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Posted by P.C. Ford on 12/07/05 04:24
On Tue, 6 Dec 2005 22:38:32 -0500, "Mike Kujbida"
<kujfamNoSpam@xplornet.com> wrote:
>
>P.C. Ford wrote:
>> On Tue, 6 Dec 2005 21:23:46 -0500, "Mike Kujbida"
>> <kujfamNoSpam@xplornet.com> wrote:
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>>>
>>> P.C. Ford wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 6 Dec 2005 16:25:26 -0800, "Richard Crowley"
>>>> <richard.7.crowley@intel.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> "P.C. Ford" wrote ...
>>>>>> "Richard Crowley" wrote:
>>>>>>> Watch out for Camtasia. In addition to being expensive, they
>>>>>>> have their own required codec.
>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>> It is more expensive than I expected. But there is a 30 day
>>>>>> trial. I did notice that there was a proprietary codec. But I
>>>>>> don't understand why that makes a difference to me.
>>>>>
>>>>> How are you going to distribute the program? Whomever you
>>>>> want to be able to read it must install the Camtasia codec. Dunno
>>>>> how complex this is for your potential viewers? We have found
>>>>> distributing WMV much better than AVI.
>>>>
>>>> Ok, thanks again Richard.
>>>>
>>>> The Powerpoint will become part of a video of a Powerpoint
>>>> presentation. That is, we want to edit the Powerpoint into DV
>>>> footage of the presenter.
>>>>
>>>> Trouble here?
>>>
>>>
>>> It hasn't been mentioned here yet (which truly surprises me) so I'll
>>> suggest it. Rent a decent scan convertor and make your life a lot
>>> simpler. I just did this a few weeks ago (the presenter wanted to
>>> keep all the "wonderful" PPT transitions). Connected the video out
>>> directly to my NLE's input. Now I can anything with it I want to .
>>
>> Yes. Don't know why I didn't think of that. We're using a scan
>> converter on another part of the project.
>>
>> Any problem resizing the resolution?
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>The scan converter I borrowed (Sony DSC-1024HD as I recall) took what ever
>computer signal I fed into it and dumped it out the composite video jack.
>This particular PPT file was primarily a mix of photos with text (similar to
>a school yearbook). The video looked clean to me. As I recall, component
>out was an option as well (but not for me).
Ok, good. Simpler is better.
As I mentioned elsewhere in the thread, the slides were made without
regard for safe margins. Gotta figure that out too. Hoping a resize
will work.
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