Including videos in a presentation is a powerful tool to drive home your content and insert a different voice to break up the presentation. While they are a powerful tool, when not inserted correctly, they can become clunky and distracting. That is why every presenter who chooses to insert videos into their presentation must pay careful attention to the software they choose to use.
No matter the presentation software, there is always an option to insert videos into your presentation. However, with Keynote, you have the unique ability to make edits to your video within the software itself. This allows you to customize your presentation videos to keep them on track with your goal and desired outcome.
With the power of this built-in tool available at your fingertips, we have put together a quick tutorial on how to use it in your next presentation.
Step 1: Insert Video
In order to insert a video into Keynote, choose the slide you wish for the video to play on. Then click the Media button on the toolbar. From there, select Choose from the dropdown. Using the finder window, select the video you are interested in inserting and click Insert.
Step 2: Trim Video
Gone are the days of opening your video in a video editing software and chopping out the portion you are planning to show. Once your video is inserted into the Keynote, click Movie. From there, select Edit Video; this will open up the extended editing tools and allow you to see the Trim settings. Move the front and back slider to your desired start and ending points in the video. This will ensure your video plays from and ends exactly as you’d like.
Step 3: Select a Poster Frame
The poster frame is what will be displayed within the deck before and after the video plays. When selecting your poster frame, be sure that it is not distracting and shows a level of professionalism. This slide frame should be able to stand on its own as an image the represents the overall message of the video.
Step 4: Turn Off Repeat
Videos inserted into Keynote are automatically set to repeat at their completion. When editing your video, click the dropdown under Repeat. From there select None; this will ensure that your video stops and returns to the poster frame once it has finished running.
Step 5: Choose How the Video Plays
The final choice you have to make as a presenter is how you would like the video to play. The options are for it to play as soon as the slide triggers or for the video to play on a click from you. This choice is primarily personal preference, but at Ethos3, we tend to set our videos to play on click, this allows us the chance to set up the video and introduce it prior to pressing play.
Videos are a powerful tool for any presenter, and the ability to edit them within Keynote is an equally powerful tool. By customizing your video, you can ensure your video is not only effective but efficient as it runs in a professional, high quality manner.
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