If you want to create a series of short training or promotional videos, it’s useful to have an intro that you put in front of each video. This might include your company’s branding or just create a theme that viewers associate with your videos. Since you’ll be adding a video, it looks better when you […]
4 steps to create a video from PowerPoint slides
You can create great videos using PowerPoint! A common reason to create videos is to post them on YouTube but you can post them on a website or on social media as well. You can make them as simple or as complicated as you want. Here are the basic steps to create a video from […]
Side-by-side speaker video and slide content for a live presentation feel
Start by watching this short video. What do you think? https://s3.amazonaws.com/ellenfinkelstein.com/pptblog/powerpoint-tips-video-slide-content-side-by-side.mp4 You can place a video of you speaking on one side of your slide and use the other side for your slide content to come a little closer to a live presentation feel when you need to provide a pre-recorded presentation. Here are some […]
Create an animated announcement
Do you announce new events, training programs, or products? Would you like a simple-to-use animated video that makes the announcement? I recently created one for my monthly training program members. That program is called Power Pointers Quarter Hour. It was in response to a request from one of the members. Power Pointers Quarter Hour is a weekly […]
Sync animation with a video or audio
Have you ever wanted to sync animation with a video or audio file so that the animation happens at a specified point? Starting with PowerPoint 2010, you can add bookmarks to video or audio files. You can use a bookmark to quickly go to a specific location in the file but the real fun is […]
