Focusky Presentation Maker 4.8.2

Overview

Focusky Presentation Maker is a package that can use a combination of video clips, online video sources, photos, text overlays, flash animation, shapes and other elements and turn them into an enjoyable or educational presentation.

The software includes a pan effect to move across images and existing video. There is a zooming feature that can move closer into an image or video which when combined with the panning effect can create a real sense of camera movement even with static content.

Other video, audio and links can be embedded directly into a presentation to provide access to rich media sources, source material for the content being presented or interesting side notes.

Files created using Microsoft PowerPoint can also be imported into Focusky Presentation Maker to bring the slide show and bullet point presentation approach directly into any presentation made using Presentation Maker.

There are scores of pre-existing themes and templates to make it much easier for people who possess no design acumen to grab an existing design and use it as the initial basis of their presentation and then add content to this template or design to build it out to the final version.

The final version can be presented as a video and shared on YouTube, other tube sites and social sharing sites.

Installation

The installation completed without an issues.

There was no adware, toolbars, spyware or malware includes with the setup package.

Focusky Presentation Maker requires Windows 95, 98, 2000, XP, Vista, 7 or 8.

Interface

The interface includes a ribbon UI type menu interface that when selecting between the three main menu options opens up a completely different list of toolbar icons and features which are selectable.

The main part of the application window is used to work on the actual presentation.

Pros

• Create active presentations from video clips, online video sources, photos, text overlays, flash animation, shapes and other elements
• Pan over elements to create a sense of movement
• Includes zoom effect to move into and out of elements to focus on parts of a video or image
• Many pre-made themes and templates are included with the software
• Import Microsoft PowerPoint files directly into the application
• Upload easily to YouTube video hosting site
• Available for Windows and Mac

Cons

• Being a more creative application, it will both take time to learn how to get the most out of this software and also to create an interesting presentation

Alternatives

Prezi is a cross-platform drawing application that is ideal for coming up with new ideas to share with others.

Conclusion

Focusky Presentation Maker is a useful presentation package that can combine different types of media and sources of graphical content and help to turn them into an interesting presentation.