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Instead of recording your presentation, you can import your slides as images. Any transitions or animations you create in the presentation will be lost with this method. However, you can create transitions and animations in the video editor.
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The instructions below are for importing your slides into Camtasia, a video editor that is free to all Cal Poly Humboldt students, faculty and staff. Camtasia is available on all campus computers, including library laptops. To access Camtasia off-campus, use VLab or Remote Access. The free trial version of Camtasia comes with a watermark that cannot be removed, so we recommend against using it.
However, you can use almost any video editor to convert your presentation slides into a video. For a list of free options, as well as instructions on using VLab and Remote Access, check out our Creating Videos Software page.
Camtasia's guide on how to Import PowerPoint Slides includes video and text descriptions.
Choose the Import Media option either from the main menu in the Media Bin or by clicking on File → Import → Media and select your video or image file(s). For in-depth instructions, visit the Camtasia Import Media help page.
When you import images into Camtasia, they will automatically appear on screen for a set amount of time. The default is 5 seconds. You can change this before your drag your slides into your project by opening preferences (Ctrl+,) and selecting the Timing tab.
Note that you can also set your transition timings here.
This short video (24s) demonstrates how to add slides as images and then edit them using Camtasia. Screenshots and written descriptions are below if you don't want to watch the video.
To add media to your video, drag the slide image from the Media Bin onto the timeline. Simply click on the slide image in the Media Bin and drag it down into the timeline at the bottom of the screen.
The slide will appear on the screen for the default amount of time set in the preferences (see above). If you want to change that, simply hover your mouse over the edge of the slide segment in your timeline and drag. Next to your mouse cursor, a little bubble with the duration of the slide will appear to help you. You can also click and drag the slider to the point where the slide should stop and then hover over the edge of the segment and drag it to the slider (it will snap into place).
From the Transitions option in the left-hand menu, you can click on and drag the transition onto your slide.