Re: Pages, Keynote, and Numbers Receive Minor Updates
On 13 Feb 2014, at 7:46 am, Peter Hinchliffe hinch...@multiline.com.au wrote: Further to this discussion, if you want to handle .rtfd files but require something more powerful than TextEdit, have a look at Growly Write (http://growlybird.com). This free program has an amazing list of features (including advanced features such as Drop Caps and line numbering!), and is written by an ex-member of the MW Word development team. Best of all (did you miss it?), it's complete free! Highly recommended. Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 046 948 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Pages, Keynote, and Numbers Receive Minor Updates
On 12 Feb 2014, at 7:44 am, Pat clamsh...@iinet.net.au wrote: I don’t use Pages very often, but recently I had a need to convert an .rtfd to a .pdf. The latest version of Pages, 5.0.1, can not open the .rtfd (greyed out) , but Pages 4.something can. Why on earth did Apple remove this capability? Fortunately for me, the older version remains on my system on a different hard disk. Cheers, Pat The best way to deal with .rtfd files is the lowly TextEdit. This totally underestimated application is on everyone's Mac, and uses .rtfd as its default file format. You can created PDFs directly from it via the Print Menu (Save as PDF), but you can also save in Word format, which can then be read by any version of Pages. TextEdit is a very capable word processor in its own right, and is more than enough for many routine word processing tasks. Like many other apps that come supplied with your Mac, it is often overlooked when looking for a solution. The latest version of Pages is actually 5.1, and has many more features and increased compatibility than 5.0.1. When Pages 5 is installed on your Mac, existing versions such as Pages 4 are not removed. the changes were seen as necessary because of the lack of file and feature compatibility between the Mac and iOS devices such as the iPad. Apple have promiser that they are working towards most of the features we were used in version 4. I notice that the ability to swap between Word Processing and Desktop Publishing modes has also returned, but as far I know this has not been documented. Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 046 948 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Pages, Keynote, and Numbers Receive Minor Updates
I don’t use Pages very often, but recently I had a need to convert an .rtfd to a .pdf. The latest version of Pages, 5.0.1, can not open the .rtfd (greyed out) , but Pages 4.something can. Why on earth did Apple remove this capability? Fortunately for me, the older version remains on my system on a different hard disk. Cheers, Pat On 22 Nov 2013, at 3:31 pm, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hello Mavericks users who installed the new iWork for Mac. Updates available via Software Update. Numbers 190MB, Keynote 444MB, Pages ?... I forget :( The main change in Pages 5.0.1, Keynote 6.0.1, and Number 3.0.1 is the capability to customize the toolbar with the tools you use most often. (That was first on the list in the support document released after users feedback complaints - I wonder if Apple will update it.) Pages 5.0.1 also now has center and edge guides turned on by default. Keynote 6.0.1 adds seven transitions and seven builds (some of which are returning from the grave; others appear to be entirely new). And Numbers 3.0.1 once again remembers window size and placement on save and lets you set the default zoom in the preferences, both of which are basic oversights that worked fine in Number 2.3. All the updates also promise “Stability improvements and bug fixes,” and all three are available from Software Update. Here’s hoping we see additional updates soon. Sent from Ronni's iPad4 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Pages, Keynote, and Numbers Receive Minor Updates
On 22 Nov 2013, at 3:31 pm, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hello Mavericks users who installed the new iWork for Mac. Updates available via Software Update. Numbers 190MB, Keynote 444MB, Pages ?... I forget :( The main change in Pages 5.0.1, Keynote 6.0.1, and Number 3.0.1 is the capability to customize the toolbar with the tools you use most often. (That was first on the list in the support document released after users feedback complaints - I wonder if Apple will update it.) Pages 5.0.1 also now has center and edge guides turned on by default. Keynote 6.0.1 adds seven transitions and seven builds (some of which are returning from the grave; others appear to be entirely new). And Numbers 3.0.1 once again remembers window size and placement on save and lets you set the default zoom in the preferences, both of which are basic oversights that worked fine in Number 2.3. All the updates also promise “Stability improvements and bug fixes,” and all three are available from Software Update. Here’s hoping we see additional updates soon. And so it begins... It's amazing how much difference has been made just by the simple act of making the toolbar customisable. I make such frequent use of Copy Style and Paste Style, it's always my first act to put them in the tool bar with a new version of iWork. Having them back makes such a difference. Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 046 948 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Pages, Keynote, and Numbers Receive Minor Updates
On 25 Nov 2013, at 7:51 am, Peter Hinchliffe hinch...@multiline.com.au wrote: On 22 Nov 2013, at 3:31 pm, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hello Mavericks users who installed the new iWork for Mac. Updates available via Software Update. Numbers 190MB, Keynote 444MB, Pages ?... I forget :( The main change in Pages 5.0.1, Keynote 6.0.1, and Number 3.0.1 is the capability to customize the toolbar with the tools you use most often. (That was first on the list in the support document released after users feedback complaints - I wonder if Apple will update it.) Pages 5.0.1 also now has center and edge guides turned on by default. Keynote 6.0.1 adds seven transitions and seven builds (some of which are returning from the grave; others appear to be entirely new). And Numbers 3.0.1 once again remembers window size and placement on save and lets you set the default zoom in the preferences, both of which are basic oversights that worked fine in Number 2.3. All the updates also promise “Stability improvements and bug fixes,” and all three are available from Software Update. Here’s hoping we see additional updates soon. And so it begins... It's amazing how much difference has been made just by the simple act of making the toolbar customisable. I make such frequent use of Copy Style and Paste Style, it's always my first act to put them in the tool bar with a new version of iWork. Having them back makes such a difference. Yes!! Peter, I also use Copy Style and Paste frequently... You might have heard my 'Yes yippee'... Customize Toolbar is back! Ronni is happier now ;-) Cheers, Ronni Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 046 948 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Pages, Keynote, and Numbers Receive Minor Updates
Hello Mavericks users who installed the new iWork for Mac. Updates available via Software Update. Numbers 190MB, Keynote 444MB, Pages ?... I forget :( The main change in Pages 5.0.1, Keynote 6.0.1, and Number 3.0.1 is the capability to customize the toolbar with the tools you use most often. (That was first on the list in the support document released after users feedback complaints - I wonder if Apple will update it.) Pages 5.0.1 also now has center and edge guides turned on by default. Keynote 6.0.1 adds seven transitions and seven builds (some of which are returning from the grave; others appear to be entirely new). And Numbers 3.0.1 once again remembers window size and placement on save and lets you set the default zoom in the preferences, both of which are basic oversights that worked fine in Number 2.3. All the updates also promise “Stability improvements and bug fixes,” and all three are available from Software Update. Here’s hoping we see additional updates soon. Sent from Ronni's iPad4 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: iMovie and Keynote
Hello. Thanks Ronni. I have converted back to old Numbers and Pages. Life is worth living once again. From Alan. On 19 Nov 2013, at 6:34 pm, Ronni Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi David, This is only my personal opinion, and others will probably find the new iWork applications perfect for their use. I don't have any issue with the iPhoto 9.5 update, that is fine. It is the iWork, Pages and Numbers applications I'm not too thrilled about. I don't use - or want to use iWork apps on my iDevices, only on my Macs. I realise Apple are moving towards a OS X iOS cross-compatible productivity suite, which is fine for the average user, but not so fine for the Pro Users who were waiting for Apple to design a powerful new iWork 'full-featured' suite for professional users. As I mentioned in my previous reply - when you upgrade to the new iWork the older versions stay on your computer in a iWork '09 folder in Applications. So you can test out the NEW versions of iWork by creating some new documents to see how you like the new applications. If you open a document in the NEW versions of iWork that was created in the OLDER version of Pages or Numbers it cannot be opened again in the OLD version, in other words the applications are not backwards compatible. Reverting documents created in the new iWork for Mac applications to the previous version’s file format New or existing documents you open in the new versions of Pages, Numbers, and Keynote use the new unified file format. These files can’t be opened in the previous versions of the iWork applications. To revert the document file format to the previous version, you can do one of the following: 1. Documents that you haven't edited can be reverted to the iWork ’09 version by selecting File Revert To. 2. If you have edited the document and want to preserve the edits, you can save it as an iWork ’09 document by selecting File Export To, then choosing Pages ’09, Numbers ’09, or Keynote ’09. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6049?viewlocale=en_USlocale=en_US iMovie 10 I have not worked in since upgrading all my projects to the new format, so can't really comment, other than to say I find the interface 'bland' and 'different'. Perhaps as I use the new iWork applications more and become familiar with them I will adjust to the lack of features/ and changes. As Apple are going to continue this move towards 'OS X / iOS integration' for the millions new Mac users iOS users that I will just have to get used to it and learn to work differently. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: iMovie and Keynote
Hi Stephen, Check out iMovie 10 (2013) first before you make a decision. I need to find time to play with it more before I really make any judgements. Searching for reviews and comments I have found that iMovie (2013) isn't an updated version of iMovie '11 (version 9), it is Final Cut Pro X with additional resources to implement the iMovie consumer editing interface. Read this Macworld review for a starter. http://www.macworld.com/article/2060533/imovie-10-review-a-lot-to-like-a-few-quibbles.html Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad On 20 Nov 2013, at 1:20 pm, Stephen Chape chap...@bigpond.com wrote: I guess for iMovie users the other option is Adobe Premiere. I use iMovie quite a bit but have not checked out the latest one yet. And I don’t know how Premiere compares to iMove ? -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: iMovie and Keynote
I will certainly do that, just have not had the opportunity yet ! I usually have a backlog of video to edit but lately that has come to a halt. I will have to get the camcorder out and walk up and down the street with it to give myself some practice video. Just as long as the neighbours don’t think I am spying !! I am a long way from Indonesia so that should be fine I guess. PS: I noticed last night that a free trial version of Premiere Elements 12 can be downloaded with 30 days expiry. But I will definitely be checking out iMovie 2013 first (I like the look of the new interface). On 21 Nov 2013, at 6:12 am, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Stephen, Check out iMovie 10 (2013) first before you make a decision. I need to find time to play with it more before I really make any judgements. Searching for reviews and comments I have found that iMovie (2013) isn't an updated version of iMovie '11 (version 9), it is Final Cut Pro X with additional resources to implement the iMovie consumer editing interface. Read this Macworld review for a starter. http://www.macworld.com/article/2060533/imovie-10-review-a-lot-to-like-a-few-quibbles.html Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad On 20 Nov 2013, at 1:20 pm, Stephen Chape chap...@bigpond.com wrote: I guess for iMovie users the other option is Adobe Premiere. I use iMovie quite a bit but have not checked out the latest one yet. And I don’t know how Premiere compares to iMove ? -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug Regards, Stephen Chape -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: iMovie and Keynote
Hello Alan, On 19 Nov 2013, at 3:16 pm, Alan Fenton alc...@bigpond.com wrote: Hello, I have upgraded to Mavericks then others and I believe down graded to Numbers. ( Did Micro$oft pay the Numbers programmer, designer). Yes, unfortunately for Pro users of iWork... Apple has essentially turned iWork for Mac into iWork for iOS. At least Apple ensured that existing users (like myself) who upgrade their apps are able to continue using the ‘09 version by automatically keeping a copy of it in a backup folder. New converts to OS X and those who have yet to try iWork won’t have the benefit of a full-featured suite, as only the latest version is available from the Mac App Store. iMovie and Pages have both been downgraded to glorified IOS Apps. If I do not use iMovie or Keynote do I need to upgrade them? If you don't use either don't upgrade them. So far I have not needed the above to view e-mails. They don't have anything to do with viewing emails. Are the above used to view other information such as from web pages? No. From Alan. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.9 Mavericks Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: iMovie and Keynote
Hi Ronni I'm interested and confused by your reply to Alan. Perhaps you have already dealt with the issues I will raise, and if so I'm sorry I didn't read more carefully before. After I read your reply to Alan I did a search and discovered that there are new versions of iPhoto - 9.5 I have 11 9.4.3 iMovie - 10.0 I have 11 9.0.9 GarageBand Not currently using it Pages - 5.0 I have 09 4.3 Numbers Not currently using it Keynote - 6.0 I have 09 5.3 In the blurb, Apple of course claim that the new Apps are so much better. I use iPhoto, iMovie and Pages a lot, and Keynote a little. If I want to continue using them, do I have to do something or can I just carry on and resolutely refuse to download any associated Apps? Or, are the new Apps worth downloading for the improved experience? David On 19/11/2013, at 4:16 PM, Ronni Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hello Alan, On 19 Nov 2013, at 3:16 pm, Alan Fenton alc...@bigpond.com wrote: Hello, I have upgraded to Mavericks then others and I believe down graded to Numbers. ( Did Micro$oft pay the Numbers programmer, designer). Yes, unfortunately for Pro users of iWork... Apple has essentially turned iWork for Mac into iWork for iOS. At least Apple ensured that existing users (like myself) who upgrade their apps are able to continue using the ‘09 version by automatically keeping a copy of it in a backup folder. New converts to OS X and those who have yet to try iWork won’t have the benefit of a full-featured suite, as only the latest version is available from the Mac App Store. iMovie and Pages have both been downgraded to glorified IOS Apps. If I do not use iMovie or Keynote do I need to upgrade them? If you don't use either don't upgrade them. So far I have not needed the above to view e-mails. They don't have anything to do with viewing emails. Are the above used to view other information such as from web pages? No. From Alan. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.9 Mavericks Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: iMovie and Keynote
Hi David, This is only my personal opinion, and others will probably find the new iWork applications perfect for their use. I don't have any issue with the iPhoto 9.5 update, that is fine. It is the iWork, Pages and Numbers applications I'm not too thrilled about. I don't use - or want to use iWork apps on my iDevices, only on my Macs. I realise Apple are moving towards a OS X iOS cross-compatible productivity suite, which is fine for the average user, but not so fine for the Pro Users who were waiting for Apple to design a powerful new iWork 'full-featured' suite for professional users. As I mentioned in my previous reply - when you upgrade to the new iWork the older versions stay on your computer in a iWork '09 folder in Applications. So you can test out the NEW versions of iWork by creating some new documents to see how you like the new applications. If you open a document in the NEW versions of iWork that was created in the OLDER version of Pages or Numbers it cannot be opened again in the OLD version, in other words the applications are not backwards compatible. Reverting documents created in the new iWork for Mac applications to the previous version’s file format New or existing documents you open in the new versions of Pages, Numbers, and Keynote use the new unified file format. These files can’t be opened in the previous versions of the iWork applications. To revert the document file format to the previous version, you can do one of the following: 1. Documents that you haven't edited can be reverted to the iWork ’09 version by selecting File Revert To. 2. If you have edited the document and want to preserve the edits, you can save it as an iWork ’09 document by selecting File Export To, then choosing Pages ’09, Numbers ’09, or Keynote ’09. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6049?viewlocale=en_USlocale=en_US iMovie 10 I have not worked in since upgrading all my projects to the new format, so can't really comment, other than to say I find the interface 'bland' and 'different'. Perhaps as I use the new iWork applications more and become familiar with them I will adjust to the lack of features/ and changes. As Apple are going to continue this move towards 'OS X / iOS integration' for the millions new Mac users iOS users that I will just have to get used to it and learn to work differently. Cheers, Ronni On 19 Nov 2013, at 4:50 pm, David Nicholas david...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi Ronni I'm interested and confused by your reply to Alan. Perhaps you have already dealt with the issues I will raise, and if so I'm sorry I didn't read more carefully before. After I read your reply to Alan I did a search and discovered that there are new versions of iPhoto - 9.5 I have 11 9.4.3 iMovie - 10.0 I have 11 9.0.9 GarageBand Not currently using it Pages - 5.0 I have 09 4.3 Numbers Not currently using it Keynote - 6.0 I have 09 5.3 In the blurb, Apple of course claim that the new Apps are so much better. I use iPhoto, iMovie and Pages a lot, and Keynote a little. If I want to continue using them, do I have to do something or can I just carry on and resolutely refuse to download any associated Apps? Or, are the new Apps worth downloading for the improved experience? David On 19/11/2013, at 4:16 PM, Ronni Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hello Alan, On 19 Nov 2013, at 3:16 pm, Alan Fenton alc...@bigpond.com wrote: Hello, I have upgraded to Mavericks then others and I believe down graded to Numbers. ( Did Micro$oft pay the Numbers programmer, designer). Yes, unfortunately for Pro users of iWork... Apple has essentially turned iWork for Mac into iWork for iOS. At least Apple ensured that existing users (like myself) who upgrade their apps are able to continue using the ‘09 version by automatically keeping a copy of it in a backup folder. New converts to OS X and those who have yet to try iWork won’t have the benefit of a full-featured suite, as only the latest version is available from the Mac App Store. iMovie and Pages have both been downgraded to glorified IOS Apps. If I do not use iMovie or Keynote do I need to upgrade them? If you don't use either don't upgrade them. So far I have not needed the above to view e-mails. They don't have anything to do with viewing emails. Are the above used to view other information such as from web pages? No. From Alan. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.9 Mavericks Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: iMovie and Keynote
Thanks for this typical thorough, lucid outline, Ronni. David On 19/11/2013, at 6:34 PM, Ronni Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi David, This is only my personal opinion, and others will probably find the new iWork applications perfect for their use. I don't have any issue with the iPhoto 9.5 update, that is fine. It is the iWork, Pages and Numbers applications I'm not too thrilled about. I don't use - or want to use iWork apps on my iDevices, only on my Macs. I realise Apple are moving towards a OS X iOS cross-compatible productivity suite, which is fine for the average user, but not so fine for the Pro Users who were waiting for Apple to design a powerful new iWork 'full-featured' suite for professional users. As I mentioned in my previous reply - when you upgrade to the new iWork the older versions stay on your computer in a iWork '09 folder in Applications. So you can test out the NEW versions of iWork by creating some new documents to see how you like the new applications. If you open a document in the NEW versions of iWork that was created in the OLDER version of Pages or Numbers it cannot be opened again in the OLD version, in other words the applications are not backwards compatible. Reverting documents created in the new iWork for Mac applications to the previous version’s file format New or existing documents you open in the new versions of Pages, Numbers, and Keynote use the new unified file format. These files can’t be opened in the previous versions of the iWork applications. To revert the document file format to the previous version, you can do one of the following: 1. Documents that you haven't edited can be reverted to the iWork ’09 version by selecting File Revert To. 2. If you have edited the document and want to preserve the edits, you can save it as an iWork ’09 document by selecting File Export To, then choosing Pages ’09, Numbers ’09, or Keynote ’09. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6049?viewlocale=en_USlocale=en_US iMovie 10 I have not worked in since upgrading all my projects to the new format, so can't really comment, other than to say I find the interface 'bland' and 'different'. Perhaps as I use the new iWork applications more and become familiar with them I will adjust to the lack of features/ and changes. As Apple are going to continue this move towards 'OS X / iOS integration' for the millions new Mac users iOS users that I will just have to get used to it and learn to work differently. Cheers, Ronni On 19 Nov 2013, at 4:50 pm, David Nicholas david...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi Ronni I'm interested and confused by your reply to Alan. Perhaps you have already dealt with the issues I will raise, and if so I'm sorry I didn't read more carefully before. After I read your reply to Alan I did a search and discovered that there are new versions of iPhoto - 9.5 I have 11 9.4.3 iMovie - 10.0 I have 11 9.0.9 GarageBand Not currently using it Pages - 5.0 I have 09 4.3 Numbers Not currently using it Keynote - 6.0 I have 09 5.3 In the blurb, Apple of course claim that the new Apps are so much better. I use iPhoto, iMovie and Pages a lot, and Keynote a little. If I want to continue using them, do I have to do something or can I just carry on and resolutely refuse to download any associated Apps? Or, are the new Apps worth downloading for the improved experience? David On 19/11/2013, at 4:16 PM, Ronni Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hello Alan, On 19 Nov 2013, at 3:16 pm, Alan Fenton alc...@bigpond.com wrote: Hello, I have upgraded to Mavericks then others and I believe down graded to Numbers. ( Did Micro$oft pay the Numbers programmer, designer). Yes, unfortunately for Pro users of iWork... Apple has essentially turned iWork for Mac into iWork for iOS. At least Apple ensured that existing users (like myself) who upgrade their apps are able to continue using the ‘09 version by automatically keeping a copy of it in a backup folder. New converts to OS X and those who have yet to try iWork won’t have the benefit of a full-featured suite, as only the latest version is available from the Mac App Store. iMovie and Pages have both been downgraded to glorified IOS Apps. If I do not use iMovie or Keynote do I need to upgrade them? If you don't use either don't upgrade them. So far I have not needed the above to view e-mails. They don't have anything to do with viewing emails. Are the above used to view other information such as from web pages? No. From Alan. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.9 Mavericks Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings
Re: iMovie and Keynote
On 19/11/2013, at 4:50 PM, David Nicholas david...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi Ronni I'm interested and confused by your reply to Alan. Perhaps you have already dealt with the issues I will raise, and if so I'm sorry I didn't read more carefully before. After I read your reply to Alan I did a search and discovered that there are new versions of iPhoto - 9.5 I have 11 9.4.3 iMovie - 10.0 I have 11 9.0.9 GarageBand Not currently using it Pages - 5.0 I have 09 4.3 Numbers Not currently using it Keynote - 6.0 I have 09 5.3 In the blurb, Apple of course claim that the new Apps are so much better. I use iPhoto, iMovie and Pages a lot, and Keynote a little. If I want to continue using them, do I have to do something or can I just carry on and resolutely refuse to download any associated Apps? Or, are the new Apps worth downloading for the improved experience? David It is becoming increasingly widely acknowledged that the new iWork apps are not to be regarded as upgrades to their existing counterparts, and to anyone who has used the new versions this will be patently obvious. What we are seeing in the Mavericks versions is the first version of a more unified software platform which works exactly the same in Mac OS X as it does in iOS. Given the huge differences in the capabilities of the respective hardware platforms, this will be no mean feat! Apple have made it clear that over the next six months or so we will see a gradual return to iWork of the most sorely-missed features, but there will be full feature-parity on both platforms. We already have full file parity with the latest version, which was the whole point of the current upgrade first place. In the meantime, just continue to use iWork '09 for all your heavy lifting. Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 046 948 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: iMovie and Keynote
I guess for iMovie users the other option is Adobe Premiere. I use iMovie quite a bit but have not checked out the latest one yet. And I don’t know how Premiere compares to iMove ? On 20 Nov 2013, at 7:55 am, Peter Hinchliffe hinch...@multiline.com.au wrote: On 19/11/2013, at 4:50 PM, David Nicholas david...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi Ronni I'm interested and confused by your reply to Alan. Perhaps you have already dealt with the issues I will raise, and if so I'm sorry I didn't read more carefully before. After I read your reply to Alan I did a search and discovered that there are new versions of iPhoto - 9.5 I have 11 9.4.3 iMovie - 10.0 I have 11 9.0.9 GarageBand Not currently using it Pages - 5.0 I have 09 4.3 Numbers Not currently using it Keynote - 6.0 I have 09 5.3 In the blurb, Apple of course claim that the new Apps are so much better. I use iPhoto, iMovie and Pages a lot, and Keynote a little. If I want to continue using them, do I have to do something or can I just carry on and resolutely refuse to download any associated Apps? Or, are the new Apps worth downloading for the improved experience? David It is becoming increasingly widely acknowledged that the new iWork apps are not to be regarded as upgrades to their existing counterparts, and to anyone who has used the new versions this will be patently obvious. What we are seeing in the Mavericks versions is the first version of a more unified software platform which works exactly the same in Mac OS X as it does in iOS. Given the huge differences in the capabilities of the respective hardware platforms, this will be no mean feat! Apple have made it clear that over the next six months or so we will see a gradual return to iWork of the most sorely-missed features, but there will be full feature-parity on both platforms. We already have full file parity with the latest version, which was the whole point of the current upgrade first place. In the meantime, just continue to use iWork '09 for all your heavy lifting. Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 046 948 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug Regards, Stephen Chape -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
