As mentioned earlier, this time we decided to prepare the presentation with Keynote, part of the Apple iWork productivity suite. Had we used Flash, it would have taken a much longer time, but with Keynote, a simple and nice presentation could be completed within a couple of days. This is the first time we're using it. Basically the layout, ideas were done by other half. I was the face of the presentation since he was busy at work most of the time. Macam salesman...ha! ha! But we work well together...this time, son has also sort of joined the bandwagon.
My task was to put it on DVD. Tried using the iDVD. First render was okay but when I burned it onto the DVD, no sound came out. The video and audio file were separated after exporting from Keynote to Quick Time. Had to go on a quest to find out how to do it...so finally, after converting it into dv format using Quick Time and putting the sound and video together using iMovie, was able to put it on You Tube. So here it is.
Verdict on Apple iWork suite....it's a really user friendly package. Doesn't need much skill to put together a nice movie. 8)
Doing this has been a good experience. Learnt a couple of new things. Am quite bought over by Apple. May actually consider getting iMac in time to come since my MacBook does not have its own dedicated graphic card.
One thing though, am experiencing a little hangover from the intensity of the preparation...the hours in front of the computer looking, organizing and editing the photos.
But Keynote could do with some more enhancement...like maybe a timeline to synchronise the sound/audio with different slides...but it still beats PowerPoint hands down!
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