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Fall Time Employee Recognition Slides

For a recent employee update presentation that TLC designed for one of our clients, we created a seasonal Fall Time themed set of slides for their employee recognition. Using PowerPoint 2013 and the ability to layer content on top of video, embed video, and custom motion path animations to develop these wonderful slides.

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– Troy @ TLC

By |2019-10-28T10:13:19-07:00November 21st, 2014|Portfolio, PowerPoint|

Building Project (Bucharest)

This is not about PowerPoint, or a project I have worked on, but it is about presentation. This is a massive video project that is truly amazing (not so much for it story telling, but just technology and scope).

[original video no longer available from source]

– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-08-10T09:19:39-07:00November 7th, 2014|Resource/Misc|

FreeEncoding.com Online Video Conversion

Transcoding is the process of changing a video from one format to another. For example, converting a .wmv to .mp4, or .avi to .wmv. Transcoding is done with video editing software, which is typically installed on a computer. But there are a number of online apps starting to show up. FreeEncoding.com is a free tool for easily converting videos online. It has a number of encoding options and makes things easy for presentation designers.

Go to www.freeencoding.com and click SELECT FILE to get started.

Select the video you to convert and click Open.

With the video selected, click the drop-down menu next to Output Format and select the format you want to convert your video to. For this instance, we will select AVI as our output format.

Next, select the Conversion Quality from the next drop-down menu.

You can click on Show Advanced Options to enter specific formatting options, such as resolution, FPS, video or audio bitrate and more. Once all desired formatting options have been selected, click the green Start Free Encoding Now button.

Enter your email address on the next screen (or you can choose to login using Facebook) and click Encode Now to have Free Encoding email you a notification when your video has been converted. An uploading status bar will appear at the bottom of the screen.

For your first time uploading, the below screen will appear, instructing you to activate your account to access your completed encodings.

Visit your email, and click on the activation link to access your converted video. Once activation is complete, you will see your video under Your Encodings. There are many actions and options available at this point.

To simply see the File Information you can hover over the link under Original File Name or hover over the pen icon under Actions to see Encoding Information.

Under Actions, you can also delete the video with the trash icon or report an issue you experienced with the encoding using the exclamation point icon. Also, if you have a Dropbox account, you can choose Save to Dropbox under Options. Otherwise, you are ready to download your encoded video.

To do so, click on the arrow icon under Actions and save your file to the location of your choice.
Note: You can only download two videos before the oldest will be deleted. The remaining videos you can download appear when hovering over the arrow icon.

– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-08-10T09:42:56-07:00May 14th, 2014|Tutorial|

Video CoDecs Information in Windows 7

CoDecs are the information needed to play a video. CoDec stands for “compress – decompress.” When a video is played, the computer needs the “decompress” information that matches the way it was “compressed” to play it. Sometimes, in troubleshooting video playback issues, it is good to see a list of the CoDecs installed on a computer.

To locate a list of all Codecs installed on your Windows 7 system for playing audio and video, first begin by opening Windows Media Player.

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If there is no menu bar, click on Organize > Layout > Show menu bar, in the upper left-hand corner.

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In the menu bar, select Help > About Windows Media Player

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If prompted with a warning dialog box to notify you the program is protected under copyright law and international treaties, click Technical Support Information in the lower left-hand corner.

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A page will open in your default internet browser with details of the Codecs used along with other system information.

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– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-08-10T09:43:17-07:00May 12th, 2014|Tutorial|

“PWN” to Download Youtube Videos

This is a very cool and fast download activator for YouTube videos. PWN originates from the “own,” which is an apt name for not having to rely on a web connection to play a video in a presentation.

Deturi.com powers this quick, easy and extremely convenient way to download YouTube videos without having to copy and paste links or save videos to convert.
1. Go to YouTube and find the video you want.
2. In the URL bar type “pwn” to the URL.
3. Type inb “pwn” between www. and youtube.

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4. The page is redirected to the the Deturi.com download page.
5. Select from the many download options from various sites.

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6. Note: Some of these sites require Java to be installed and updated on your computer.
7. The bookmarklet option makes saving streaming videos in the basic formats very fast and simple. Save the bookmarklet to your Favorites Menu/Bar to easily download the video in the future. Select the link under Download Tools that says “Bookmarklet to directly download videos” OR a yellow bar will appear under the top menus with download options for the streaming video.

