You will need a video editing package capable of cropping the video.
Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team
Provider of PFCMedia http://www.pfcmedia.com
> I've inserted a wmv file in a Windows-based PPT presentation. The
> original video clip has some extraneous stuff on one side of the movie
> that I would like to crop out on playback in a PPT presentation. Does
> anyone know how to do this simply without going back to reshoot the video?
> Creating a border around the video window (my first try) doesn't help
> since the video plays preferentially on the most forward layer.
Thanks, that was the conclusion I came to as well. Any suggestions?
Preferably shareware/freeware.
> You will need a video editing package capable of cropping the video.
>
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>> video? Creating a border around the video window (my first try) doesn't
>> help since the video plays preferentially on the most forward layer.
Austin Myers - 16 Jun 2006 19:25 GMT
I haven't seen any of the freeware or shareware products with this advanced
of a feature. Sorry.
Tell me, how big is the video in bytes?
Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team
Provider of PFCMedia http://www.pfcmedia.com
> Thanks, that was the conclusion I came to as well. Any suggestions?
> Preferably shareware/freeware.
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>>> video? Creating a border around the video window (my first try) doesn't
>>> help since the video plays preferentially on the most forward layer.
Steve Griffith - 16 Jun 2006 19:57 GMT
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>I haven't seen any of the freeware or shareware products with this advanced
>of a feature. Sorry.
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>>>> video? Creating a border around the video window (my first try) doesn't
>>>> help since the video plays preferentially on the most forward layer.
Austin Myers - 16 Jun 2006 20:26 GMT
Steve, if you email it to me I'll see if I can crop it for you.
Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team
Provider of PFCMedia http://www.pfcmedia.com
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>>>>> doesn't help since the video plays preferentially on the most forward
>>>>> layer.
Steve Griffith - 16 Jun 2006 20:43 GMT
sent PM. Thanks for being willing to give it a try.
> Steve, if you email it to me I'll see if I can crop it for you.
>
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>>>>>> (my first try) doesn't help since the video plays preferentially on
>>>>>> the most forward layer.
Austin Myers - 16 Jun 2006 21:27 GMT
Sould be in your in box right now.
Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team
Provider of PFCMedia http://www.pfcmedia.com
> sent PM. Thanks for being willing to give it a try.
>
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>>>>>>> (my first try) doesn't help since the video plays preferentially on
>>>>>>> the most forward layer.