Keynote to Video for presentations that need to work after the meeting

Bring the approved Keynote deck and turn it into a video people can watch without the presenter in the room. Add voice and pacing, then prepare and review each audience edit separately.

Input · Keynote to VideoReady

How it works

Four steps. About three minutes of waiting.

No screen recording of the Keynote playthrough, no separate voiceover session, no rebuilding the deck in a video tool. Export to PPTX, accept the storyboard, ship a branded video your audience will actually watch.

01

Export Keynote, drop the file

In Keynote, choose File, Export To, PowerPoint, then upload the .pptx (up to 100 MB) or paste a direct deck link. We pull slide order, on-slide text, and presenter notes with no manual outline.

02

ngram plans the scenes

Every Keynote slide becomes a scene. Titles turn into hooks, bullets get rewritten into narration, and the images, charts, and product shots you placed in Keynote get treated as B-roll. Presenter notes drive the talk track.

03

Review the storyboard

Walk the full scene-by-scene plan before anything renders. Reorder, merge two slides, swap the voice, or rewrite a line, all in plain language. The Keynote builds and transitions are reinterpreted as motion, so nothing breaks on export.

04

Export the video

Review the Keynote video for its intended channel, including its crop and caption placement, then export one MP4 from Studio. Prepare and review another aspect ratio as a separate edit. Use a separate one-file, one-output Video Converter job afterward for MOV, WebM, or MKV, or Video to GIF for a GIF.

Output controls

Keynote-aware defaults. Real controls when a slide deserves more attention.

Per-slide scene split

Each Keynote slide becomes its own scene, with timing tuned to how much copy it carries. Merge a title-and-subtitle pair into one scene, or split a dense agenda slide into two, without reopening Keynote.

Presenter notes become narration

If your Keynote presenter notes are written out, ngram uses them as the script. If they are sparse or empty, the agent drafts narration from the slide titles and bullets and lets you rewrite each line in chat.

Keynote builds reinterpreted as motion

Magic Move and slide builds don't survive a flat PPTX export, so ngram rebuilds the motion: bullets fade in with the narration, stat slides get animated callouts, and the deck reads as video rather than a static slideshow.

Prepare each channel edit separately

Set the intended channel and aspect ratio for the Keynote video, then review the crop, caption placement, and CTA before exporting one MP4. Prepare another channel version as a separate edit.

Brand Kit on every scene

Logo, colors, fonts, intro and outro cards, and motion style applied automatically. The marketing video stays on-brand even when the original Keynote theme was built for a stage, not a feed.

Burned-in captions per slide

Auto-generated captions, styled to your brand and anchored to each slide's narration. Edit a line in the script, review the matching caption, and render the updated scene. Most deck videos get watched on mute.

Localize the deck as a separate edit

Translate the script and captions, regenerate the voiceover in the target language, and review the localized video before rendering it separately. Useful when a global launch reuses one source deck.

Security and data handling

Your uploaded deck stays in your workspace. Talk to sales about security, access controls, and data handling for your team.

Use cases

Keynote decks that earn a second life as video.

Product launch

Launch decks shipped as a public marketing video

The Keynote you built for the launch event becomes the public marketing video the team posts on LinkedIn, YouTube, and the launch page. Same deck, same story, no agency timeline.

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Sales enablement

Pitch decks that work after the room empties

Turn the rep-led Keynote pitch into a self-running video the prospect forwards to the rest of the buying committee, no follow-up call needed to walk the slides.

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Investor update

Founder Keynote decks as investor videos

The Keynote you would present live becomes a monthly video update for investors who can't make the call. Your presenter notes carry the context the slides leave out.

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Explainer

Concept Keynotes as embeddable explainers

An internal Keynote that maps out a feature or idea becomes the explainer you embed on the landing page. Same logic, polished visuals, branded narration.

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Training

Training Keynotes as self-paced modules

Take the trainer-led Keynote and produce a narrated video module learners replay on their own time, without scheduling another live session to click through the deck.

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Quarterly review

QBR Keynotes as a 3-minute recap

Compress a 50-slide Keynote business review into a watchable summary your customer success team sends ahead of the live call, so the meeting starts with everyone aligned.

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Customer onboarding

Onboarding Keynotes customers finish

Replace the long onboarding Keynote attached to the welcome email with a short branded video. Same content, much higher completion than a deck nobody clicks through.

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Brand marketing

Brand Keynotes turned into brand films

The vision Keynote from the offsite becomes a brand video for the homepage and social. ngram keeps the narrative arc and wraps it in your brand kit.

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Tools that pair with this converter

What you reach for around the Keynote conversion.

All ngram tools

Integrations

Triggers, not logos. Wire Keynote to video into your launch and sales workflows.