iMovie and Keynote
Hello, I have upgraded to Mavericks then others and I believe down graded to Numbers. ( Did Micro$oft pay the Numbers programmer, designer). If I do not use iMovie or Keynote do I need to upgrade them? So far I have not needed the above to view e-mails. Are the above used to view other information such as from web pages? From Alan. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
IPad Keynote presentation to Apple TV
Good morning all I would like to show a Keynote presentation on my Apple TV. The Help advice seems to deal with moving such a presentation from another device to the iPad. My presentation is already on my iPad (3). There is also reference to a Keynote Remote App. i have the Remote that I use with Apple TV but can see that the Keynote Remote is more of a slide control. The Presentation is just 7 slides. Any help would be appreciated Regards Laura Sent from my iPad -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: IPad Keynote presentation to Apple TV
Hi Laura Double tap the Home Button to bring up the open Apps then push them to the right *until you get to the iTunes Control/ (or Volume slider depending on iOS version you're running).. You'll see an icon that looks like a screen with a triangle on it (Air Play). Tap on this, and you'll see a choice to show on iPad (which will have a tick) or AppleTV. Choose Apple TV and then what is being displayed on the iPad will show up on the AppleTV. Kind regards Daniel Sent from my iPhone 4s --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel AT macwizardry.com.au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Apple** On 03/02/2013, at 10:28 AM, Laura Webb el...@iinet.net.au wrote: Good morning all I would like to show a Keynote presentation on my Apple TV. The Help advice seems to deal with moving such a presentation from another device to the iPad. My presentation is already on my iPad (3). There is also reference to a Keynote Remote App. i have the Remote that I use with Apple TV but can see that the Keynote Remote is more of a slide control. The Presentation is just 7 slides. Any help would be appreciated Regards Laura Sent from my iPad -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: IPad Keynote presentation to Apple TV
Hi Daniel Many thanks. I am of course very familiar with the Airplay icon but have never had to look for it before. When I watch, for example, something on ABC iView, the icon just appears. So now I know where to look for other occasions. Next question.I now have the presentation on Apple TV but how do I make it play as a slideshow? I pressed the arrow in the row of controls you mentioned but nothing happens. Within the presentation window, once on Apple TV there is the option for next slide etc but can't see anything about slideshow. Kind regards Laura Sent from my iPad On 03/02/2013, at 10:44 AM, Daniel Kerr dan...@macwizardry.com.au wrote: Hi Laura Double tap the Home Button to bring up the open Apps then push them to the right *until you get to the iTunes Control/ (or Volume slider depending on iOS version you're running).. You'll see an icon that looks like a screen with a triangle on it (Air Play). Tap on this, and you'll see a choice to show on iPad (which will have a tick) or AppleTV. Choose Apple TV and then what is being displayed on the iPad will show up on the AppleTV. Kind regards Daniel Sent from my iPhone 4s --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel AT macwizardry.com.au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Apple** On 03/02/2013, at 10:28 AM, Laura Webb el...@iinet.net.au wrote: Good morning all I would like to show a Keynote presentation on my Apple TV. The Help advice seems to deal with moving such a presentation from another device to the iPad. My presentation is already on my iPad (3). There is also reference to a Keynote Remote App. i have the Remote that I use with Apple TV but can see that the Keynote Remote is more of a slide control. The Presentation is just 7 slides. Any help would be appreciated Regards Laura Sent from my iPad -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: IPad Keynote presentation to Apple TV
Hi Laura You just play the slideshow from Keynote as you would normally. Once you have Airplay on (and set to mirrored), then when it's playing from Keynote, it will play on the AppleTV. Hope that helps. Kind regards Daniel --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel AT macwizardry.com.au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Apple** On 03/02/2013, at 11:25 AM, Laura Webb el...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi Daniel Many thanks. I am of course very familiar with the Airplay icon but have never had to look for it before. When I watch, for example, something on ABC iView, the icon just appears. So now I know where to look for other occasions. Next question.I now have the presentation on Apple TV but how do I make it play as a slideshow? I pressed the arrow in the row of controls you mentioned but nothing happens. Within the presentation window, once on Apple TV there is the option for next slide etc but can't see anything about slideshow. Kind regards Laura Sent from my iPad On 03/02/2013, at 10:44 AM, Daniel Kerr dan...@macwizardry.com.au wrote: Hi Laura Double tap the Home Button to bring up the open Apps then push them to the right *until you get to the iTunes Control/ (or Volume slider depending on iOS version you're running).. You'll see an icon that looks like a screen with a triangle on it (Air Play). Tap on this, and you'll see a choice to show on iPad (which will have a tick) or AppleTV. Choose Apple TV and then what is being displayed on the iPad will show up on the AppleTV. Kind regards Daniel Sent from my iPhone 4s --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel AT macwizardry.com.au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Apple** On 03/02/2013, at 10:28 AM, Laura Webb el...@iinet.net.au wrote: Good morning all I would like to show a Keynote presentation on my Apple TV. The Help advice seems to deal with moving such a presentation from another device to the iPad. My presentation is already on my iPad (3). There is also reference to a Keynote Remote App. i have the Remote that I use with Apple TV but can see that the Keynote Remote is more of a slide control. The Presentation is just 7 slides. Any help would be appreciated Regards Laura Sent from my iPad -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: IPad Keynote presentation to Apple TV
Hi Daniel Yes, all sorted now. Thanks so much for your help. Kind regards Laura Sent from my iPad On 03/02/2013, at 11:29 AM, Daniel Kerr wa...@macwizardry.com.au wrote: Hi Laura You just play the slideshow from Keynote as you would normally. Once you have Airplay on (and set to mirrored), then when it's playing from Keynote, it will play on the AppleTV. Hope that helps. Kind regards Daniel --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel AT macwizardry.com.au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Apple** On 03/02/2013, at 11:25 AM, Laura Webb el...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi Daniel Many thanks. I am of course very familiar with the Airplay icon but have never had to look for it before. When I watch, for example, something on ABC iView, the icon just appears. So now I know where to look for other occasions. Next question.I now have the presentation on Apple TV but how do I make it play as a slideshow? I pressed the arrow in the row of controls you mentioned but nothing happens. Within the presentation window, once on Apple TV there is the option for next slide etc but can't see anything about slideshow. Kind regards Laura Sent from my iPad On 03/02/2013, at 10:44 AM, Daniel Kerr dan...@macwizardry.com.au wrote: Hi Laura Double tap the Home Button to bring up the open Apps then push them to the right *until you get to the iTunes Control/ (or Volume slider depending on iOS version you're running).. You'll see an icon that looks like a screen with a triangle on it (Air Play). Tap on this, and you'll see a choice to show on iPad (which will have a tick) or AppleTV. Choose Apple TV and then what is being displayed on the iPad will show up on the AppleTV. Kind regards Daniel Sent from my iPhone 4s --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel AT macwizardry.com.au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Apple** On 03/02/2013, at 10:28 AM, Laura Webb el...@iinet.net.au wrote: Good morning all I would like to show a Keynote presentation on my Apple TV. The Help advice seems to deal with moving such a presentation from another device to the iPad. My presentation is already on my iPad (3). There is also reference to a Keynote Remote App. i have the Remote that I use with Apple TV but can see that the Keynote Remote is more of a slide control. The Presentation is just 7 slides. Any help would be appreciated Regards Laura Sent from my iPad -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: keynote issues
Many thanks for your prompt response Ronni, I found that i couldn't export from keynote and then open with powerpoint 2008 for mac - yet was always able to do so before. To get around it, i opened it on my old g4 powerbook, then exported and it worked fine. I lose all of the efficiency gains from working on keynote though - 30 mins of mucking around just so I can share a presentation and frustrating because I've worked the same way for a few years Best regards Justin On 14 Apr 2011, at 1:00 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Justin, On 14/04/2011, at 11:29 AM, Justin Davies wrote: Hi everyone, Keynote export is not working as it should. I need to export keynote files so that non-keynote users can view them. Exporting to PDF is creating files that some aren't able to view. Have not heard of this. When I export to powerpoint, I cannot open it using powerpoint - I get an error message saying that there was an error accessing and then the pathname to the file. Sounds like ’the file is not complete’ … What version are you using , is it Mac PowerPoint 2011 or 2004? Seems to be fairly general opinion that you Can't export from Keynote 5.0.5 to PPT 12.2.8.” People have found if you open the exported PPT in Powerpoint 2004 and re-save it. Then open it in Mac PowerPoint 2011, it opens fine. The new version of powerpoint seems to be having issues understanding some very basic Keynote functions. I read somewhere (probably Apple Keynote Discussions) that: Before you export to Powerpoint: Make sure ALL placed images are RGB and not CMYK. This includes anything in your master slides. If you have CMYK placed images in your master slides, make sure you convert them and ALSO delete the old masters from your theme. Grouped images or text will cause the error. Make sure you un-group any images or text before exporting. Any brush stroke style line with more than two anchor points will not convert. Interestingly, the solid or dashed lines are ok but the other stylized lines are not.” Sorry I can’t help more as I haven’t experienced the problem Cheers, Ronni I've got a macbook intel core 2, 2.26 ghz, and keynote is vers 5.05, osx 10.6.7 I've also got dropbox enabled as well. This issue has only recently occurred, which makes me that there may be a software issue. I have found this forum discussing the problem http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=12987914 which indicates an issue with grouped items - however there aren't any grouped items in my presentation. And the following thread http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2715747tstart=0 - which pushes the blame towards microsoft - but that doesn't resolve this issue. Can anyone help? Many thanks in advance BTW i've tried rebooting, defrag, software update etc before posting Best regards Justin -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: keynote issues
I can understand your frustration. Hopefully iWork'11 won't be long will have much needed improvements. /Quote: Given that it has been more than 2 years since the launch of iWork ’09, will an update be coming soon or will Apple simply wait until OS X 10.7 Lion is launched in the Summer. The reasoning behind this is as follows. There are several new features that are being incorporated into the next version of OS X that could be fairly integral components of how iWork ’11 will operate. Therefore Apple may not launch iWork ’11 until the new features can be utilized by users running 10.7 Lion. The primary feature which is likely to be of the most use in iWork ’11 is the use of Lion’s AutoSave and Versions features. As its name suggests, Versions records the evolution of a document as you create it’. Therefore, if you wish to revert to an earlier version, Lion brings up a Time-Machine like screen to allow you to select which one you want. Similarly, if you shut down an application, the AutoSave and Resume feature will automatically reopen where you left off. It is likely that this will somehow be expanded and tightly integrated within iWork ’11. The second feature relates to the AirDrop and sharing features. AirDrop allows you to share files with anyone around you wirelessly, something that would be incredibly useful in iWork ’11. In addition, recent rumors are suggesting that Apple will be relaunching MobileMe this year with a much greater emphasis on cloud storage and sharing. It is likely that this will be a big component in iWork ’11 and another reason why we haven’t seen it up until now. Apple has already dipped into this with the iWork.com beta but we may see a lot more functionality when it finally launches There are also more minor new features of Lion, like full screen apps (a feature already implemented in iWork ’09), more Multi-Touch gestures and enhanced security, which could add functionality to iWork ’11. Of course, Apple would obviously not make iWork ’11 exclusively compatible with OS X Lion, but rather may choose to take advantage of new features in Lion that aren’t available in Snow Leopard. Given that Apple is preparing for a launch of Lion in the Summer, is it reasonable to expect iWork ’11 at the same time? /End Quote http://www.applebitch.com/2011/03/11/opinion-iwork-11-on-the-same-day-as-os-x-10-7-lion/ Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad On 14/04/2011, at 4:39 PM, Justin Davies m...@justindavies.com.au wrote: Many thanks for your prompt response Ronni, I found that i couldn't export from keynote and then open with powerpoint 2008 for mac - yet was always able to do so before. To get around it, i opened it on my old g4 powerbook, then exported and it worked fine. I lose all of the efficiency gains from working on keynote though - 30 mins of mucking around just so I can share a presentation and frustrating because I've worked the same way for a few years Best regards Justin On 14 Apr 2011, at 1:00 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Justin, On 14/04/2011, at 11:29 AM, Justin Davies wrote: Hi everyone, Keynote export is not working as it should. I need to export keynote files so that non-keynote users can view them. Exporting to PDF is creating files that some aren't able to view. Have not heard of this. When I export to powerpoint, I cannot open it using powerpoint - I get an error message saying that there was an error accessing and then the pathname to the file. Sounds like ’the file is not complete’ … What version are you using , is it Mac PowerPoint 2011 or 2004? Seems to be fairly general opinion that you Can't export from Keynote 5.0.5 to PPT 12.2.8.” People have found if you open the exported PPT in Powerpoint 2004 and re-save it. Then open it in Mac PowerPoint 2011, it opens fine. The new version of powerpoint seems to be having issues understanding some very basic Keynote functions. I read somewhere (probably Apple Keynote Discussions) that: Before you export to Powerpoint: Make sure ALL placed images are RGB and not CMYK. This includes anything in your master slides. If you have CMYK placed images in your master slides, make sure you convert them and ALSO delete the old masters from your theme. Grouped images or text will cause the error. Make sure you un-group any images or text before exporting. Any brush stroke style line with more than two anchor points will not convert. Interestingly, the solid or dashed lines are ok but the other stylized lines are not.” Sorry I can’t help more as I haven’t experienced the problem Cheers, Ronni I've got a macbook intel core 2, 2.26 ghz, and keynote is vers 5.05, osx 10.6.7 I've also got dropbox enabled as well. This issue has only recently occurred, which makes me that there may be a software issue. I have found this forum discussing the problem http
Re: keynote issues
Thanks Ronni! Best regards Justin On 14 Apr 2011, at 5:07 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: I can understand your frustration. Hopefully iWork'11 won't be long will have much needed improvements. /Quote: Given that it has been more than 2 years since the launch of iWork ’09, will an update be coming soon or will Apple simply wait until OS X 10.7 Lion is launched in the Summer. The reasoning behind this is as follows. There are several new features that are being incorporated into the next version of OS X that could be fairly integral components of how iWork ’11 will operate. Therefore Apple may not launch iWork ’11 until the new features can be utilized by users running 10.7 Lion. The primary feature which is likely to be of the most use in iWork ’11 is the use of Lion’s AutoSave and Versions features. As its name suggests, Versions records the evolution of a document as you create it’. Therefore, if you wish to revert to an earlier version, Lion brings up a Time-Machine like screen to allow you to select which one you want. Similarly, if you shut down an application, the AutoSave and Resume feature will automatically reopen where you left off. It is likely that this will somehow be expanded and tightly integrated within iWork ’11. The second feature relates to the AirDrop and sharing features. AirDrop allows you to share files with anyone around you wirelessly, something that would be incredibly useful in iWork ’11. In addition, recent rumors are suggesting that Apple will be relaunching MobileMe this year with a much greater emphasis on cloud storage and sharing. It is likely that this will be a big component in iWork ’11 and another reason why we haven’t seen it up until now. Apple has already dipped into this with the iWork.com beta but we may see a lot more functionality when it finally launches There are also more minor new features of Lion, like full screen apps (a feature already implemented in iWork ’09), more Multi-Touch gestures and enhanced security, which could add functionality to iWork ’11. Of course, Apple would obviously not make iWork ’11 exclusively compatible with OS X Lion, but rather may choose to take advantage of new features in Lion that aren’t available in Snow Leopard. Given that Apple is preparing for a launch of Lion in the Summer, is it reasonable to expect iWork ’11 at the same time? /End Quote http://www.applebitch.com/2011/03/11/opinion-iwork-11-on-the-same-day-as-os-x-10-7-lion/ Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad On 14/04/2011, at 4:39 PM, Justin Davies m...@justindavies.com.au wrote: Many thanks for your prompt response Ronni, I found that i couldn't export from keynote and then open with powerpoint 2008 for mac - yet was always able to do so before. To get around it, i opened it on my old g4 powerbook, then exported and it worked fine. I lose all of the efficiency gains from working on keynote though - 30 mins of mucking around just so I can share a presentation and frustrating because I've worked the same way for a few years Best regards Justin On 14 Apr 2011, at 1:00 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Justin, On 14/04/2011, at 11:29 AM, Justin Davies wrote: Hi everyone, Keynote export is not working as it should. I need to export keynote files so that non-keynote users can view them. Exporting to PDF is creating files that some aren't able to view. Have not heard of this. When I export to powerpoint, I cannot open it using powerpoint - I get an error message saying that there was an error accessing and then the pathname to the file. Sounds like ’the file is not complete’ … What version are you using , is it Mac PowerPoint 2011 or 2004? Seems to be fairly general opinion that you Can't export from Keynote 5.0.5 to PPT 12.2.8.” People have found if you open the exported PPT in Powerpoint 2004 and re-save it. Then open it in Mac PowerPoint 2011, it opens fine. The new version of powerpoint seems to be having issues understanding some very basic Keynote functions. I read somewhere (probably Apple Keynote Discussions) that: Before you export to Powerpoint: Make sure ALL placed images are RGB and not CMYK. This includes anything in your master slides. If you have CMYK placed images in your master slides, make sure you convert them and ALSO delete the old masters from your theme. Grouped images or text will cause the error. Make sure you un-group any images or text before exporting. Any brush stroke style line with more than two anchor points will not convert. Interestingly, the solid or dashed lines are ok but the other stylized lines are not.” Sorry I can’t help more as I haven’t experienced the problem Cheers, Ronni I've got a macbook intel core 2, 2.26 ghz, and keynote is vers 5.05, osx 10.6.7 I've also got dropbox enabled as well. This issue has only
keynote issues
Hi everyone, Keynote export is not working as it should. I need to export keynote files so that non-keynote users can view them. Exporting to PDF is creating files that some aren't able to view. When I export to powerpoint, I cannot open it using powerpoint - I get an error message saying that there was an error accessing and then the pathname to the file. I've got a macbook intel core 2, 2.26 ghz, and keynote is vers 5.05, osx 10.6.7 I've also got dropbox enabled as well. This issue has only recently occurred, which makes me that there may be a software issue. I have found this forum discussing the problem http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=12987914 which indicates an issue with grouped items - however there aren't any grouped items in my presentation. And the following thread http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2715747tstart=0 - which pushes the blame towards microsoft - but that doesn't resolve this issue. Can anyone help? Many thanks in advance BTW i've tried rebooting, defrag, software update etc before posting Best regards Justin -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: keynote issues
Hi Justin, On 14/04/2011, at 11:29 AM, Justin Davies wrote: Hi everyone, Keynote export is not working as it should. I need to export keynote files so that non-keynote users can view them. Exporting to PDF is creating files that some aren't able to view. Have not heard of this. When I export to powerpoint, I cannot open it using powerpoint - I get an error message saying that there was an error accessing and then the pathname to the file. Sounds like ’the file is not complete’ … What version are you using , is it Mac PowerPoint 2011 or 2004? Seems to be fairly general opinion that you Can't export from Keynote 5.0.5 to PPT 12.2.8.” People have found if you open the exported PPT in Powerpoint 2004 and re-save it. Then open it in Mac PowerPoint 2011, it opens fine. The new version of powerpoint seems to be having issues understanding some very basic Keynote functions. I read somewhere (probably Apple Keynote Discussions) that: Before you export to Powerpoint: Make sure ALL placed images are RGB and not CMYK. This includes anything in your master slides. If you have CMYK placed images in your master slides, make sure you convert them and ALSO delete the old masters from your theme. Grouped images or text will cause the error. Make sure you un-group any images or text before exporting. Any brush stroke style line with more than two anchor points will not convert. Interestingly, the solid or dashed lines are ok but the other stylized lines are not.” Sorry I can’t help more as I haven’t experienced the problem Cheers, Ronni I've got a macbook intel core 2, 2.26 ghz, and keynote is vers 5.05, osx 10.6.7 I've also got dropbox enabled as well. This issue has only recently occurred, which makes me that there may be a software issue. I have found this forum discussing the problem http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=12987914 which indicates an issue with grouped items - however there aren't any grouped items in my presentation. And the following thread http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2715747tstart=0 - which pushes the blame towards microsoft - but that doesn't resolve this issue. Can anyone help? Many thanks in advance BTW i've tried rebooting, defrag, software update etc before posting Best regards Justin -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Apple Keynote podcasts
Hi Greg and whoever else it interested, Here, as mentioned at last night's meeting, is a link to the Apple Keynote podcasts in iTunes. The one that talks about OS X 10.7 Lion, is, I believe, the October 2010 edition. http://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/apple-keynotes/id275834665 Cheers, Carlo -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Keynote and Powerpoint
Thanks for the replies folks. Luckily we have Keynote, so clearly the problem is no problem. Cheers, Paul. Dr Paul R. Weaver http://fremantlebiz.livejournal.com/calendar -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Keynote and Powerpoint
A question. Can Keynote 09 files be read by Powerpoint and vice-versa? Thanks, Paul. http://fremantlebiz.livejournal.com/calendar -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Keynote and Powerpoint
Paul, it is a one way street. Keynote can import PP files and export its files to PP PP is too stupid to import of export to keynote Regards, Eugene -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au inline: (null) 4.tiff On 24/02/2010, at 9:34 AM, Paul Weaver wrote: A question. Can Keynote 09 files be read by Powerpoint and vice-versa? Thanks, Paul. http://fremantlebiz.livejournal.com/calendar -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Keynote and Powerpoint
G'day Paul, On 24/02/2010, at 9:34 AM, Paul Weaver wrote: A question. Can Keynote 09 files be read by Powerpoint and vice-versa? No and yes. ooroo -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Keynote DVD
Hi Ronni A huge thank you. We have success!! I now have a DVD playing through the TV with audio!! Don't ask how I achieved this because i'm not really sure. The text is still not perfect but I won't change that until the disc has been viewed on a flat screen TV. Show TV safe area made no difference. I can, if necessary, go back and just move the text a few spaces to the right. I didn't alter the Keynote slideshow in any way, but did go through the export to QT process again. I'm not conscious of what was done differently but something must have been! The audio on the disc does not fade at the end of the slide show, as I thought I had set it to do, but that, for the moment, is of no consequence. Still much to learn and I'm sure the next one will be better. There is no way I could have done this without all your patience and help. For me, a very satisfactory outcome. Regards Laura On 20/01/2010, at 1:18 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Laura, On 20/01/2010, at 12:31 PM, Laura Webb wrote: No problem in having to go back and re do the audio. All good experience, except I'm not sure what is going to make any difference. At the time, I believe I did all you suggested to add the audio before exporting to QT. I've just gone back to Keynote and the audio track is still there when I play the slideshow. Should I remove it and then add it again? When saving your document in Keynote, make sure to select “Copy audio and movies into document” in the Save window after you choose Save As. (If you don’t see the option, click the disclosure triangle next to the field Save As, and then click Advanced Options.) Are you sure you had Audio ticked include audio (sound files, movie audio) include the slideshow soundtrack When you go to export to Quicktime, make sure that you have checked Include audio (sound file, movie audio) Was the Audio track you used AIFF format? I used the Help Menu in iDVD to add the audio which had disappeared. I can now see that those directions did not necessarily apply to a QT movie but how is it that the audio is there in iDVD, seems to be attached to the slideshow, plays perfectly when previewed but is missing in the Burn? Was the Audio missing in the Disc Image you created when you went - File Save As Disc Image? Don't burn any DVD-R discs until you have a perfectly working Disc Image. Also what blank media are you using? And are you burning at slow speed ... 2x Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Keynote DVD
