ProShow Producer - How To Add Video to a Show?

Working with Video

Layers are just layers, so you can think of a video as an image layer that does a little something extra.  While that layer is present on the slide, the video will play.

When we talk about video in ProShow, we’re also talking about animations. ProShow supports animations like animated GIF files that are found all over the Web and in many clip-art packages.  Everything you see here about working with video also applies to animations.

Adding video to your show uses the exact same method you already use to add images.

To Add Video to a Show

1. Use the Folder List to open a folder which contains your video.
2. Select the video in the File List.
3. Drag & drop the video into the Slide List to create a new slide.

You can also use the same keyboard shortcuts to add video to existing slides.  For example, hold CTRL on the keyboard and drag the video to a slide to add it as a layer to that slide.

Using Video Files

ProShow will directly import almost all video files you want to use in your show.  It’s a simple process of dragging and dropping the video into your show and letting ProShow do the rest.

There are some cases where you may want to use an alternative method for importing video files.

Importing Video Files

Unlike images, ProShow must import video files that you use in your show so that they can be easily worked with.

This process can take different amounts of time based on how large your video clips are.  Once you’ve added the video to the show you can see the import progress displayed on the Task Monitor.