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Apple Keynote

How to make a video in Keynote

It turns out that timing of the movie is different in the exported QuickTime video compared to when playing the slideshow in Keynote, if these conditions are met: 1) you have imported video clips on the slides, and 2) you have defined delays on the slides. The solution is to use Play → Record Slideshow to set custom slide timing, which is actually a better and faster process altogether.

  • Set up the document. On Document panel, you have two presentation types that are relevant in this context: Normal and Self-Playing. "Normal" is actually the better option, because of the bug above. We used the "16:9" slide size.
  • Timing of slides and animations. The only thing you need to care about is the timing of slide transitions and object effects/animations. The rest will be taken care of with Record Slideshow.
  • Transition settings: on animating out (leaving slide)
  • Importing video clips. We used QuickTime Player to record shots of Weld in action. These clips can then be imported straight into Keynote. Editing tools (Format panel → Movie) are limited: you can change start and end points, but to change the speed of the movie you need to use iMovie. Make sure to disable the "Start movie on click" option.
  • Music soundtrack. Music can be added to the presentation (Document panel → Audio). Note that when you preview the presentation, the music always restarts, so play from slide 1 if you want a better understanding of how the music syncs with the slides.
  • Animations. Plenty of options both for slide transitions and object animations, but the "Magic Move" transition (Animate panel with nothing selected) is worth mentioning: make a slide with objects laid out, duplicate the slide and rearrange the layout -- Magic Move will "morph" the objects between the two layouts.
  • Record Slideshow. When all content is imported and animations/transitions are set up, it's time to set the final timing of the movie. Go into Play → Record Slideshow. Mute the microphone and click the Record button. The music will start playing and you can now advance the movie manually, in sync with the music.
  • Export to QuickTime. Export at 1080p resolution and make sure to use the Slideshow Recording playback timing.