Excellent Laura, Success is always such a great feeling! It took awhile, but eventually we got the result you wanted. The Text not being perfect is not to do with iDVD and the Show TV Safe Area, I think it will be to do with the resolution in Keynote being larger than when it is converted in iDVD for a DVD. The size in iDVD is: DVD PAL: 720 x 576 ... When creating a new Keynote presentation, you are limited to choose from a list of predefined sizes like 800 x 600 or 1024 x 768 in most cases. In Keynote Preferences Slideshow there is a setting When Presenting: Scale slides up to fit display. That normally means for showing your presentation on another Display, whether it would make any difference to the export to Quicktime and then the DVD produced in iDVD, I'm not sure. I would need to experiment some more. For your slideshow projects, until I find time to experiment more, try not to have any text close to the edges of your slides. Did you download the Keynote '09 User Guidehttp://support.apple.com/manuals/#keynote? Remember Laura, Anything worth doing is worth doing well Only your best is good enough. I had this drilled into me from early childhood and I've lived by it. Every time I think Ah, that's good enough, I hear my Dad telling me Only your best is good enough Keep experimenting with all the iWork and iLife applications, you will find how good they really are, and how all the Apple applications work together. Good work! Cheers, Ronni On 20/01/2010, at 4:17 PM, Laura Webb wrote: Hi Ronni A huge thank you. We have success!! I now have a DVD playing through the TV with audio!! Don't ask how I achieved this because i'm not really sure. The text is still not perfect but I won't change that until the disc has been viewed on a flat screen TV. Show TV safe area made no difference. I can, if necessary, go back and just move the text a few spaces to the right. I didn't alter the Keynote slideshow in any way, but did go through the export to QT process again. I'm not conscious of what was done differently but something must have been! The audio on the disc does not fade at the end of the slide show, as I thought I had set it to do, but that, for the moment, is of no consequence. Still much to learn and I'm sure the next one will be better. There is no way I could have done this without all your patience and help. For me, a very satisfactory outcome. Regards Laura On 20/01/2010, at 1:18 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Laura, On 20/01/2010, at 12:31 PM, Laura Webb wrote: No problem in having to go back and re do the audio. All good experience, except I'm not sure what is going to make any difference. At the time, I believe I did all you suggested to add the audio before exporting to QT. I've just gone back to Keynote and the audio track is still there when I play the slideshow. Should I remove it and then add it again? When saving your document in Keynote, make sure to select “Copy audio and movies into document” in the Save window after you choose Save As. (If you don’t see the option, click the disclosure triangle next to the field Save As, and then click Advanced Options.) Are you sure you had Audio ticked include audio (sound files, movie audio) include the slideshow soundtrack When you go to export to Quicktime, make sure that you have checked Include audio (sound file, movie audio) Was the Audio track you used AIFF format? I used the Help Menu in iDVD to add the audio which had disappeared. I can now see that those directions did not necessarily apply to a QT movie but how is it that the audio is there in iDVD, seems to be attached to the slideshow, plays perfectly when previewed but is missing in the Burn? Was the Audio missing in the Disc Image you created when you went - File Save As Disc Image? Don't burn any DVD-R discs until you have a perfectly working Disc Image. Also what blank media are you using? And are you burning at slow speed ... 2x Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Keynote DVD
On 20/01/2010, at 9:49 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: The size in iDVD is: DVD PAL: 720 x 576 ... When creating a new Keynote presentation, you are limited to choose from a list of predefined sizes like 800 x 600 or 1024 x 768 in most cases. If you know what you are eventually outputting to, and in this case that is to a DVD, then you can create CUSTOM Sized slides to start with. Goto the Inspector Choose the Document Tab (the first icon on the Inspector) There you'll find Slide Size Create a Custom Size... smallest you can do is 200x200... not sure what the max is. and then that document will be set to that correct size and you can start work from there... no scaling up nor down :) Hope this helps -- Nicholas Pyers (nicho...@nicholaspyers.com) Heaven on Earth? No, Earth on Earth. The Just Earth! -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Keynote DVD
Hi Ronni Yes I did download the Keynote 09 User Guide and have it on my desktop. The When Presenting: Scale slides up to fit display is ticked in Keynote Preferences. I'm not aware of being able to choose from a list of predefined sizes in Keynote but obviously I've hardly scratched the surface of what is available. I smiled at your anything worth doing is worth doing well. I also grew up with similar sayings from my parents. Best wishes Laura On 20/01/2010, at 6:49 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Excellent Laura, Success is always such a great feeling! It took awhile, but eventually we got the result you wanted. The Text not being perfect is not to do with iDVD and the Show TV Safe Area, I think it will be to do with the resolution in Keynote being larger than when it is converted in iDVD for a DVD. The size in iDVD is: DVD PAL: 720 x 576 ... When creating a new Keynote presentation, you are limited to choose from a list of predefined sizes like 800 x 600 or 1024 x 768 in most cases. In Keynote Preferences Slideshow there is a setting When Presenting: Scale slides up to fit display. That normally means for showing your presentation on another Display, whether it would make any difference to the export to Quicktime and then the DVD produced in iDVD, I'm not sure. I would need to experiment some more. For your slideshow projects, until I find time to experiment more, try not to have any text close to the edges of your slides. Did you download the Keynote '09 User Guidehttp://support.apple.com/manuals/#keynote? Remember Laura, Anything worth doing is worth doing well Only your best is good enough. I had this drilled into me from early childhood and I've lived by it. Every time I think Ah, that's good enough, I hear my Dad telling me Only your best is good enough Keep experimenting with all the iWork and iLife applications, you will find how good they really are, and how all the Apple applications work together. Good work! Cheers, Ronni On 20/01/2010, at 4:17 PM, Laura Webb wrote: Hi Ronni A huge thank you. We have success!! I now have a DVD playing through the TV with audio!! Don't ask how I achieved this because i'm not really sure. The text is still not perfect but I won't change that until the disc has been viewed on a flat screen TV. Show TV safe area made no difference. I can, if necessary, go back and just move the text a few spaces to the right. I didn't alter the Keynote slideshow in any way, but did go through the export to QT process again. I'm not conscious of what was done differently but something must have been! The audio on the disc does not fade at the end of the slide show, as I thought I had set it to do, but that, for the moment, is of no consequence. Still much to learn and I'm sure the next one will be better. There is no way I could have done this without all your patience and help. For me, a very satisfactory outcome. Regards Laura On 20/01/2010, at 1:18 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Laura, On 20/01/2010, at 12:31 PM, Laura Webb wrote: No problem in having to go back and re do the audio. All good experience, except I'm not sure what is going to make any difference. At the time, I believe I did all you suggested to add the audio before exporting to QT. I've just gone back to Keynote and the audio track is still there when I play the slideshow. Should I remove it and then add it again? When saving your document in Keynote, make sure to select “Copy audio and movies into document” in the Save window after you choose Save As. (If you don’t see the option, click the disclosure triangle next to the field Save As, and then click Advanced Options.) Are you sure you had Audio ticked include audio (sound files, movie audio) include the slideshow soundtrack When you go to export to Quicktime, make sure that you have checked Include audio (sound file, movie audio) Was the Audio track you used AIFF format? I used the Help Menu in iDVD to add the audio which had disappeared. I can now see that those directions did not necessarily apply to a QT movie but how is it that the audio is there in iDVD, seems to be attached to the slideshow, plays perfectly when previewed but is missing in the Burn? Was the Audio missing in the Disc Image you created when you went - File Save As Disc Image? Don't burn any DVD-R discs until you have a perfectly working Disc Image. Also what blank media are you using? And are you burning at slow speed ... 2x Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List
Re: Keynote DVD
Hi Neil No problem and no need to feel embarrassed. Regards Laura On 19/01/2010, at 3:37 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Laura, My apologies, I did not read your reply closely enough and because the body of your reply came through in black text, I missed that the blue text (in specific response to the steps) was also part of your same reply. Regards (in much embarassment) Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 19/1/10 2:54 PM, Laura Webb at el...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi Neil Thanks. I take your point. I thought I was doing exactly what you suggest. Rod was already aware of the problems I was having which is the reason he responded to my initial post on this issue. I did go through his email step by step with comments about what I had done, at least that's what I thought I had done! Your input is much appreciated. Regards Laura On 19/01/2010, at 1:56 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Laura, Sorry, I have no experience/help to offer in this area. However, I do have a couple of suggestions to make regarding how you are attempting to solve this and use the list: Rather than saying something like “I'm still having problems” give details on just WHAT problems you are encountering (and when) – it helps people to help you. If someone like Rod or Ronni has suggested a step-by-step procedure, then go through it and then report back which steps you successfully completed and at which step you encountered a problem – and exactly what the problem was. The more specific the info you provide and the better you describe your problems, the more likely someone on the list will recognise exactly what your problem is and how to fix it. Just my 2c worth – but that has certainly been my experience. Regards Neil -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Keynote DVD
Hi Ronni I was trying not to bother you !!! On 19/01/2010, at 3:49 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Laura, I've done all of the above and the file plays in iDVD Preview. 1. Did you click the 'play in preview' arrow at bottom of iDVD Project, then click the Enter and play the whole project through? Then click Exit to bring you back to your project.? Yes I clicked the preview arrow but not Enter or Exit I keep getting a message about warnings during project validation. Recommend to fix problems before burning. I've gone to the help Menu to find out about the warnings and am advised to click on the Map button at the bottom of the screen which is supposed to indicate where the problems are. 2. Are you SURE there are no little yellow triangles on the MAP view? If there is click on the yellow triangle and it will tell you what the problem is. There was a yellow triangle on the theme box but when clicked nothing happened. 3. When you Open MAP View does it show the movie image in Drag content here to Play automatically when disk inserted and also the movie again under this in the MAP tree? The image is only there if I drag it from the desktop. Not when I try and open it in iDVD as an existing project. When I click on the MAP tree symbol nothing happens. I don't think you have added the Movie correctly and/or don't have a Menu Button therefore the DVD canot be encoded finalised. I'm sure you are correct (as always) and that I've not added the movie correctly. What should I have done? Many thanks Laura Cheers, Ronni On 19/01/2010, at 1:06 PM, Laura Webb wrote: Hi Rod Thanks for your email. I'm still having problems and am just about ready to consign the whole project to the too hard basket. I've used the iDVD Help Menu and referred to text books recently lent to me. All to no avail. Ronni's recent advice to Susan was similar to what you've suggested so it seems in all of this that I am missing some vital element. On 17/01/2010, at 8:31 AM, Rod Blitvich wrote: Try this: File: Export Quicktime Playback uses fixed timimg select the time for each slide eg 5 secs try Enter Full screen mode when opening this will create a .mov file. (Quicktime movie) Following the above, I have the Keynote slideshow as a Quicktime movie which plays well in the Quicktime player. I added an audio track and that also works well. Then open iDVD File New name it and Create choose a theme Project Info - Video Mode = PAL View Menu - Show Map Drag your movie from the desktop to the top window which says Drag content here to Play automatically when disk inserted I've done all of the above and the file plays in iDVD Preview. then Burn and try it out. Try as I might I cannot burn the file. I keep getting a message about warnings during project validation. Recommend to fix problems before burning. I've gone to the help Menu to find out about the warnings and am advised to click on the Map button at the bottom of the screen which is supposed to indicate where the problems are. When I click on this button the window with the drag content here to Play automatically when disk inserted disappears and then to return to where I was I have to go back to Project Info and Show Map all over again. I did try burning in Toast from a saved disc image and although it went through all the process and then told me the disc was ready, there is nothing on it or if there is it can't be accessed. I've wasted several DVDs but now have some re writable discs for future attempts (if there are any!!) I'd appreciate any further suggestions. Regards Laura MacBook OS X 10.6.2 iWork 09 On 17/01/2010, at 7:16 AM, Laura Webb wrote: Good morning all As a newbie user of Keynote I've managed to sort out how to create a basic presentation. I've made good use of the on line tutorials. A good project for a hot day!! With a very new superdrive I wanted to put burning a DVD to the test, something I've not been able to do before, because my MacBook previously only had a combo drive. Some of you will remember all my recent problems with the optical drive when upgrading to SL I did the burn of my keynote presentation through Finder and had no problems with that. I had expected the DVD would play on the DVD player attached to my TV so I could view the slides in a larger format. It doesn't and just comes up as unknown disc. Nor can I play it in the normal way through my MacBook. I can view the new DVD of my Keynote presentation through Front Row (and like what I see) so I know all the slides are there as they should be and that the burn was successful. Could someone please explain what I am doing wrong? Why can't I view my Keynote DVD in the same way as any other DVD? Regards Laura MacBook 10.6.2 -- -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml
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Hi Laura, On 19/01/2010, at 7:22 PM, Laura Webb wrote: Hi Ronni I was trying not to bother you !!! Thanks ... ;-) On 19/01/2010, at 3:49 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Laura, I've done all of the above and the file plays in iDVD Preview. 1. Did you click the 'play in preview' arrow at bottom of iDVD Project, then click the Enter and play the whole project through? Then click Exit to bring you back to your project.? Yes I clicked the preview arrow but not Enter or Exit You have to click Enter to play you project, you are just seeing the preview, not the actual full DVD project. I keep getting a message about warnings during project validation. Recommend to fix problems before burning. I've gone to the help Menu to find out about the warnings and am advised to click on the Map button at the bottom of the screen which is supposed to indicate where the problems are. 2. Are you SURE there are no little yellow triangles on the MAP view? If there is click on the yellow triangle and it will tell you what the problem is. There was a yellow triangle on the theme box but when clicked nothing happened. If you hover (hold your cursor over the yellow triangle), you will see a message probably saying Menu Contains No Buttons or Add Title Menu A DVD has to have a Menu (if you go back to my original instructions explaining this). 3. When you Open MAP View does it show the movie image in Drag content here to Play automatically when disk inserted and also the movie again under this in the MAP tree? The image is only there if I drag it from the desktop. Not when I try and open it in iDVD as an existing project. When I click on the MAP tree symbol nothing happens. The movie has not been added or saved to the project you need to Add a Title Menu perhaps a Menu Button I don't think you have added the Movie correctly and/or don't have a Menu Button therefore the DVD canot be encoded finalised. I'm sure you are correct (as always) and that I've not added the movie correctly. What should I have done? Have you used iDVD before to create a DVD? Have you setup the Preferences Projects to - Video Mode: PAL, Encoding: Professional Quality, DVD Type: Single-Layer (SL)-4.2GB Then set your project to Aspect Ratio: either 4:3 or Widescreen (16:9)? If not I think we need to start this project from scratch. One thing that has been bothering me is WHY did you used Keynote to create a Slideshow of photos that you obviously already have in iPhoto? Why didn't you create an Album of the photos in iPhoto and then iPhoto can send the set of photos to iDVD to create a DVD slideshow that can be viewed on any TV with a DVD player. I'm knocking off for the day now. I will send you off List a text document with screenshots of what you should be seeing in your iDVD Project. Map View, Project Info, Creating your DVD. If you can't work out (after seeing the screenshots) how to use your Keynote Slideshow in iDVD from following my original instructions Rod's, post back to WAMUG with where you are failing or not understanding our instructions and we will try to help you. I will be in and out tomorrow with clients, but will try to assist when possible. Cheers, Ronni Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
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Hi Laura, not to second guess you, but Keynote allows you to add slides which are text/commentary on the photos, rather than just having a slideshow of photos. That's why I was interested in what you are doing - its easy enough to set up slideshows in iPhoto, but if you want people to know more about what it is that they are seeing, then Keynote provides a way to adding extras. At least, that would be my reason for using Keynote. cheers, Susan. On 19/01/2010, at 8:10 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: One thing that has been bothering me is WHY did you used Keynote to create a Slideshow of photos that you obviously already have in iPhoto? Why didn't you create an Album of the photos in iPhoto and then iPhoto can send the set of photos to iDVD to create a DVD slideshow that can be viewed on any TV with a DVD player. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
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Hi Susan Ronni asked why am I using Keynote rather than iPhoto? You are spot on with your second guessing! As well as simply wanting to become familiar with Keynote (iWork being new to me) I wanted the text as well. The master slide I chose allows for a photo plus text below as well as an additional box for even more information. It's probably a bit ambitious at this stage, but my ultimate aim is to be able to show this project at an information session about our recent cycling experience in Provence, similar to the photos you saw in the Photo Book but in slideshow format with text. Regards Laura On 19/01/2010, at 9:01 PM, Susan Hastings wrote: Hi Laura, not to second guess you, but Keynote allows you to add slides which are text/commentary on the photos, rather than just having a slideshow of photos. That's why I was interested in what you are doing - its easy enough to set up slideshows in iPhoto, but if you want people to know more about what it is that they are seeing, then Keynote provides a way to adding extras. At least, that would be my reason for using Keynote. cheers, Susan. On 19/01/2010, at 8:10 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: One thing that has been bothering me is WHY did you used Keynote to create a Slideshow of photos that you obviously already have in iPhoto? Why didn't you create an Album of the photos in iPhoto and then iPhoto can send the set of photos to iDVD to create a DVD slideshow that can be viewed on any TV with a DVD player. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
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Hi Laura, Now, I'm on the same page as you and understand why you have used Keynote for your Slide Presentation. Keynote is the correct application for you to use. It is not too ambitious, and from what you have told us, you have successfully created your slide presentation in Keynote and exported it as a Quicktime Movie. The only little hiccup you are experiencing at the moment is creating a DVD of your presentation in iDVD, and I'm sure we will be able to sort this out. If you are having trouble Dragging Dropping the QT Movie from the desktop (as Rod suggested you do). In your iDVD project go to File Import Video, scroll to find your QT.mov on the desktop. OR, you could start a new iDVD project and make a Magic iDVD ... 1. Open iDVD 2. Choose File Magic iDVD 3. Edit the DVD Title (name it what you wish, Cycling Experience in Provence) 4. Choose a Theme by clicking one of the thumbnails 5. Drag your movie into one of the Drop Boxes 6. Preview your DVD by using the Preview button, then Enter on the little DVD Player, play the movie all the way through, the Exit the preview player. 7. Once you know your project plays through correctly in iDVD. Go to File Save As Disc Image You then see a window Creating your DVD a. Prepare b. Process Menus c. Process Slideshows d. Process Movies e. Burn After all the Rendering, encoding, processing movie, asset encoding, finally multiplexing burning is completed, a Disc Image is created. All this takes a long time, depending on the length of your movie. 8. Open the Disk Image and play it all the way through in DVD Player.app to check for any errors BEFORE you burn the Disc Image to a DVD-R Disc. 9. Burn at a slow speed - 2x (I recommend using Verbatim DVD-R (for single layer) Verbatim DVD+R DL Discs (for Double Layer) Cheers, Ronni On 19/01/2010, at 9:19 PM, Laura Webb wrote: Hi Susan Ronni asked why am I using Keynote rather than iPhoto? You are spot on with your second guessing! As well as simply wanting to become familiar with Keynote (iWork being new to me) I wanted the text as well. The master slide I chose allows for a photo plus text below as well as an additional box for even more information. It's probably a bit ambitious at this stage, but my ultimate aim is to be able to show this project at an information session about our recent cycling experience in Provence, similar to the photos you saw in the Photo Book but in slideshow format with text. Regards Laura On 19/01/2010, at 9:01 PM, Susan Hastings wrote: Hi Laura, not to second guess you, but Keynote allows you to add slides which are text/commentary on the photos, rather than just having a slideshow of photos. That's why I was interested in what you are doing - its easy enough to set up slideshows in iPhoto, but if you want people to know more about what it is that they are seeing, then Keynote provides a way to adding extras. At least, that would be my reason for using Keynote. cheers, Susan. On 19/01/2010, at 8:10 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: One thing that has been bothering me is WHY did you used Keynote to create a Slideshow of photos that you obviously already have in iPhoto? Why didn't you create an Album of the photos in iPhoto and then iPhoto can send the set of photos to iDVD to create a DVD slideshow that can be viewed on any TV with a DVD player. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
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Hi Ronni On 20/01/2010, at 6:47 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Laura, Now, I'm on the same page as you and understand why you have used Keynote for your Slide Presentation. Keynote is the correct application for you to use. It is not too ambitious, and from what you have told us, you have successfully created your slide presentation in Keynote and exported it as a Quicktime Movie. Yes that's correct although I'm no longer sure just how I did it!! The warning before burning was related to empty drop zones. I fixed that after consulting the Help Menu and unticking a box in Menu Information. The only little hiccup you are experiencing at the moment is creating a DVD of your presentation in iDVD, and I'm sure we will be able to sort this out. I can now report some overnight success. I now have a DVD of my Keynote Slide Presentation that plays on my DVD player through the TV. Hooray!! Thank you for your detailed instructions which I shall use to create another DVD asap just to prove this current one is not a fluke!! You asked have I ever used iDVD to create a DVD before. The answer is no, because until recently my MacBook only had a Combo drive without any facility for burning DVDs. If you are having trouble Dragging Dropping the QT Movie from the desktop (as Rod suggested you do). In your iDVD project go to File Import Video, scroll to find your QT.mov on the desktop. I think what I did here was to only drag the movie to the Drag content here to play automatically when disk inserted rather than dragging it into the movie drop box. There are still a couple of hiccups. 1. Somehow I lost the audio in the Preview so put it back and it works fine in the Preview but it's not on the burned DVD. Any ideas? 2. When played on the TV/DVD player, part of the text under the photos on the slides is not visible on the extreme LH side. This could just be because my TV is old and not a flat screen. Before I try and correct this I'll ask a friend with a more modern TV to try it out for me. OR, you could start a new iDVD project and make a Magic iDVD ... 1. Open iDVD 2. Choose File Magic iDVD 3. Edit the DVD Title (name it what you wish, Cycling Experience in Provence) 4. Choose a Theme by clicking one of the thumbnails 5. Drag your movie into one of the Drop Boxes 6. Preview your DVD by using the Preview button, then Enter on the little DVD Player, play the movie all the way through, the Exit the preview player. 7. Once you know your project plays through correctly in iDVD. Go to File Save As Disc Image You then see a window Creating your DVD a. Prepare b. Process Menus c. Process Slideshows d. Process Movies e. Burn After all the Rendering, encoding, processing movie, asset encoding, finally multiplexing burning is completed, a Disc Image is created. All this takes a long time, depending on the length of your movie. 8. Open the Disk Image and play it all the way through in DVD Player.app to check for any errors BEFORE you burn the Disc Image to a DVD-R Disc. 9. Burn at a slow speed - 2x (I recommend using Verbatim DVD-R (for single layer) Verbatim DVD+R DL Discs (for Double Layer) I'll use the above and try a Magic iDVD. A million thanks for your help. Regards Laura On 19/01/2010, at 9:19 PM, Laura Webb wrote: Hi Susan Ronni asked why am I using Keynote rather than iPhoto? You are spot on with your second guessing! As well as simply wanting to become familiar with Keynote (iWork being new to me) I wanted the text as well. The master slide I chose allows for a photo plus text below as well as an additional box for even more information. It's probably a bit ambitious at this stage, but my ultimate aim is to be able to show this project at an information session about our recent cycling experience in Provence, similar to the photos you saw in the Photo Book but in slideshow format with text. Regards Laura On 19/01/2010, at 9:01 PM, Susan Hastings wrote: Hi Laura, not to second guess you, but Keynote allows you to add slides which are text/commentary on the photos, rather than just having a slideshow of photos. That's why I was interested in what you are doing - its easy enough to set up slideshows in iPhoto, but if you want people to know more about what it is that they are seeing, then Keynote provides a way to adding extras. At least, that would be my reason for using Keynote. cheers, Susan. On 19/01/2010, at 8:10 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: One thing that has been bothering me is WHY did you used Keynote to create a Slideshow of photos that you obviously already have in iPhoto? Why didn't you create an Album of the photos in iPhoto and then iPhoto can send the set of photos to iDVD to create a DVD slideshow that can be viewed on any TV with a DVD player. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist
