I recently corresponded with PowerPoint multimedia expert Austin Myers (creator of the highly recommended PFCMedia add-in). He was kind enough to review my quick FAQ on movies and PowerPoint and provide some additional information. I have updated the page with his detailed insights, get it here.
Thanks Austin!
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It can be a slow process to select custom colors for text or for an object’s fill, line, drop shadow. I have made good use of PPTXtreme’s Color Picker add-in to make custom color fills fast and easy! This is the first in a series of online demos planned. Click HERE to see the demonstration video of this add-in in action.
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With Today’s realease of Camtasia 3.1 a number of great tools and output options have been added. One of the very cool features is an intuitive and powerful captioning feature. PowerPoint MVP Glenna Shaw has created a set of examples that show the results. The movie file is from one of my clients (SWOT Expert). I supplied the movie and text file of the narration. Glenna created English Captions and with the help of PowerPoint MVPs Ute Simon and Enric Manas translation, she created German and Spanish subtitles.
The process is so streamlined in Camtasia that Glenna told me all three versions were created in less than 1.5 hours!
Check out the samples here:
English Captions
Spanish Subtitles
German Subtitles
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NXPowerLite has released version 2.1 of their PowerPoint optimizing program. I have spoken with the guys at NXPowerLite for the past few years and earlier this year I tested version 2.0. On that version I noted that almost my entire wishlist had been incorporated! Most notable is support for .png with transparency images. Now v2.1 overcomes CMYK problems and a few other fixes.
I highly recomend it as a solution for oversized presentation files. Get it here.
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I just finished adding a new project overview to the TLC Creative website. It includes a movie of a walk-in looping presentation I developed for an event, which highlighted the event sponsors. Online is a write-up and movie that shows how it was transformed from good to WOW!
Basically, after developing a custom PowerPoint presentation, I used OfficeFX‘s ability to render realtime 3D moving backgrounds and transitions to add that extra something special! To see the write-up and movie click here.
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Just received word that Camtasia Studio 3.1 will be released on January 18! I have been beta testing this new version for the past month and it has some fantastic options and results (many can be seen on the movie samples found throughout the TLC Creative website).
Here are a few of the options that I think make this a standout upgrade:
1. Ability to output Flash 8/.flv movie format
2. Ability to create left column containing video of speaker with interactive table of contents and PowerPoint presentation unhindered on right side
3. Incredible captioning tools
Click here to see a side-by-side presentation (speaker is Dave Ulrich, used with permission)
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— And TechSmith sent out wonderful Christmas cards with a fantastic poster of “2006 Reasons To Be Thankful.” Amazingly I made the list (lower right brown section)! Get it here.
Looking for a great royalty free photos for your presentation? I do, practically on a daily basis. I do have a large library of royalty free images and subscriptions to several online services. But I still cannot find the perfect image for some projects. This just happened and in searching I found a super new resource that only has a great selection and quality, but is an incredible value!
Check out iStockPhoto. Images cost 1-3 credits, with a credit basically equal to $1.00 each.
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Here is the design proof of the ad that used three iStock Photo images in its collage:
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