BEFORE YOU START
Before you start
Prepare the PowerPoint file (.pptx) you want to turn into a video and open the MotionVox home screen. The tutorials in this chapter follow the same five-slide deck.
Screenshots show actual sample projects. Instructions describe desktop browser operation; this guide can also be read on a phone.
Pick a style from the list
In step 2, Choose a style (template), the styles are listed on the left. Each has a small sample made from your first slide and notes the number of presenters and caption lines.
- Click the style you want; the selected one gets a blue outline. This example uses the first, Explainer Standard (one upper-body presenter, two caption lines).
- Compare the other styles by their samples and notes. Visible here: full slide with one-line captions, presenter wipe, explainer style, small full-body at the right edge, slide focus, two-presenter dialogue and dialogue explainer.
- Action Click the style you want; the selected one gets a blue outline. This example uses the first, Explainer Standard (one upper-body presenter, two caption lines).
- Check Compare the other styles by their samples and notes. Visible here: full slide with one-line captions, presenter wipe, explainer style, small full-body at the right edge, slide focus, two-presenter dialogue and dialogue explainer.
Check The list continues below: scroll to find the ninth, Portrait for phones. Slide focus has no presenter (voice only). Only Explainer Standard was actually turned into a video in this example.
Read the preview and description, then confirm
Selecting a style shows a large preview and its description on the right. Check here that the presenter and captions will not hide your slide text.
- Check the layout in the preview: a large slide at the upper left, an upper-body presenter on the right and two caption lines on a black band below, with sample caption text.
- Read the style name, its description and the tags below. This example shows one presenter, upper body, two caption lines and landscape (16:9).
- When decided, click Confirm and go to the next step at the lower right.
- Check Check the layout in the preview: a large slide at the upper left, an upper-body presenter on the right and two caption lines on a black band below, with sample caption text.
- Check Read the style name, its description and the tags below. This example shows one presenter, upper body, two caption lines and landscape (16:9).
- Action When decided, click Confirm and go to the next step at the lower right.
Check Confirming opens a dialog about how to create the script and narration, covered in “Create the script and narration automatically”.
See which style you chose later
The name of the chosen style stays visible in the list on the left after you move on. The figure shows step 4, Slides and script.
- Under Template on the left you see the chosen style, Explainer Standard. Click it to return to the step 2 screen.
- The preview in the middle arranges the slide, presenter and captions according to the chosen style.
- Check Under Template on the left you see the chosen style, Explainer Standard. Click it to return to the step 2 screen.
- Check The preview in the middle arranges the slide, presenter and captions according to the chosen style.
Check You can check the chosen style on the step 2 screen at any time.
BEFORE YOU FINISH
One final check.
The chosen style is shown beside step 2 on the left. Continue with “Create the script and narration automatically”.
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