Hi Everyone, I wanted to create a video on using Keynote from Apple.
For the majority of the logo videos,
I have been using Keynote
for its simplicity and transitions.
For this one-minute video, it may have taken me about
20 to 30 minutes to create.
What I do, I gather all my logos in one folder.
I use Adobe Illustrator and resize the logos to the size I need for Keynote.
I can resize the images
which I will show how in Keynote.
Let's create a new presentation in Keynote,
select the presentation you want,
and click on Create at the bottom right-hand corner.
Because this is going to be a YouTube short,
we need to change the canvas size.
The top-right corner is Format-Animate-Document.
Click on Document.
Look down the right side,
see Slide Size,
now, drop the menu open and open Custom Size
and enter 1080 x 1920.
We need the document size to be vertical or portrait mode
required for a YouTube short.
If you don't do this, the video will not be recognized as a short.
I am going to remove everything here,
click once on the type box, and hit delete.
Or Command-A to select All
and hit delete.
Since I have all my images in one folder,
I can easily insert the image into my document.
In the main menu, go to Insert - Choose - Select your Image,
and click on Insert when ready.
The picture gets placed in the center of the page.
You could leave it as is or resize it.
I resize mine to be 1000 pixels by 1000 pixels.
With the image still selected, click on Format here,
and then Click on Arrange to resize the artwork.
I do have the constrain proportions check on,
as I want the image to be resized proportionately, not distorted. 40
Enter the size.
I used 1000 pixels by 1000 pixels.
Hit tab so that it applies this to the height as well.
To arrange the image to be center and middle,
use the Align drop-down menu to do so,
and it gets moved at the center of the page and middle of the canvas.
Usually, I duplicate this page.
Yes, you could add a blank slide or add a new slide,
but that may take a few extra steps to get there.
I will right-click on the slide I want to duplicate
and select duplicate as shown.
The easiest for me to do is select the image and delete it.
And repeat the same process of inserting a picture as above.
One more thing,
I added the dates to the video.
Click at the top 'T' for text.
A text box gets placed in the middle of the document.
I drag that below my image and type in my dates.
I copy this text,
go to the next slide, and go to the main menu,
Edit - Paste and Match Style,
to get placed in the right spot and text and colour.
Yes, you can change the text, but I was OK with it as grey.
It's time to add a transition
or animation where it goes from page to page.
Keynote has a few cool ones,
but I like the 'Magic Move,' for some strange reason.
I select all my slides, so I only have to do this once.
Click on Animate. And Click on Add an Effect.
Scroll down until I see Magic Move.
Read the explanation, and click on OK.
Change the duration of the fade.
Mine was set at 6 seconds.
And start the transition automatically,
as I want the video to play by itself.
The rest is its defaults.
You can decide if you want to add beginning or end screens,
which I will do afterwards.
When ready to export your video,
go to the main menu,
File - Export - Movie - and Select 1080p,
as this is the higher quality one.
I couldn't remember what the default settings were,
so I think the playback should self-play,
slides are all, and I believe the slide
before and slide-after are over-written
with the animate effect had set up for this video.
Click on next and give the video a name.
The file will be saved as an m4v file,
which is acceptable for YouTube uploads, and click on Export.
Thanks, everyone, for watching.
If you enjoy the video, like it, share it, and subscribe to the channel. And I will see you next time!