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Congratulations Laura (and Ronni)Sounds like you are getting there. Well done.Re cut off textIn iDVD View Menu select "show TV safe area"cheersBlittoOn 20/01/2010, at 10:18 AM, Laura Webb wrote:Hi RonniOn 20/01/2010, at 6:47 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:Hi Laura,Now, I'm on the "same page" as you and understand why you have used Keynote for your Slide Presentation. Keynote is the correct application for you to use.It is not too ambitious, and from what you have told us, you have successfully created your slide presentation in Keynote and exported it as a Quicktime Movie.Yes that's correct although I'm no longer sure just how I did it!! The warning before burning was related to empty drop zones. I fixed that after consulting the Help Menu and unticking a box in Menu Information.The only little hiccup you are experiencing at the moment is creating a DVD of your presentation in iDVD, and I'm sure we will be able to sort this out.I can now report some overnight success. I now have a DVD of my Keynote Slide Presentation that plays on my DVD player through the TV. Hooray!!Thank you for your detailed instructions which I shall use to create another DVD asap just to prove this current one is not a fluke!! You asked have I ever used iDVD to create a DVD before. The answer is no, because until recently my MacBook only had a Combo drive without any facility for burning DVDs.If you are having trouble "Dragging Dropping" the QT Movie from the desktop (as Rod suggested you do). In your iDVD project go to File Import Video, scroll to find your QT.mov on the desktop.I think what I did here was to only drag the movie to the "Drag content here to play automatically when disk inserted" rather than dragging it into the movie drop box.There are still a couple of hiccups. 1. Somehow I "lost" the audio in the Preview so put it back and it works fine in the Preview but it's not on the burned DVD. Any ideas?2. When played on the TV/DVD player, part of the text under the photos on the slides is not visible on the extreme LH side. This could just be because my TV is old and not a flat screen. Before I try and correct this I'll ask a friend with a more modern TV to try it out for me.OR, you could start a new iDVD project and make a "Magic iDVD" ...1. Open iDVD2. Choose File Magic iDVD3. Edit the DVD Title (name it what you wish, "Cycling Experience in Provence")4. Choose a Theme by clicking one of the thumbnails5. Drag your movie into one of the "Drop Boxes"6. Preview your DVD by using the Preview button, then "Enter" on the little DVD Player, play the movie all the way through, the "Exit" the preview player.7.Once you know your project plays through correctly in iDVD.Go to File Save As Disc Image"You then see a window "Creating your DVD"a. Prepareb. Process Menusc. Process Slideshowsd. Process Moviese. BurnAfter all the Rendering, encoding, processing movie, asset encoding, finallymultiplexing burning is completed, a "Disc Image" is created.All this takes a long time, depending on the length of your movie.8. Open the "Disk Image" and play it "all the way through" in DVD Player.app to check for any errors BEFORE you burn the "Disc Image" to a DVD-R Disc.9. Burn at a slow speed - 2x (I recommend using Verbatim DVD-R (for single layer) Verbatim DVD+R DL Discs (for Double Layer)I'll use the above and try a Magic iDVD.A million thanks for your help.RegardsLauraOn 19/01/2010, at 9:19 PM, Laura Webb wrote:Hi SusanRonni asked why am I using Keynote rather than iPhoto?You are spot on with your second guessing! As well as simply wanting to become familiar with Keynote (iWork being new to me) I wanted the text as well. The master slide I chose allows for a photo plus text below as well as an additional box for even more information. It's probably a bit ambitious at this stage, but my ultimate aim is to be able to show this project at an information session about our recent cycling experience in Provence, similar to the photos you saw in the Photo Book but in slideshow format with text.RegardsLauraOn 19/01/2010, at 9:01 PM, Susan Hastings wrote:Hi Laura, not to second guess you, but Keynote allows you to add slides which are text/commentary on the photos, rather than just having a slideshow of photos. That's why I was interested in what you are doing - its easy enough to set up slideshows in iPhoto, but if you want people to know more about what it is that they are seeing, then Keynote provides a way to adding extras. At least, that would be my reason for using Keynote.cheers, Susan.On 19/01/2010, at 8:10 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:One thing that has been bothering me is WHY did you used Keynote to create a Slideshow of photos that you obviously already have in iPhoto?Why didn't you create an Album of the photos in iPhoto and theniPhoto can send the set of photos to iDVD tocreate a DVD sli
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Hi Laura, Well done, you are getting there. You Have A Go which is a character I like in a person. Unfortunately what I have to tell you below, means re-doing part of your Keynote Presentation. The part oAdding the Audio and exporting to Quicktime. On 20/01/2010, at 10:18 AM, Laura Webb wrote: Hi Ronni On 20/01/2010, at 6:47 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: There are still a couple of hiccups. 1. Somehow I lost the audio in the Preview so put it back and it works fine in the Preview but it's not on the burned DVD. Any ideas? You did Add the Audio in your Keynote presentation in Keynote application, as per my previous instructions? You can't add the audio now to the Quicktime movie in iDVD. From my previous email: To add a soundtrack: • Click Inspector in the toolbar, and then click the Document inspector button. • Click the Audio button. • Do one of the following: To add a song or playlist from your iTunes Library, click iTunes Library. Find the song or playlist you want, and then drag it from the Media Browser to the Audio well in the Document inspector. To add an audio file from the Finder, drag it from your desktop to the audio well in the Document inspector. • To make the song or playlist play through repeatedly while the presentation is running, choose Loop from the pop-up menu adjacent to the audio well. • To preview the song while you’re working on your slideshow, click the Play button below the audio well. Then Share Export to Quicktime. Playback Uses: Fixed Timing Slide Duration: 4.0 seconds Build Duration: 1.5 seconds (these settings matching what I had in my Keynote Presentation) Repeat: None Ticked Enter full screen mode when opened Formats: Full Quality, Large Audio ticked include audio (sound files, movie audio) include the slideshow soundtrack 2. When played on the TV/DVD player, part of the text under the photos on the slides is not visible on the extreme LH side. This could just be because my TV is old and not a flat screen. Before I try and correct this I'll ask a friend with a more modern TV to try it out for me. Did you do a 16:9 or 4:3 project in iDVD. As Rod has mentioned ... In iDVD - View Menu slect Show TV Safe Area still keep you text well within the TV Safe Area. OR, you could start a new iDVD project and make a Magic iDVD ... 1. Open iDVD 2. Choose File Magic iDVD 3. Edit the DVD Title (name it what you wish, Cycling Experience in Provence) 4. Choose a Theme by clicking one of the thumbnails 5. Drag your movie into one of the Drop Boxes 6. Preview your DVD by using the Preview button, then Enter on the little DVD Player, play the movie all the way through, the Exit the preview player. 7. Once you know your project plays through correctly in iDVD. Go to File Save As Disc Image You then see a window Creating your DVD a. Prepare b. Process Menus c. Process Slideshows d. Process Movies e. Burn After all the Rendering, encoding, processing movie, asset encoding, finally multiplexing burning is completed, a Disc Image is created. All this takes a long time, depending on the length of your movie. 8. Open the Disk Image and play it all the way through in DVD Player.app to check for any errors BEFORE you burn the Disc Image to a DVD-R Disc. 9. Burn at a slow speed - 2x (I recommend using Verbatim DVD-R (for single layer) Verbatim DVD+R DL Discs (for Double Layer) I'll use the above and try a Magic iDVD. You still need to fix the Audio problem in Keynote ... As my instructions above. A million thanks for your help. You're welcome Laura. Cheers, Ronni -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
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Hi Laura, on 20/1/10 10:18 AM, Laura Webb at el...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi Ronni snip 2. When played on the TV/DVD player, part of the text under the photos on the slides is not visible on the extreme LH side. This could just be because my TV is old and not a flat screen. Before I try and correct this I'll ask a friend with a more modern TV to try it out for me. snip The issue of what is visible on the TV gets quite involved and is due to the different aspect ratios (which refers to the ratio of the horizontal to vertical measurements of a television's picture) between different broadcast formats and different screens. Background - courtesy of Wikepedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology_of_television: * Most of the early electronic TV systems, from the mid-1930s onward, shared the same aspect ratio of 4:3 which was chosen to match the Academy Ratio used in cinema films at the time. * In the early 1950s, movie studios moved towards widescreen aspect ratios such as CinemaScope in an effort to distance their product from television. Although this was initially just a gimmick, widescreen is still the format of choice today and 4:3 aspect ratio movies are rare. * The switch to digital television systems has been used as an opportunity to change the standard television picture format from the old ratio of 4:3 (1.33:1) to an aspect ratio of 16:9 (approximately 1.78:1). This enables TV to get closer to the aspect ratio of modern widescreen movies, which range from 1.66:1 through 1.85:1 to 2.35:1. Aspect ratio incompatibility The television industry's changing of aspect ratios is not without difficulties, and can present a considerable problem. Displaying a widescreen aspect (rectangular) image on a conventional aspect (square or 4:3) display can be shown: * in letterbox format, with black horizontal bars at the top and bottom * with part of the image being cropped, usually the extreme left and right of the image being cut off (or in pan and scan, parts selected by an operator or a viewer) * with the image horizontally compressed A conventional aspect (square or 4:3) image on a widescreen aspect (rectangular with longer horizon) display can be shown: * in pillar box format, with black vertical bars to the left and right * with upper and lower portions of the image cut off (or in tilt and scan, parts selected by an operator) * with the image vertically compressed A common compromise is to shoot or create material at an aspect ratio of 14:9, and to lose some image at each side for 4:3 presentation, and some image at top and bottom for 16:9 presentation. To get around these problems most modern flat panel TVs offer you a choice of viewing mode to select how the TV displays different source material (my TV offers around 6 different modes, so I can choose, for example, whether to have the full image with black bars or the full screen but cropped image. Most DVD players will also allow you to set the video output to match the aspect ratio of the TV which is connected ie 4:3 for a conventional TV or 16:9 for a modern digital TV. Since you are viewing on an old CRT TV, you do not have the option of selecting a different display option on the TV however you will still probably have the option of changing the output of the DVD player between 4:3 and 16:9 (probably under a set-up menu under something like ³video output²). Without knowing what format your video is in and what settings you already have, it is hard to know if this will help (or make it worse!) but you should be able to easily try it and see. HTH Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
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Hi Ronni Thank you for your kind words. No problem in having to go back and re do the audio. All good experience, except I'm not sure what is going to make any difference. At the time, I believe I did all you suggested to add the audio before exporting to QT. I've just gone back to Keynote and the audio track is still there when I play the slideshow. Should I remove it and then add it again? I used the Help Menu in iDVD to add the audio which had disappeared. I can now see that those directions did not necessarily apply to a QT movie but how is it that the audio is there in iDVD, seems to be attached to the slideshow, plays perfectly when previewed but is missing in the Burn? I kept the project at 4:3 and will keep Rod's suggestion in mind re Show TV safe area before the next burn. Thanks again. Regards Laura On 20/01/2010, at 11:29 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Laura, Well done, you are getting there. You Have A Go which is a character I like in a person. Unfortunately what I have to tell you below, means re-doing part of your Keynote Presentation. The part oAdding the Audio and exporting to Quicktime. On 20/01/2010, at 10:18 AM, Laura Webb wrote: Hi Ronni On 20/01/2010, at 6:47 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: There are still a couple of hiccups. 1. Somehow I lost the audio in the Preview so put it back and it works fine in the Preview but it's not on the burned DVD. Any ideas? You did Add the Audio in your Keynote presentation in Keynote application, as per my previous instructions? You can't add the audio now to the Quicktime movie in iDVD. From my previous email: To add a soundtrack: • Click Inspector in the toolbar, and then click the Document inspector button. • Click the Audio button. • Do one of the following: To add a song or playlist from your iTunes Library, click iTunes Library. Find the song or playlist you want, and then drag it from the Media Browser to the Audio well in the Document inspector. To add an audio file from the Finder, drag it from your desktop to the audio well in the Document inspector. • To make the song or playlist play through repeatedly while the presentation is running, choose Loop from the pop-up menu adjacent to the audio well. • To preview the song while you’re working on your slideshow, click the Play button below the audio well. Then Share Export to Quicktime. Playback Uses: Fixed Timing Slide Duration: 4.0 seconds Build Duration: 1.5 seconds (these settings matching what I had in my Keynote Presentation) Repeat: None Ticked Enter full screen mode when opened Formats: Full Quality, Large Audio ticked include audio (sound files, movie audio) include the slideshow soundtrack 2. When played on the TV/DVD player, part of the text under the photos on the slides is not visible on the extreme LH side. This could just be because my TV is old and not a flat screen. Before I try and correct this I'll ask a friend with a more modern TV to try it out for me. Did you do a 16:9 or 4:3 project in iDVD. As Rod has mentioned ... In iDVD - View Menu slect Show TV Safe Area still keep you text well within the TV Safe Area. OR, you could start a new iDVD project and make a Magic iDVD ... 1. Open iDVD 2. Choose File Magic iDVD 3. Edit the DVD Title (name it what you wish, Cycling Experience in Provence) 4. Choose a Theme by clicking one of the thumbnails 5. Drag your movie into one of the Drop Boxes 6. Preview your DVD by using the Preview button, then Enter on the little DVD Player, play the movie all the way through, the Exit the preview player. 7. Once you know your project plays through correctly in iDVD. Go to File Save As Disc Image You then see a window Creating your DVD a. Prepare b. Process Menus c. Process Slideshows d. Process Movies e. Burn After all the Rendering, encoding, processing movie, asset encoding, finally multiplexing burning is completed, a Disc Image is created. All this takes a long time, depending on the length of your movie. 8. Open the Disk Image and play it all the way through in DVD Player.app to check for any errors BEFORE you burn the Disc Image to a DVD-R Disc. 9. Burn at a slow speed - 2x (I recommend using Verbatim DVD-R (for single layer) Verbatim DVD+R DL Discs (for Double Layer) I'll use the above and try a Magic iDVD. You still need to fix the Audio problem in Keynote ... As my instructions above. A million thanks for your help. You're welcome Laura. Cheers, Ronni -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug
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--Apple-Mail-10-39419478 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Thanks Rod, I'll keep that in mind before I burn the next disc. Regards Laura On 20/01/2010, at 10:42 AM, Rod Blitvich wrote: Congratulations Laura (and Ronni) Sounds like you are getting there. Well done. Re cut off text In iDVD View Menu select show TV safe area cheers Blitto On 20/01/2010, at 10:18 AM, Laura Webb wrote: Hi Ronni =20 =20 On 20/01/2010, at 6:47 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: =20 Hi Laura, =20 Now, I'm on the same page as you and understand why you have used = Keynote for your Slide Presentation. Keynote is the correct application = for you to use. It is not too ambitious, and from what you have told us, you have = successfully created your slide presentation in Keynote and exported it = as a Quicktime Movie. =20 Yes that's correct although I'm no longer sure just how I did it!! The = warning before burning was related to empty drop zones. I fixed that = after consulting the Help Menu and unticking a box in Menu Information.=20= =20 The only little hiccup you are experiencing at the moment is creating = a DVD of your presentation in iDVD, and I'm sure we will be able to sort = this out. =20 I can now report some overnight success. I now have a DVD of my = Keynote Slide Presentation that plays on my DVD player through the TV. = Hooray!! =20 Thank you for your detailed instructions which I shall use to create = another DVD asap just to prove this current one is not a fluke!! You = asked have I ever used iDVD to create a DVD before. The answer is no, = because until recently my MacBook only had a Combo drive without any = facility for burning DVDs.=20 =20 If you are having trouble Dragging Dropping the QT Movie from the = desktop (as Rod suggested you do). In your iDVD project go to File = Import Video, scroll to find your QT.mov on the desktop. =20 I think what I did here was to only drag the movie to the Drag = content here to play automatically when disk inserted rather than = dragging it into the movie drop box. =20 There are still a couple of hiccups. =20 =20 1. Somehow I lost the audio in the Preview so put it back and it = works fine in the Preview but it's not on the burned DVD. Any ideas? =20 2. When played on the TV/DVD player, part of the text under the photos = on the slides is not visible on the extreme LH side. This could just be = because my TV is old and not a flat screen. Before I try and correct = this I'll ask a friend with a more modern TV to try it out for me. =20 OR, you could start a new iDVD project and make a Magic iDVD ...=20 1. Open iDVD 2. Choose File Magic iDVD 3. Edit the DVD Title (name it what you wish, Cycling Experience in = Provence) 4. Choose a Theme by clicking one of the thumbnails 5. Drag your movie into one of the Drop Boxes 6. Preview your DVD by using the Preview button, then Enter on the = little DVD Player, play the movie all the way through, the Exit the = preview player. 7. Once you know your project plays through correctly in iDVD. Go to = File Save As Disc Image You then see a window Creating your DVD a. Prepare b. Process Menus c. Process Slideshows d. Process Movies e. Burn =20 After all the Rendering, encoding, processing movie, asset encoding, = finally multiplexing burning is completed, a Disc Image is = created. =20 All this takes a long time, depending on the length of your movie. 8. Open the Disk Image and play it all the way through in DVD = Player.app to check for any errors BEFORE you burn the Disc Image to a = DVD-R Disc. =20 9. Burn at a slow speed - 2x (I recommend using Verbatim DVD-R (for = single layer) Verbatim DVD+R DL Discs (for Double Layer) =20 I'll use the above and try a Magic iDVD.=20 =20 A million thanks for your help. =20 Regards Laura =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 On 19/01/2010, at 9:19 PM, Laura Webb wrote: =20 Hi Susan =20 Ronni asked why am I using Keynote rather than iPhoto? =20 You are spot on with your second guessing! As well as simply wanting = to become familiar with Keynote (iWork being new to me) I wanted the = text as well. The master slide I chose allows for a photo plus text = below as well as an additional box for even more information. It's = probably a bit ambitious at this stage, but my ultimate aim is to be = able to show this project at an information session about our recent = cycling experience in Provence, similar to the photos you saw in the = Photo Book but in slideshow format with text. =20 Regards Laura =20 On 19/01/2010, at 9:01 PM, Susan Hastings wrote: =20 Hi Laura, not to second guess you, but Keynote allows you to add = slides which are text/commentary on the photos, rather than just having = a slideshow of photos. That's why I was interested in what you are doing = - its easy enough to set up slideshows in iPhoto, but if you want people = to know more about what it is that they are seeing, then Keynote
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Thank you Neil. All a bit beyond me except for the following:- Since you are viewing on an old CRT TV, you do not have the option of selecting a different display option on the TV – however you will still probably have the option of changing the output of the DVD player between 4:3 and 16:9 (probably under a set-up menu under something like “video output”). Without knowing what format your video is in and what settings you already have, it is hard to know if this will help (or make it worse!) – but you should be able to easily try it and see. I don't know what settings I already have but will have a look and see if the option you suggest might be there. Regards Laura On 20/01/2010, at 11:42 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Laura, on 20/1/10 10:18 AM, Laura Webb at el...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi Ronni snip 2. When played on the TV/DVD player, part of the text under the photos on the slides is not visible on the extreme LH side. This could just be because my TV is old and not a flat screen. Before I try and correct this I'll ask a friend with a more modern TV to try it out for me. snip The issue of what is visible on the TV gets quite involved and is due to the different aspect ratios (which refers to the ratio of the horizontal to vertical measurements of a television's picture) between different broadcast formats and different screens. Background - courtesy of Wikepedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology_of_television: Most of the early electronic TV systems, from the mid-1930s onward, shared the same aspect ratio of 4:3 which was chosen to match the Academy Ratio used in cinema films at the time. In the early 1950s, movie studios moved towards widescreen aspect ratios such as CinemaScope in an effort to distance their product from television. Although this was initially just a gimmick, widescreen is still the format of choice today and 4:3 aspect ratio movies are rare. The switch to digital television systems has been used as an opportunity to change the standard television picture format from the old ratio of 4:3 (1.33:1) to an aspect ratio of 16:9 (approximately 1.78:1). This enables TV to get closer to the aspect ratio of modern widescreen movies, which range from 1.66:1 through 1.85:1 to 2.35:1. Aspect ratio incompatibility The television industry's changing of aspect ratios is not without difficulties, and can present a considerable problem. Displaying a widescreen aspect (rectangular) image on a conventional aspect (square or 4:3) display can be shown: in letterbox format, with black horizontal bars at the top and bottom with part of the image being cropped, usually the extreme left and right of the image being cut off (or in pan and scan, parts selected by an operator or a viewer) with the image horizontally compressed A conventional aspect (square or 4:3) image on a widescreen aspect (rectangular with longer horizon) display can be shown: in pillar box format, with black vertical bars to the left and right with upper and lower portions of the image cut off (or in tilt and scan, parts selected by an operator) with the image vertically compressed A common compromise is to shoot or create material at an aspect ratio of 14:9, and to lose some image at each side for 4:3 presentation, and some image at top and bottom for 16:9 presentation. To get around these problems most modern flat panel TVs offer you a choice of viewing mode to select how the TV displays different source material (my TV offers around 6 different modes, so I can choose, for example, whether to have the full image with black bars or the full screen but cropped image. Most DVD players will also allow you to set the video output to match the aspect ratio of the TV which is connected – ie 4:3 for a conventional TV or 16:9 for a modern digital TV. Since you are viewing on an old CRT TV, you do not have the option of selecting a different display option on the TV – however you will still probably have the option of changing the output of the DVD player between 4:3 and 16:9 (probably under a set-up menu under something like “video output”). Without knowing what format your video is in and what settings you already have, it is hard to know if this will help (or make it worse!) – but you should be able to easily try it and see. HTH Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Keynote DVD
Hi Laura, On 20/01/2010, at 12:31 PM, Laura Webb wrote: No problem in having to go back and re do the audio. All good experience, except I'm not sure what is going to make any difference. At the time, I believe I did all you suggested to add the audio before exporting to QT. I've just gone back to Keynote and the audio track is still there when I play the slideshow. Should I remove it and then add it again? When saving your document in Keynote, make sure to select “Copy audio and movies into document” in the Save window after you choose Save As. (If you don’t see the option, click the disclosure triangle next to the field Save As, and then click Advanced Options.) Are you sure you had Audio ticked include audio (sound files, movie audio) include the slideshow soundtrack When you go to export to Quicktime, make sure that you have checked Include audio (sound file, movie audio) Was the Audio track you used AIFF format? I used the Help Menu in iDVD to add the audio which had disappeared. I can now see that those directions did not necessarily apply to a QT movie but how is it that the audio is there in iDVD, seems to be attached to the slideshow, plays perfectly when previewed but is missing in the Burn? Was the Audio missing in the Disc Image you created when you went - File Save As Disc Image? Don't burn any DVD-R discs until you have a perfectly working Disc Image. Also what blank media are you using? And are you burning at slow speed ... 2x Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
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Hi Rod Thanks for your email. I'm still having problems and am just about ready to consign the whole project to the too hard basket. I've used the iDVD Help Menu and referred to text books recently lent to me. All to no avail. Ronni's recent advice to Susan was similar to what you've suggested so it seems in all of this that I am missing some vital element. On 17/01/2010, at 8:31 AM, Rod Blitvich wrote: Try this: File: Export Quicktime Playback uses fixed timimg select the time for each slide eg 5 secs try Enter Full screen mode when opening this will create a .mov file. (Quicktime movie) Following the above, I have the Keynote slideshow as a Quicktime movie which plays well in the Quicktime player. I added an audio track and that also works well. Then open iDVD File New name it and Create choose a theme Project Info - Video Mode = PAL View Menu - Show Map Drag your movie from the desktop to the top window which says Drag content here to Play automatically when disk inserted I've done all of the above and the file plays in iDVD Preview. then Burn and try it out. Try as I might I cannot burn the file. I keep getting a message about warnings during project validation. Recommend to fix problems before burning. I've gone to the help Menu to find out about the warnings and am advised to click on the Map button at the bottom of the screen which is supposed to indicate where the problems are. When I click on this button the window with the drag content here to Play automatically when disk inserted disappears and then to return to where I was I have to go back to Project Info and Show Map all over again. I did try burning in Toast from a saved disc image and although it went through all the process and then told me the disc was ready, there is nothing on it or if there is it can't be accessed. I've wasted several DVDs but now have some re writable discs for future attempts (if there are any!!) I'd appreciate any further suggestions. Regards Laura MacBook OS X 10.6.2 iWork 09 On 17/01/2010, at 7:16 AM, Laura Webb wrote: Good morning all As a newbie user of Keynote I've managed to sort out how to create a basic presentation. I've made good use of the on line tutorials. A good project for a hot day!! With a very new superdrive I wanted to put burning a DVD to the test, something I've not been able to do before, because my MacBook previously only had a combo drive. Some of you will remember all my recent problems with the optical drive when upgrading to SL I did the burn of my keynote presentation through Finder and had no problems with that. I had expected the DVD would play on the DVD player attached to my TV so I could view the slides in a larger format. It doesn't and just comes up as unknown disc. Nor can I play it in the normal way through my MacBook. I can view the new DVD of my Keynote presentation through Front Row (and like what I see) so I know all the slides are there as they should be and that the burn was successful. Could someone please explain what I am doing wrong? Why can't I view my Keynote DVD in the same way as any other DVD? Regards Laura MacBook 10.6.2 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au image.gif Rod Blitvich - Amy Sam’s Dad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0409 681 256 rb...@iinet.net.au http://web.me.com/blitto I haven't lost my mind.. ...it's backed up on disk somewhere! -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Keynote DVD
