“Jon, if you have time can you grab this video on YouTube for me? I need it for Keynote.”
I have received this question several times as more and more of my “entourage” of friends and pastors are using Macs. If you own a Mac and use Keynote you are going to enjoy my Ultimate Guide to Importing a YouTube Video into a Keynote Presentation.
Ultimate Guide to Importing a YouTube Video into a Keynote Presentation
Two things you’ll need before we start:
- A Mac
- Apple’s Keynote ($20 from the Mac App Store)
1. Install the Chrome YouTube Downloader Extension
**UPDATE (Aug 12, 2011): It seems as though Google has removed this extension. A great alternative is Evom. I use it to download most of the time.
The first thing you’re going to want to do is download Google’s Chrome browser for Mac (it’s blazing fast!). Once you have that installed, head over to the Chrome Web Store to get the Chrome YouTube Downloader.
2. Download Your YouTube Video
Now you’re ready to download the video that you want to include in your presentation. Head over to YouTube and once you are able to view the video you should be able to see a download button with resolution options.
Once the video is downloaded, make sure it has a file extensions appended at the end. If not, click the video file’s title and then append the appropriate video extension, matching the extension from the download button as in the image above. [example: "japanvideo" should be "japanvideo.flv" if I downloaded the 240p or the 480p videos.]
3. Download and Install Perian
Perian is “the swiss-army knife for QuickTime. You’ll have to download Perian as it is a nifty open source QuickTime component that adds native support for almost any video that you will attempt to view on your Mac. This is a key component for viewing your video once you’ve downloaded it.
Simply double-click the Perian.prefPane image on the top left.
I leave the settings as is.
4. Launch Keynote and Choose a Theme
Once you launch Keynote, select a theme that will compliment your presentation and content.
For this tutorial I used the White Theme (if you watched the video, I could’ve have simply used the Black Theme).
5. Drag Your Video into Keynote and Save It
As you can see, the video appears in my Keynote presentation and I am now ready style it and save it.
It’s also good to note that Keynote saves your video in the presentation itself. That means you can trash the downloaded .flv or .mp4 file but I’ve learned that it’s better to be safe than sorry, so I keep them on an external hard drive.
Hope that was simple enough.
Let me know in the comments if you enjoyed this and/or if you’re stuck and I will be glad to help you out!
