Using Keynote To Create Narrated Videos

You can use Keynote to create a presentation and then record yourself giving the presentation. Your voice and the timing as you advanced from slide-to-sldie will be recorded. You can then export this as a video. This is a good way to quickly get information into video format for distribution on YouTube and elsewhere.

Comments: 8 Responses to “Using Keynote To Create Narrated Videos”

    Tim A
    5 years ago

    "I'll upload the result of this example so you can see it if you like."

    Looked all over for it. Where is it hiding?

    5 years ago

    Tim: It is at https://macmost.com/j-appleinteresting (the link is in the video at 5:42 when I'm saying that).

    Peter Rotgans
    5 years ago

    Hi, thanks for the straightforward demo. I have a Lavalier mic - can I use that to record the voice-over? Is it going to be better quality than the built in iMac mic?

    5 years ago

    Peter: Hard to say as there are different quality mics. But try it both ways and compare.

    Peter Rotgans
    5 years ago

    Hi again. I can report that both on a test Keynote presentation and a Voice Memo the lavalier produced a warmer, more intimate quality to the voice, without the harder, echoey ambient sound of the built in (Late 2012 iMac). It's an inexpensive Boya BY-M1, recommended to me by a school IT guy who does a lot of student interviews and presentations

    5 years ago

    Peter: Great! Yes, I'd imagine it would beat a 2012 iMac. I wonder how it would stack up against the new 16-inch MacBook Pro, which is supposed to have great mics. I doubt any in-body mic will ever be as good as a decent mic you can get closer to you though.

    Gerry d Bouey
    5 years ago

    Can I do a video instead of an audio voice-over in Keynote?

    5 years ago

    Gerry: Like showing a live video of yourself like I do in my videos? That would require software like ScreenFlow or Camtasia. OBS will do it too,

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