Overview of Presto Interface for Mac
When you first start Presto, or close the Presto project window, you will be
presented with the Presto start window.

The left hand side of the start window is used to start a new
Presto project from a Final Cut Pro XML sequence.
- The Project pop-up menu lists any
saved projects currently open in FCP (if FCP is not open, the project and
sequence menus will be blank)
- The Sequence pop-up menu lists the
sequences in the selected project.
- Press the Refresh button to update the
menus if changes have occurred in Final Cut since you started Presto.
- Press the Get Sequence button to start a
new Presto project using the selected sequence (the start window will
close).
- Advanced option — Importing FCP XML: You can start a new project by importing an XML file that
you have exported from FCP. To do this, use the menu item File > Import
FCP XML... If the file contains more than one sequence, Presto
will open the first sequence by default. You can select different
sequence from the File > Selected Sequence menu.
The right hand side of the start window lists recently used
Presto project files. Presto project files have a ".presto" file extension.
The Presto Project Window
The Presto Project Window has three interface areas: Wizard Panel, Timeline and View Panel.

The Wizard Panel has a tab for each step
in the process of creating a presentation video.
- Step 1: Assign Roles - Defines the role for each track in your sequence: Screen,
Presenter, or Other. Learn more
- Step 2: Add Slides -
Imports into Presto the slide images that you have exported from
an Apple Keynote
or Microsoft Office PowerPoint® presentation. Learn more
- Step 3: Process -
Controls the automatic processing of your presentation. You can
disable any processing that you would prefer to do manually. Learn more
- Step 4: Edit
- Three tabs provide a variety of layouts that you can use in your presentation, along with additional
advanced options. Learn more
- Step 5: Render Movie. - This button exports your
completed Presto presentation. Learn more
The View Panel presents three tabs that
provide different views of your project, and a set of playback controls. Learn more
- The Output Preview tab shows how your video will appear.
- The Screen & Slides tab shows a two-up display with both the screen video track and the slide
track, making it easy to check and solve slide synchronization issues.
- The Presenter tab
shows the presenter video track, and allows you to adjust or manually place
the tracking boxes.
The Timeline shows the tracks and clips in your sequence in a manner similar to Final Cut Pro and Premiere Pro. Learn more
Other interface areas
- The title bar at the top of the project window shows the FCP
project and sequence name, as well as the Presto project file name. An asterisk at
the end of the title indicates that there are unsaved changes.
- The status bar at the bottom of the project window
displays
progress information when importing or exporting projects.
- You can adjust the size of the panels using the vertical
splitter control between the wizard and view panels, and the horizontal splitter
control between the top panels and the timeline.
- If you close the project window, you will be prompted to save
the project if there are unsaved changes. Then the start window will open
again.