How do you turn an article into a video?

[SageSound]

I've noticed a couple of threads here where people talk about turning articles into videos. I can think of a half-dozen ways to do something like that.

What techniques do YOU use?

Which ones are more effective than others?

-David

[Ross Dalangin]

Check out Big Mike's GFX Video Writer. I saw he posted a WSO of this product before.

Ross

[Ron Douglas]

Here's one way:

Take the main points and create a Powerpoint slide show. Then use Windows Media Player to convert it into a video.

We do this as part of our process for clients of our TrafficSage.com service.

[GavinStephenson]

I do it the other way round. I recommend you do what suites you.

Anyhow

1. Find keywords first,
2. create a video on that keyword,
3. then write an article basically copying what I said in the video with a keyword density of 2-3%
4. submit the article to ezine articles
5. i use trafficgeysertraffic.com to post my video all over the net

[Ron Douglas]

Originally Posted by Ron Douglas

Here's one way:

Take the main points and create a Powerpoint slide show. Then use Windows Media Player to convert it into a video.

We do this as part of our process for clients of our TrafficSage.com service.

Yeah, I'm quoting myself - so what

Doing it this way also allows you to submit the PowerPoint slides to all the slide sharing sites like SlideShare.net which has a PR 8.

[GavinStephenson]

Originally Posted by Ron Douglas

Yeah, I'm quoting myself - so what

Doing it this way also allows you to submit the PowerPoint slides to all the slide sharing sites like SlideShare.net which has a PR 8.

Wow never new about slide share looks awsome.
thanks for sharing ron.

Do you use that with your trafficsage.com package aswell?

[Ron Douglas]

Originally Posted by GavinStephenson

Wow never new about slide share looks awsome.
thanks for sharing ron.

Do you use that with your trafficsage.com package aswell?

Yes we do Gavin.

[kenj]

I use 4 methods/types of video

1. Live to camera talk or demonstration
2. On screen desktop demonstration with audio commentary
3. Powerpoint presentation with audio explanation
4. Animoto video. (Not really an article and only suitable for some websites)

I am now doing more video articles than articles.

[Willie Crawford]

I've used Article-Video Robot, but most often I put the
main points from the articles into PowerPoint and just
read or narrate the article.

Willie

[Kevin AKA Hubcap]

I use Keynote. I'll take points, concepts etc from the article and make them into bullet points. Add some images, a voice over and export it as a quicktime file.

Kevin

[dsorr]

Originally Posted by Ron Douglas

Here's one way:

Take the main points and create a Powerpoint slide show. Then use Windows Media Player to convert it into a video.

We do this as part of our process for clients of our TrafficSage.com service.

Glad I found this thread...
I'm trying everything to get some Windows media audio files "attached" to already made PowerPoint slides and saved as swf/flv

I've tried downloading the trial for Camtasia, but can't get the PP Add-in to work
(it says I need administrative privileges, which I have because it's MY computer with
only me as User)

I originally used openoffice's powerpoint feature (Impress), but since downloaded a
trial for MS Office 2007, with PP2007.

Got some kind of error when trying to open the powerpoint file in Scate Ignite4 Home
(yet another trial... but which is s'posed to do what I'm wanting done)

So if there's a way to use Windows media player to convert a PP slide show WITH audio
somehow attached, can you pretty please tell me how to do it?...
I'm about to lose my mind!

And another question, does GFX Video Writer work for this?
I would gladly pay the modest price for that, but not sure it
will do what I need.
The pp slides w/audio "video" will be on a landing page.
I am still pretty much a novice at all this, but am trying to
work a program that I purchased, and this is a major
requirement.

UGH!!
Any help at all is most appreciated!

TIA,
Sharie

[Ron Douglas]

Try this - convert the Powerpoint to a video format. Import that media into Camtasia. Then import the audio into Camtasia also and attach them there.

[mikeyman120]

As mentioned articlevideorobot dot com is pretty cool. I haven't paid for it but I tested it with one of my articles. Its very easy.

Mike

[Spencer Jones]

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Benefits -

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* Inbuilt background images, clipart graphics and background sounds. Ability to upload your own videos/graphics/images and sounds to the video.

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Hope this helps...

Regards
Spencer Jones

[sanssecret]

Originally Posted by dsorr

Glad I found this thread...
I'm trying everything to get some Windows media audio files "attached" to already made PowerPoint slides and saved as swf/flv

I've tried downloading the trial for Camtasia, but can't get the PP Add-in to work
(it says I need administrative privileges, which I have because it's MY computer with
only me as User)

I originally used openoffice's powerpoint feature (Impress), but since downloaded a
trial for MS Office 2007, with PP2007.

Got some kind of error when trying to open the powerpoint file in Scate Ignite4 Home
(yet another trial... but which is s'posed to do what I'm wanting done)

So if there's a way to use Windows media player to convert a PP slide show WITH audio
somehow attached, can you pretty please tell me how to do it?...
I'm about to lose my mind!

And another question, does GFX Video Writer work for this?
I would gladly pay the modest price for that, but not sure it
will do what I need.
The pp slides w/audio "video" will be on a landing page.
I am still pretty much a novice at all this, but am trying to
work a program that I purchased, and this is a major
requirement.

UGH!!
Any help at all is most appreciated!

TIA,
Sharie

Sharie, do you mean Windows Movie Maker?

Save the ppt slides as png images, import them into WMM, then import (or record) the audio. You can add in transitions between each image if you want to make it a bit fancier.

[spearce000]

Originally Posted by karenhudson

Following are the steps to convert article into video


Step 1: Copy and paste your article (INCLUDING the title on the first line) into a text editor like notepad or any text editor program.
Step 2: Separate each sentence of the article with a blank space. Not sure what I mean, watch the video above.
Now you should have an article where every sentence is on its own line.
Step 3: Save this article in text file format then open up open PowerPoint and choose File -> Open.
If you can’t see the text file, it is because you need to change the file type to all file types.
Step 4: To align the article sentence to the center of the slide, choose title slide layout.

I agree up to a point. The only thing is: If you have have each slide exactly the same, and you're just reading out what's on the screen, the video is going to be very boring. Choose one or two points from each sentence or paragraph and put those on the screen. Vary the slides by having a chart, graphic, or picture related to what's being discussed every so often just to break things up a bit and keep the viewer interested.

Originally Posted by karenhudson

Step 5: Start to record your presentation in Camtasia.
Step 6: Submit your video to different video directories to gain more back links and traffic to your site. To automate your video submission, you can use services like Traffic Geyser or tubemogul.




Here is another tool which is superb in converting article into video and then submitting it to major sites.
articlevideorobot-review.blogspot.com/

If you don't have Powerpoint, OpenOffice Impress works just as well.