Posted by Mike Kujbida on 12/07/05 02:23

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 .

Mike

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