Keynote timing

I am trying to put together a wedding presentation with a song. Got the song on but can't get the timing of the slides to correspond. The transitions are off. Is there an easy way to do this? Also at the end of the song i need to cut the music ending and add a small video clip inserted but it plays over the song. I need the song to stop when the slide with the video clip plays. How do i do this??

You might want to build your presentation in iMovie versus Keynote. It's a lot easier plus you can make the photos more interesting with the Ken Burns effect. There are probably better methods but what I do is print the lyrics and time it the song via iTunes (e.g., first verse is 6 seconds, etc.). Once I have the song timed, I import the individual photos into iMovie, set the correct timing for each photo, set the desire visual effect for each photo, and then add the song to the photo string. After you've done this then add your video to the end. Then export your movie via one of the options under the Share tab. As great as Keynote is - it does has some limitations adding music to a presentation is one of them. Hope this helps.

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How can I ensure that all the timing cues (delays, dissolves, transitions, etc.) run the SAME each time. There seems to be LOTS of variation.

I subscribe to a list serve that had this very topic today...only it had to do with PPT. Knowing some on THIS site have complained about Keynote's timings, and some have even suggested PPT has no problem, I submit this:
"Michael wrote:
I rarely have success timing PowerPoint presentations to music. When
you set a slide to advance after, for example, 15 seconds, it
advances 15 seconds _after loading_. The problem is that the amount
of time it takes to load the slide will be slightly different from
computer to computer. This slight difference, compounded over several
slides, adds up to throw your timings off.
Jeff adds:
Michael's right, it's very rare to get a powerpoint show to time the same on
two different computers; too many hardware variables can affect it. It's
better if you make a presentation file in power point than a slideshow, but
it can still vary. The best way to go is, as suggested a few times already,
make a video file, VHS, or DVD out of it from your computer."
So, it would appear neither product really gets it right yet. I just wonder if in the future Apple can add some kind of internal clock to Keynote and have it read the time code in movies, etc, managing everything and keeping it in time. That might fix the QT delay problems, but I have no idea why the same program on the same machine will give different results...that one has me stumped.

Multiple failure during exporting and recording

Hello everyone,
I'm currently helping a friend to create a slideshow to be used on their wedding banquet that talks about their childhood and love story. It's a combination of photographs, with 1 short video clip. As well as 1 personally remixed soundtrack to be played on the background. The whole slideshow plays for a good 8 min 36 sec due to the fact that the bride have asked for an edited soundtrack (combination of several songs being edited into one track).
To make it brief, this slideshow have 95 slides, divided into sections: childhood, dating, engagement portraits, overseas engagement party, pre-wedding portraits. Each transition (style/effect) , transition duration, and transition delays varies as I have to match it with each sections of entire soundtrack.
Everything went perfectly............... if it's only playing (preview) on my own MacBook Pro.
I have read through the user guide, troubleshoots, tutorials video clips on YouTube, and suggestions posted by other users on the forum. Unfortunately, nothing works for me, and I couldn't find out what went wrong. I even tried to play the .key file on another Mac, all the transition duration and transition delays which I have pre-set individually were still messed up. Even experienced a major delay (up to 10 sec pause after playing the slide which contains a short video clip).
And, I did followed the instructions to make sure the "include audio (sound files, movie audio)" and "include slideshow soundtrack" boxes are checked.
I have stumble upon the following problems:
When I tried to record the slideshow, the audio plays way faster than the slides.
After I tried to export as QuickTime Movie, only the first 4 slides kept jamming while the audio continue to play, and the rest of the 91 slides doesn't even show.
I tried to export as all available options/file size of the QuickTime Movie, same results occurred.
Same thing happened as I tried to export to iDVD.
I also tried to export as iTunes Movies, the duration of the entire slideshow went from 8 min 36 sec to 11 minutes+. And, transition duration and transition delays which I have pre-set individually were all messed up.
I even tried to export to a copy of Microsoft PowerPoint presentation, it doesn't even play at all.
My goal is to successfully burn this slideshow into a DVD as a movie for the wedding couple, so they can keep it after playing it on their banquet.
I really don't know what else to do in order to get done, I'm desperately hoping any Keynote '09 experts could kindly give me some advise and/or solutions. Thank you very much for your time on reading this, and all your help would be greatly appreciated!

Sounds like you are hitting all the big problems in one slideshow! There have been numerous posts here about the Keynote timing getting messed up on export to Quicktime. There have also been problems with exporting video clips when there is a soundtrack or voiceover.
Try removing the soundtrack from the Keynote so all you have are the slides with pics and video. Record the slideshow to get the timing of the transition. Then export that to Quicktime and make sure to uncheck the box that says to include recorded audio. Then import it into iMovie. Once in iMovie add the soundtrack. This way if the timing gets messed up on the slides, you can add the individual songs that make up the soundtrack and adjust where to fade out and bring in the next one. With iMovie, it is still easy to send to iDVD to burn your DVD.
Hope this helps and let me know if you have any more question or if you run into some other problem.

