Posted by Larry J. on 04/02/06 20:07

Waiving the right to remain silent, "washer"
<magicmomentsvid@msn.com> said:

> When I videotape events such as town meetings, there are power
> point
> presentations that are not easy to view due to too small font
> and/or too much info on one page. I thought there must be a way
> to make or get a copy of the 'power point presentation' onto
> video tape. I would continue taping the presentor's discussion
> and then do a 'video insert edit' using the taped 'video power
> point copy' for a much clearer power point screen.
> Has anyone taped this type of meeting and found a good
> method to
> present the power point portion onto the video recorded tape so
> the viewer could easily read what is shown?
> I'm seeing more power point presentations at meetings and
> less
> 'slide type projector' presentations as it was most popular in
> the past.

Yes, plenty of us have done this many times.

If the fonts used in the PP presentation are too small to read when
projected, they will be way to small to read if converted to video.

In which case, the PP presentation needs to be redone to the proper
fonts and aspect ratio.

Then there are a few ways to get it into the video. PP can
"export" its slides as Jpeg files which can be used with any NLE
system.

Or, the PP show can be run from the computer through a scan
converter to videotape, or patched directly into the NLE, or
switched live during the event, if that's an option.

You just need to learn what's the best method for you...

--
Larry Jandro
Video Engineering & Equipment Rentals
Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
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