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OK, at this point you should have a script file open in Script To Audio complete with
script markers, and you should also have your audio narration open in the media player as
well. Lastly your script file should have been synchronised with your audio recording
so each of your markers should have timing measures in grey.
If you haven't completed any of these steps, go back and watch the earlier training videos
because you can't go any further until you've completed these steps.
If you have completed all these steps, you're ready to create your Powerpoint file that
will be the basis for your video.
To start the process, click "Prepare Powerpoint File" at the top of the Script To Audio tab.
This will analyse your script, and automatically switch to the Powerpoint Builder tab.
Unless any errors are detected, what you'll see on this screen is a summary of what One
Hour Video Studio will create in a new Powerpoint file for you.
Now there's quite a lot to this screen, so let me explain all of the options on screen
here.
The first thing you'll see in the table on screen is a summary of the slides that will
be created. You'll see that each of the markers you added in your script will be turned into
a separate slide in Powerpoint, and you can see the text you wrote in each of the markers
for each slide.
By default, One Hour Video Studio will setup each of your slides with one of Powerpoint's
slide transition effects, however there are a few options on this screen you can use to
change these transitions in bulk before you move to Powerpoint.
You'll see in the transition column the transition effect each slide will have, and to the right
of that, you can see the length in seconds the transition will last for.
Next you can see a count of how many words in your script will be narrated during this
slide, as you look across the slides, this can give you an idea of whether some slides
may end up being too short or too long.
Finally you've got the start time and duration of each slide, and you'll see the duration
column has a kind of heat map effect.
Like the word count column, this gives you a visual cue as to whether any of your slides
deviate in length too much from the average duration of all of your slides.
For instance, if the average duration of your slides is 10 seconds, you'll find a slide
that last for a long time - say 30 seconds, or a slide that lasts for a very short time
- say 10 seconds, becomes more red depending on how much it deviates from the average.
The reason we place an emphasis on reviewing you slide durations is in general, we find
videos that create a nice, consistant pace between slides are more engaging for your
viewer.
Leave something on screen too long and they'll get bored. Change things too quickly and they
may not be able to keep up. You don't need to worry about getting each slide the same
length - it's fine if some of your slides are longer and some are short - just use this
information to help guide your production.
If you find you do want to change things, you'll need to switch back to the Script To
Audio tab and either adds more markers in your script to split up longer slides, or
possibly remove markers if there's too many.
If you do find yourself needing to add a marker, simply right click the first marker immediately
before it, click "Play from this marker" and then add the timing from your audio narration
to your new marker. Once you're done you can return to Powerpoint Builder, but you'll need
to click "Prepare Powerpoint file" again so One Hour Video Studio can pick up any changes
to your markers.
Now, before you create your Powerpoint file, there are a few options you can change to
control how your Powerpoint file is setup - these will save you some time later in Powerpoint.
Firstly, you can select a Powerpoint Template file to use as the basis for your slide design
- you can select the Startle Template included with One Hour Video Studio is wish, or create
your own in Powerpoint.
Now, by default what will happen is whatever text you have typed in your markers will be
placed directly on each slide - so the text in the "Name" column here is what you'll see
on your slides, however if you wish, you can use "Video Sales Letter Mode" which will put
your script on screen instead.
This format is used by a lot of marketers who create sales videos that are nothing more
than the text on screen with an audio narration. This may seem like you'll end up with a boring
video, but this style of video actually ends up converting very well. Anyway, if you want
to use it, just toggle that button on and off to use it.
Next you can control transitions for all the slides in your presentation - so this menu
will let you apply a group of transition effects across all slides, or remove them completely.
You can also change the transition for each slide independently with the dropdown in each
row.
Once you're done with these settings, click "Create Powerpoint File" and One Hour Video
Studio will launch Powerpoint, create all the slides, set them up with precise timings
and embed your audio recording in the first slide.
With all that setup done, the Powerpoint file you get is ready to be converted to video
immediately - you don't have to do anything else if you don't wish, though obviously you'll
probably want to change colors, add graphics etcetera.
At this point, you no longer need One Hour Video Studio to control the Powerpoint presentation.
You can work solely in Powerpoint to complete design work on the presentation.
The FIRST thing I recommend you do as soon as your presentation is created is to actually
make a test video - so don't make any design changes to the file, move straight to Render
Video and make a test recording.
The reason I recommend you do this is because you'll want to review the timing and pacing
of your slides in the final video. What you need to understand is at this point, the timings
and durations of your slides are set in stone - you can't change them in Powerpoint, or
your audio will desynchronise from the slides, and that's an important constraint you need
to be aware of with One Hour Video Studio.
So the idea here is get your timings right within One Hour Video Studio, then finish
design work in Powerpoint once you've created a test render and confirmed the timings.
What we've seen some customers do is create their Powerpoint file, then spend a good deal
of time working on making design changes first, then they find out they're unhappy with the
timings and pacing in the final video. You need to get the timings right first, then
work on the design.
I'll cover how to use the "Render Video" feature in the next module, but just remember to create
a Test Render you should use a low quality and low resolution output to get the test
video rendered as quickly as possibly so you're not waiting too long for it. You're not after
a quality looking video at this point, just enough to check the timings.
I hope all that makes sense, just let me recap on some of the key points here.
One Hour Video Studio takes your audio recording, script and the timings within it and creates
a Powerpoint presentation. The Powerpoint presentation is pre-configured with the timings
from your script, so the idea is once you start doing design changes to that Powerpoint
file, you don't add or remove slides, or change transition timings. Your audio recording will
playback from the first slide, so if any of the timings get changed, your audio will get
out of sync with your video.
Powerpoint Builder gives you the ability to review what will be created, giving you the
option to change timings before you commit to the Powerpoint file it produces. And remember,
you can create as many Powerpoint files as you like with this, so if you produce one,
make a test render and decide you don't like the pacing, it's a simply as tweaking your
script and creating another Powerpoint file here.
OK, so at this point in the process, you'll stop working with One Hour Video Studio and
work solely within Powerpoint. The powerpoint file that gets created is no different from
one you would create directly in Powerpoint, it's just setup with a lot of precise timings,
and obviously One Hour Video Studio has done a lot of the heavy lifting in adding slides,
adding text etcetera.
So design your slides as you wish, just don't alter the slide timings or you'll lose work.
Once you've finished doing design work in Powerpoint, you're ready to render your video.