liam Kennedy that allows you to convert your Powerpoint presentation into a sequence of still images (jpeg, gif, png formats supported) at any resolution (size) you require.

Mike

Ayath The Loafer wrote on 7/17/2007, 9:04 AM

Only problem is of course that all the animations and text fly-in and -out has to be redone in Vegas.

Cheesehole wrote on 7/17/2007, 9:27 AM

In that case I would use Camtasia (they have a fully functional 30 day trial) to record the screen while the animations play.

volzjr wrote on 7/17/2007, 10:32 AM

1. It's not actually an "Export" function. You do a "Save As", and in the dialog box that pops up, change the File Type to jpeg or png. then a box pops up to ask if you want to save all slides, or just the current one.
2. One way I've done this that preserves the animations of the various elements is to play the ppt file from a laptop that has an S-video out. I plug this into the capture card on my desktop, and capture the presentation with my capture software. You can link up the audio as well, if necessary. Just another way to get there if you have access to the needed hardware. ;-)

Cheesehole wrote on 7/18/2007, 11:11 PM

Good idea with the S-video out, but with Camtasia you don't need any hardware and you'll get a lossless recording. On the other hand if your target is regular TV's you'll have to add a .002 vertical gaussian blur to take care of the interlace issues, Otherwise your PPT slide will flicker.

(Make sure you capture to TSCC AVI, and not the cam4 format or whatever it is that it defaults to.)

jecst29 wrote on 7/23/2007, 6:46 AM

Thank you all for you help. I have had vegas video for a few years, but I am just starting to seriously use it. It's quite a help to be able to get help from people who have more experience with the product. Thanks again!!! I'll be back, I'm sure!