Low Tech Video Tool: PowerPoint

PowerPoint is my go-to, low-tech video tool.

If I need to show a screen and maybe my face, PowerPoint is my 'good enough' tool. Here are three variants of how I use it as a video maker.

1. Presentation Slides with video headshot.

This is the default. When you record, a video (assuming your computer has a camera or is attached to a camera) will show up in the bottom corner. This lets provides audio and video as you go through your slides.

What's more, you can change the size and position of the video. I'll sometimes create a colored box to put my video feed right onto for each slide.

2. Presentation Slides without headshot.

If you don't have a camera, or don't want your face visible, no worries. You can turn off the camera.

If you forgot to click the no-camera option, you can still get rid of the video while retaining the audio. Simply move the video outside the slide margins.

3. Short Animation sequence.

Because you can set up all sorts of basic animations of pictures and text in PowerPoint, sometimes I make a single slide and make a short animated video. Here is an example of an outro that I cut out of a larger presentation.

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