How to Convert PowerPoint to Video
By Convert on Jan 21, 2011 with Comments 0
This guide will help you convert PowerPoint slide-show into video. The purpose of doing this varies from person to person. There could be many possibilities. You can distribute your PowerPoint slide-show more conveniently this way. In a glance what you can do:
- Upload PowerPoint videos to Facebook, Youtube, etc.
- Upload the video to your mobile phone or an iPod and watch it without any need of PowerPoint viewer application.
- If you have a Photo album slideshow, you can convert the slide-show to video and burn it to DVD to watch on a larger screen.
The video converted with this technique also preserve all the voice narrations. And the best thing is, it’s absolutely free.
How to convert PowerPoint into Video for YouTube or iPod
You’ll need:
- Microsoft PowerPoint (Any version)
- A PPT file
- A Webcam or microphone (for the purpose of recording audio)
- Internet Access
Step 1: Open the PPT file and click the Tab “Slide Show” in menu bar to setup the time duration of each slide. You have couple of choices there:
a) Record Narration: If you want to add audio in your PowerPoint presentation, use this option. You can record the voice as you move through the slides. And click yes when you are prompted to save changes.
b) Rehearse Timings: If you presentation is silent, use this option. This feature will let you define how long a slide to display before moving to the next one.
Step 2: Now you need to upload the PPT file you saved in Step 1. Go to authorstream and upload the PPT file. AuthorStream is a PowerPoint hosting service where you can upload PowerPoint files as large as 1 GB.
Step 3: When the upload is complete, AutoStream witll convert the PPT file to MPEG4 Video (MP4). You can directly upload the video to Youtube or watch in on an iPod.
It is a time consuming process but you will be notified via email as soon as your PowerPoint video is available to download from the web.
Though it takes some time to have your video but it’s worth waiting. The quality of the video is awesome.
That’s not it. AutoStream will also create a video podcast version of your PowerPoint presentation that can be imported to iTunes directly.
If you can spend some money, you can use screen recording applications like Camtasia Studio to record PowerPoint presentations as video. This application may also record PPT playback but the above method is simpler. It takes care of video conversion as well as the hosting.