Hi Laura, Sorry, I have no experience/help to offer in this area. However, I do have a couple of suggestions to make regarding how you are attempting to solve this and use the list: Rather than saying something like ³I'm still having problems² give details on just WHAT problems you are encountering (and when) it helps people to help you. If someone like Rod or Ronni has suggested a step-by-step procedure, then go through it and then report back which steps you successfully completed and at which step you encountered a problem and exactly what the problem was. The more specific the info you provide and the better you describe your problems, the more likely someone on the list will recognise exactly what your problem is and how to fix it. Just my 2c worth but that has certainly been my experience. Regards Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 19/1/10 1:06 PM, Laura Webb at el...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi Rod Thanks for your email. I'm still having problems and am just about ready to consign the whole project to the too hard basket. I've used the iDVD Help Menu and referred to text books recently lent to me. All to no avail. Ronni's recent advice to Susan was similar to what you've suggested so it seems in all of this that I am missing some vital element. On 17/01/2010, at 8:31 AM, Rod Blitvich wrote: Try this: File: Export Quicktime Playback uses fixed timimg select the time for each slide eg 5 secs try Enter Full screen mode when opening this will create a .mov file. (Quicktime movie) Following the above, I have the Keynote slideshow as a Quicktime movie which plays well in the Quicktime player. I added an audio track and that also works well. Then open iDVD File New name it and Create choose a theme Project Info - Video Mode = PAL View Menu - Show Map Drag your movie from the desktop to the top window which says Drag content here to Play automatically when disk inserted I've done all of the above and the file plays in iDVD Preview. then Burn and try it out. Try as I might I cannot burn the file. I keep getting a message about warnings during project validation. Recommend to fix problems before burning. I've gone to the help Menu to find out about the warnings and am advised to click on the Map button at the bottom of the screen which is supposed to indicate where the problems are. When I click on this button the window with the drag content here to Play automatically when disk inserted disappears and then to return to where I was I have to go back to Project Info and Show Map all over again. I did try burning in Toast from a saved disc image and although it went through all the process and then told me the disc was ready, there is nothing on it or if there is it can't be accessed. I've wasted several DVDs but now have some re writable discs for future attempts (if there are any!!) I'd appreciate any further suggestions. Regards Laura MacBook OS X 10.6.2 iWork 09 On 17/01/2010, at 7:16 AM, Laura Webb wrote: Good morning all As a newbie user of Keynote I've managed to sort out how to create a basic presentation. I've made good use of the on line tutorials. A good project for a hot day!! With a very new superdrive I wanted to put burning a DVD to the test, something I've not been able to do before, because my MacBook previously only had a combo drive. Some of you will remember all my recent problems with the optical drive when upgrading to SL I did the burn of my keynote presentation through Finder and had no problems with that. I had expected the DVD would play on the DVD player attached to my TV so I could view the slides in a larger format. It doesn't and just comes up as unknown disc. Nor can I play it in the normal way through my MacBook. I can view the new DVD of my Keynote presentation through Front Row (and like what I see) so I know all the slides are there as they should be and that the burn was successful. Could someone please explain what I am doing wrong? Why can't I view my Keynote DVD in the same way as any other DVD? Regards Laura MacBook 10.6.2 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au image.gif Rod Blitvich - Amy Sam¹s Dad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0409 681 256 rb...@iinet.net.au x-msg://181/rb...@iinet.net.au http://web.me.com/blitto http://web.mac.com/blitto I haven't lost my mind.. ...it's backed up on disk somewhere! -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr
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Hi Neil Thanks. I take your point. I thought I was doing exactly what you suggest. Rod was already aware of the problems I was having which is the reason he responded to my initial post on this issue. I did go through his email step by step with comments about what I had done, at least that's what I thought I had done! Your input is much appreciated. Regards Laura On 19/01/2010, at 1:56 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Laura, Sorry, I have no experience/help to offer in this area. However, I do have a couple of suggestions to make regarding how you are attempting to solve this and use the list: Rather than saying something like “I'm still having problems” give details on just WHAT problems you are encountering (and when) – it helps people to help you. If someone like Rod or Ronni has suggested a step-by-step procedure, then go through it and then report back which steps you successfully completed and at which step you encountered a problem – and exactly what the problem was. The more specific the info you provide and the better you describe your problems, the more likely someone on the list will recognise exactly what your problem is and how to fix it. Just my 2c worth – but that has certainly been my experience. Regards Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 19/1/10 1:06 PM, Laura Webb at el...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi Rod Thanks for your email. I'm still having problems and am just about ready to consign the whole project to the too hard basket. I've used the iDVD Help Menu and referred to text books recently lent to me. All to no avail. Ronni's recent advice to Susan was similar to what you've suggested so it seems in all of this that I am missing some vital element. On 17/01/2010, at 8:31 AM, Rod Blitvich wrote: Try this: File: Export Quicktime Playback uses fixed timimg select the time for each slide eg 5 secs try Enter Full screen mode when opening this will create a .mov file. (Quicktime movie) Following the above, I have the Keynote slideshow as a Quicktime movie which plays well in the Quicktime player. I added an audio track and that also works well. Then open iDVD File New name it and Create choose a theme Project Info - Video Mode = PAL View Menu - Show Map Drag your movie from the desktop to the top window which says Drag content here to Play automatically when disk inserted I've done all of the above and the file plays in iDVD Preview. then Burn and try it out. Try as I might I cannot burn the file. I keep getting a message about warnings during project validation. Recommend to fix problems before burning. I've gone to the help Menu to find out about the warnings and am advised to click on the Map button at the bottom of the screen which is supposed to indicate where the problems are. When I click on this button the window with the drag content here to Play automatically when disk inserted disappears and then to return to where I was I have to go back to Project Info and Show Map all over again. I did try burning in Toast from a saved disc image and although it went through all the process and then told me the disc was ready, there is nothing on it or if there is it can't be accessed. I've wasted several DVDs but now have some re writable discs for future attempts (if there are any!!) I'd appreciate any further suggestions. Regards Laura MacBook OS X 10.6.2 iWork 09 On 17/01/2010, at 7:16 AM, Laura Webb wrote: Good morning all As a newbie user of Keynote I've managed to sort out how to create a basic presentation. I've made good use of the on line tutorials. A good project for a hot day!! With a very new superdrive I wanted to put burning a DVD to the test, something I've not been able to do before, because my MacBook previously only had a combo drive. Some of you will remember all my recent problems with the optical drive when upgrading to SL I did the burn of my keynote presentation through Finder and had no problems with that. I had expected the DVD would play on the DVD player attached to my TV so I could view the slides in a larger format. It doesn't and just comes up as unknown disc. Nor can I play it in the normal way through my MacBook. I can view the new DVD of my Keynote presentation through Front Row (and like what I see) so I know all the slides are there as they should be and that the burn was successful. Could someone please explain what I am doing wrong? Why can't I view my Keynote DVD in the same way as any other DVD? Regards Laura MacBook 10.6.2 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au image.gif Rod Blitvich - Amy Sam’s Dad
Re: Keynote DVD
Hi Laura, My apologies, I did not read your reply closely enough and because the body of your reply came through in black text, I missed that the blue text (in specific response to the steps) was also part of your same reply. Regards (in much embarassment) Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 19/1/10 2:54 PM, Laura Webb at el...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi Neil Thanks. I take your point. I thought I was doing exactly what you suggest. Rod was already aware of the problems I was having which is the reason he responded to my initial post on this issue. I did go through his email step by step with comments about what I had done, at least that's what I thought I had done! Your input is much appreciated. Regards Laura On 19/01/2010, at 1:56 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Laura, Sorry, I have no experience/help to offer in this area. However, I do have a couple of suggestions to make regarding how you are attempting to solve this and use the list: Rather than saying something like ³I'm still having problems² give details on just WHAT problems you are encountering (and when) it helps people to help you. If someone like Rod or Ronni has suggested a step-by-step procedure, then go through it and then report back which steps you successfully completed and at which step you encountered a problem and exactly what the problem was. The more specific the info you provide and the better you describe your problems, the more likely someone on the list will recognise exactly what your problem is and how to fix it. Just my 2c worth but that has certainly been my experience. Regards Neil -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Keynote DVD
Hi Laura, I recently had the same iDVD error message which was accompanied by a red X in the top box of the Map layout, it gave no clue to what the problem was but I traced it down to the project being too big for a single layer DVD, have you checked Project Info (under project in the menu bar). Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com On 19/01/2010, at 2:54 PM, Laura Webb wrote: Try as I might I cannot burn the file. I keep getting a message about warnings during project validation. Recommend to fix problems before burning. I've gone to the help Menu to find out about the warnings and am advised to click on the Map button at the bottom of the screen which is supposed to indicate where the problems are. When I click on this button the window with the drag content here to Play automatically when disk inserted disappears and then to return to where I was I have to go back to Project Info and Show Map all over again. I did try burning in Toast from a saved disc image and although it went through all the process and then told me the disc was ready, there is nothing on it or if there is it can't be accessed. I've wasted several DVDs but now have some re writable discs for future attempts (if there are any!!) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
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Hi Laura, I've done all of the above and the file plays in iDVD Preview. 1. Did you click the 'play in preview' arrow at bottom of iDVD Project, then click the Enter and play the whole project through? Then click Exit to bring you back to your project.? I keep getting a message about warnings during project validation. Recommend to fix problems before burning. I've gone to the help Menu to find out about the warnings and am advised to click on the Map button at the bottom of the screen which is supposed to indicate where the problems are. 2. Are you SURE there are no little yellow triangles on the MAP view? If there is click on the yellow triangle and it will tell you what the problem is. 3. When you Open MAP View does it show the movie image in Drag content here to Play automatically when disk inserted and also the movie again under this in the MAP tree? I don't think you have added the Movie correctly and/or don't have a Menu Button therefore the DVD canot be encoded finalised. Cheers, Ronni On 19/01/2010, at 1:06 PM, Laura Webb wrote: Hi Rod Thanks for your email. I'm still having problems and am just about ready to consign the whole project to the too hard basket. I've used the iDVD Help Menu and referred to text books recently lent to me. All to no avail. Ronni's recent advice to Susan was similar to what you've suggested so it seems in all of this that I am missing some vital element. On 17/01/2010, at 8:31 AM, Rod Blitvich wrote: Try this: File: Export Quicktime Playback uses fixed timimg select the time for each slide eg 5 secs try Enter Full screen mode when opening this will create a .mov file. (Quicktime movie) Following the above, I have the Keynote slideshow as a Quicktime movie which plays well in the Quicktime player. I added an audio track and that also works well. Then open iDVD File New name it and Create choose a theme Project Info - Video Mode = PAL View Menu - Show Map Drag your movie from the desktop to the top window which says Drag content here to Play automatically when disk inserted I've done all of the above and the file plays in iDVD Preview. then Burn and try it out. Try as I might I cannot burn the file. I keep getting a message about warnings during project validation. Recommend to fix problems before burning. I've gone to the help Menu to find out about the warnings and am advised to click on the Map button at the bottom of the screen which is supposed to indicate where the problems are. When I click on this button the window with the drag content here to Play automatically when disk inserted disappears and then to return to where I was I have to go back to Project Info and Show Map all over again. I did try burning in Toast from a saved disc image and although it went through all the process and then told me the disc was ready, there is nothing on it or if there is it can't be accessed. I've wasted several DVDs but now have some re writable discs for future attempts (if there are any!!) I'd appreciate any further suggestions. Regards Laura MacBook OS X 10.6.2 iWork 09 On 17/01/2010, at 7:16 AM, Laura Webb wrote: Good morning all As a newbie user of Keynote I've managed to sort out how to create a basic presentation. I've made good use of the on line tutorials. A good project for a hot day!! With a very new superdrive I wanted to put burning a DVD to the test, something I've not been able to do before, because my MacBook previously only had a combo drive. Some of you will remember all my recent problems with the optical drive when upgrading to SL I did the burn of my keynote presentation through Finder and had no problems with that. I had expected the DVD would play on the DVD player attached to my TV so I could view the slides in a larger format. It doesn't and just comes up as unknown disc. Nor can I play it in the normal way through my MacBook. I can view the new DVD of my Keynote presentation through Front Row (and like what I see) so I know all the slides are there as they should be and that the burn was successful. Could someone please explain what I am doing wrong? Why can't I view my Keynote DVD in the same way as any other DVD? Regards Laura MacBook 10.6.2 -- -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Keynote DVD
Good morning all As a newbie user of Keynote I've managed to sort out how to create a basic presentation. I've made good use of the on line tutorials. A good project for a hot day!! With a very new superdrive I wanted to put burning a DVD to the test, something I've not been able to do before, because my MacBook previously only had a combo drive. Some of you will remember all my recent problems with the optical drive when upgrading to SL I did the burn of my keynote presentation through Finder and had no problems with that. I had expected the DVD would play on the DVD player attached to my TV so I could view the slides in a larger format. It doesn't and just comes up as unknown disc. Nor can I play it in the normal way through my MacBook. I can view the new DVD of my Keynote presentation through Front Row (and like what I see) so I know all the slides are there as they should be and that the burn was successful. Could someone please explain what I am doing wrong? Why can't I view my Keynote DVD in the same way as any other DVD? Regards Laura MacBook 10.6.2 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Keynote DVD
Hi Laura, did you burn the presentation as a Keynote document or did you first export it from Keynote in Movie format? It needs to be burned as a playable DVD from a movie format. Also, when playing it on the TV do you want to be able to control the slides or just play them through as a movie? Susan --- Susan Hastings Mobile: 0409688004 On 17/01/2010, at 7:16 AM, Laura Webb el...@iinet.net.au wrote: Good morning all As a newbie user of Keynote I've managed to sort out how to create a basic presentation. I've made good use of the on line tutorials. A good project for a hot day!! With a very new superdrive I wanted to put burning a DVD to the test, something I've not been able to do before, because my MacBook previously only had a combo drive. Some of you will remember all my recent problems with the optical drive when upgrading to SL I did the burn of my keynote presentation through Finder and had no problems with that. I had expected the DVD would play on the DVD player attached to my TV so I could view the slides in a larger format. It doesn't and just comes up as unknown disc. Nor can I play it in the normal way through my MacBook. I can view the new DVD of my Keynote presentation through Front Row (and like what I see) so I know all the slides are there as they should be and that the burn was successful. Could someone please explain what I am doing wrong? Why can't I view my Keynote DVD in the same way as any other DVD? Regards Laura MacBook 10.6.2 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Keynote DVD
On 17/01/2010, at 7:16 AM, Laura Webb wrote: Good morning all As a newbie user of Keynote I've managed to sort out how to create a basic presentation. I've made good use of the on line tutorials. A good project for a hot day!! With a very new superdrive I wanted to put burning a DVD to the test, something I've not been able to do before, because my MacBook previously only had a combo drive. Some of you will remember all my recent problems with the optical drive when upgrading to SL I did the burn of my keynote presentation through Finder and had no problems with that. I had expected the DVD would play on the DVD player attached to my TV so I could view the slides in a larger format. It doesn't and just comes up as unknown disc. Nor can I play it in the normal way through my MacBook. I can view the new DVD of my Keynote presentation through Front Row (and like what I see) so I know all the slides are there as they should be and that the burn was successful. Could someone please explain what I am doing wrong? Why can't I view my Keynote DVD in the same way as any other DVD? Hi Laura, To play a DVD on a TV you first need to Create a DVD. A DVD requires a Menu and conversion to mpeg format. In Keynote 09 you can go to Share - Send To - iDVD 1.In Keynote you can go to Share - Send To - iDVD 2.Specify the size of the video you want to create: Standard 4:3 or Widescreen 16:9 3. Chose a Playback Uses Method: a] Manual Advance: Gives viewers total control over the slideshow as they click to advance slides b] Recorded Timing : Uses timings that you have recorded for a slideshow using the command File record Slideshow c] Fixed Timing: Runs the slideshow with no user interaction. You must set slide duration build options. If slides contain automatic build timings, those will be used. 4. Click Send: Then give the file a name and target your Movies folder. 5. Click Export A Quicktime Movie file is written to disk. Depending on the number of slides, it can take a few minutes to create the DVD Video file. Before the export finishes, iDVD will launch automatically. Whichever theme you were using the last time you had iDVD open will be active, and you might hear the theme's soundtrack playing. You can click the start or stop motion button in the DVD main menu to stop the animation and sound. 6. When the export finishes, click the Play button to test the DVD project. a] Click Play Movie to watch the entire movie b] Click Scene Selection to see an index of the presentation Now choose a theme for the main menu of the DVD, one that matches the look of your slideshow 1. Click the Themes button to access all available themes 2. Choose the Theme from the pop-up menu 3. Then click OK to apply the theme family to all menus Now you need to populate the DVD menu to complete its design 1. Click the Edit Drop Zones button to access all the drop zones for the project Drop zones are places in the menu where you can add (or drop) your own content. 2. Click the Preview button to preview your DVD Watch the project all the way through to ensure smooth playback. When finished with the preview, click the Exit button on the remote to stop previewing the DVD 3. If you are happy with your result you can now click the Burn Button to create the DVD OR, Like I do, Go to File Save As Disc Image, then you can check the DVD in DVD Player before you actually burn it to a DVD-R disc. Note: Always burn a DVD at slow speed. I burn all my DVD's at 2X (perhaps 4X on a Verbatim Up to16X DVD-R) The slower the speed the better compatibility with DVD Players. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Keynote DVD
Try this:File: ExportQuicktimePlayback uses fixed timimgselect the time for each slide eg 5 secstry "Enter Full screen mode when opening"this will create a .mov file. (Quicktime movie)Then open iDVDFile Newname it and Createchoose a themeProject Info - Video Mode = PALView Menu - Show MapDrag your movie from the desktop to the top window which says "Drag content here to Play automatically when disk inserted"then Burn and try it out.cheersBlittoOn 17/01/2010, at 7:16 AM, Laura Webb wrote:Good morning allAs a newbie user of Keynote I've managed to sort out how to create a basic presentation. I've made good use of the on line tutorials. A good project for a hot day!!With a very new superdrive I wanted to put burning a DVD to the test, something I've not been able to do before, because my MacBook previously only had a combo drive. Some of you will remember all my recent problems with the optical drive when upgrading to SL I did the burn of my keynote presentation through Finder and had no problems with that.I had expected the DVD would play on the DVD player attached to my TV so I could view the slides in a larger format. It doesn't and just comes up as "unknown disc". Nor can I play it in the normal way through my MacBook. I can view the new DVD of my Keynote presentation through Front Row (and like what I see) so I know all the slides are there as they should be and that the burn was successful.Could someone please explain what I am doing wrong? Why can't I view my Keynote DVD in the same way as any other DVD?RegardsLauraMacBook 10.6.2-- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List --Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtmlGuidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtmlUnsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au Rod Blitvich-Amy Sam’s Dad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0409 681 256 rb...@iinet.net.auhttp://web.me.com/blittoI haven't lost my mind.it's backed up on disksomewhere! --TheWAMacintoshUserGroupMailingList-- Archives-http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines-http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe-mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Keynote DVD
Hi Ronni, I actually didn't know how to do this myself so your instructions will be very useful. Thankyou. Susan --- Susan Hastings Mobile: 0409688004 On 17/01/2010, at 8:11 AM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: On 17/01/2010, at 7:16 AM, Laura Webb wrote: Good morning all As a newbie user of Keynote I've managed to sort out how to create a basic presentation. I've made good use of the on line tutorials. A good project for a hot day!! With a very new superdrive I wanted to put burning a DVD to the test, something I've not been able to do before, because my MacBook previously only had a combo drive. Some of you will remember all my recent problems with the optical drive when upgrading to SL I did the burn of my keynote presentation through Finder and had no problems with that. I had expected the DVD would play on the DVD player attached to my TV so I could view the slides in a larger format. It doesn't and just comes up as unknown disc. Nor can I play it in the normal way through my MacBook. I can view the new DVD of my Keynote presentation through Front Row (and like what I see) so I know all the slides are there as they should be and that the burn was successful. Could someone please explain what I am doing wrong? Why can't I view my Keynote DVD in the same way as any other DVD? Hi Laura, To play a DVD on a TV you first need to Create a DVD. A DVD requires a Menu and conversion to mpeg format. In Keynote 09 you can go to Share - Send To - iDVD 1.In Keynote you can go to Share - Send To - iDVD 2.Specify the size of the video you want to create: Standard 4:3 or Widescreen 16:9 3. Chose a Playback Uses Method: a] Manual Advance: Gives viewers total control over the slideshow as they click to advance slides b] Recorded Timing : Uses timings that you have recorded for a slideshow using the command File record Slideshow c] Fixed Timing: Runs the slideshow with no user interaction. You must set slide duration build options. If slides contain automatic build timings, those will be used. 4. Click Send: Then give the file a name and target your Movies folder. 5. Click Export A Quicktime Movie file is written to disk. Depending on the number of slides, it can take a few minutes to create the DVD Video file. Before the export finishes, iDVD will launch automatically. Whichever theme you were using the last time you had iDVD open will be active, and you might hear the theme's soundtrack playing. You can click the start or stop motion button in the DVD main menu to stop the animation and sound. 6. When the export finishes, click the Play button to test the DVD project. a] Click Play Movie to watch the entire movie b] Click Scene Selection to see an index of the presentation Now choose a theme for the main menu of the DVD, one that matches the look of your slideshow 1. Click the Themes button to access all available themes 2. Choose the Theme from the pop-up menu 3. Then click OK to apply the theme family to all menus Now you need to populate the DVD menu to complete its design 1. Click the Edit Drop Zones button to access all the drop zones for the project Drop zones are places in the menu where you can add (or drop) your own content. 2. Click the Preview button to preview your DVD Watch the project all the way through to ensure smooth playback. When finished with the preview, click the Exit button on the remote to stop previewing the DVD 3. If you are happy with your result you can now click the Burn Button to create the DVD OR, Like I do, Go to File Save As Disc Image, then you can check the DVD in DVD Player before you actually burn it to a DVD-R disc. Note: Always burn a DVD at slow speed. I burn all my DVD's at 2X (perhaps 4X on a Verbatim Up to16X DVD-R) The slower the speed the better compatibility with DVD Players. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Keynote DVD
