Video Image Before Clicked Blurry

[MMM]

When I insert video, the first frame appears as a picture on my slides.
Although when the movie is clicked, it looks fine, this picture doesn't
look very nice. I've picked best resolution, not changed the size it
goes in, etc.

Is there a way to get around this or make what's ready onscreen to
click look more professional?

A few years ago, I working on a Mac I know I was able to solve this
problem, but I haven't been able to do it for the PC I need to use for
this presentation. I'm using PowerPoint 2000.

Thanks so much for any suggestions.

MMM

 

[Sandy]

Try delaying where you start the movie by a second or two (if it doesn't cut
into your audio/video). To do it, follow this:

Select the movie object.
Slide Show > Custom Animation
Select the movie animation in the Animation Task Pane
Click the drop down menu > Effect Options
Click the Effects tab
In the Start Playing section select From Time then enter :01 sec. You may
want to play with the timing to see which start time works best.

Good luck.
Sandy

 

[Austin Myers]

MMM,

PowerPoint grabs the first frame of the video, extracts/converts it to a
picture, and places it on the slide as a place holder. Unfortunately if the
video has a lot of motion the converted picture is blurry. (If you looked
at each frame of the video they too would look blurry.)

Is it possible for you to edit the video and place a couple of frames at the
beginning without the motion in them? As another option you can insert a
picture over the video, when the video plays it always comes to the "front"
and will hide the picture if sized properly.


Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

PowerPoint Video and PowerPoint Sound Solutions www.pfcmedia.com

 

[MMM]

Thank you so much. I'll try it!

Try delaying where you start the movie by a second or two (if it doesn't cut
into your audio/video). To do it, follow this:

Select the movie object.
Slide Show > Custom Animation
Select the movie animation in the Animation Task Pane
Click the drop down menu > Effect Options
Click the Effects tab
In the Start Playing section select From Time then enter :01 sec. You may
want to play with the timing to see which start time works best.

Good luck.
Sandy

 

[MMM]

Many thanks for your help. I tried inserting a picture over the video,
and it looks much better, but I can't click on it then to get it to
work. The only thing I saw that I could do was to leave a little space
of the movie showing through where I could click. That doesn't look
quite right.

How I get it so that if I click on the photo, the movie starts?

I greatly appreciater your helping me on this.

MMM

 

[Austin Myers]

Use the picture as a "trigger".



Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

PowerPoint Video and PowerPoint Sound Solutions www.pfcmedia.com

 

[tohlz]

Don't think he could since he is using PowerPoint 2000.
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[MMM]

Looks like my version of PowerPoint 2000 doesn't do triggers. Is there
anything else I can do.

I remember going from picture to video neatly when I did a Mac
PowerPoint a few years ago, so there must have been something in the
software that helped me then. However, I can't recall what it was, and
need to do this presentation on a PC.

Thanks for your support. This is a great service.

 

[MMM]

Looks like you are right. Is there any way to get around not having the
triggers?

 

[Austin Myers]

Oops, I missed that one. You won't be able to use the trigger method. In
that case you will have to do as you have with a piece sticking out. (Yuck)
Or have it play automatically after something else happens, or at a preset
time interval.



Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

PowerPoint Video and PowerPoint Sound Solutions www.pfcmedia.com

 

[MMM]

I found another way to get around the problem. If I put a photo on one
page and duplicate the page and make the video start right away on the
next page, the blurry image problem vanishes because the video begins
right away and the previous page gives time for the intro to the video.

Thanks everyone for your help.
MMM