A new Getting Started video tutorial exploring how to use our video backgrounds.
Note: Due to limitations in older versions of PowerPoint, video backgrounds are designed to be used in PowerPoint 2010, or PowerPoint 2011 (Mac) or Keynote 09 (Mac).
Covered in this video:
- Download and Insert a Video Background in PowerPoint
- Using the Selection Pane to select or hide items on a slide
- Using the Animation Pane to control the visibility of items on a slide over time.
View all our video backgrounds for PowerPoint.
Tags: PowerPoint 2010, tutorial, video backgrounds, Video Tutorial
Thank you! Excellent tip! Learning about the selection tab… wow! That is going to save me SO much trouble and time. Never knew it was there.
Nice demo Art! I have to say that when I first discovered the Selection Pane feature it was a total game-changer for me! Now, it’s not only possible but easy to do much more intricate animations…
Thanks!
Lon Naylor
Peace & Greetings,
I found a great ppt template, the 2nd slide I’d like to use as a video background.
TREE BY RIVER
Item Number: 4812 Type: PowerPoint Template
I’d like to keep the river running smooth while a poem’s words fade in /out with an narration audio that I want to play to the end….Tips??
Thanks! Your Travel Buddy, Greg Snead of SneadsTravel.com
Hi Gregory, You could use the tips in this video to do what you are looking to do. Put all the verses of the poem in individual text boxes on one page, and then use PowerPoint, Entrance and Exit animations to control when the verse is visible on the screen. This way PowerPoint never has to start and stop the video like it has to do if you switch slides. Good luck.
Art Holden
PresenterMedia
Art,
Great job! This video was very helpful.
Linda
Art,
This tutorial was well-done and very helpful. I have a question about the size and proportions of PowerPoint slides using the video backgrounds. Will the video backgrounds work properly if the aspect ratio of the slides is 4:3, or should I be using the same proportions as the original video. Is that 16:9?
Hi Joe, You can still use the video backgrounds in 4X3 aspect ratio presentations. Since the videos are 16×9, you have a couple of choices, you can leave space at the top or bottom of the video (like letterboxing), or you can allow the video to be full screen and then you would be cropping off the edges. I typically do the latter as cropping the edges doesn’t really matter.
Art Holden
PresenterMedia
Good evening,
I have joined as a member today and just downloaded the Pond Ripple HD video but the only formats available were in Power Point and I am having a terrible job getting them to work on my Mac. The files once downloaded are greyed out, so I can’t access them. I have checked my PC as well and there is only the Power Point option there as well. Am I missing something somewhere. are you able to help please. If it is possible to demonstrate the same thing using a Mac it would be very helpful – suggestion.
Cheers
Pauline
Hi Pauline,
I think you are looking in the PowerPoint templates instead of the Video Background section. Here is a link to the Pond Ripple video background that is available in a Quicktime format for Mac. I have also sent you an email message if you have further questions.
Art Holden
PresenterMedia
HI
Just wanted to say I am loving the .flv content that I can use when I create my e-Learning as we do not use powerpoint.
Thanks