Posted by Richard Crowley on 12/07/05 03:14

"P.C. Ford" <meoh@mouse-potato.com> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 6 Dec 2005 17:22:42 -0800, "Richard Crowley"
> <richard.7.crowley@intel.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>"P.C. Ford" <meoh@mouse-potato.com> wrote in message
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>>> 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?
>>
>>Why? There are several other factors that we can't see because
>>we have only what you have written here to go on. Why convert
>>PPT to DV? Who are the viewer(s)? How is it distributed?
>
> Piece is a broad guage look at a company's products. It will be sales
> tool. As I think I said earlier, the client will use it as a DVD for
> computer and NTSC presentation.
>
> The piece could be considered to be a video of a Powerpoint
> presentation. The presenter will be talking and backed up by the
> Powerpoint slides. The slides are animated in the typical ways; I
> needs a way to integrate them with the footage of the presenter.

Are the PPT slides made to survive the low resolution
of video? Are they composed to have text inside the
safe area margins?

> Must be a common problem. (?)

Yes, and many people who just take typical PPT shows
and put them on video are sorry that they didn't produce
the video as a video (and not a video reduction of PPT).

Are people viewing this on standalone players and TV
sets? Or on computers and computer projectors? i.e.
is this a low-res (NTSC) presentation, or hi-res (PC)?

I am doing something similar to this right now. I shot
the presenter on a camcorder, and I am editing the PPT
slides into the live-action footage. But I created the PPT
slides for the presenter with the knowledge that they
would be reduced to NTSC 720x480.

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