Posted by P.C. Ford on 04/03/06 03:17

On 2 Apr 2006 12:23:11 -0700, "washer" <magicmomentsvid@msn.com>
wrote:

> 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.

I would go along with what the others have said. PowerPoint is a pain.
If it is possible, you could instruct presenters to use the proper
fonts and to obey safe areas. But I'm sure this is difficult if not
impossible.

I used Camtasia as well as scan conversion on a project that contained
PowerPoint.. The Camtasia was far superior. The scan conversion was
muddy and blurry. Don't know if it was a problem with the scan
conversion but it was not worth a darn.

Exporting to jpegs will certainly work but you will lose any
animations.

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