Applying Custom PowerPoint Video Background Across Slides

Applying Custom PowerPoint Video Background Across Slides with a Designed Logo/Animation

In this article, we will discuss how to apply a custom PowerPoint video background with a designed logo/animation across slides, using the slide master and autoplay features. This will give your presentations a professional and engaging look.

Adding a Video Background to the Slide Master

To apply a custom video background across slides, you need to add the video to the slide master. Here are the steps:

1. Open your PowerPoint presentation and navigate to the View tab.
2. Click on Slide Master to open the Slide Master view.
3. In the Slide Master view, you will see a hierarchy of slide layouts. The topmost layout is the slide master.
4. Right-click on the slide master and select Insert Video.
5. Browse to the MP4 video file that you want to use as the background and click Insert.

The video will now be added to the slide master. By default, it will be set to play automatically when the slide is displayed.

Adding a Logo/Animation to the Video Background

To add a logo or animation to the video background, you can use a video editing software to overlay the logo/animation on the video. Here are the steps:

1. Open the video file in a video editing software.
2. Add the logo/animation to the video timeline.
3. Adjust the position, size, and timing of the logo/animation as needed.
4. Export the video with the logo/animation overlay.

Now you can replace the original video in the slide master with the new video that has the logo/animation overlay.

Setting the Video Background to Autoplay Across Slides

To set the video background to autoplay across slides, you need to modify the slide transition settings. Here are the steps:

1. In the Slide Master view, select the slide master or a specific slide layout that you want to apply the video background to.
2. Navigate to the Transitions tab.
3. In the Timing group, check the box for "Apply to All" to apply the transition settings to all slides that use the selected slide layout.
4. Set the transition duration to "00:00" to disable the slide transition animation.
5. In the Advance Slide group, check the box for "After" and set the time to the desired duration of the video background.
6. Check the box for "Play video" to enable the video background to play automatically.

Now the video background will autoplay across slides that use the selected slide layout.

• To apply a custom video background across slides in PowerPoint, add the video to the slide master and set it to autoplay.
• To add a logo or animation to the video background, use a video editing software to overlay the logo/animation on the video.
• To set the video background to autoplay across slides, modify the slide transition settings in the Slide Master view.

References

• Add a video to a slide in PowerPoint
• Add a slide transition in PowerPoint
• PowerPoint tip: Add a video background to your presentation