Power Point slides converted for Non-linear Editor use, using Photoshop
1. save the Power Point presentation as bmp to a new folder
2. open one of the images in Photoshop
3. set Photoshop BG color to black or dark blue or similar 
4. on the action palette, click new action and type "PP to Edius" or similar 
5. click the action record button 
6. go to image, image size and type a width of 640 (Pal) or 560 (NTSC) and make sure constrain proportion is ticked 
7. apply a motion blur filter 90 degrees by 1 pixel (removes shimmer) 
8. go to image, canvas size and type 720x576 for Pal (or use NTSC 4:3 size of 640x480) 
9. now we should see our pp slide surrounded by dark blue etc. 
10. file, save as, choose targa, browse for the same folder as your PP bmp images, I called mine "Temp" on the P drive 
11. select 24 or 32 bit 
12. Close the file in Photoshop and then stop the action 
13. now delete the single tga created in your "Temp" folder while creating the action
14. PS file menu, automate, batch, select the PP to Edius action, select source folder that contains your PP bmp images 
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