Each integration ships with a working template tuned to the Keynote-to-video path. Start from one, or wire your own with the REST API and self-managed webhook subscriptions for video.completed or video.failed.

REST APIMCP serverWebhook subscriptionsFor API automation, send supported text or URL inputs with a self-service API key, retrieve the video job status, and subscribe to video.completed or video.failed.

How it compares

If you've tried converting a Keynote somewhere else.

Keynote's own 'Export to Movie' records the deck playing through at fixed timings. Avatar tools put a synthetic presenter in front of the slides. ngram reads the exported deck, plans the scenes, and renders a video that looks produced rather than played back.

FeaturengramKeynote Export to MovieSynthesiaFliki
Reads presenter notes as narrationYes, notes drive the talk track per slidePlays recorded narration onlyYesYes
Output styleBranded motion graphics per slide-sceneSlides played at set timingsAI avatar over slidesAI voiceover over slides
Storyboard review before renderFull scene-by-scene preview, plain-language editsNoneEdit avatar takes after generationEdit scene after generation
Brand kit enforcementLogo, colors, fonts and motion style on every sceneKeynote theme onlyAvatar brand stylingTemplate-driven
Channel-specific editing workflowOne reviewed MP4 per channel-specific editSet by slide size16:9 primary16:9, 9:16
Localized voiceover and captionsTranslate script, regenerate voice, re-burn captionsManual re-recordMultilingual avatars80+ voices, multilingual
API and webhook deliveryREST API with self-service API keys; webhook subscriptions for video.completed or video.failed; MCP, Zapier, and n8n for documented workflowsNoneAPI on enterpriseAPI on paid

Common questions about converting Keynote to video

How do I convert a Keynote to video with ngram?

Open the deck in Apple Keynote and choose File, Export To, PowerPoint to get a PPTX. Upload that file (or paste a direct link). ngram reads the slide order, on-slide copy, and presenter notes, then builds a scene-by-scene storyboard you edit in plain language. Approve the plan and the rendered MP4 comes back in a few minutes with burned-in captions and your brand styling.

Why do I export the Keynote to PPTX first?

ngram reads the standard PowerPoint deck format, which Keynote exports natively from File, Export To, PowerPoint. The export preserves slide order, on-slide text, presenter notes, and the images and charts you placed, everything the scene planner needs to build the video.

Does ngram read presenter notes from my Keynote?

Yes. After the PPTX export, presenter notes are treated as the narration script, so a Keynote with detailed notes produces a better video. If a slide has no notes, the agent drafts narration from the title and bullets and lets you rewrite it before render.

What happens to Keynote builds, transitions, and Magic Move?

Keynote-specific animation like Magic Move doesn't survive a flat PPTX export, so ngram rebuilds the motion in video. Bullets fade in with the narration, stat slides get animated callouts, and transitions become cinematic scene changes, which is why the result looks produced rather than like a recorded slideshow.

What output formats and aspect ratios are supported?

Studio exports the reviewed Keynote video as one MP4. Set the aspect ratio for that edit, then check its crop and caption placement before export. Prepare and review a separate edit for another channel. If a destination requires MOV, WebM, or MKV, use Video Converter as a separate one-file, one-output step; use Video to GIF for a GIF.

How long does Keynote to video conversion take?

A typical 20 to 30 slide deck renders in a few minutes after you approve the storyboard. Most of the elapsed time is the storyboard review, not the render. You see the full plan before anything is generated.

Can I edit the video after ngram generates it?

Yes. Every scene is editable in plain language through the agentic chat or directly on the canvas. You can also drop into the timeline editor for frame-level control over scene durations, transitions, and burned-in elements.

Can I translate the Keynote video into other languages?

Yes. ngram translates the script and on-screen captions, regenerates the voiceover in the target language with appropriate pacing, and re-renders, all from the same exported deck. Language coverage is broad, driven by ElevenLabs voices and frontier LLMs.

How is this different from Keynote's built-in 'Export to Movie'?

Keynote's Export to Movie plays your slides at fixed timings: no rewritten narration, no brand-styled motion graphics, and no separately prepared vertical edit. ngram reads the deck's meaning, writes narration from your notes, and renders one reviewed MP4 for the channel and aspect ratio you choose. Prepare other channel versions separately.

How does ngram handle our deck content and security?

Your uploaded deck stays in your workspace, where centralized brand kits and team controls keep the output on-brand. For security reviews, access controls, and data-handling requirements specific to your team, talk to sales.

Keynote → Video

Ready to turn your next Keynote into a video?

Export the deck to PPTX, review the storyboard, and ship a branded marketing video without rebuilding the slides in a separate editor.