Category5 Technology TV - Creating Amazing Presentations

Creating Amazing Presentations

S06E09
November 20, 2012

Creating a professional looking cartoon-style presentation is now possible on a tight budget (even free) thanks to PowToon. See how it works on this week's show.

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This episode is sponsored in part by: Netflix, Eco Alkalines and Cordery Electric.

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Robbie Ferguson and Christa Wells present from the Category5 studios in Barrie, Ontario.
{play 6:31}Robbie found a nice little MP3 player for your car that plugs directly into the lighter socket and sends the audio via FM transmitter.
- We couldn't find a link to the exact model Robbie has, but here are some similar options on Amazon: Lighter Socket MP3 Players
{play 9:11}Feature: Creating amazing presentations using PowToon.
- Creating a free PowToon account.
- Accessing My Playground in PowToon.
- Slideshows or self-playing movies; it's all possible with PowToon.
- Changing the background on your PowToon presentation.
- Adding characters and text to your PowToon canvas.
- Flipping an object on your PowToon timeline.
- Adding animations and transition effects to your PowToon presentation.
- Shortening the slide length for your PowToon movie mode presentation.
- Creating more slides in your PowToon presentation.
- How to lay down an audio track and then import it into your timeline.
- Sharing your PowToon presentation on social media like Twitter or Facebook, exporting directly to YouTube or saving an HD video file directly to your computer.
- Using various themes for your PowToon presentations.
{play 28:53}Top Stories from the Category5.TV Newsroom.
{play 37:48}Viewer Questions
Viewer Question: Is there a Linux program to control USB ports, being able to enable or disable them?
- Endpoint Protector: endpointprotector.ca / Episode 268
- A few options to disable USB in Linux from cat5.tv/nousb: removing the USB Storage Driver, disabling USB in Grub, disabling USB in your BIOS.
Viewer Question: Is it possible to do a show on Debian Sid? Debian says it is unstable, but I've not found it to be unstable.
- Viewer Submitted Video
- What it means when Debian calls Sid "unstable".
- Why Robbie wouldn't recommend the average or novice Linux user run an "unstable" distro.
Viewer Question: I tried using rsync to remove the source file once it has been sync'd to the other computer. Is there away to hide or move files once they are synced?
- What rsync does.
- What rdiff does.
Viewer Question: I like your having guests on Category5 TV to speak about a variety of topics. I find the show sometimes loses my interest if there aren't enough viewer questions, so could you do some Linux terminal tips when that happens? I'd love to see more how-to's.
- A free Ebook on how to use the Linux terminal is available at linuxcommand.org. Thanks to @mikeitt for sharing this.
Viewer Question: Why are there not Linux games like the ones on Windows?
- Steam for Linux Unofficial Site: steamforlinux.com
- Eighteen Linux Games in Synaptic Package Manager (From Episode 47): Watch it on YouTube.com
Viewer Question: How do you configure docky on Zorin OS?
- Running the docky dockbar.
- Making docky auto-start with your Linux desktop.
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