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How do I extract movie files from a Keynote?

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By jchambers
Categories: Technology
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I answered this question earlier today by advising Deric to trim down the Keynote file he wanted to take a movie from and then go to Share > Export as Quicktime. This method will provide you with a compressed version of the video that you can then drag into iTunes or iMovie.

However, if you want the “pro” method then there’s a way to actually look inside a Keynote “package” and see the individual files it’s made of. In the previous version of Keynote you could control + click to “view package contents”, but now that option has vanished. Try this instead:
(1) Locate the Keynote file in the Finder
(2) add “.zip” to the end of the file name (click “use .zip” when asked)
(3) now double click the zip file and it’ll unpack a FOLDER
(4) inside the folder use QuickLook (tap your space bar) to check through the files

So, whether you’re working with your own Keynote file or someone else’s you can open up all of the assets that were used to construct it, and you can reuse them (within the boundaries of reason and rights, of course).

17 Responses to “How do I extract movie files from a Keynote?”

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  1. 1 Jay March 15, 2011 at 4:47 am

    This is brilliant and worked perfectly. Thanks very much.

  2. 2 Robbie G. March 19, 2011 at 5:53 pm

    You are a genius! Thanks for this tip!!! :-)

  3. 3 Micky Phil April 16, 2011 at 4:17 am

    GREAT JOB! Do you have anymore idea about MACS? Send me the link SIR!

    Thanks a MILLION!

  4. 4 Craig S. August 13, 2011 at 12:14 am

    I tried this with a Keynote file and it simply duplicated my file, BUT, I was able to right click and choose “Show Package Contents” with the new version.
    Thanks for the tip!

  5. 5 anil November 23, 2011 at 9:54 pm

    awesome! so easy. brilliant!

  6. 6 maybelle December 21, 2011 at 11:24 am

    you are a genius x 2

  7. 7 Joel B. February 28, 2012 at 6:55 am

    Thanks so much for posting this. I was going nuts trying to figure out how to do this. You made it so simple.

  8. 8 Jake B March 9, 2012 at 11:19 am

    Thanks so much for posting this! Awesome tip!!

  9. 9 edward May 30, 2012 at 4:48 pm

    fantastic! good stuff. You are a genius!

  10. 10 James July 13, 2012 at 12:05 pm

    Dude… Thank you! It worked like a charm and I GREATLY appreciate it.

  11. 11 G August 21, 2012 at 9:09 pm

    Great Tip, worked perfectly! Thank you very much.

  12. 12 AMW September 28, 2012 at 12:41 am

    This was fantastic! Thanks for sharing.

  13. 13 will October 17, 2012 at 5:27 am

    Brilliant. thank you so much.

  14. 14 Otto Wijnen November 1, 2012 at 1:19 am

    Many thanks from The Netherlands: works fantastic!

  15. 15 Brian Horvath November 2, 2012 at 2:25 am

    Thank you so much. This saved me a ton of work. Great post. Keep it coming!

  16. 16 Mark Krigbaum December 11, 2012 at 1:40 am

    Terrific! This was a great help. I needed to extract an imbedded video and had no clue how to do it. This worked perfectly.

  17. 17 Cid March 3, 2013 at 4:15 pm

    Wow. I’m impressed how you came up with the zip method. You’re AWESOME. Thank you for saving me a lot of time!

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