New bug introduced with Keynote 5.2 - Set timing and order of each build has stopped working properly on Smart Builds

Hi there,
We're heavy users of Keynote and have noticed a new bug has recently been introduced into something that was stable. I think it has emerged in Keynote 5.2, could have been Keynote 5.1 also.
It's in the area of Set Timing and Order of each build when used on a Smartbuild. You can no longer set the Start Build field for each instance within the Smart build when the instances are interspersed between other items. The Start build field is just blank and unselectable.
To see this :
1. Create a bullet point list with 4 lines
2. Set build to Appear
3. Set "Set Timing and Order of each Build" to on
4. Create a Smart Build - set to flip
5. On the Smart Build Set "Set Timing and Order of each Build" to on
5. re-order the items in your Build Order so that they alternate between the bullet point and the smart build flip
At this point, you used to be able to set the bullets so that they Started on Click and then set the smart builds to Start with previous. This gave you a nice and very useful effect where you could click to reveal a bullet point and at the same time flip in a corresponding image. We've used this loads of times in our company presentations.
With a recent keynote update ( I think 5.2 maybe, could have been 5.1) this functinality has been lost. have tried it on Lion and Mountain Lion and it's not an OS issue, its a Keynote issue.
Could anyone from Apple acknowledge that they know the issue and suggest if it will get fixed? Right now we're hunting round for an old Keynote 9 DVD so we can install a pre build 5.2 version.
Thanks

Hi glennelliott72,
I've noticed the bug you describe and to me it's very irritating.
I also found some differences in the build menu between the last release and the previous one, and between the Mac OS X and iOS versions. For instance, the blast build doesn't exist anymore in Keynote 5.2 but it's still in the version for iOS 6.
What is your experience about?
I currently use OX Lion.
Thank you

RE: Keynote to Power Point; timing off

I created a file in KEYNOTE with multiple transitions on the BULLET POINTS. When I EXPORTED to POWER POINT then sent to my client the transition timing was off. For example, a TWO SECOND DISSOLVE translated into 1/2 SECOND. Is this a systemic problem with KEYNOTE?
Thanks, Andy

how do i covert keynote to power point?
In Keynote version 6: File > Export > Powerpoint
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Timing a Keynote Presentation

Is there anyway to time a keynote presentation? I have to export my keynote into an Quicktime file & when it is exported it plays the presentation too quickly.

How 'bout Manual Advance? Press the Spacebar or click the mouse to advance to the next slide.
OR - Recorded Timing. If you recorded your slideshow (as described in Recording a Voiceover Narration), your slideshow movie plays using the timing you recorded. You don;t need to actually record your voice ... just "pretend" and advance like you were recording.

How can I keep timing in Keynote consistent before burning?

How can I keep timing in Keynote consistent before burning? And also, is there a way to preview the show,say halfway through it, without the music starting at the beginning. This solution would save a lot of hours of prep before that final burn?

I do tons of presentations and know exactly what you are talking about. I have experienced presentations that (I know this sounds illogical) seem to get a little out of sync depending on the projector I am using for the presentation.
I know this is not a great soulution but it might help a little. With 325 pictures make 3 presentations and link them together. This is not pretty but may help some. This way you have 3 specific points to start and edit from and won't experience as much of a domino effect if one is off.
If you are just using pictures and want a fairly automated presentation you might also think of using iMovie where you can have a little more flexibility with the soundtrack and timing. If you use iMovie you can edit each picture individually as far as time and still be able to see where you are in the soundtrack in one "big picture" no pun intended.
Keynote is awesome in most things but there are a few that are still very quirky.
Hope this helps at least some.

Keynote Animated Slide Show timing in GarageBand

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I exported an animated keynote presentation into Garageband. I now want to place the voice over into the show using garageband. The slides are moving twice as fast as I need. How can I slow the timing down to do the voice-over??

go back into Keynote and import the voice over.
set the duration of each slide to the on screen timings you need.

Is there a way to pre-record the timing of the slides and effects in a keynote presentation, so that you can present it without having to press anything?