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You now have the video saved to your computer without ever entering additional URLS or copying and pasting information.

– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-08-10T09:43:37-07:00May 9th, 2014|Tutorial|

Keepvid.com Tutorial

Keepvid.com allows you to download streaming videos from of a variety of websites, including YouTube, Vimeo, Metacafe, and more. The process is quick, easy and very convenient.
Note: The keepvid.com has lots of buttons to download OTHER software. I recommend ONLY clicking on the options listed in this tutorial.

To get started, you must first make sure that Java is enabled. Below the big Download and Play Now buttons, make sure that Java says On next to it. You may still be prompted to install or update Java on your computer if you do not have the most recent version installed.

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Once Java has been installed/updated and is enabled on your system, locate the video you want to download. Copy the link to your video and paste it in the field to the left of the Download button. When you click on Download, you may be asked for permission to run KeepVidDownloader. If so, click on Run.

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A list of links to your video file will appear on the bottom of the page in various sizes and formats. Formats to select from include 3GP, FLV, MP4, M4A (Audio Only), WEBM, MP3 and SRT (Subtitles).

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Click on the desired format to save the file to location of your choice. Note: You must click on the actual link for your specific format and size to simply save the video file. If you click on the large Download button(s) to the right you will be sent to iLivid.com and prompted to use their file management system.
You now have the video in the format of your choice downloaded onto your computer to be used as needed!

– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-08-10T09:44:03-07:00May 7th, 2014|Tutorial|

Set Video to Autoplay in PowerPoint

Video in presentations has been a big item for me over the years. With each new version, and update, of PowerPoint I am constantly disappointed in the default settings applied to inserted videos.

Currently, and in all legacy versions, when a video is inserted the default animation settings is a Trigger animation.

A trigger animation is ‘triggered’ one of two ways, direct interaction (ie. move mouse on screen and click on the programmed item) or secondary action from a programmed animation (ie. when one item is animated it activates the trigger animation).

So, when a video is inserted onto a slide and then present, the video will not play until you move the mouse cursor on the slide and click on the video. Obviously for majority of my meetings the goal is to hide PowerPoint (and hide any software) to create a seamless environment where things ‘just happen’. See a mouse move across a screen is a bad thing.

Up next is a quick step-by-step tutorial on changing the video animation settings to what we use at TLC for virtually all presentation videos.

– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-08-10T09:44:38-07:00May 5th, 2014|Tutorial|

WHY? – PowerPoint’s Default Animation Setting for Videos

Video in presentations has been something I have used for many years. PowerPoint has vastly improved its video features, but currently, and in all legacy versions, when a video is inserted, the default animation settings is a Trigger animation, which is something I am constantly disappointed by.

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A trigger animation is “triggered” one of two ways, direct interaction (ie. move mouse on screen and click on the programmed item) or secondary action from a programmed animation (ie. when one item is animated, it activates the trigger animation).

default animation

So, when a video is inserted onto a slide and then present, the video will not play until you move the mouse cursor on the slide and click on the video. Obviously, for majority of my meetings, the goal is to hide PowerPoint (and hide any software) to create a seamless environment where things “just happen.” Seeing a mouse move across a screen is a bad thing.

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Up next is a step-by-step tutorial on changing the video play animation settings to eliminate the need to see a cursor on the presentation screen.
– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-08-10T09:45:25-07:00May 1st, 2014|Personal, Resource/Misc|

Cut off part of a video in PowerPoint using Trim

PowerPoint has made the trips over to video editing software less and less with the new tools. One of the tedious items was changing the in/out point of videos. That is where the video starts and ends. This can now be easily set in PowerPoint.

1. Here is my sample video. For an easy visual, it is a countdown from 10 to 0. But I need a video that counts down from 5 to 0.

2. Select the video, and in the Video Tools/Playback tab, click TRIM VIDEO.

3. The Trim Video dialog box opens, showing the selected video AND the start and stop points.

4. Sliding the green start point marker to the right adjusts where the video will begin playing from. I just slide until I see the number 5 on the video.

5. Now the slide shows the start of the video at the needed location and the presentation is set to go (all without opening a video editing application!).

– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-08-10T10:07:45-07:00November 18th, 2013|Tutorial|
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