Hi again Laura, If you have included an Audio Soundtrack in your Keynote Slideshow, post back to WAMUG and I'll give you slightly different instructions. I don't use Share Send To iDVD when I have an Audio Soundtrack in my Keynote Slideshow, as I've found using the Share-Send to-iDVD the sound track was all out of sync when played in iDVD. Cheers, Ronni On 17/01/2010, at 8:11 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 17/01/2010, at 7:16 AM, Laura Webb wrote: Good morning all As a newbie user of Keynote I've managed to sort out how to create a basic presentation. I've made good use of the on line tutorials. A good project for a hot day!! With a very new superdrive I wanted to put burning a DVD to the test, something I've not been able to do before, because my MacBook previously only had a combo drive. Some of you will remember all my recent problems with the optical drive when upgrading to SL I did the burn of my keynote presentation through Finder and had no problems with that. I had expected the DVD would play on the DVD player attached to my TV so I could view the slides in a larger format. It doesn't and just comes up as unknown disc. Nor can I play it in the normal way through my MacBook. I can view the new DVD of my Keynote presentation through Front Row (and like what I see) so I know all the slides are there as they should be and that the burn was successful. Could someone please explain what I am doing wrong? Why can't I view my Keynote DVD in the same way as any other DVD? Hi Laura, To play a DVD on a TV you first need to Create a DVD. A DVD requires a Menu and conversion to mpeg format. In Keynote 09 you can go to Share - Send To - iDVD 1.In Keynote you can go to Share - Send To - iDVD 2.Specify the size of the video you want to create: Standard 4:3 or Widescreen 16:9 3. Chose a Playback Uses Method: a] Manual Advance: Gives viewers total control over the slideshow as they click to advance slides b] Recorded Timing : Uses timings that you have recorded for a slideshow using the command File record Slideshow c] Fixed Timing: Runs the slideshow with no user interaction. You must set slide duration build options. If slides contain automatic build timings, those will be used. 4. Click Send: Then give the file a name and target your Movies folder. 5. Click Export A Quicktime Movie file is written to disk. Depending on the number of slides, it can take a few minutes to create the DVD Video file. Before the export finishes, iDVD will launch automatically. Whichever theme you were using the last time you had iDVD open will be active, and you might hear the theme's soundtrack playing. You can click the start or stop motion button in the DVD main menu to stop the animation and sound. 6. When the export finishes, click the Play button to test the DVD project. a] Click Play Movie to watch the entire movie b] Click Scene Selection to see an index of the presentation Now choose a theme for the main menu of the DVD, one that matches the look of your slideshow 1. Click the Themes button to access all available themes 2. Choose the Theme from the pop-up menu 3. Then click OK to apply the theme family to all menus Now you need to populate the DVD menu to complete its design 1. Click the Edit Drop Zones button to access all the drop zones for the project Drop zones are places in the menu where you can add (or drop) your own content. 2. Click the Preview button to preview your DVD Watch the project all the way through to ensure smooth playback. When finished with the preview, click the Exit button on the remote to stop previewing the DVD 3. If you are happy with your result you can now click the Burn Button to create the DVD OR, Like I do, Go to File Save As Disc Image, then you can check the DVD in DVD Player before you actually burn it to a DVD-R disc. Note: Always burn a DVD at slow speed. I burn all my DVD's at 2X (perhaps 4X on a Verbatim Up to16X DVD-R) The slower the speed the better compatibility with DVD Players. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Keynote DVD
You're welcome Susan, My Keynote slideshows normally have an Audio Sound Track and I found using the Share-Send to-iDVD the sound track was all out of sync when played in iDVD. So I decided to Share Export to Quicktime. Playback Uses: Fixed Timing Slide Duration: 4.0 seconds Build Duration: 1.5 seconds (these settings matching what I had in my Keynote Presentation) Repeat: None Ticked Enter full screen mode when opened Formats: Full Quality, Large Audio ticked include audio (sound files, movie audio) include the slideshow soundtrack Exported to Movies Folder Played the exported quicktime movie to check it and it was in perfect sync. Then opened iDVD created a DVD project using this exported QT movie. Saved as a Disc Image to check and it was fine when played in DVD Player.app Then burnt a DVD from the disc image using Toast 10 Titanium Played the completed DVD in my DVD Player / TV and it was perfect. So, I would suggest if you have a sound track in your Keynote Slideshow, that you export using Quicktime with similar settings to mine above. Cheers, Ronni On 17/01/2010, at 8:30 AM, Susan Hastings wrote: Hi Ronni, I actually didn't know how to do this myself so your instructions will be very useful. Thankyou. Susan --- Susan Hastings Mobile: 0409688004 On 17/01/2010, at 8:11 AM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: On 17/01/2010, at 7:16 AM, Laura Webb wrote: Good morning all As a newbie user of Keynote I've managed to sort out how to create a basic presentation. I've made good use of the on line tutorials. A good project for a hot day!! With a very new superdrive I wanted to put burning a DVD to the test, something I've not been able to do before, because my MacBook previously only had a combo drive. Some of you will remember all my recent problems with the optical drive when upgrading to SL I did the burn of my keynote presentation through Finder and had no problems with that. I had expected the DVD would play on the DVD player attached to my TV so I could view the slides in a larger format. It doesn't and just comes up as unknown disc. Nor can I play it in the normal way through my MacBook. I can view the new DVD of my Keynote presentation through Front Row (and like what I see) so I know all the slides are there as they should be and that the burn was successful. Could someone please explain what I am doing wrong? Why can't I view my Keynote DVD in the same way as any other DVD? Hi Laura, To play a DVD on a TV you first need to Create a DVD. A DVD requires a Menu and conversion to mpeg format. In Keynote 09 you can go to Share - Send To - iDVD 1.In Keynote you can go to Share - Send To - iDVD 2.Specify the size of the video you want to create: Standard 4:3 or Widescreen 16:9 3. Chose a Playback Uses Method: a] Manual Advance: Gives viewers total control over the slideshow as they click to advance slides b] Recorded Timing : Uses timings that you have recorded for a slideshow using the command File record Slideshow c] Fixed Timing: Runs the slideshow with no user interaction. You must set slide duration build options. If slides contain automatic build timings, those will be used. 4. Click Send: Then give the file a name and target your Movies folder. 5. Click Export A Quicktime Movie file is written to disk. Depending on the number of slides, it can take a few minutes to create the DVD Video file. Before the export finishes, iDVD will launch automatically. Whichever theme you were using the last time you had iDVD open will be active, and you might hear the theme's soundtrack playing. You can click the start or stop motion button in the DVD main menu to stop the animation and sound. 6. When the export finishes, click the Play button to test the DVD project. a] Click Play Movie to watch the entire movie b] Click Scene Selection to see an index of the presentation Now choose a theme for the main menu of the DVD, one that matches the look of your slideshow 1. Click the Themes button to access all available themes 2. Choose the Theme from the pop-up menu 3. Then click OK to apply the theme family to all menus Now you need to populate the DVD menu to complete its design 1. Click the Edit Drop Zones button to access all the drop zones for the project Drop zones are places in the menu where you can add (or drop) your own content. 2. Click the Preview button to preview your DVD Watch the project all the way through to ensure smooth playback. When finished with the preview, click the Exit button on the remote to stop previewing the DVD 3. If you are happy with your result you can now click the Burn Button to create the DVD OR, Like I do, Go to File Save As Disc Image, then you can check the DVD in DVD Player before you actually burn it to a DVD-R disc. Note: Always burn a DVD at slow speed. I burn all my DVD's at 2X (perhaps 4X on a Verbatim Up
Re: Keynote DVD
Hi Susan, Ronni Rod Thank you for your input. I did, I think, use Share-Send-iDVD and followed all the other steps through to Export but then could not work out what happened after that! Perhaps I should have done the burn from there rather than Finder. iDVD certainly did not launch automatically as I had expected it would. I did want to try an audio track but when I went to Media and iTunes, rather than my playlists showing, it is all individual tracks which was not what I had in mind, given each one only goes for such a short time. For example I have an Edith Piaf playlist which I thought would be appropriate for the slides which are from photos of a cycling trip in France. So maybe I have to go direct to iTunes rather than use the Media button. I'll print out all the instructions provided and try again. Many thanks. Regards Laura On 17/01/2010, at 8:07 AM, Susan Hastings wrote: Hi Laura, did you burn the presentation as a Keynote document or did you first export it from Keynote in Movie format? It needs to be burned as a playable DVD from a movie format. Also, when playing it on the TV do you want to be able to control the slides or just play them through as a movie? Susan --- Susan Hastings Mobile: 0409688004 On 17/01/2010, at 7:16 AM, Laura Webb el...@iinet.net.au wrote: Good morning all As a newbie user of Keynote I've managed to sort out how to create a basic presentation. I've made good use of the on line tutorials. A good project for a hot day!! With a very new superdrive I wanted to put burning a DVD to the test, something I've not been able to do before, because my MacBook previously only had a combo drive. Some of you will remember all my recent problems with the optical drive when upgrading to SL I did the burn of my keynote presentation through Finder and had no problems with that. I had expected the DVD would play on the DVD player attached to my TV so I could view the slides in a larger format. It doesn't and just comes up as unknown disc. Nor can I play it in the normal way through my MacBook. I can view the new DVD of my Keynote presentation through Front Row (and like what I see) so I know all the slides are there as they should be and that the burn was successful. Could someone please explain what I am doing wrong? Why can't I view my Keynote DVD in the same way as any other DVD? Regards Laura MacBook 10.6.2 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Keynote DVD
Hi Laura, When you add a soundtrack to your slideshow, the audio starts playing when the slideshow starts and plays through to its end, or to the end of the slideshow (depending on which is longer). You can also choose to have it play through only once, loop, or play forward and then backward, if you want. A file added as a soundtrack always plays from its beginning. To add a soundtrack: • Click Inspector in the toolbar, and then click the Document inspector button. • Click the Audio button. • Do one of the following: To add a song or playlist from your iTunes Library, click iTunes Library. Find the song or playlist you want, and then drag it from the Media Browser to the Audio well in the Document inspector. To add an audio file from the Finder, drag it from your desktop to the audio well in the Document inspector. • To make the song or playlist play through repeatedly while the presentation is running, choose Loop from the pop-up menu adjacent to the audio well. • To preview the song while you’re working on your slideshow, click the Play button below the audio well. Go here http://support.apple.com/manuals/#keynote download the Keynote '09 User Guide. On Page 101 in the Keynote '09 User Guide, you will find Adding a Soundtrack to a Slideshow Cheers, Ronni On 17/01/2010, at 10:12 AM, Laura Webb wrote: Hi Susan, Ronni Rod Thank you for your input. I did, I think, use Share-Send-iDVD and followed all the other steps through to Export but then could not work out what happened after that! Perhaps I should have done the burn from there rather than Finder. iDVD certainly did not launch automatically as I had expected it would. I did want to try an audio track but when I went to Media and iTunes, rather than my playlists showing, it is all individual tracks which was not what I had in mind, given each one only goes for such a short time. For example I have an Edith Piaf playlist which I thought would be appropriate for the slides which are from photos of a cycling trip in France. So maybe I have to go direct to iTunes rather than use the Media button. I'll print out all the instructions provided and try again. Many thanks. Regards Laura On 17/01/2010, at 8:07 AM, Susan Hastings wrote: Hi Laura, did you burn the presentation as a Keynote document or did you first export it from Keynote in Movie format? It needs to be burned as a playable DVD from a movie format. Also, when playing it on the TV do you want to be able to control the slides or just play them through as a movie? Susan --- Susan Hastings Mobile: 0409688004 On 17/01/2010, at 7:16 AM, Laura Webb el...@iinet.net.au wrote: Good morning all As a newbie user of Keynote I've managed to sort out how to create a basic presentation. I've made good use of the on line tutorials. A good project for a hot day!! With a very new superdrive I wanted to put burning a DVD to the test, something I've not been able to do before, because my MacBook previously only had a combo drive. Some of you will remember all my recent problems with the optical drive when upgrading to SL I did the burn of my keynote presentation through Finder and had no problems with that. I had expected the DVD would play on the DVD player attached to my TV so I could view the slides in a larger format. It doesn't and just comes up as unknown disc. Nor can I play it in the normal way through my MacBook. I can view the new DVD of my Keynote presentation through Front Row (and like what I see) so I know all the slides are there as they should be and that the burn was successful. Could someone please explain what I am doing wrong? Why can't I view my Keynote DVD in the same way as any other DVD? Regards Laura MacBook 10.6.2 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Keynote Remote
On 10/10/2009, at 7:13 AM, Stuart Breden wrote: I see that Keynote has an iPhone application. Any for Pages and Numbers? There is a Keynote CONTROLLER application, but this is quite different from Keynote itself. The Keynote controller app is similar in function to the little Apple Remote which may have come with your Mac when you bought it, with some additional nice touches such as displaying Presenter Notes on the iPhone screen. It does not allow you to create or modify existing presenations on the iPhone, which you expect in a true Keynote app. And no, there is nothing comparable for Pages or Numbers. -- Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 064 948 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Keynote Remote
I see that Keynote has an iPhone application. Any for Pages and Numbers? Stuart Breden PO Box 132 Kalamunda WA 6926 Hm Ph: (08) 9257 1577 Wk Ph: (08) 9291 4599 Mbl: 0417 053 266 http://www.apple.com/au/iphone/business/apps-for-iphone/documents.html -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
keynote
Keynote 5 in iWork 09 Snow leopard trying to access older 2008 files and all i get is unexpected error and then keynote quits Any ideas form anyone will help tom samson -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Keynote in iWork9
I have been trying to load small videos into Keynote some will just get three quarters through and then the spinning ball then force quit is needed. Is there a maximum size for movies ? tom samson -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Keynote in iWork9
On 15/08/2009, at 2:38 AM, thefrogs wrote: I have been trying to load small videos into Keynote some will just get three quarters through and then the spinning ball then force quit is needed. Is there a maximum size for movies ? tom samson Hello Tom, What is the time length, file size, and format of the Videos? Keynote accepts any QuickTime or iTunes file type. You don't mention what processor speed, amount of RAM or free space you have on your HD. Keynote takes it's fair share of the system power so best to not have other applications running. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.5.8 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Keynote and transparency
Glen I don't know how helpful this is to you but in Keynote help the following item occurs: Keynote 1.0: Translucent Elements Look Fuzzy When Viewed in PowerPoint Microsoft PowerPoint may not display all translucent graphic elements of a Keynote presentation properly. Symptom Keynote presentations which include graphic elements that use image transparency may look fuzzy when viewed in Microsoft PowerPoint for OS X. Solution This is a limitation of Microsoft PowerPoint. Consider viewing Keynote presentations using the Keynote application, or export the presentation to QuickTime to be viewed in QuickTime player. Merv Does anyone know if it is possible to use the Export function in Keynote to create a PNG image with a transparent background? Keynote supports transparency within slides, but as soon as I export I always get a solid background. I *can* then go to Preview and use Instant Alpha and save with a transparent background, but would prefer to export direct from Keynote. I've tried using the Slide Inspector to set the Appearance properties. Have tried setting Background to None (exports to white) and also Background to Color Fill with 0% opacity (also exports to white). Any ideas (short of buying Photoshop)? Or is Keynote + Preview the only way? Thanks, Glenn Nicholas OM4. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- Science teaches that we must see in order to believe, but we must also believe in order to see. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Keynote and transparency
just my 2c last week i was responsible for the technicals during a conference, numerous powerpoint presentation had to appear on big screen, there where some hickups... i strongly recomment to edit power point files on the computer that is used to present the file cheers James On 18/02/2009, at 17:13, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: Glen I don't know how helpful this is to you but in Keynote help the following item occurs: Keynote 1.0: Translucent Elements Look Fuzzy When Viewed in PowerPoint Microsoft PowerPoint may not display all translucent graphic elements of a Keynote presentation properly. Symptom Keynote presentations which include graphic elements that use image transparency may look fuzzy when viewed in Microsoft PowerPoint for OS X. Solution This is a limitation of Microsoft PowerPoint. Consider viewing Keynote presentations using the Keynote application, or export the presentation to QuickTime to be viewed in QuickTime player. Merv Does anyone know if it is possible to use the Export function in Keynote to create a PNG image with a transparent background? Keynote supports transparency within slides, but as soon as I export I always get a solid background. I *can* then go to Preview and use Instant Alpha and save with a transparent background, but would prefer to export direct from Keynote. I've tried using the Slide Inspector to set the Appearance properties. Have tried setting Background to None (exports to white) and also Background to Color Fill with 0% opacity (also exports to white). Any ideas (short of buying Photoshop)? Or is Keynote + Preview the only way? Thanks, Glenn Nicholas SAD Technic Video Productions, Electronic repairs U3 / 6 Chalkley Pl Bayswater WA 6053 +618 9370 5307,+618 6262 5707, 0414 421 132 http://www.iinet.net.au/~saddas skype: barleeway -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Keynote and transparency
Does anyone know if it is possible to use the Export function in Keynote to create a PNG image with a transparent background? Keynote supports transparency within slides, but as soon as I export I always get a solid background. I *can* then go to Preview and use Instant Alpha and save with a transparent background, but would prefer to export direct from Keynote. I've tried using the Slide Inspector to set the Appearance properties. Have tried setting Background to None (exports to white) and also Background to Color Fill with 0% opacity (also exports to white). Any ideas (short of buying Photoshop)? Or is Keynote + Preview the only way? Thanks, Glenn Nicholas OM4. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Fwd: Re: Keynote to DVD
Ronni, in her usual generous manner, suggested the solutions she shared with me be posted to the list. Sincere thanks Ronni. Merv From: Ronda Brown ro...@wn.com.au To: Mervyn Giuliana Bond m...@iinet.net.au Subject: Re: Keynote to DVD Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 18:20:29 +0900 X-PMX-Branch: TNG-Outgoing Hi Merv, Today I converted a slide show of mine from Keynote '09 to a DVD using the Share Send To iDVD. My slideshow has an Audio Sound Track and I found using the Share-Send to-iDVD the sound track was all out of sync when played in iDVD. So I decided to Share Export to Quicktime. Playback Uses: Fixed Timing Slide Duration: 4.0 seconds Build Duration: 1.5 seconds (these settings matching what I had in my Keynote Presentation) Repeat: None ticked Enter full screen mode when opened Formats: Full Quality, Large Audio ticked include audio (sound files, movie audio) include the slideshow soundtrack Exported to Movies Folder Played the exported quicktime movie to check it and it was in perfect sync. Then opened iDVD created a DVD project using this exported QT movie. Saved as a Disc Image to check and it was fine when played in DVD Player.app Then burnt a DVD from the disc image using Toast 10 Titanium Played the completed DVD in my DVD Player / TV and it was perfect. So, I would suggest if you have a sound track in your Keynote Slideshow, that you export using Quicktime with similar settings to mine above. I wish you the best with your project. Cheers, Ronni Hello Merv, As you know I'm having a break from support on WAMUG. But, I can't help checking the Archives now and then (I'm still having withdrawal symptoms) and noticed your email re: Keynote to DVD. 1.In Keynote you can go to Share - Send To - iDVD 2.Specify the size of the video you want to create: Standard 4:3 or Widescreen 16:9 3. Chose a Playback Uses Method: a] Manual Advance: Gives viewers total control over the slideshow as they click to advance slides b] Recorded Timing : Uses timings that you have recorded for a slideshow using the command File record Slideshow c] Fixed Timing: Runs the slideshow with no user interaction. You must set slide duration build options. If slides contain automatic build timings, those will be used. 4. Click Send: Then give the file a name and target your Movies folder. 5. Click Export A Quicktime Movie file is written to disk. Depending on the number of slides, it can take a few minutes to create the DVD Video file. Before the export finishes, iDVD will launch automatically. Whichever theme you were using the last time you had iDVD open will be active, and you might hear the theme's soundtrack playing. You can click the start or stop motion button in the DVD main menu to stop the animation and sound. 6. When the export finishes, click the Play button to test the DVD project. a] Click Play Movie to watch the entire movie b] Click Scene Selection to see an index of the presentation Now choose a theme for the main menu of the DVD, one that matches the look of your slideshow 1. Click the Themes button to access all available themes 2. Choose the Theme from the pop-up menu 3. Then click OK to apply the theme family to all menus Now you need to populate the DVD menu to complete its design 1. Click the Edit Drop Zones button to access all the drop zones for the project Drop zones are places in the menu where you can add (or drop) your own content. 2. Click the Preview button to preview your DVD Watch the project all the way through to ensure smooth playback. When finished with the preview, click the Exit button on the remote to stop previewing the DVD 3. If you are happy with your result you can now click the Burn Button to create the DVD Cheers, Ronni -- Science teaches that we must see in order to believe, but we must also believe in order to see. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Keynote to DVD
Running 10.5.6 on an iMac intel. Keynote version 5, iMovie 7.1.4, iDVD 7.03. Needed to convert a slide show from Keynote to a DVD. Used the Keynote option to convert the slide show to an iDVD project. However iDVD would not accept it as it had to be a shared file from iMovie. iMovie would not import it nor accept drag and drop. What am I overlooking? Suggestions appreciated. Merv -- Science teaches that we must see in order to believe, but we must also believe in order to see. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: keynote - music stops sometimes then re-starts
Thank you Ronni - Re: Problem 2 I will try this so I can have several favourite tracks with my longer Slide-shows. It makes sense! Peta Re: Problem 1 - Does anyone know why the music stops and starts (I have completely deleted all music and replaced with a fresh track at least 20 times - so it is not the particular piece of music). I have never had this problem in Powerpoint. On 29/09/2008, at 12:52 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 29/09/2008, at 11:36 AM, peta belczowski wrote: Hi I have taught myself Powerpoint on my notebook but have now bought an Applemac. I usually make slide shows from my (many) scanned and digital photos on various topics. I am now trying to work with Keynote to do similar projects as with Powerpoint, and have taught myself a reasonable amount. However, I have two problems. Problem 1 I can successfully add music from my itune library to my slideshow. However, when I play my slideshow this music sometimes stops for no reason, then restarts - several times during the slideshow. Sometimes jiggling the mouse seems to help. At times the whole show just stops until the music is ready to start up again. Problem 2 Instead of looping the music to recommence when it has played all the way through, sometimes on a long slide show I would like to add a second (or third) song after the whole of the first song has played. This does not seem to be possible, as working with Inspector just replaces the first song which I had inserted. Hello Peta, The only way to play more than one music track completely and in succession is to create a soundfile or playlist of the music tracks off-line (for example in Garage Band or iTunes) and then import this soundfile as the Soundtrack for the slideshow. You can do this in the Inspector Document Audio Soundtrack menu. This will play as the slideshow progresses and changes slides. The Soundtrack will begin playing together with the first slide of your slideshow and continue until the end of the audio. To get all of the Builds and Transitions in your slides to synchronise with the audio track, you will need to Record the track, which also can be done from this same window. Also, remember that if you do have a Soundtrack, you need to remove any individual audio tracks you may have imported into any slides. Otherwise, they will play simultaneously when the slide comes up. Cheers, Ronni -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
keynote - music stops sometimes then re-starts
