Welcome to 123PPT.com's Frequently Asked Questions about Animated backgrounds in PowerPoint. In an effort to make the answers to your questions more readily available, we have compiled a list of frequently asked questions into several categories which are listed in the right hand menu. To find the answer to your questions, select the category that is most relevant to your enquiry. If you have any further questions concerning 123PPT.com's Video background Collections and animated backgrounds for PowerPoint products, please contact our Customer Services Department. Our service and support staff are on hand to assist you with any and all questions that you might have. For users wishing to learn "How to...", 123PPT.com offers PowerPoint Tips and Tricks for backgrounds, Graphics, and Images, providing detailed step-by-step help, techniques, and assistance, as well as indepth articles and commentaries from leading industry experts providing Presentation Articles and Advice. Questions in this category include: How quickly can I start using the full-screen animated video backgrounds from 123PPT.com? What are animated backgrounds? What is a Video Background Collection? Why do 123PPT provide Video Background Collections? Why have I not seen many presentations with video backgrounds before? Does 123PPT provide a product for running full screen video as backgrounds in my presentation slides? Can you tell me a little more about The 123PPT Video Backgrounds Player? Are there different versions of The 123PPT Video Backgrounds Player available? Are 123PPT Video Background Collections compatible with the Crystal Graphics PowerPlugs: Video backgrounds Player? What is the difference between The 123PPT Video Backgrounds Player and Crystal Graphics PowerPlugs: Video backgrounds Player? What is the difference between 123PPT.com's Video Background Collections and Crystal Graphics PowerPlugs: Video backgrounds? Are the videos included in 123PPT.com's Video background Collections royalty free? In what release versions of PowerPoint can I use The 123PPT Video Backgrounds Player and videos from the Video Background Collections? Will 123PPT.com's Video Background Collections work with PowerPoint for Macintosh and PC? Is there any hardware or system requirements for running The 123PPT Video Backgrounds Player in my presentation? What is the difference between a 123PPT video loop from a Video Background Collection and a regular PowerPoint background? What is the difference between a video loop from a Video Background Collection and a PowerPoint template? Why do the low resolution video thumbnails have "Click here to add title" and "Click here to add subtitle" written across them? How do I insert a video animated background from one of 123PPT.com's Video Background Collections into my PowerPoint presentation? In what resolution do the animated backgrounds from one of 123PPT.com's Video Background Collections work? Can I use 123PPT.com's Video Background Collections and animated backgrounds with presentations that I have already created? Will others be able to view my 123PPT full-screen animated backgrounds when I send my presentation to them? Is there someone I can talk with to tell me more about 123PPT.com's Video Background Collections and animated backgrounds for PowerPoint? How quickly can I start using the full-screen animated video backgrounds from 123PPT.com? You can download any of 123PPT's Video Background Collections immediately upon purchase. After confirming your Shopping Cart, you will be transferred to PayPal, our preferred secure payment transactions host, where you can complete your payment allowing you to download your order right away. What are animated backgrounds? Animated Backgrounds, or video backgrounds, are files which can be inserted into PowerPoint to be used as slide backgrounds. Unlike traditional backgrounds which are typically background JPG images or graphics, or simple background colours or gradients. Animated backgrounds provide full-screen dynamic and moving backgrounds behind your text and slide content to add depth, attention, and impact to your presentations. 123PPT's animated backgrounds are the only professionally designed full-screen television quality video loops available for PowerPoint. As professional loops, each video is designed and created so that it may loop seamlessly and can be set to loop infinitely across single slides or your entire presentation without interruption, pauses, or annoying breaks. What is a Video Background Collection? A Video Background Collection contains 12 unique video loops, which share common qualities, and attributes, yet differ in overall texture, style, and animation. For example, The Electric Blue Video Background Collection sees a collection of blue video background loops for PowerPoint which evoke a feeling of electricity, power, and energy. Each collection provides you with a wide range of choice and selection to bring your slides and presentations to life and engage your audiences. Why do 123PPT provide Video Background Collections? The video artists and designers of 123PPT.com have created Video Background Collections to provide you with choice, flexibility, and convenience. Rather than offering single video backgrounds for download, or forcing you to subscribe for a year with limited downloading options like Crystal Graphics for example. Our value saving Video Background Collections provide great choice and variety at a minimal cost. And as the only professionally designed video background loops for PowerPoint, each 123PPT Video Background Collection provides you with exceptional value for money. Why have I not seen many presentations with video backgrounds before? By default PowerPoint does not let you insert a video background or indeed any other animated background into a presentation to use as a slide background. Therefore companies such as PoweredTemplates who promote PowerPoint Video Backgrounds as products actually fool users and potential customers into believing that they can use their products in PowerPoint. Because PowerPoint does not itself allow you to add video into your slide backgrounds, the majority of presenters rely on Microsoft's default background options. Until recently only one organization provided presenters with the ability to insert and embed video backgrounds into their presentations. However, because of the development architecture, the running of videos as backgrounds has been slow, and intermittent, providing "choppy", and far from fluent or seamless animation. With results far from perfect presenters have often reverted to traditional slide background uses as their only other alternative. Does 123PPT provide a product for running full screen video as backgrounds in my presentation slides? Yes we do. We have recently launched The 123PPT Video Backgrounds Player™ and 123PPT PowerPoint Add-In™ to not only allow you to embed full screen full motion video into the backgrounds of your slides, but to allow you to control every aspect of each video clip that you use. From speed, to transparency, to colour. Can you tell me a little more about The 123PPT Video Backgrounds Player™? 