powerpoint files into vegas?
by baximus (Baximus)
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Nov 6, 2006 at 2:42:15 pm
Does anyone have an idea how I would go about loading a powerpoint presentation into Vegas? It wont allow for the powerpoint files to be loaded into Vegas. Is there a way I can reformat the files into an acceptable version?
Thanks,
Baximus
Re: powerpoint files into vegas? by Gary Kleiner on Nov 6, 2006 at 3:41:13 pm
You can export the powerpoint slides as jpgs, but you loose any animation, timing, etc.
Best to play the presentation and capture it with a screen capture program such as Camtasia.
Re: powerpoint files into vegas? by kccabby on Nov 7, 2006 at 1:47:49 am
I too would recommend Camtasia, I recently purchased it and was able to begin using it right away. You can get a 30 day full trial version from their site. My favorite aspect is the abilty to render as an avi for import to Vegas without loss or compression.
Good Luck,
Pat
Re: powerpoint files into vegas? by Peter Wright on Nov 7, 2006 at 5:05:18 am
I was recently asked to do this, so I too used Camtasia, with the Techsmith codec, and produced a good quality avi.
Then, to "improve" on the original, I also exported each finished slide as a graphic and assembled a "tasteful" version with each slide crossfading to the next.
You guessed it - the client wanted to use the version with all their horrible cheesy Power Point transitions.
Peter Wright
Perth, Western Oz
www.allroundvision.com.au
Re: powerpoint files into vegas? by Peter Wright on Nov 8, 2006 at 7:49:35 am
Yes, Michael, like Mike I have been pleased to investigate the Open Office realm.
I had heard of it before, but till now had not realised that it had such quality products - I am particularly pleased since MS gave me a hard time trying to install Office 2003 on a replacement computer. If I had known about this suite of programs, I would never have bought MS Office in the first place.
Thanks for the pointer.
Peter Wright
Perth, Western Oz
www.allroundvision.com.au
Re: powerpoint files into vegas? by Joseph on Nov 8, 2006 at 7:07:50 pm
I tried to export a ppt file to swf but all it takes is the background of the first slide. What about the other 211 slides? (I did a select all as well).
