
The slides use a single background graphic throughout and the show is set to advance automatically from one slide to another. Our sample presentation for this review was a very basic PowerPoint presentation with usual wipe transitions and a few custom animations. Video captures through the unregistered version of HyperCam will however leave a HyperCam watermark on captured AVI files. If you have already purchased a license, you can register using the procedure detailed in the mail you receive from Hyperionics. Installation is a straightforward procedure. To follow our sample project, you can download a trial or full version of HyperCam from the Hyperionics web site. You'll find more information on HyperCam at:

Sound from your system microphone is also recorded. HyperCam captures the action from your Windows screen and saves it to AVI (Audio-Video Interleaved) movie file. HyperCam's product statement reads as under: So, let's proceed straightaway exploring HyperCam. However, any comparitive discussion is beyond the scope of this article. Compared to the other products, HyperCam has many virtues on both the price and features fronts. Video capture options include Lotus ScreenCam, Microsoft Camcorder, TechSmith Camtasia, Matchware Screencorder and finally our actual choice for this project, which is Hyperionics HyperCam. Again, screen capture programs come in two varieties for still and moving video capture. That's predictably a screen capture program. When there's no native way to output to a movie, one does tend to think about the next logical course of action. Surprisingly, even the newer PowerPoint 2002 for Windows lacks this feature. On the Apple Macintosh, it's really simple because PowerPoint 2001 for the Macintosh contains the ability to output to a QuickTime movie natively.


We've actually lost count of occasions when we've been asked to suggest a convenient route to convert PowerPoint presentations to movies.
