Beyond Power Point for Client Presentations

Claudio Branch · August 23rd, 2007

Anybody out there know of any good resources for doing client presentations using something besides Power Point?

I believe PP is an adequate presentation tool, but in my experience, it's limitations become evident when incorporating large animation files. We are constantly facing this dilemma: The media player will play the file fine, but PP can't.

Perhaps using a dual screen setup with one commited to PP and the other a DVD player would be a reasonable solution...just thinking out loud here?

My work is used in civil viz presentations and it would be great to hear how others are handling this issue.

AJLynn · August 23rd, 2007

Easy enough - get a Macbook and run Keynote

(Really - it's better at that kind of stuff. It's part of iWork, which costs $80 and does a ton of crap MS Office doesn't.)

mare96 · August 24th, 2007

In my presentations I use only a single video which consists of images(drawings,concept,wireframe models,photoreastic models) with impressive transisions and animations of the building or the product.
Plus I use music or comments.For the client is more easy to seat down and enjoy a film like this.
And its not necessary to have special knowledge in video editting.Windows movie maker can do the job!

Thats my opinion

Tolis

Claudio Branch · August 24th, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by AJLynn

Easy enough - get a Macbook and run Keynote

(Really - it's better at that kind of stuff. It's part of iWork, which costs $80 and does a ton of crap MS Office doesn't.)

I am open to using a Mac for presentations. I looked into iWork (Keynote) on the Apple website. With Keynote, "creating smooth animations is simple"...I was unable to find anything about it's ability to embed an existing animation.

nazcaLine · August 24th, 2007

Flash.
Nothing more impressive like that.
I learned it a year ago and i keep learning actionscript, it's never enough.but with a basic understanding of flash and AS, you can come up with something really cool.
And, if you don't want something too complicated, there's a slideshow too in flash.

Eduardo

rotten42 · August 24th, 2007

If you don't know flash try Swish. It's kind f like Flash for dummies. There are a lot of free templates out there too. I've used it a couple times for presentation where I've had to incorporate quite a bit of multimedia.

notamondayfan · August 24th, 2007

what about good old html website presentation? easy to construct, especially if you use a program like dreamweaver. other than that i recommend flash.

Claudio Branch · October 31st, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by AJLynn

Easy enough - get a Macbook and run Keynote

(Really - it's better at that kind of stuff. It's part of iWork, which costs $80 and does a ton of crap MS Office doesn't.)

Today I was able to put your suggestion into action. We acquired a Mac Notebook and the iWork software. I played 8 large animations (500 MB - 1GB) within my presentation without a hitch. Keynote is easy to use and has frame transitions that rival the quality of what I do within Adobe Premiere.

Thanks again for the suggestion. It made a significant difference in the quality of our presentation.

Jeff Mottle · October 31st, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Claudio Branch

Today I was able to put your suggestion into action. We acquired a Mac Notebook and the iWork software. I played 8 large animations (500 MB - 1GB) within my presentation without a hitch. Keynote is easy to use and has frame transitions that rival the quality of what I do within Adobe Premiere.

Thanks again for the suggestion. It made a significant difference in the quality of our presentation.

Yeah I used Keynote for a presentation I recently did with equally large animation files and it worked flawlessly AND looks SOOO much better than PowerPoint.

mitchrichie · October 31st, 2007

Keynote is Great. I've also hooked my Video ipod up to a projector to deliver a presentation. Works great for video/audio and stills.

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Claudio Branch Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Arlington, Texas Age: 43 Posts: 820 Name: Claudio Branch	Beyond Power Point for Client Presentations Anybody out there know of any good resources for doing client presentations using something besides Power Point? I believe PP is an adequate presentation tool, but in my experience, it's limitations become evident when incorporating large animation files. We are constantly facing this dilemma: The media player will play the file fine, but PP can't. Perhaps using a dual screen setup with one commited to PP and the other a DVD player would be a reasonable solution...just thinking out loud here? My work is used in civil viz presentations and it would be great to hear how others are handling this issue.

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AJLynn Moderator Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Beantown Age: 29 Posts: 4,427 Name: Andrew Lynn	Re: Beyond Power Point for Client Presentations Easy enough - get a Macbook and run Keynote (Really - it's better at that kind of stuff. It's part of iWork, which costs $80 and does a ton of crap MS Office doesn't.)

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mare96 Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Athens Age: 30 Posts: 29 Name: Apostolos Tsivolas	Re: Beyond Power Point for Client Presentations In my presentations I use only a single video which consists of images(drawings,concept,wireframe models,photoreastic models) with impressive transisions and animations of the building or the product. Plus I use music or comments.For the client is more easy to seat down and enjoy a film like this. And its not necessary to have special knowledge in video editting.Windows movie maker can do the job! Thats my opinion Tolis

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nazcaLine Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Lima Age: 33 Posts: 509 Name: Eduardo Romero	Re: Beyond Power Point for Client Presentations Flash. Nothing more impressive like that. I learned it a year ago and i keep learning actionscript, it's never enough.but with a basic understanding of flash and AS, you can come up with something really cool. And, if you don't want something too complicated, there's a slideshow too in flash. Eduardo __________________ "I have nothing to do with the real world anymore. Please don't insist." Eduardo Romero

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rotten42 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: calgary Age: 44 Posts: 193 Name: ron volpi	Re: Beyond Power Point for Client Presentations If you don't know flash try Swish. It's kind f like Flash for dummies. There are a lot of free templates out there too. I've used it a couple times for presentation where I've had to incorporate quite a bit of multimedia. __________________ Mental Health is over-rated

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notamondayfan Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Yorkshire Age: 23 Posts: 447 Name: Dean Punchard	Re: Beyond Power Point for Client Presentations what about good old html website presentation? easy to construct, especially if you use a program like dreamweaver. other than that i recommend flash. __________________ Pikcells Animator, Modelling & Environment Designer

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mitchrichie Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Idaho Posts: 36 Name: Mark Richardson	Re: Beyond Power Point for Client Presentations Keynote is Great. I've also hooked my Video ipod up to a projector to deliver a presentation. Works great for video/audio and stills.

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