Weird question (PPT presentation to DVD)

[EricTheRed 0]

OK, one of my accounts has a video that someone (Who no longer workd there) produced for them. It was somehow made from a powerpoint presentation.

They want to modify the presentation and put it back on a DVD. How do you think this was done in the first place? My only guess is to play the PPS on a computer w/ TV out and capture the vid.

Please don't tell me this is a stupid thing to do, I know that. I just need to edit this damn thing.

I have the orginal PPT, I could disect it and import all the photos to Premier but this will be work (I hate work)

Any suggestions...


Thanks

illegible usually

[quade 4]

Of course, it all depends on what the requirements of the final product is and what it's going to be used for. To impress clients with your product, I'm pretty sure Powerpoint isn't the way to go -- at all -- EVER!!! (Powerpoint sucks, but that's just my opinion).

For a lame-assed business meeting with co-workers, it -may- be acceptable to simply lay off the DVD to video tape, edit in the new material and then make a new DVD. It'll look crappy, but it'll be fairly painless.

If you really need quality, go back to the original. Powerpoint is f'in' stupid and crappy as it is and going down yet -another- generation from the DVD version isn't going to help things -at all-.

quade -
The World's Most Boring Skydiver

[AlvaroCarvalho 0]

Hello!

Powerpoint sucks...that´s for sure!

I would suggest Pro Show Gold
Just drag and drop the pictures, chose transitions, add MP3 BGM and you can save it as VCD, .EXE, DVD.....

Cheers,

Álvaro

Hey...ho...let's go!

[nacmacfeegle 0]

I've transferred Powerpoint slides to video before, and if you are careful about the way the slideshow is constructed, it is relatively easy.
The thing to avoid is fancy transitions etc within Powerpoint.
If its just static slides, tables, graphs etc, you can save each individual slide as a jpeg and then assemble in an NLE app like Premiere. (go to file, save as, and select JPG) but the quality is pretty low.
If the slides are dynamic then its a whole different ballgame and you are getting into realms of overlaying graphics etc in Premiere, which will eat up time and patience.

There are much better ways than Powerpoint to put graphics onto video.
Yay verily Powerpoint sucks, but it is ubiquitous.

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He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

[docjohn 0]

There is a cool program I have downloaded and played with called CAMTASIA. It will capture anything on your PC monitor screen and create an AVI file from it.

http://www.techsmith.com/products/studio/

Free download. It should be able to turn your PPT prsentation into an AVI for you. Then make your DVD

Doc
http://www.manifestmaster.com/video

[nacmacfeegle 0]

Thanks Docjohn.
That looks like it will do the job.

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He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

[EricTheRed 0]

Thanks:

I'll give this a try.

Yes, I know Powerpoint sux. Definately not the way I would have done this, but since it's already done, and I only have to change 2% of a 20 minute "film" I didn't want to start from scratch.

illegible usually

[BETO74 0]

Have you consider Keynote from Mac?? if you have a DVD burner you could get some intereactive DVD's with video of course.

http://web.mac.com/ac057a/iWeb/AC057A/H0M3.html

[EricTheRed 0]

Yes,

I have seriously considered a Mac. I was just thinking about it AGAIN as I was waiting for yet another Premier "render break" last night.

I was able to get the PPT transfered to an AVI though. It just sucked a bit.

I have used Keynote and I'll admit it blows powerpoint away but NONE of me clients use MAC. Still, I'm very tempted to cross over to the other side.

illegible usually