123PPT.com has listened carefully to presenters who have voiced their concerns over the only market option that has been available to them to insert video backgrounds from Crystal Graphics. As such we have taken our time to create not only a competitive product, but a leading product. In fact we're so proud of our product that we are quite happy to compare it against the Crystal Graphics solution. The 123PPT Video Animated backgrounds Player runs at twice the speed, displaying your video backgrounds at a full 25 frames per second. And unlike the market alternative, the 123PPT Video Animated backgrounds Player actually runs inside PowerPoint so that video loops run seamlessly and smoothly, and most importantly reduce the demand and system requirements of your pc. Please click here to learn more and download your Free 14 day Trial of The 123PPT Video Backgrounds Player and 123PPT PowerPoint Add-In. Are there different versions of The 123PPT Video Backgrounds Player available? Yes. Because the needs of presenters are different so are the versions that we proivde. The Standard Edition allows you to create and play full screen full motion video PowerPoint presentations that will capture and astound your audiences. The Deluxe Edition provides you with all the functionality of the Standard Edition but with the added benefits of being able to import and convert your own videos for use as video backgrounds in your PowerPoint presentations. The Upgrade Edition allows Standard Edition licensed users to upgrade their instalation to Deluxe and all extended functionality. Click here to download your Free 14 day Trial Edition of The 123PPT Video Backgrounds Player and 123PPT PowerPoint Add-In. Are 123PPT Video Background Collections compatible with the Crystal Graphics PowerPlugs: Video backgrounds Player? Yes absolutely. Only remember that the video loops themselves will run more slowly through the Crystal Graphics PowerPlugs: Video backgrounds Player than with the 123PPT Video Backgrounds Player. What is the difference between The 123PPT Video Backgrounds Player and Crystal Graphics PowerPlugs: Video backgrounds Player? Primarily the main difference is performance. But more than performance we are aware of at least 30 differences in quality, functionality, and capability. The 123PPT Video Backgrounds Player allows you to run full screen full motion television quality video loops at 25 frames per second. The Crystal Graphics PowerPlugs: Video backgrounds Player allows you to playback video at 12 - 15 frames or less per second. The 123PPT Video Animated backgrounds Player allows you to assign indiviudal video backgrounds to each individual slide. The Crystal Graphics solution does not and only allows you to apply one video background to a single slide or your entire presentation. For more details on the differences between The 123PPT Video Backgrounds Player and the Crystal Graphics solution, please compare our product. What is the difference between 123PPT.com's Video Background Collections and Crystal Graphics PowerPlugs: Video backgrounds? 123PPT.com's Video Background Collections are professionally designed full-screen television quality video loops which loop seamlessly and play at 25 frames per second. Crystal Graphics PowerPlugs: Video backgrounds are not designed or created by Crystal Graphics. Crystal Graphics is merely a third-party reseller of other designers work which plays at a poor 12 - 15 frames per second. More than this, Crystal Graphics attempt to lock users into purchasing an annual subscription to access and purchase video backgrounds for their product. At 123PPT.com we don't think that is fair to you as a presenter, or to your budget. And so we provide Video Background Collections which can be purchased as and when you need them without any subscription obligations. Are the videos included in 123PPT.com's Video Background Collections royalty free? Yes absolutely. By purchasing a Video Backgrounds Collection from 123PPT.com you purchase a royalty free license for each video loop within the collection. This allows you to use any individual loop in any PowerPoint presentation as often as you desire without the need to pay any license or additional fee. However, you are not permitted to re-sell or use any video loop to produce another video loop for any or other commercial purposes. In the event of doing so 123PPT.com recognizes its legal right as author of the loop and collection, and all graphical sources images that comprise the video. Further information can be found within the Copyright & License frequently asked questions listing regarding Animated backgrounds Copyright. In what release versions of PowerPoint can I use The 123PPT Video Backgrounds Player and videos from the Video Background Collections? 123PPT.com's Video background Collections can be used in all versions of PowerPoint 2000, 2002, 2003 and Office 2007 for Windows 2000, XP, and Vista. Will 123PPT.com's Video Background Collections work with PowerPoint for Macintosh and PC? 123PPT.com's Video Background Collections can be used in Windows operating systems: 2000, XP or Vista. 