Hi! It would be great if someone could tell me how to pre-record timings in a keynote presentation, so that when presented, it plays by itself, based on the pre-set recordings. I know there is a way to do it by going to Inspector>Document> Audio> Record However when you do this, your computer also records the sounds it picks up with the microphone, which can greatly affect the sound. I have Keynote '09. Thanks in advance!
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How to export an automatically timed Keynote as a movie

I have made a presentation on a MacBook with background music and several individually recorded voiceovers imported from GarageBand. Each slide has a transition and builds, which uses delays so the whole thing works as a single runthrough "movie" when I play it.
If I export, I get several separate files (music and "video" both as separate .mov files, while the original mp3s do not show either.
I hope one of you Keynote gurus can help!
Daniel

You have to set your link as hyperlink. Open the Hyperlinks panel (Windows/Interactive/Hyperlinks), select the object and click on create new hyperlink in the bottom of the Hyperlinks panel, input the url. Export as PDF with hyperlink checkbox checked. It should works.
Phong

Exporting from Keynote to quicktime messing with timing

Hello, I have been searching the discussion board, but I have not found anything that answers my question.
I have created a slide show in Keynote where each slide is on screen for 2 seconds, then transition for 2 seconds. I exported it to Quicktime, where, when I play it as just a Quicktime movie it looks right.
However, when I drag the Quicktime movie into iDVD, the slides are only on screen for 1 second with a 1 second transition. I am only draging and dropping the Quicktime, so why is it changing, and how could it possible change from a saved file?

Yeah, me too. Bump. Can anybody explain this behavior?!?

Why is there an echo from the MP3 narration when I play back a Recorded Timing slideshow in Keynote?

I have an MP3 audio file across all slides in my Keynote presentation. Then I "Record Slideshow" to record the slide timings as I want them. Upon playback, there is a slight echo as if two tracks are playing. What have I done?
Thanks.

Thanks for the post! I'm hoping you might be able to lend a hand on the same subject??
I'm also having that problem, but only on two of my audio files??
I have a Keynote Presentation that I've recorded Narriation for with an MP3 file in the beginning...it worked fine. I then used Tooble to download a youtube video. The first one (virtual tour) tuned out fine. The second youtube video (client testmonial) - echo lag of about a second or two. SUPER annoying. I move on to a video my compnay (Century 21) provided me & also feedback on that one. The final audio clip is of the century 21 jingle, which is an MP3. It sounds fine also.
What gives?
When I try and pull the volume down like you've suggested, the whole voiceover narrition goes away & it wants me to "edit" my show. I'm so confused. My voiceover is never echoy...just the two videos.
Help?

Keynote 6.5 Audio/GFX timing issue

I've created a presentation in Keynote 6.22 which has an audio file playing, and a graphic appearing whilst it plays, cued to a specific moment in the audio file (the speakers name).
It works fine on 6.22, but when I run it in 6.5, the audio file stops playing when the graphic appears....
Anyone know of a fix for this?

Reset by deleting the graphic and sound file and replace with originals.

Timing keynote to song

I am trying to use one song that is 3:12 to time my Keynote to. Is there an easy way to do this or will I have to "record" it perfectly?

you are encoding at the default setting, you therefore need to encode at a custom setting for whatever the end product is
you may want to experiment as to which codec you choose
file > export > quicktime > format > custom
video > custom size > settings
compression type > (change the setting to the comression type you need)
compressor quality > change to high or best
sespect ratio > set to 16x9 ot 4x3 as appropriate

Recording dvd from keynote

I have a keynote presentation that is timed to music, words, and photos. I have a dvd - recorder (burner) on my windows computer. Is it possible to connect my apple to my windows computer to burn a dvd so that I don't lose the integrity of my presentation? If so; how?
Thank you!
Debbie

I hate to have to tell you this, but it is entirely impossible to write ANY Mac slide presentation to DVD in the form it was created, irrespective of how it was created.
I have tried every method suggested and there is always a problem. I created a slide show in iPhoto, but this won't export to DVD, and if exported to Quicktime, the aspect ratio of the photos is not maintained.
I tried exporting to iDVD, but it won't retain the soundtrack that runs through the iPhoto presentation; there is a limitation on the number of pictures that can be inserted in a chapter, and the application is incredibly clunky anyway.
I created the slide show in Keynote and it was great, but that won't export to DVD either, and the various export options are all completely usless for one reason or another. For example, the timing of the slides and accompanying soundtrack is critical, but Quicktime imposes its own timing on a slide display, so the soundtrack goes out of sync.
Altogether, and with great regret, I have to say that all these Mac products are useless except when they can be run on a Mac. It would appear that Apple has deliberately made it impossible to export to a media that is the standard for visual display. I still can't believe that people I thought of as being the best in business could be so brainless.
My absolutely final attempt will be to try and export it to PowerPoint and hope that Microsoft have been a bit more sensible. But I bet there will be problems with this as well.
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