Converting powerpoint-presentation into movie?

[Albrecht]

Hi there,

I would like to convert an existing presentation including effects, movies,
sound etc. into a movie. I know, there's also the possibility of creating a
self contained pps-file but I dont want that ;o)

Is there a way to do this, what movie format should I use etc?

thanks for help!!

 

[DocA]

If you have CamTasia you can record whatever you see on screen together with sound. The AVI output files are large because the TSCC codec used does not offer great compression Also, this codec is not one that someone is likely to have on their PC unless you have sent it to them, so you might want to recreate the AVI with a better codec. For this you can use the free program VirtualDub from the same folks who make Gnu Ghostscript freeware for creating PDFs. The user interface leaves a lot to be desired, but it works very well. Using a divx codec I managed decreased my file size by about five times.

Adrian

 

[Albrecht]

hi, thanks for the reply.

I'll check out that CamTasia thing. One question though: doesnt that
decrease quality considerably? If I think about "ripping" audio from cd by
way of audioencoding via the soundcard - the loss is definitely noticable. Is
that different with video?

thnx, Albrecht

Btw: I already use GordianKnot for backing up my dvd's )

 

[DocA]

If you choose the right codec and compression settings, you won't get any
loss in quality whatsoever...I made an automated PowerPoint presentation,
converted it to AVI via CamTasia and VirtualDub and entered it into a
competition for movie adverts...I was a runner up.

Adrian

 

[TAJ Simmons]

Albrecht,

See the tutorial on capturing and converting a powerpoint slideshow to an AVI video file
http://www.powerpointbackgrounds.com/powerpoint-to-video.htm

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

awesome - powerpoint backgrounds,
free powerpoint templates, tutorials, hints and tips etc
http://www.powerpointbackgrounds.com

 

[Geetesh Bajaj]

Look here:

How can I convert a presentation into a movie format like MPG, AVI or
QuickTime?
http://www.indezine.com/notes/2004/07/how-can-i-convert-presentation-into.html

 

[Mainmanager]

You can convert ppt to video using presentation to video converter. I
founded this tool not long time ago and now prefer to use only this
one. Why ? becouse it's real good video quality.
http://www.geovid.com/presentation_to_video_converter