123PPT.com's Video Background Collections are currently not compatible with the Apple Macintosh platform. Are there any hardware or system requirements for running The 123PPT Video Backgrounds Player in my presentation? There are many variables which can affect the running of full screen video on your pc. For example your pc's graphics card or processor speed etc., However, every video loop in every 123PPT Video Bbackground Collection has been optimized and designed specifically for use in PowerPoint to reduce the resources required by your pc to play full-screen seamless video slide backgrounds. As a guide to minimum system requirements: Windows operating systems: 2000, XP or Vista PowerPoint 2000 or above Pentium III or faster processor System Memory RAM: 128 MB or more Graphics card Video RAM: 32 MB or more For more information about technical requirements please view our 123PPT Video Backgrounds Player Support section. What is the difference between a 123PPT video loop from a Video Background Collection and a regular PowerPoint background? Each of the 12 individual video loops which create a Video Background Collection are created as Windows Media Video files, (.WMV) and are professionally designed video clips created to loop seamlessly at 25 frames per second so that they may animate smoothly and infinitely in the background of your slide behind your text and key bullet points. A regular PowerPoint background is typically a graphic or other photographic image (JPG) or (GIF) that can be inserted to serve as a static background on your slide behind your text and key bullet points. What is the difference between a video loop from a Video Background Collection and a PowerPoint template? Each of the 12 individual video loops which create a Video Background Collection are created as Windows Media Video files, (.WMV) and are professionally designed video clips created to loop seamlessly at 25 frames per second so that they may animate smoothly and infinitely in the background of your slide behind your text and key bullet points. A PowerPoint template (.POT) is a PowerPoint shell containing information regarding Slide and Title Master layouts, fonts, colours, sizes, slide transitions, and general presentation information. Why do the low resolution video thumbnails have "Click here to add title" and "Click here to add subtitle" written across them? The low resolution video thumbnails are low resolution screen captures of the front (opening) slide of a blank presentation. A video loop from a corresponding Video Background Collection has been inserted into the blank presentation in order to illustrate how the slide will look when run in your actual presentation. Therefore no title or subtitle heading has been added to the blank presentation, and so "Click here to add title" and "Click here to add subtitle" is displayed by PowerPoint as a reminder to add a title and subtitle for the presentation. How do I insert a video animated background from one of 123PPT.com's Video Background Collections into my PowerPoint presentation? Until the launch of The 123PPT Video Backgrounds Player and 123PPT PowerPoint Add-In, there were no serious options for any user wishing to create full screen full motion video PowerPoint presentations. The Crystal Graphics solution provided unstable results, "choppy" video, and poor performance, most specially under Windows Vista. But users no longer have to accept the solution and can download and experience the Free 14 day Trial Edition of The 123PPT Video Backgrounds Player and 123PPT PowerPoint Add-In. In what resolution do the animated backgrounds from one of 123PPT.com's Video Background Collections work? Every video loop within each 123PPT.com Video Background Collection is professionally designed and created to provide full-screen television quality animated video backgrounds that not only bring your presentations and slides to life, but capture, wow, and energize your audience. Because each video loop is designed to scale and adjust, each loop will work in any resolution due to the flexibility of The 123PPT Video Backgrounds Player to dynamically resize files either down to lower screen resolutions such as 800 x 600 or higher screen resolutions such as 1920 x 1200. Can I use 123PPT.com's Video Background Collections and animated backgrounds with presentations that I have already created? Yes absolutely. 123PPT.com's Video Background Collections and animated backgrounds can be used on previously created presentations as well as presentations you are currently creating or will create in the future. Will others be able to view my 123PPT full-screen animated backgrounds when I send my presentation to them? Yes absolutely. The 123PPT PowerPoint Add-In has a "Pack Presentation" feature which enables you to save your enhanced presentation and transfer it onto your laptop for example, or to forward it to a conference organizer, or send it to someone else for viewing. And what's more your presentation can run on any pc that doens't even have PowerPoint installed. Please click here for more details about The 123PPT Video Backgrounds Player and 123PPT PowerPoint Add-In features, functions, and usability. Is there someone I can talk with to tell me more about 123PPT.com's Video Background Collections and animated backgrounds in PowerPoint? At 123PPT.com, we know that creating a successful presentation also means captivating your audience, and so our professional designers and video artists have created the 123PPT.com's Video Background Collections. With 123PPT's seamless looping video backgrounds, you are free to not only choose the type of animated backgrounds that are right for you, but also free to choose the colour scheme that you require to match your presentation. If you would like to talk with our video, motion graphics, and broadcast television artists. Or would like to find out more about using professional video backgrounds in your presentations, please contact us today. Email this page to a Friend     About 123PPT.com     Advertise on 123PPT.com PowerPoint templates | PowerPoint backgrounds | PowerPoint Video backgrounds | PowerPoint Photos | PowerPoint Music | PowerPoint Sound Effects 123PPT.com is a part of 123OfficeMedia. All content within this page remains the property of 123PPT.com and may not be reproduced, copied or otherwise republished without written consent. © 2008 123PPT.com. All rights reserved.