PowerPoint High Quality Video Export (1080p)

Anonymous
2013-08-01T16:38:05+00:00

For years I have been using Microsoft PowerPoint as a powerful and professional presentation and animation software.

It seems to me, that its capabilities are widely underestimated, to say the least. Perhaps even by its own developers.

I'd like to know where I can find advanced video export settings in PowerPoint 2013.

Currently, the possibilities are quite limited, with an export resolution of 1280x720 being the maximum; the framerate leaves much to be desired as well.

Is there a free, convenient way of producing an HD quality video (including all the animations) without quality loss, using any Microsoft Office program?

Thank you for your support.

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Anonymous
2014-02-23T17:03:30+00:00

Arne is working in C# in DotNet which if you are not a coder isn't going to work for you.

Try:

This assumes the presentation in 16:9

Open the vb editor (ALT f11)

INSERT > Module and paste in the code below

Sub MkVideo()

If ActivePresentation.CreateVideoStatus <> ppMediaTaskStatusInProgress Then

ActivePresentation.CreateVideo FileName:=Environ("USERPROFILE") & "\Desktop\test.wmv", _

UseTimingsAndNarrations:=True, _

VertResolution:=1080, _

FramesPerSecond:=25, _

Quality:=100

Else: MsgBox "There is another conversion to video in progress"

End If

End Sub

Go back to the normal edit window VIEW > Macros > RunIt may take quite a while!

The video will be on the desktop called test.wmv

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-10-03T10:06:21+00:00

    I tried using the object model and it was pretty easy to get this working with a few lines of code. Of course, you can make this a lot more involved with windows that ask for the file location, allow you to set the quality etc. but this is the essence.

    Add references to Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint and Office

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/ff746354.aspx

    using System;

    using System.Collections.Generic;

    using System.Linq;

    using System.Text;

    using System.Threading.Tasks;

    using PowerPoint = Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint;

    using Microsoft.Office.Core;

    namespace createPPTVideo

    {

    class Program

    {

    static void Main(string[] args)

    {

    PowerPoint.Application app = new PowerPoint.Application();

    PowerPoint.Presentation x = app.Presentations.Open(@"[path to pptx");

    x.CreateVideo("test.mp4", true, 5, 1080, 30, 100);

    }

    }

    }

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-09-06T14:57:03+00:00

    I don't "feel the need for more control" for the sake of it as it were; I'd like a reasonable set of options that most pieces of software provide these days in order to create better material.

    There is a growing demand for 1080p, especially on YouTube.

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-09-06T14:26:16+00:00

    In fairness, the default export, at 720p, *is* 'HD' by most reasonable standards. It is perhaps just the unreasonable among us who feel the need for more control...

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-09-06T05:57:49+00:00

    I would also like to be able to do this. It would be pretty neat to export a well-animated PowerPoint presentation as, say, an HD YouTube video.

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