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James Sidney · November 4th, 2003, 06:24 AM

Hello All:

I'm trying to figure out how I can use Premiere to build slide shows timed to music that will play full screen on a 1024x768 monitor. Is there a project setting I can't see that allows me to output a high quality file of that size? Power point is useless for building synchronized slide shows.

Failing that, does anyone know a good slide show app that allows quick--but reliable--synchronization of audio with visuals?

James

Peter Moore · November 4th, 2003, 07:10 AM

You could definitely use powerpoint for that, my friend. Where is the trouble?

You also won't be able to do this with premier, at least not at 1024 x 768 (which is basically HD resolution). Maybe Vegas. But it'd be a waste not to use PP.

David Hurdon · November 4th, 2003, 07:17 AM

If your player is WMP any Premiere project exported to a multimedia format can be displayed at any screen setting. I watch my own videos full screen on a 19" monitor set to 1600 X 1200. This goes for exports from MPEG-2 to .wmv, and naturally the image quality depends on which format and what settings created it. On my general purpose PC I watch on a 17" monitor at 1024 X 768. In either case the only action I have to take is to tell media player to go to full screen. You can create a high data rate windows media export with WME9. Am I missing your point?

David Hurdon

James Sidney · November 4th, 2003, 07:20 AM

Thanks for the response.

What am I missing about PP? Are you referring to the Microsoft Producer plug-in?

Is there anything in it half as intuitive as seeing a waveform of the audio file, and a timeline?

Peter Moore · November 4th, 2003, 12:01 PM

You won't be able to see the waveform and place slides based on the position of the wave. But you can certainly put time delays in slides to correspond to music cues, you'll just have to do it by ear rather than by looking at the wave.

Anyway, if you really can't use powerpoint, then just export it to normal 640x480 and open it up in mediaplayer full screen and it will display just fine on any projector. If you NEED high resolution for some reason, then you should use powerpoint.

Dan Holly · November 6th, 2003, 12:54 PM

Users may want to try Microsoft Producer, instead of using Microsoft Camcorder 97. Microsoft Producer is a free add-in to Microsoft PowerPoint 2002. You can use Microsoft Producer to capture, synchronize, and publish audio, video, slides, and images. Microsoft recommends that you only install Microsoft Producer on computers that run Microsoft Office XP and one of the following operating systems:
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
For more information about Microsoft Producer, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/powe...r/overview.asp

James Sidney · November 6th, 2003, 01:01 PM

Hi Dan,

Have you used Producer? I've downloaded and had a brief look around. It seems (at first glance) to only allow a certain layout of video, jpegs and slide bullets all together. Do you know if it will allow full frame images and not video or other content? It does have a pretty useful timeline...

Thanks for your input BTW.

James

Dan Holly · November 6th, 2003, 06:24 PM

I'm getting ready to use this for some corporate training stuff, so I've yet to dive in. I was actually led down the path of Camcorder 97, then once I found this I realized it didn't work on NT 4.0.
They are still defining their SOW, and making sure their procedures are up to snuff. I'll have to bring in one of my XP boxes to get this to work.

What I'm using it for is to "video" actual keystrokes in company procedures.

I'm a week away from diving in full bore on this portion of the job......

Sorry I couldn't offer more info at this time.

If it doesn't work, I'll end up filming the monitor while they do a data entry task, and of course while they talk through the steps since they want effective, not "pretty" work.

I just thought this would be a bonus, and make it look more proffesional.

November 4th, 2003, 06:24 AM	#1
James Sidney Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 44	full frame PC presentations Hello All: I'm trying to figure out how I can use Premiere to build slide shows timed to music that will play full screen on a 1024x768 monitor. Is there a project setting I can't see that allows me to output a high quality file of that size? Power point is useless for building synchronized slide shows. Failing that, does anyone know a good slide show app that allows quick--but reliable--synchronization of audio with visuals? James

November 4th, 2003, 07:17 AM	#3
David Hurdon Major Player Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 484	If your player is WMP any Premiere project exported to a multimedia format can be displayed at any screen setting. I watch my own videos full screen on a 19" monitor set to 1600 X 1200. This goes for exports from MPEG-2 to .wmv, and naturally the image quality depends on which format and what settings created it. On my general purpose PC I watch on a 17" monitor at 1024 X 768. In either case the only action I have to take is to tell media player to go to full screen. You can create a high data rate windows media export with WME9. Am I missing your point? David Hurdon __________________ Site:http://www.faceliftmarketing.ca Blog:http://www.websitevideo.blogspot.com

November 6th, 2003, 12:54 PM	#6
Dan Holly Major Player Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Anchorage, Alaska Posts: 336	here is a solution for power point Users may want to try Microsoft Producer, instead of using Microsoft Camcorder 97. Microsoft Producer is a free add-in to Microsoft PowerPoint 2002. You can use Microsoft Producer to capture, synchronize, and publish audio, video, slides, and images. Microsoft recommends that you only install Microsoft Producer on computers that run Microsoft Office XP and one of the following operating systems: Microsoft Windows XP Professional Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional For more information about Microsoft Producer, visit the following Microsoft Web site: http://www.microsoft.com/office/powe...r/overview.asp __________________ Dan Holly Anchorage, Alaska

November 6th, 2003, 06:24 PM	#8
Dan Holly Major Player Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Anchorage, Alaska Posts: 336	don't know I'm getting ready to use this for some corporate training stuff, so I've yet to dive in. I was actually led down the path of Camcorder 97, then once I found this I realized it didn't work on NT 4.0. They are still defining their SOW, and making sure their procedures are up to snuff. I'll have to bring in one of my XP boxes to get this to work. What I'm using it for is to "video" actual keystrokes in company procedures. I'm a week away from diving in full bore on this portion of the job...... Sorry I couldn't offer more info at this time. If it doesn't work, I'll end up filming the monitor while they do a data entry task, and of course while they talk through the steps since they want effective, not "pretty" work. I just thought this would be a bonus, and make it look more proffesional. __________________ Dan Holly Anchorage, Alaska

November 4th, 2003, 07:10 AM	#2
Peter Moore Trustee Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Arlington VA Posts: 1,034	You could definitely use powerpoint for that, my friend. Where is the trouble? You also won't be able to do this with premier, at least not at 1024 x 768 (which is basically HD resolution). Maybe Vegas. But it'd be a waste not to use PP.

November 4th, 2003, 07:20 AM	#4
James Sidney Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 44	Thanks for the response. What am I missing about PP? Are you referring to the Microsoft Producer plug-in? Is there anything in it half as intuitive as seeing a waveform of the audio file, and a timeline?

November 4th, 2003, 12:01 PM	#5
Peter Moore Trustee Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Arlington VA Posts: 1,034	You won't be able to see the waveform and place slides based on the position of the wave. But you can certainly put time delays in slides to correspond to music cues, you'll just have to do it by ear rather than by looking at the wave. Anyway, if you really can't use powerpoint, then just export it to normal 640x480 and open it up in mediaplayer full screen and it will display just fine on any projector. If you NEED high resolution for some reason, then you should use powerpoint.

November 6th, 2003, 01:01 PM	#7
James Sidney Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 44	Hi Dan, Have you used Producer? I've downloaded and had a brief look around. It seems (at first glance) to only allow a certain layout of video, jpegs and slide bullets all together. Do you know if it will allow full frame images and not video or other content? It does have a pretty useful timeline... Thanks for your input BTW. James