How To Merge MP3 Audio With Microsoft PowerPoint Files In Camtasia in 12 Easy Steps

Today I want to share a simple tip on Camtasia. If you are an internet marketer or an information marketer and are engaged in conducting tele-seminars and webinars and are also engaged in rendering your recordings back to your audience by posting the videos and audio back on the web, then this is something you will very well relate to.

I had been repeatedly asked how to merge existing MP3 Audio or Wave Audio with Presentations that are created with Microsoft power point?

If you are a heavy user of Camtasia You probably know that Camtasia does NOT allow you to import Microsoft Power Point Files into a project via the Media Import function.

The only way you can overcome this problem is converting your power point slides into PNG files, which could be extremely time consuming.

Here is a technique that I have extensively used in converting my audio files into graphical presentations.

If you cannot play the video now.. you can simply follow the instructions below

Step 1: Play your MP3 audio

Step 2: Listen and Extract good points and write them into Microsoft power point file

Step 3. Now you will have the MP3 file and a Microsoft Power Point(MPP) file

Step 4. Open the MPP file and on the top you will see a button called “RECORD” ( this is the camtasia plugin for powerpoint)

Step 5. Next to this button there is a symbol of microphone( make sure you disable this) don’t worry if you cannot do this.( later while producing the video you can eliminate the volume)

Step 6. Now Plae the MP3 in the background and click on the “Record Button” in camtasia

Step 7. As you hear the audio, move forward and keep changing the slides, till you get to the end.

Step 8. Once the audio is finished playing. Stop the Recording in Powerpoint and save the CAMREC file

Step 9. Open up Camtasia “New Project” and click on “import Media” and import both the MP3 file and CAMREC file

Step 10. Drag the CAMREC file to TRACK1 and reduce all the volume(if any to zero)

Step 11. Drag and drop the MP3/WAVE file to TRACK2( click the up Volume button to increase the volume)

Step 12. Produce The VIDEO in WMV or AVI file format.( Most Video sites prefer this process)

Step 13. Once rendered upload the WMV file into blip.tv or any other site of your choice.

Step 14. Get The EMBED code from that site and put it in your blog post..

Step 15. HURRAY! Now you have a visual movie of an audio.

Step 16. You will convert better, make some money and will “Go Rich Online” :)-

This is not the only way to accomplish this but is certainly one of the ways.

If you liked this post. I would appreciate your comments, suggestions and encouragement

Yours for success!

Srini Saripalli

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