Hi I have taught myself Powerpoint on my notebook but have now bought an Applemac. I usually make slide shows from my (many) scanned and digital photos on various topics. I am now trying to work with Keynote to do similar projects as with Powerpoint, and have taught myself a reasonable amount. However, I have two problems. Problem 1 I can successfully add music from my itune library to my slideshow. However, when I play my slideshow this music sometimes stops for no reason, then restarts - several times during the slideshow. Sometimes jiggling the mouse seems to help. At times the whole show just stops until the music is ready to start up again. Problem 2 Instead of looping the music to recommence when it has played all the way through, sometimes on a long slide show I would like to add a second (or third) song after the whole of the first song has played. This does not seem to be possible, as working with Inspector just replaces the first song which I had inserted. Peta -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: keynote - music stops sometimes then re-starts
On 29/09/2008, at 11:36 AM, peta belczowski wrote: Hi I have taught myself Powerpoint on my notebook but have now bought an Applemac. I usually make slide shows from my (many) scanned and digital photos on various topics. I am now trying to work with Keynote to do similar projects as with Powerpoint, and have taught myself a reasonable amount. However, I have two problems. Problem 1 I can successfully add music from my itune library to my slideshow. However, when I play my slideshow this music sometimes stops for no reason, then restarts - several times during the slideshow. Sometimes jiggling the mouse seems to help. At times the whole show just stops until the music is ready to start up again. Problem 2 Instead of looping the music to recommence when it has played all the way through, sometimes on a long slide show I would like to add a second (or third) song after the whole of the first song has played. This does not seem to be possible, as working with Inspector just replaces the first song which I had inserted. Hello Peta, The only way to play more than one music track completely and in succession is to create a soundfile or playlist of the music tracks off-line (for example in Garage Band or iTunes) and then import this soundfile as the Soundtrack for the slideshow. You can do this in the Inspector Document Audio Soundtrack menu. This will play as the slideshow progresses and changes slides. The Soundtrack will begin playing together with the first slide of your slideshow and continue until the end of the audio. To get all of the Builds and Transitions in your slides to synchronise with the audio track, you will need to Record the track, which also can be done from this same window. Also, remember that if you do have a Soundtrack, you need to remove any individual audio tracks you may have imported into any slides. Otherwise, they will play simultaneously when the slide comes up. Cheers, Ronni -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Exporting Keynote Presentation
Thanks for all the advice. I'm sure one of those things will work out. There's no TV available to me but that was certainly a good idea. At the moment I'm looking into running the keynote program on my iPod. I tried this with my other computer that doesn't have keynote installed. It gave me the option to run keynote on a 30 day trial period. If I can't get a mac for the presentation or I'm unable to run keynote from my iPod I'll probably use a quicktime movie as you suggested. I hadn't thought of that because I'd ruled them out last year when I was doing a presentation and I didn't have an iPod with quite so much storage space. Thanks for the Help Ruben Hmmm, Rob you had me doubt my original 720x540, but on re-reading my Keynote notes, Keynote uses a resolution of 720x540 at 24 frames per second for the intermediate QuickTime movie, which iDVD then converts to 720x576 at 25 FPS (for PAL), or 720x480 at 30 FPS (for NTSC). Cheers, Ronni On 11/05/2008, at 9:57 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Yes Rob, Sorry about my typo error ... 720 x 575 pixels is correct. Cheers, Ronni On 11/05/2008, at 9:29 AM, Rob Davies wrote: Morning, Should it not be 720x576 Pal DVD. Cheers! `Rob... On 11May2008, at 7:33 am, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Ruben, Will they have a TV you can use? Keynote 4 has export to iPod menu selection, but I notice you are using Keynote 3. This might help : The iPod only supports video, so you HAVE to either use H.264 or Mpeg4, and it looks fine on the ipod itself, and depending on the theme, it looks fine on a TV set. Use 720x540 as your base size, mostly because that's the size Keynote exports to iDVD, and it's the correct ratio to start with when you're going from computer to tv. Then use some kind of converter (like iSquint or Visual Hub) to convert that to a 720x480 iPod movie. Export as Animation out of Keynote and then run the compression in one of those 2 apps. The colours come out much better than simply exporting from Keynote to iTunes. If you're considering displaying your presentation on a TV, this Apple document may help: iPod: TV Out support: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300233 For controlling your presentation from across the room, Apple Universal Dock includes Apple Remote and Dock Adapters to fit any of the three video-playing iPods: http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MB125G/A Cheers, Ronni On 10/05/2008, at 10:18 PM, Dark1 wrote: What I meant was the actual information its-self isn't that important (the content) but how the information is presented and how professional the presentation feels is the main aspect of the assessment. I certainly think Keynote has a strong advantage in this regard. That's why I'm using it :) Content not that important? You have a bigger problem than just Keynote. http://presentationzen.blogs.com/presentationzen/2005/11/the_zen_estheti.html If your instructor was evaluating Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, I fear he would prefer the Bill Gates style. Glenn. 2008/5/10 Dark1 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Thanks for the suggestion but I think my presentation might lose impact if I lose the fancy transitions that make it look great. My lecturer has said that presentations will be marked on how impressive the actual presentation is rather than content. Export it as a PDF. Use File, Export menu, choose PDF as the export option. You may want to turn off the borders on each page. Glenn. 2008/5/10 Dark1 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I'm constructing a keynote presentation (using v3.0.2, iWork 06) but I don't have a laptop and the place where I'm doing the presentation won't have keynote installed. The power point exported version changes the location of one of my pie charts and the text for my charts looks muddy. Is there any way to fix this (particularly the changing pie chart location)? If I load the Keynote application onto my iPod would I be able to give the presentation in keynote on a mac? Thanks in advance Ruben -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group
Exporting Keynote Presentation
I'm constructing a keynote presentation (using v3.0.2, iWork 06) but I don't have a laptop and the place where I'm doing the presentation won't have keynote installed. The power point exported version changes the location of one of my pie charts and the text for my charts looks muddy. Is there any way to fix this (particularly the changing pie chart location)? If I load the Keynote application onto my iPod would I be able to give the presentation in keynote on a mac? Thanks in advance Ruben -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Exporting Keynote Presentation
Export it as a PDF. Use File, Export menu, choose PDF as the export option. You may want to turn off the borders on each page. Glenn. 2008/5/10 Dark1 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I'm constructing a keynote presentation (using v3.0.2, iWork 06) but I don't have a laptop and the place where I'm doing the presentation won't have keynote installed. The power point exported version changes the location of one of my pie charts and the text for my charts looks muddy. Is there any way to fix this (particularly the changing pie chart location)? If I load the Keynote application onto my iPod would I be able to give the presentation in keynote on a mac? Thanks in advance Ruben -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Exporting Keynote Presentation
Thanks for the suggestion but I think my presentation might lose impact if I lose the fancy transitions that make it look great. My lecturer has said that presentations will be marked on how impressive the actual presentation is rather than content. Export it as a PDF. Use File, Export menu, choose PDF as the export option. You may want to turn off the borders on each page. Glenn. 2008/5/10 Dark1 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I'm constructing a keynote presentation (using v3.0.2, iWork 06) but I don't have a laptop and the place where I'm doing the presentation won't have keynote installed. The power point exported version changes the location of one of my pie charts and the text for my charts looks muddy. Is there any way to fix this (particularly the changing pie chart location)? If I load the Keynote application onto my iPod would I be able to give the presentation in keynote on a mac? Thanks in advance Ruben -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Exporting Keynote Presentation
Content not that important? You have a bigger problem than just Keynote. http://presentationzen.blogs.com/presentationzen/2005/11/the_zen_estheti.html If your instructor was evaluating Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, I fear he would prefer the Bill Gates style. Glenn. 2008/5/10 Dark1 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Thanks for the suggestion but I think my presentation might lose impact if I lose the fancy transitions that make it look great. My lecturer has said that presentations will be marked on how impressive the actual presentation is rather than content. Export it as a PDF. Use File, Export menu, choose PDF as the export option. You may want to turn off the borders on each page. Glenn. 2008/5/10 Dark1 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I'm constructing a keynote presentation (using v3.0.2, iWork 06) but I don't have a laptop and the place where I'm doing the presentation won't have keynote installed. The power point exported version changes the location of one of my pie charts and the text for my charts looks muddy. Is there any way to fix this (particularly the changing pie chart location)? If I load the Keynote application onto my iPod would I be able to give the presentation in keynote on a mac? Thanks in advance Ruben -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Exporting Keynote Presentation
What I meant was the actual information its-self isn't that important (the content) but how the information is presented and how professional the presentation feels is the main aspect of the assessment. I certainly think Keynote has a strong advantage in this regard. That's why I'm using it :) Content not that important? You have a bigger problem than just Keynote. http://presentationzen.blogs.com/presentationzen/2005/11/the_zen_estheti.html If your instructor was evaluating Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, I fear he would prefer the Bill Gates style. Glenn. 2008/5/10 Dark1 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Thanks for the suggestion but I think my presentation might lose impact if I lose the fancy transitions that make it look great. My lecturer has said that presentations will be marked on how impressive the actual presentation is rather than content. Export it as a PDF. Use File, Export menu, choose PDF as the export option. You may want to turn off the borders on each page. Glenn. 2008/5/10 Dark1 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I'm constructing a keynote presentation (using v3.0.2, iWork 06) but I don't have a laptop and the place where I'm doing the presentation won't have keynote installed. The power point exported version changes the location of one of my pie charts and the text for my charts looks muddy. Is there any way to fix this (particularly the changing pie chart location)? If I load the Keynote application onto my iPod would I be able to give the presentation in keynote on a mac? Thanks in advance Ruben -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Exporting Keynote Presentation
Hi Ruben, Will they have a TV you can use? Keynote 4 has export to iPod menu selection, but I notice you are using Keynote 3. This might help : The iPod only supports video, so you HAVE to either use H.264 or Mpeg4, and it looks fine on the ipod itself, and depending on the theme, it looks fine on a TV set. Use 720x540 as your base size, mostly because that's the size Keynote exports to iDVD, and it's the correct ratio to start with when you're going from computer to tv. Then use some kind of converter (like iSquint or Visual Hub) to convert that to a 720x480 iPod movie. Export as Animation out of Keynote and then run the compression in one of those 2 apps. The colours come out much better than simply exporting from Keynote to iTunes. If you're considering displaying your presentation on a TV, this Apple document may help: iPod: TV Out support: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300233 For controlling your presentation from across the room, Apple Universal Dock includes Apple Remote and Dock Adapters to fit any of the three video-playing iPods: http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MB125G/A Cheers, Ronni On 10/05/2008, at 10:18 PM, Dark1 wrote: What I meant was the actual information its-self isn't that important (the content) but how the information is presented and how professional the presentation feels is the main aspect of the assessment. I certainly think Keynote has a strong advantage in this regard. That's why I'm using it :) Content not that important? You have a bigger problem than just Keynote. http://presentationzen.blogs.com/presentationzen/2005/11/the_zen_estheti.html If your instructor was evaluating Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, I fear he would prefer the Bill Gates style. Glenn. 2008/5/10 Dark1 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Thanks for the suggestion but I think my presentation might lose impact if I lose the fancy transitions that make it look great. My lecturer has said that presentations will be marked on how impressive the actual presentation is rather than content. Export it as a PDF. Use File, Export menu, choose PDF as the export option. You may want to turn off the borders on each page. Glenn. 2008/5/10 Dark1 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I'm constructing a keynote presentation (using v3.0.2, iWork 06) but I don't have a laptop and the place where I'm doing the presentation won't have keynote installed. The power point exported version changes the location of one of my pie charts and the text for my charts looks muddy. Is there any way to fix this (particularly the changing pie chart location)? If I load the Keynote application onto my iPod would I be able to give the presentation in keynote on a mac? Thanks in advance Ruben -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Exporting Keynote Presentation
Morning, Should it not be 720x576 Pal DVD. Cheers! `Rob... On 11May2008, at 7:33 am, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Ruben, Will they have a TV you can use? Keynote 4 has export to iPod menu selection, but I notice you are using Keynote 3. This might help : The iPod only supports video, so you HAVE to either use H.264 or Mpeg4, and it looks fine on the ipod itself, and depending on the theme, it looks fine on a TV set. Use 720x540 as your base size, mostly because that's the size Keynote exports to iDVD, and it's the correct ratio to start with when you're going from computer to tv. Then use some kind of converter (like iSquint or Visual Hub) to convert that to a 720x480 iPod movie. Export as Animation out of Keynote and then run the compression in one of those 2 apps. The colours come out much better than simply exporting from Keynote to iTunes. If you're considering displaying your presentation on a TV, this Apple document may help: iPod: TV Out support: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300233 For controlling your presentation from across the room, Apple Universal Dock includes Apple Remote and Dock Adapters to fit any of the three video-playing iPods: http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MB125G/A Cheers, Ronni On 10/05/2008, at 10:18 PM, Dark1 wrote: What I meant was the actual information its-self isn't that important (the content) but how the information is presented and how professional the presentation feels is the main aspect of the assessment. I certainly think Keynote has a strong advantage in this regard. That's why I'm using it :) Content not that important? You have a bigger problem than just Keynote. http://presentationzen.blogs.com/presentationzen/2005/11/the_zen_estheti.html If your instructor was evaluating Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, I fear he would prefer the Bill Gates style. Glenn. 2008/5/10 Dark1 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Thanks for the suggestion but I think my presentation might lose impact if I lose the fancy transitions that make it look great. My lecturer has said that presentations will be marked on how impressive the actual presentation is rather than content. Export it as a PDF. Use File, Export menu, choose PDF as the export option. You may want to turn off the borders on each page. Glenn. 2008/5/10 Dark1 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I'm constructing a keynote presentation (using v3.0.2, iWork 06) but I don't have a laptop and the place where I'm doing the presentation won't have keynote installed. The power point exported version changes the location of one of my pie charts and the text for my charts looks muddy. Is there any way to fix this (particularly the changing pie chart location)? If I load the Keynote application onto my iPod would I be able to give the presentation in keynote on a mac? Thanks in advance Ruben -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fwd: Exporting Keynote Presentation
Hi Ruben, A couple of more thoughts for you: 1. If the Mac you want to use your presentation on has Keynote Installed. You could save your presentation all it's assets 'Audio Video'. In Preferences General - 'Copy Audio Movies into document'. Also it is best to .zip your Keynote presentations before transporting them. Remember, a Keynote file is actually a Mac OS package, which means that it's really a folder pretending to be a file ... (confusing huh). You could then put it on a disc and transfer it to another Mac that has Keynote installed. By .ZIPping the presentation, you compress the package/folder into a single, true file, which is easier to transport. UnZIP it when it gets to its final destination and you should be fine. 2. If the Mac doesn't have Keynote installed: I did a Presentation using Keynote 2 when we started Ubermug a number of years ago (which has since folded unfortunately, but we had fun while it lasted ;-). It was 'loosely' based on the 'Switch' Adds. I exported it to Quicktime 'Full Quality', so it could be played as a movie. You can Export your Keynote Project to Quicktime. File Export Quicktime Slide duration 5 secs (or whatever) Full Quality, large. 1.Choose File Export 2.In the Export Dialogue, select Quicktime and then click next. The QT export dialogue opens. 3.Choose either Interactive Movie or a Self Playing Movie. a) If you If you choose Interactive Movie, the Presenter (you) will be able to advance the slideshow by clicking play in the Quicktime controls, clicking the mouse, or pressing the space bar on the keyboard. b) If you choose Self Playing Movie, the Presenter (you) has no control over the speed at which the slideshow advances. You determine the speed of object builds and how long slides linger on the screen by typing values in the slide duration and Build Duration fields. 4. In the Repeat pop-up menu, choose to make the slideshow play through only once, loop continuously, or loop back and forth. 5. Choose a playback quality and file size from the formats pop-up menu. a) Full Quality large movies preserve the best playback quality. 6.Choose File Save. 7. Quit Keynote 8. Open your Saved QT Presentation and it will play all your slides as a continuous slideshow as in Power Point or Interactive if you have choosen this option. You could then put this exported Quicktime Movie onto a Disc and transfer it to another Mac that doesn't have Keynote installed but has Quicktime Player. Cheers, Ronni Begin forwarded message: From: Ronda Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 11 May 2008 7:33:47 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: Exporting Keynote Presentation Hi Ruben, Will they have a TV you can use? Keynote 4 has export to iPod menu selection, but I notice you are using Keynote 3. This might help : The iPod only supports video, so you HAVE to either use H.264 or Mpeg4, and it looks fine on the ipod itself, and depending on the theme, it looks fine on a TV set. Use 720x540 as your base size, mostly because that's the size Keynote exports to iDVD, and it's the correct ratio to start with when you're going from computer to tv. Then use some kind of converter (like iSquint or Visual Hub) to convert that to a 720x480 iPod movie. Export as Animation out of Keynote and then run the compression in one of those 2 apps. The colours come out much better than simply exporting from Keynote to iTunes. If you're considering displaying your presentation on a TV, this Apple document may help: iPod: TV Out support: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300233 For controlling your presentation from across the room, Apple Universal Dock includes Apple Remote and Dock Adapters to fit any of the three video-playing iPods: http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MB125G/A Cheers, Ronni On 10/05/2008, at 10:18 PM, Dark1 wrote: What I meant was the actual information its-self isn't that important (the content) but how the information is presented and how professional the presentation feels is the main aspect of the assessment. I certainly think Keynote has a strong advantage in this regard. That's why I'm using it :) Content not that important? You have a bigger problem than just Keynote. http://presentationzen.blogs.com/presentationzen/2005/11/the_zen_estheti.html If your instructor was evaluating Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, I fear he would prefer the Bill Gates style. Glenn. 2008/5/10 Dark1 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Thanks for the suggestion but I think my presentation might lose impact if I lose the fancy transitions that make it look great. My lecturer has said that presentations will be marked on how impressive the actual presentation is rather than content. Export it as a PDF. Use File, Export menu, choose PDF as the export option. You may want to turn off the borders
Re: Exporting Keynote Presentation
Yes Rob, Sorry about my typo error ... 720 x 575 pixels is correct. Cheers, Ronni On 11/05/2008, at 9:29 AM, Rob Davies wrote: Morning, Should it not be 720x576 Pal DVD. Cheers! `Rob... On 11May2008, at 7:33 am, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Ruben, Will they have a TV you can use? Keynote 4 has export to iPod menu selection, but I notice you are using Keynote 3. This might help : The iPod only supports video, so you HAVE to either use H.264 or Mpeg4, and it looks fine on the ipod itself, and depending on the theme, it looks fine on a TV set. Use 720x540 as your base size, mostly because that's the size Keynote exports to iDVD, and it's the correct ratio to start with when you're going from computer to tv. Then use some kind of converter (like iSquint or Visual Hub) to convert that to a 720x480 iPod movie. Export as Animation out of Keynote and then run the compression in one of those 2 apps. The colours come out much better than simply exporting from Keynote to iTunes. If you're considering displaying your presentation on a TV, this Apple document may help: iPod: TV Out support: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300233 For controlling your presentation from across the room, Apple Universal Dock includes Apple Remote and Dock Adapters to fit any of the three video-playing iPods: http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MB125G/A Cheers, Ronni On 10/05/2008, at 10:18 PM, Dark1 wrote: What I meant was the actual information its-self isn't that important (the content) but how the information is presented and how professional the presentation feels is the main aspect of the assessment. I certainly think Keynote has a strong advantage in this regard. That's why I'm using it :) Content not that important? You have a bigger problem than just Keynote. http://presentationzen.blogs.com/presentationzen/2005/11/the_zen_estheti.html If your instructor was evaluating Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, I fear he would prefer the Bill Gates style. Glenn. 2008/5/10 Dark1 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Thanks for the suggestion but I think my presentation might lose impact if I lose the fancy transitions that make it look great. My lecturer has said that presentations will be marked on how impressive the actual presentation is rather than content. Export it as a PDF. Use File, Export menu, choose PDF as the export option. You may want to turn off the borders on each page. Glenn. 2008/5/10 Dark1 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I'm constructing a keynote presentation (using v3.0.2, iWork 06) but I don't have a laptop and the place where I'm doing the presentation won't have keynote installed. The power point exported version changes the location of one of my pie charts and the text for my charts looks muddy. Is there any way to fix this (particularly the changing pie chart location)? If I load the Keynote application onto my iPod would I be able to give the presentation in keynote on a mac? Thanks in advance Ruben -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Exporting Keynote Presentation
Hmmm, Rob you had me doubt my original 720x540, but on re-reading my Keynote notes, Keynote uses a resolution of 720x540 at 24 frames per second for the intermediate QuickTime movie, which iDVD then converts to 720x576 at 25 FPS (for PAL), or 720x480 at 30 FPS (for NTSC). Cheers, Ronni On 11/05/2008, at 9:57 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Yes Rob, Sorry about my typo error ... 720 x 575 pixels is correct. Cheers, Ronni On 11/05/2008, at 9:29 AM, Rob Davies wrote: Morning, Should it not be 720x576 Pal DVD. Cheers! `Rob... On 11May2008, at 7:33 am, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Ruben, Will they have a TV you can use? Keynote 4 has export to iPod menu selection, but I notice you are using Keynote 3. This might help : The iPod only supports video, so you HAVE to either use H.264 or Mpeg4, and it looks fine on the ipod itself, and depending on the theme, it looks fine on a TV set. Use 720x540 as your base size, mostly because that's the size Keynote exports to iDVD, and it's the correct ratio to start with when you're going from computer to tv. Then use some kind of converter (like iSquint or Visual Hub) to convert that to a 720x480 iPod movie. Export as Animation out of Keynote and then run the compression in one of those 2 apps. The colours come out much better than simply exporting from Keynote to iTunes. If you're considering displaying your presentation on a TV, this Apple document may help: iPod: TV Out support: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300233 For controlling your presentation from across the room, Apple Universal Dock includes Apple Remote and Dock Adapters to fit any of the three video-playing iPods: http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MB125G/A Cheers, Ronni On 10/05/2008, at 10:18 PM, Dark1 wrote: What I meant was the actual information its-self isn't that important (the content) but how the information is presented and how professional the presentation feels is the main aspect of the assessment. I certainly think Keynote has a strong advantage in this regard. That's why I'm using it :) Content not that important? You have a bigger problem than just Keynote. http://presentationzen.blogs.com/presentationzen/2005/11/the_zen_estheti.html If your instructor was evaluating Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, I fear he would prefer the Bill Gates style. Glenn. 2008/5/10 Dark1 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Thanks for the suggestion but I think my presentation might lose impact if I lose the fancy transitions that make it look great. My lecturer has said that presentations will be marked on how impressive the actual presentation is rather than content. Export it as a PDF. Use File, Export menu, choose PDF as the export option. You may want to turn off the borders on each page. Glenn. 2008/5/10 Dark1 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I'm constructing a keynote presentation (using v3.0.2, iWork 06) but I don't have a laptop and the place where I'm doing the presentation won't have keynote installed. The power point exported version changes the location of one of my pie charts and the text for my charts looks muddy. Is there any way to fix this (particularly the changing pie chart location)? If I load the Keynote application onto my iPod would I be able to give the presentation in keynote on a mac? Thanks in advance Ruben -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Saving Keynote to disk???
