[DM-MUG] Doing presentations....options galore!

[Victoria L. Herring]

Thanks!  That is the sort of info I really needed.  Much appreciated.  Victoria

>It all depends.
>For an actual "Presentation" I think I'd start w/ Keynote.
>If it's just photos, I'd start w/ iPhoto
>if it involves moving images I've got myself pretty hooked on DVD's
>Remember one can definitely mix and match EG:
>
>Training Video:
>
>Keynote for "slide" elements
>Captured "moving screenshots" using Screen Recorder (or Snapz Pro)
>
>Both of those can be exported to QT and then imported to:
>
>iMovie (or FCE/P)
>Where I can overdub narration, etc.
>I can add other moving elements (like live video, etc.)
>
>
>Another thing to ponder - for web dist. Keynote can now output 
>(simple) Flash files (similar caveats to powerpoint export apply).
>
>W/ GarageBand it's also pretty easy to get "original" music whipped 
>up pretty quickly using loops. No worries about Copyright.
>
>On Apr 7, 2005, at 11:32 AM, Victoria L. Herring wrote:
>
>>I now have my own inFocus projector and my Powerbook, of course.  I 
>>was looking into options and ideas for how to do some 
>>presentations, some small and personal and some to groups and it 
>>seems like there are all sorts of options:
>>
>>Use Homepage or Mac Slides to do online presentation
>>order prints, books
>>or
>>
>>Powerbook and iPhoto to TV hookup and then Slideshow
>>Powerbook and iPhoto export to iDVD and work with it there
>>Powerbook and iPhoto export to  QTime for movie format
>>Powerbook and Keynote and use iPhoto and iTunes to do the slides
>>
>>
>>am I missing anything???  These are alot of options but I'm trying 
>>to get my mind around the options and possibilities before diving 
>>into the water in one pool or the other.
>>
>>I do have Keynote, Pages and iLife...and Office 2004 for Mac.

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