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How Long is My Movie?

The Animation Pane does not show how long a movie is (like it does for all other animations). Here is one way to check, from inside PowerPoint, for PPT 2003, 2007 and 2010.

PPT 2003:
1. Select video

2. Right-click and choose EDIT MOVIE OBJECT

3. At the bottom of the MOVIE OPTIONS dialog it shows TOTAL PLAYING TIME

PPT 2007:
1. Select video

2. Under the OPTIONS Tab, click the MOVIE OPTIONS Pop-up Menu

3. At the bottom of the MOVIE OPTIONS dialog it shows TOTAL PLAYING TIME

PPT 2010:
1. Select video

2. Roll mouse over the dynamic playback bar to the end

– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-08-16T11:16:00-07:00August 6th, 2010|Tutorial|

Loop 1st Movie While the Second Plays Too

My sample slide shows 2 movies of heart surgery in action. Both movies are set to play at the same time (July 29 post) and set to loop (July 31 post). But here the presenter wants to talk to the 1st movie, and then click to play the 2nd movie.

The first step is to adjust the animations:
1. Open the Animation Pane

2. Select the 2nd movie and change its animation to ON CLICK

– I prefer to do this on the ANIMATION tab

– But the animation start for movies can also be changed on the PLAYBACK tab

3. Select the 1st movie and TIMING (to open the PLAY VIDEO dialog)

4. The REPEAT needs to be set to UNTIL END OF SLIDE vs. Until Next Click

** PPT 2003 and 2007 the default is UNTIL NEXT CLICK, so if modifying legacy presentations this will need to be checked. PPT 2010 the default is UNTIL END OF SLIDE, so it ‘automatically’ sets up the 1st movie to continue playing while the 2nd plays.

– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-08-16T11:16:20-07:00August 4th, 2010|Tutorial|

Set Movies to Loop

Here is my same sample slide from an earlier post. Because this is a short seamless animated loop it is usually set to loop. Setting a movie to loop takes only a few easy steps.

1. Select movie

2. With the movie selected the VIDEO TOOLS functions are added to the ribbon.

3. Go to the PLAYBACK tab and click LOOP UNTIL STOPPED

Then repeat the same steps for the 2nd movie. The animation pane does not show the movie playback time, just a simple ‘appear’ icon. But if you repeat (eg. loop) any other element (text, shape, picture, etc.) the timeline shows the length of each loop and how many repeats it is set to do. For comparison, here is the animation pane the movie and three inserted shapes all set to repeat 3X’s. The vertical line is the end of the animation and then the repeat – which only shows up on the shapes, the movie animation only shows the play icon (no looping information).

– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-08-16T11:16:50-07:00August 2nd, 2010|Tutorial|

Setup 2 Movies to Play Simultaneously

My sample slide has movies of 2 cardiograms (heart surgery movies). The 1st plays automatic and the 2nd starts after it finishes – which is the typical animation setup I have seen on hundreds of medical slides.

To make both movies play simultaneously:

1. Select the 2nd movie

2. Change AFTER PREVIOUS to WITH PREVIOUS

3. Open the Animation Pane and verify video are set in needed animation sequence

– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-08-16T11:17:19-07:00July 31st, 2010|Tutorial|

Make a Movie Play Automatically in PPT 2010

Because the default action requires the mouse to be seen during the presentation – something not allowed in any large stage production, I change the play animation on every movie. Here is my process:

1. Insert the video: INSERT tab >> VIDEO

2. Locate movie on computer

3. Select movie >> ANIMATIONS tab >> click PLAY to change from PAUSE

4. Change ON CLICK to WITH PREVIOUS

5. Open the Animation Pane and verify the movie play animation is the first in list

– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-08-16T11:17:47-07:00July 29th, 2010|Tutorial|

Movie Playback Default in PPT 2010

PPT 2010 has a different default when inserting videos than previous versions. Basically it no longer asks how you would like the movie to play and simply inserts the movie with a preset play action. Unfortunately for me, the default action is not the one I ever need…

The default action sets up the video to play when clicked on with the mouse. In the animation pane, this is what you see – a trigger animation.

To be fair, I see this animation setting used by many presenters, so it is a vailid option as a default action. What makes it difficult is that there is no option to change the default behavior – we are all forced to go with what the Microsoft analysis deemed the best default action.

– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-08-16T11:18:30-07:00July 27th, 2010|Tutorial|

PPT 2010 – Is My Video Going To Be Embedded or Linked?

Inserting a video with PowerPoint 2010 starts the same as PPT 2007. Insert >> Video >> Video From File.

And we still get the same dialog window to choose the video to insert. But the drop down menu is now very important.

If ‘Insert’ is selected the video will be embedded.

If ‘Link to File’ is selected it will be linked to an external file.

Note: find and select video first, then use the Link dropdown because selecting the dropdown is the same as clicking it.

– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-08-16T11:36:34-07:00May 12th, 2010|Tutorial|

GenNext Media Video

Although I mostly highlight PowerPoint related projects, I do a number of video projects each month. Here is one that was fun and an interesting topic (Social Media). Plus it is easy to highlight as the video is posted online (vs. being used at a meeting or distributed on DVD).

Here is the GenNext Media homepage, which highlights the introduction video I storyboarded from website content and eBooks (used PPT for storyboard phase) and then developed in a video editor (I use Vegas Pro).

– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-09-16T09:15:19-07:00December 14th, 2009|Portfolio|

#9 – Export Presentation as Video

This one could easily be in my top 5, but there is so much good stuff in this version of PowerPoint it makes the top 10 list.

Yes, PowerPoint for Mac has had an export to video function for a few versions. Yes, Keynote has had an export to video function. Yes, I like everyone else has wanted, needed, hoped for this function and have invested lots of money in third party solutions. Well it is here and it works incredibly well!

1. It is easy to do. Go to BACKSTAGE >> SHARE >> CREATE A VIDEO

2. Pick a quality level (High Quality = 720p (1280x720px))

3. Watch the progress bar and when done, watch your presentation as a video!

Observations:
– Only exports to .wmv format
– Appears to be be frame accurate (eg. no gaps or jumps in animation)

– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-09-16T09:19:21-07:00November 20th, 2009|Software/Add-Ins|
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