Macworld 2008 keynote now available in iTunes http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=272082409 Note: The following Download is 889.8 MB On Jan 16, 2008 2:31 PM, Rod Blitvich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Great! Thanks Kyle. I can put it on my ipod and listen to it while I'm having my morning walk. Ta Rod on 16/1/08 11:40 AM, Kyle Kreusch at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Direct Download Link To start the Download process hold down the Option key and Click Here http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/f27853y2/iphone/972345688g_1_ip.mp4 If this fails drag the text to safaris Download list Note: The following Download is 320.1 MB On Jan 16, 2008 10:30 AM, Oldham, Toby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it just me, or is the Australian Apple store advertising the new Apple TV as being able to download movies and TV shows? When you go into the details though, it just says music and free podcasts. Sheesh. T. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Rod Blitvich - Amy Sam¹s Dad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0409 681 256 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.mac.com/blitto The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Saving Keynote to disk???
Hi Guys I¹ve got QTPro, but can¹t seem to save a copy of the Macworld Keynote to my mac. Any help would be appreciated please. Ta Blitto -- Rod Blitvich - Amy Sam¹s Dad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0409 681 256 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.mac.com/blitto I don't have a big ego, I'm way too cool for that. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Saving Keynote to disk???
Is it just me, or is the Australian Apple store advertising the new Apple TV as being able to download movies and TV shows? When you go into the details though, it just says music and free podcasts. Sheesh. T. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Saving Keynote to disk???
Great! Thanks Kyle. I can put it on my ipod and listen to it while I'm having my morning walk. Ta Rod on 16/1/08 11:40 AM, Kyle Kreusch at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Direct Download Link To start the Download process hold down the Option key and Click Here http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/f27853y2/iphone/972345688g_1_ip.mp4 If this fails drag the text to safaris Download list Note: The following Download is 320.1 MB On Jan 16, 2008 10:30 AM, Oldham, Toby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it just me, or is the Australian Apple store advertising the new Apple TV as being able to download movies and TV shows? When you go into the details though, it just says music and free podcasts. Sheesh. T. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Rod Blitvich - Amy Sam¹s Dad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0409 681 256 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.mac.com/blitto The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Keynote is Photoshop for the rest of us
Peter, I haven't used it for business cards, but see no reason why it couldn't be used that way. And in terms of artwork for printing, definitely. You can work with 300dpi graphics, and export them at full resolution as TIFF or JPG files, so you wouldn't be losing out on image quality. Really would depend on what your printer expected in terms of the the artwork - so for business cards you could just ask them and see. Yes Keynote exports to PDF (with a fancy border) as well as images. Or you can always just do a File, Print, Save as PDF (which works for any application on Mac). By the way, I've upgraded 4 of our Macs to Leopard now and not encountered any problems with applications (and we use quite a few - not Photoshop though:) Maybe the posts you are seeing only reflect the problems, where upgrades are smooth you won't see a post to the group. Glenn. On 22/11/2007, at 5:42 PM, Peter Bull wrote: Thanks for that info Glenn. I am thinking of upgrading my trusty e-Mac to a new iMac, but I have been scared of all the stories on WAMUG lately about how software won't work with it. I use Photoshop occasionally but just for fun and I can't justify shelling out $2-3000 when most of what I want to do is crop pics or create some snappy buttons or graphics for a web site. Can Keynote be used to produce artwork for printing? For instance, business cards, and does it produce pdf files. Regards, Peter Bull 21 Silvereye Close East CanningtonWA 6107 Phone (08) 9356 7231 Mobile 0427 474 013 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Keynote is Photoshop for the rest of us
why not checking out: http://seashore.sourceforge.net/ Seashore is an open source image editor for Cocoa. It features gradients, textures and anti-aliasing for both text and brush strokes. It supports multiple layers and alpha channel editing. It is based around the GIMP's technology and uses the same native file format. it's 100% free works on 10.3 to 10.4.10 intel ppc (5.9 meg) I'm using it James On 22/11/2007, at 17:42, Peter Bull wrote: Thanks for that info Glenn. I am thinking of upgrading my trusty e- Mac to a new iMac, but I have been scared of all the stories on WAMUG lately about how software won't work with it. I use Photoshop occasionally but just for fun and I can't justify shelling out $2-3000 when most of what I want to do is crop pics or create some snappy buttons or graphics for a web site. Can Keynote be used to produce artwork for printing? For instance, business cards, and does it produce pdf files. Regards, Peter Bull 21 Silvereye Close East CanningtonWA 6107 Phone (08) 9356 7231 Mobile 0427 474 013 [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 22/11/2007, at 10:03 AM, Glenn Nicholas wrote: SAD Technic Video Productions, Electronic repairs U3 / 6 Chalkley Pl Bayswater WA 6053 +618 9370 5307,+618 6262 5707, 0414 421 132 http://www.iinet.net.au/~saddas skype: barleeway -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Keynote is Photoshop for the rest of us
Hmm, to save the Photoshop community the trouble of rounding up a posse, I'll qualify that last post. After googling on the subject, it seems that printing business cards from an image file out of Keynote won't give you results as sharp as layered images from CorelDraw, Illustrator, Photoshop etc. 600 dpi seems a good idea if image files are going to be used for printing cards (or where text and images are combined). So ... if you want the sharpest results, go with one of the pro tools and don't use Keynote. Then again, that will apply in most cases - Keynote won't be as good as Photoshop etc in terms of absolute power. But it is good enough for many common tasks (e.g. web graphics). Glenn. On 22/11/2007, at 5:24 PM, Glenn Nicholas wrote: Peter, I haven't used it for business cards, but see no reason why it couldn't be used that way. And in terms of artwork for printing, definitely. You can work with 300dpi graphics, and export them at full resolution as TIFF or JPG files, so you wouldn't be losing out on image quality. Really would depend on what your printer expected in terms of the the artwork - so for business cards you could just ask them and see. Yes Keynote exports to PDF (with a fancy border) as well as images. Or you can always just do a File, Print, Save as PDF (which works for any application on Mac). By the way, I've upgraded 4 of our Macs to Leopard now and not encountered any problems with applications (and we use quite a few - not Photoshop though:) Maybe the posts you are seeing only reflect the problems, where upgrades are smooth you won't see a post to the group. Glenn. On 22/11/2007, at 5:42 PM, Peter Bull wrote: Thanks for that info Glenn. I am thinking of upgrading my trusty e-Mac to a new iMac, but I have been scared of all the stories on WAMUG lately about how software won't work with it. I use Photoshop occasionally but just for fun and I can't justify shelling out $2-3000 when most of what I want to do is crop pics or create some snappy buttons or graphics for a web site. Can Keynote be used to produce artwork for printing? For instance, business cards, and does it produce pdf files. Regards, Peter Bull 21 Silvereye Close East CanningtonWA 6107 Phone (08) 9356 7231 Mobile 0427 474 013 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Keynote is Photoshop for the rest of us
For Mac users who would like to do more with graphics but find Photoshop/Gimp out of their league, you should check out Keynote. Keynote is part of the $99 iWork package (along with Pages and Numbers - think Powerpoint, Word Excel equivalents). But the graphics capabilities of Keynote are almost equivalent to a 4th package - graphics - being included in iWork. Keynote looks on the surface to be a presentation tool (and a far more impressive one than Powerpoint). But if you need to use graphics, what about features like this: create graphics with multiple layers, use partially transparent shapes, add drop shadows, add reflections, create text logos, create frames for pictures, remove backgrounds ... Before Keynote this was hard, and pretty much required Gimp or Photoshop (way too hard for most users, and in the case of Photoshop, pricey as well) There are some great videos on Apple's website that show some of the graphics features of Keynote I am talking about (but not all of them). http://www.apple.com/iwork/keynote/ (to see how to remove backgrounds from images) http://www.apple.com/iwork/tutorials/#keynote (see Applying Image Effects) A key feature that is *not* documented very well is the ability to create your graphics on a slide, and then export that slide as a graphics file (tiff, jpg, png, gif). Once you have exported it as a hi-res .tif file for example (this format retains transparent backgrounds), you can use a free tool like ImageWell (from extralean.com) to crop/resize the image and shrink the filesize to whatever you need. These features make it easy to create simple graphics such as webpage headers, buttons, text logos and so on. So I'm calling out Keynote as 'Photoshop for the rest of us'. No doubt you can do heaps more with images using Photoshop than mere mortals using Keynote. I respect Photoshop and realise it has incredible capabilities. But for me the learning curve and investment of time required has always been a barrier (let alone the price tag), and you don't always want to hire a graphic designer if you want something relatively simple. The $99 price tag and the incredible ease of use that go with Keynote make this an outstanding piece of software - it is even very good at producing presentations :) (I originally bought it for the voice-over recording facility, letting you easily publish a presentation with voiceover to the web) Numbers and Pages are excellent as well. If you are a seasoned Microsoft Office user, you may well be surprised. Numbers in particular has a refreshing approach to spreadsheets that is ideal when you need to use a spreadsheet to present a business case or tell a story of some kind. An associate of mine who recently switched from Windows to a Mac laptop has jumped right into using Pages because he finds it so much easier to use than Word. So if you are interested in a great graphics tool 'for the rest of us', check out Keynote. Glenn. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Keynote is Photoshop for the rest of us
Thanks for that info Glenn. I am thinking of upgrading my trusty e-Mac to a new iMac, but I have been scared of all the stories on WAMUG lately about how software won't work with it. I use Photoshop occasionally but just for fun and I can't justify shelling out $2-3000 when most of what I want to do is crop pics or create some snappy buttons or graphics for a web site. Can Keynote be used to produce artwork for printing? For instance, business cards, and does it produce pdf files. Regards, Peter Bull 21 Silvereye Close East CanningtonWA 6107 Phone (08) 9356 7231 Mobile 0427 474 013 [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 22/11/2007, at 10:03 AM, Glenn Nicholas wrote: For Mac users who would like to do more with graphics but find Photoshop/Gimp out of their league, you should check out Keynote. Keynote is part of the $99 iWork package (along with Pages and Numbers - think Powerpoint, Word Excel equivalents). But the graphics capabilities of Keynote are almost equivalent to a 4th package - graphics - being included in iWork. Keynote looks on the surface to be a presentation tool (and a far more impressive one than Powerpoint). But if you need to use graphics, what about features like this: create graphics with multiple layers, use partially transparent shapes, add drop shadows, add reflections, create text logos, create frames for pictures, remove backgrounds ... Before Keynote this was hard, and pretty much required Gimp or Photoshop (way too hard for most users, and in the case of Photoshop, pricey as well) There are some great videos on Apple's website that show some of the graphics features of Keynote I am talking about (but not all of them). http://www.apple.com/iwork/keynote/ (to see how to remove backgrounds from images) http://www.apple.com/iwork/tutorials/#keynote (see Applying Image Effects) A key feature that is *not* documented very well is the ability to create your graphics on a slide, and then export that slide as a graphics file (tiff, jpg, png, gif). Once you have exported it as a hi-res .tif file for example (this format retains transparent backgrounds), you can use a free tool like ImageWell (from extralean.com) to crop/resize the image and shrink the filesize to whatever you need. These features make it easy to create simple graphics such as webpage headers, buttons, text logos and so on. So I'm calling out Keynote as 'Photoshop for the rest of us'. No doubt you can do heaps more with images using Photoshop than mere mortals using Keynote. I respect Photoshop and realise it has incredible capabilities. But for me the learning curve and investment of time required has always been a barrier (let alone the price tag), and you don't always want to hire a graphic designer if you want something relatively simple. The $99 price tag and the incredible ease of use that go with Keynote make this an outstanding piece of software - it is even very good at producing presentations :) (I originally bought it for the voice-over recording facility, letting you easily publish a presentation with voiceover to the web) Numbers and Pages are excellent as well. If you are a seasoned Microsoft Office user, you may well be surprised. Numbers in particular has a refreshing approach to spreadsheets that is ideal when you need to use a spreadsheet to present a business case or tell a story of some kind. An associate of mine who recently switched from Windows to a Mac laptop has jumped right into using Pages because he finds it so much easier to use than Word. So if you are interested in a great graphics tool 'for the rest of us', check out Keynote. Glenn. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Keynote is Photoshop for the rest of us
This site may be of interest: http://geoffhankerson.com/mac-photoshop-alternatives Pixel and Pixelmator look great. Don't forget Graphic Converter as well. That bit of software has been on the Mac for a long time, and works fine with Intel Macs. Chances are you might already have it on your Mac. Seeya Rod! On 22/11/2007, at 5:42 PM, Peter Bull wrote: Thanks for that info Glenn. I am thinking of upgrading my trusty e- Mac to a new iMac, but I have been scared of all the stories on WAMUG lately about how software won't work with it. I use Photoshop occasionally but just for fun and I can't justify shelling out $2-3000 when most of what I want to do is crop pics or create some snappy buttons or graphics for a web site. Can Keynote be used to produce artwork for printing? For instance, business cards, and does it produce pdf files. Regards, Peter Bull 21 Silvereye Close East CanningtonWA 6107 Phone (08) 9356 7231 Mobile 0427 474 013 [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 22/11/2007, at 10:03 AM, Glenn Nicholas wrote: For Mac users who would like to do more with graphics but find Photoshop/Gimp out of their league, you should check out Keynote. Keynote is part of the $99 iWork package (along with Pages and Numbers - think Powerpoint, Word Excel equivalents). But the graphics capabilities of Keynote are almost equivalent to a 4th package - graphics - being included in iWork. Keynote looks on the surface to be a presentation tool (and a far more impressive one than Powerpoint). But if you need to use graphics, what about features like this: create graphics with multiple layers, use partially transparent shapes, add drop shadows, add reflections, create text logos, create frames for pictures, remove backgrounds ... Before Keynote this was hard, and pretty much required Gimp or Photoshop (way too hard for most users, and in the case of Photoshop, pricey as well) There are some great videos on Apple's website that show some of the graphics features of Keynote I am talking about (but not all of them). http://www.apple.com/iwork/keynote/ (to see how to remove backgrounds from images) http://www.apple.com/iwork/tutorials/#keynote (see Applying Image Effects) A key feature that is *not* documented very well is the ability to create your graphics on a slide, and then export that slide as a graphics file (tiff, jpg, png, gif). Once you have exported it as a hi-res .tif file for example (this format retains transparent backgrounds), you can use a free tool like ImageWell (from extralean.com) to crop/resize the image and shrink the filesize to whatever you need. These features make it easy to create simple graphics such as webpage headers, buttons, text logos and so on. So I'm calling out Keynote as 'Photoshop for the rest of us'. No doubt you can do heaps more with images using Photoshop than mere mortals using Keynote. I respect Photoshop and realise it has incredible capabilities. But for me the learning curve and investment of time required has always been a barrier (let alone the price tag), and you don't always want to hire a graphic designer if you want something relatively simple. The $99 price tag and the incredible ease of use that go with Keynote make this an outstanding piece of software - it is even very good at producing presentations :) (I originally bought it for the voice-over recording facility, letting you easily publish a presentation with voiceover to the web) Numbers and Pages are excellent as well. If you are a seasoned Microsoft Office user, you may well be surprised. Numbers in particular has a refreshing approach to spreadsheets that is ideal when you need to use a spreadsheet to present a business case or tell a story of some kind. An associate of mine who recently switched from Windows to a Mac laptop has jumped right into using Pages because he finds it so much easier to use than Word. So if you are interested in a great graphics tool 'for the rest of us', check out Keynote. Glenn. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Keynote Presentation Format
I'm going to be giving a presentation next week that I've constructed using Keynote but my lecturer is using a Dell laptop. I'm not sure how old (powerful) the laptop is or how recent it's version of power point is. What format should I export my presentation to if I want to keep my transitions? Would the H.264 quicktime codec require too much processing for the laptop? -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Apple keynote
Here's a special news alert from Macworld: Steve Jobs took to the stage today to deliver his Macworld Expo keynote address, unveiling two new products. The first is Apple TV, a $299 set-top box that streams multimedia from your computer to your television. First introduced as iTV back in September, Apple TV will ship in February. http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/01/09/appletv/index.php Also during his Macworld keynote, Jobs took the wraps off a product he said had been in the works for two-and-a-half years -- the iPhone. The product, available in June, brings together several features of the iPod, digital camera, smartphones and even portable computing to one device, with a widescreen display and an innovative input method. http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/01/09/iphone/index.php Keynotes http://www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/keynote/
