Friday, February 17, 2006
posted by Geetesh
11:57 AM
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PowerFinish Volume 4 PowerPoint Templates
 
Studio F calls its latest volume of PowerPoint templates "edgy" - this volume is a departure for them from their normal subtle designs. The difference this time around is that the designs themselves are more bold and striking - and as Studio F mentions in its publicity material, the designs still do not distract from the actual content of the presentation. Read the full review here...
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Tuesday, February 14, 2006
posted by Geetesh
2:55 PM
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TopByteLabs Releases PowerShrink Update
TopByteLabs released PowerShrink Version 2.1, an update of their software that optimizes PowerPoint presentations while compressing them up to 95 percent. It also launched a special enterprise license, which covers all personal computers of the company. More on the eMediaWire site...
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posted by Geetesh
2:30 PM
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Swing a Pendulum in PowerPoint
Creating a pendulum swing animation is possible using PowerPoint 2002 or later - and involves creating a hidden pivot point. A pendulum (the real type) swings back and forth on a pivot point at the top of the weight's string, so we will need to create a shape that appears to swing at the end of a string and repeats back and forth from this pivot point. Bill Dilworth shows you the steps...
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Friday, February 10, 2006
posted by Geetesh
12:27 PM
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Woven Again: Free PowerPoint Template of the Day
Today's free template is Woven Again - download here...
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Wednesday, February 08, 2006
posted by Geetesh
12:06 PM
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Ray Reds: Free PowerPoint Template of the Day
Today's free template is Ray Reds - download here...
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Tuesday, February 07, 2006
posted by Geetesh
10:14 PM
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Sleepy During An “Uninteresting” Presentation?
In a recent online poll of 382 business managers, some 71 percent of respondents said that they have fallen asleep or been sleepy during an “uninteresting” presentation, according to a survey by Infommersion Inc. More on the EETimes.com site...
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posted by Geetesh
1:35 PM
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Groove: Free PowerPoint Template of the Day
Today's free template is Groove - download here...
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posted by Geetesh
1:28 PM
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Freepath Blows Away Flat Presentations
Grass Roots Software launched their new product Freepath at Demo 2006. "Freepath is the first and best tool that lets everyday presenters blend media from a range of desktop applications into one seamless presentation," said Chris Shipley, executive producer of DEMO 2006. More on the PR Newswire site...
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Monday, February 06, 2006
posted by Geetesh
4:55 PM
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Pineapple Arrows: Free PowerPoint Template of the Day
Today's free template is Pineapple Arrows - download here...
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Saturday, February 04, 2006
posted by Geetesh
9:34 PM
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Video for Cross Platform Video
Diganta Saha is an Indezine reader that I have been corresponding with - he's provided valuable information on video formats for cross platform video. Diganta uses PowerPoint 2004 on the Mac - and he uses QuickTime Professional on the Mac to convert his QuickTime videos to file formats compatible that are compatible with PowerPoint for Windows (and Mac). Over to Diganta...
This is for any of you or your users trying to get PowerPoint (PPT) with movie files to have the maximum compatibility with all platforms. I've gone through a large range of formats that Quicktime Pro can output and have concluded that PowerPoint will work with Windows and Mac on these movie formats below.
Using Quicktime Pro
- AVI : Compression None
- AVI : Compression Cinepak
- Quicktime : Compression Cinepak (works most of the time)
Using ffMpegX to creat MPEG-1 (select VCD mpeg2enc ), also a free alternative to Quicktime Pro
- MPEG-1 (VCD)
Download ffMpegX here...
One caveat is that when using Office 2004 on the Mac to create PowerPoint presentations with video files with any of the working formats mentioned above, the preview of the first frame does not show on Windows. Double clicking on the blank space where the movie would be in the PowerPoint file on Windows will start the movie. I experimented with Quicktime movie with Photo-JPEG compression which showed the first frame of the movie on a Windows computer, however it did not play the movie at all.
This can be fixed on a Windows computer by unlinking and relinking any of the movie files formats mentioned above and saving the file. Saving it on Windows makes any of the movie files formats recommended above, preview the first frame of the movie correctly on both the Mac and Windows computers. This seems to be a serious bug with Office 2004 Powerpoint in terms of interoperability when it comes to movie files. I remember that Microsoft used to have an easy feedback webpage, but now its far more convoluted to send any bug reports. Does anyone know of Scott Erickson's or Roz Ho's contact info?
To get in touch with Diganta, just send feedback through this form, and I'll forward it to him. Thank you, Diganta.
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Wednesday, February 01, 2006
posted by Geetesh
4:06 PM
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Blue Doily: Free PowerPoint Template of the Day
Today's free template is Blue Doily - download here...
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Tuesday, January 31, 2006
posted by Geetesh
2:59 PM
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Dr. Armstrong's Presentations
Dr. Steve Armstrong from LeTourneau Unviersity has put up all his lectures on PreCalc, Calculus, and Computer Programming (C++ and Java), etc.) in PowerPoint presentations. He said he'll be happy to share these presentations with Indezine readers - find the presentations here... Thank you, Dr. Armstrong.
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Friday, January 20, 2006
posted by Geetesh
2:26 PM
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Instant Effects Announces Theme Suite 4
Instant Effects announced the availability of Theme Suite 4. This set of FXThemes has subtle motion backgrounds and flexible Content and Title variations. Some of these FXThemes can be used in either 4:3 or 16:9 presentation format. All FXThemes run as part of the OfficeFX product that brings moving backgrounds and 3D effects to Microsoft PowerPoint.
Check out more at the Instant Effects site...
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posted by Geetesh
2:05 PM
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Bare Greens: Free PowerPoint Template of the Day
Today's free template is Bare Greens - download here...
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Thursday, January 19, 2006
posted by Geetesh
8:45 PM
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TechSmith Introduces Camtasia Studio 3.1
TechSmith Corp. announced the availability of Camtasia Studio 3.1, which allows education professionals with no programming or multimedia expertise to quickly create e-learning content for online classes, distance learning, and professional-development courses. "The new Camtasia Studio delivers a remarkably crisp and clear viewing experience, including a side-by-side display of e-Learning content and the instructor," said Troy Stein, Camtasia Studio Product Manager at TechSmith. "It is the only screen recording software with that capability. There is no longer any need to accept a drop off in audio or image quality when combining screen recordings with camera video regardless of their length. This will maximize the effectiveness of e-learning content and give educators the flexibility to create all types of content, from very simple to highly sophisticated." More on the BusinessWire site...
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