Powerpoint to FCP

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Hi all - trying to edit Powerpoint slides into videos by different presenters. Made files in various formats (TIFF, JPG, PCT) from Powerpoint, tried resolutions from 100 to 300 dpi. Some look great in the Viewer, but all look crunchy in the Canvas when placed on the timeline (Sequence set to DV50). Any suggestions for keeping a nice looking slide would be appreciated. Many thanks.
 
Tiff
pixel aspect ratio the size of your sequence
1 dpi

Remember that canvas to a low rez proxy

Viewer is not
 
Personally, I just use a screen capture program (iShowU) and record myself performing the Powerpoint show. Then in FCP I'm dealing with video files and i can remove time and add time (using "make freeze frame") to make the slides and text bullets line up with my prerecorded audio files.

Seems funky, but this way I can retain the slide and text animations the presenters put into their presentations.
 
ShugPro Digital Studio said:
Personally, I just use a screen capture program (iShowU) and record myself performing the Powerpoint show. Then in FCP I'm dealing with video files and i can remove time and add time (using "make freeze frame") to make the slides and text bullets line up with my prerecorded audio files.

Seems funky, but this way I can retain the slide and text animations the presenters put into their presentations.
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If you have Snow Leopard, you can do a full screen capture recording, with sound if you wish in QuickTime X for free. Then transcode it into ProRes or DV50 with Compressor.

The only drawback I've noted is you can't crop a section of the screen, you can only record the entire screen. But if it's a powerpoint, that probably won't be an issue.
 
RyanBellaCine said:
If you have Snow Leopard, you can do a full screen capture recording, with sound if you wish in QuickTime X for free. Then transcode it into ProRes or DV50 with Compressor.

The only drawback I've noted is you can't crop a section of the screen, you can only record the entire screen. But if it's a powerpoint, that probably won't be an issue.
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True, but iShowU gives you more options (like capturing directly to the format you need) besides, I already own it. QT X is great though, for many reasons.
 
Just took a look at Quicktime X's screen recording. It wouldn't work for me.

I run 2 monitors and QT would want to record the whole thing. PPT recognizes the 2 screens and displays the presentation on one, and the presenters interface on the other (next slide, notes, controls, etc)

I set the 2nd (presentation) monitor to 640x480, the size i need for my final video, setup iShowU to record just that screen and record straight to AIC, the format I work in for this sort of project and I instantly get the file type and frame size I need. Program was something like $30, i'm using it for paying jobs, it's more than worth it to use the right tools if you're getting paid.
 
I've got dual screens as well, 2nd one being a 42" Plasma, I've had no problem recording on only one screen.

Are you saying QT recorded both screens in your test?
 
RyanBellaCine said:
I've got dual screens as well, 2nd one being a 42" Plasma, I've had no problem recording on only one screen.

Are you saying QT recorded both screens in your test?
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You got me, I didn't actually try it. I didn't see a way to choose which screen it would record, so I just stopped playing at that point and got back to work. how do you choose which screen it would record?
 
No, there is no way to choose which screen, it seems to follow which ever screen your mac-toolbar is located. But it won't record both screens either. I don't use the presenter mode in PowerPoint, is it possible to select which screen you want which info to display?

I'm not saying the app you use isn't good. And I agree that QT X's screen recording is quite lax in features. Hopefully that will change as they continue to develop QT X's code. But it still is a good option if one doesn't have a 3rd party app handy at that very moment. Its good to know what QT X can do. ( and can't do )

Since QT X records the whole screen at = resolution, you would need to change your screen resolution to match your target. However, once the mov is recorded you are able to save it as 480, 720, or 1080 HD movies. Again, when I needed to down convert it even more, I ran the capture through Compressor & cropped the section I wanted from within compressor's output settings and got the resolution I needed.

Not the most convenient solution, but it can be done when in a pinch.
 
RyanBellaCine said:
I don't use the presenter mode in PowerPoint, is it possible to select which screen you want which info to display?
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Not sure, I have a MacBook Pro and a 20" external monitor. The mac toolbar is on the 20" and PPT uses the MacBook's screen for the presentation. I'm assuming that PPT (and the OS) figure that which ever screen your toolbar is on is your primary screen so PPT figures your secondary screen is your big screen or projector and gives you the presentation on that.

I've gotten much better results by setting the screen resolution to what you need your video to be rather than resizing it later in something like compressor or QT.
 
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