2 Methods to Convert PowerPoint to DVD for Free

Microsoft PowerPoint is a very great tool to help make presentations for example public lecture, product introduction or business report conference. Because we can write out thoughts onto different slides and arrange them in specific order, decorate them with dynamic animations and transitions to make them lively. Yes, they are the features we also need when creating a DVD movie or DVD slideshow gift for family or friends.

To convert PowerPoint to video, you can use PowerPoint 2010 (free) or professional PPT to video converter (paid). At the same time, PPT to DVD burner (paid) can help you to burn PowerPoint to DVD and convert PowerPoint to video too. However, if you have a tight budget recently, here we will introduce you two methods to convert PowerPoint to DVD for free.

Tools you need:

1. DVD Flick

DVD Flick is a free software for you to burn video to DVD disc. It has simple intuitive interface but very Powerful DVD editing features. It also support JPG pictures, but other image files like GIF, BMP, PNG cannot be imported to the program.

2. DVD Slideshow GUI

DVD Slideshow GUI is a free software to make sophisticated slideshow out of images. It support JPG, BMP, PNG image formats and AVI, AVS video formats. You can even import PowerPoint file in ODP and PPT format if you have OpenOffice installed on your computer. The program is embedded with 245 transition and 100 animation effects you can add to the entire slideshow.

According to the above brief introduction, we need to save PowerPoint as image (JPG format) or video (AVI format) for the two free PowerPoint to DVD burners.

Save PowerPoint as JPG: Open your PowerPoint and click “Save As“, in the popup windows, choose an JPG format as “Save as Type“. Then choose “Every Slide” on the pop-up window to save all the PowerPoint slides as pictures

Save PowerPoint as AVI: Upload PowerPoint file to online-convert and convert PowerPoint to AVI video online for free.

Method 1: Convert PowerPoint to DVD with DVD Flick

Open DVD Flick and click “Add title” to import output PowerPoint JPG images or AVI videos.

Click “Edit title” and you can set resolution, chapter mode and background music for the DVD slideshow.

In “Project settings“, the only thing you need to set is “Target size” under “General” tab, and “Target format” and “Encoding” profile under “Video” tab.

Target format: PAL is used in most Europe, Asian, African and Oceanic countries; NTSC is used in most American countries.

Encoding: You need to make a trade-off between speed and quality.

Click “Menu settings” and you can add a menu to the output DVD slideshow. There are 6 DVD menu templates embedded.

After all settings are done, click “Create DVD” to burn the PowerPoint slideshow to DVD disc.

Method 2: Convert PowerPoint to DVD with DVD Slideshow GUI

Run DVD Slideshow GUI and click “Slideshow” > “Import Pictures and Videos” to import PowerPoint JPG images or AVI videos.

Click “Slideshow” > “Add Music” to add your favorite songs as background music. Right click on the music you have added and you can set the music to loop play or set video slideshow to match to audio duration.

Select one image and click “Slideshow” > “Slide Settings” or directly right click on that image to set transition effect.

Click “Slideshow” > “Animation” to choose animation effect for the picture.

Click “Project Settings” to set the target format (PAL or NTSC) and you can also set animation or transition effects here.

DVD Slideshow GUI can save the slideshow as video format like MPG, MP4 and FLV. If you want to burn the slideshow to DVD, you will need to have ImgBurn installed first.

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