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.
Downloading an animation from PresenterMedia is an easy process, but if you’ve never used an animated file (.gif) in your presentations before, there are a couple of pitfalls to avoid. Watch this short new video tutorial from PresenterMedia co-owner, Art Holden, to see how simple it is.
Click the Play button above.
How to download animations for PowerPoint.
Covered in this video:
For PowerPoint, always download the largest animation available. This yields the best quality.
After clicking the download link, always choose “SAVE” to save the image to your computer. Choosing OPEN may end up removing the animation from the image.
In PowerPoint, always use the “Insert/Picture” function to place the animation in your presentation. Inserting it as a video or copying and pasting it into your presentation can yield poor results.
Welcome to a new video tutorial in our Getting Started with PresenterMedia series. In this video we will be taking a closer look at our PowerPoint templates and how you can make simple changes to customize the look for your own presentations.
Most of our templates can be edited with the methods outlined in this video.
Press the play button to view a video about changing our PowerPoint Templates.
Covered in this video:
Changing Theme Colors
Accessing and Editing the Slide Master
Changing the Images in a PowerPoint Template
Change this Chemistry Template into a Leadership Template
Welcome to another Getting Started video tutorial. We hope these tutorials help you get the most out of your PresenterMedia subscription.
In most cases using the clear background versions of our PowerPoint animations work great. But in some software, such as Flash, clear animations are not supported. Here are a few examples when customizing the background color of our animations may be needed.
Using a Flash (SWF) animation in Captivate or Articulate
Using an animated gif with Keynote on the Mac
To get the best image quality possible.
Our customizer application makes it possible to exactly match the background color of an animation to the background of your project.
Press the play button to view a video on how to use PresenterMedia’s customizer to change background colors.
Covered in this video:
Finding the exact color value of your presentation’s background.
Applying the exact color to a PresenterMedia PowerPoint animation’s background.
If you have any questions, please feel free to use the comments section or our contact form.
We often get questions about using our animated templates in various software. One of the most popular questions has been do your templates work in Camtasia? Camtasia is a screen recording and video editing software. We’re happy to report that PresenterMedia works great in Camtasia.
This blog is managed by the creative artists and owners of PresenterMedia. We'll show you how our templates work and give you reviews of new PowerPoint features and applications. We'll also share our PowerPoint knowledge through tutorials and examples.
