Adobe Presenter Reviews & Product Details

UPDATE: Please see the new first paragraph in the "What do you dislike" section for an important update to my initial review!

This tool is great for allowing anyone already familiar with PowerPoint to convey reasonably simple and short content asynchronously. It's quick and easy to learn how to use it and even allows for some basic types of quiz questions. You can publish it to your company's Adobe server (if you have one) or as a SCORM package to upload to a traditional LMS. It gives you the choice of recording audio within its own PowerPoint ribbon (not my method of choice) or to import and sync audio created outside of Presenter (which I prefer, because it's easier to edit and maintain.)

I also love that it comes with Adobe Presenter Video Express, which can be used within the Presenter ribbon or as a stand-alone application. It's a very easy way to create short system demos with narration, and allows for zooming and panning, as well as allowing you to intersperse, or even simultaneously show, webcam video. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

*****Below is what I wrote before December 31, 2020, when Flash was retired. Ever since that happened, this software has not behaved correctly and I've spent many hours on the phone with Adobe tech support trying to fix those issues, to no avail. Also, at the time (which was Q1 2021), Adobe seemed to have no immediate plans to fix this software...I think it's way down on their priorities list (if it's even on the list at all yet). Therefore, this review that I did MUST be viewed as a review of the product BEFORE January 1, 2021 and NOT a review of its current state. While I previously rated this product a 9 and was a pretty strong proponent of it, I cannot, in good conscience, recommend this product any longer, until they fix it (which I hope they will, but am uncertain of that at this point.)******

I don't know if this qualifies as a "dislike," per se, but it's important not to try and use this as a full-fledged e-learning authoring tool, as the opportunities it affords for effective practice and feedback is minimal. It's a well-named product, since "Presenter" really is best used for "presentations," rather than bona fide training. There's no real "programming" ability (like being able to use custom actions and variables). I also wish that, when syncing animations to audio narration, if you make a mistake mid-way through a slide, you could re-do just from where you made the mistake on forward, rather than having to resync the whole slide. Also, better audio editing capabilities within the product would make it less necessary to use an external audio editing product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I like most about the adobe presenter is that it is very easy to work with. It is a Microsoft Powerpoint Plug in that captures on screen presentations and converts them into more interactive videos. After installing Adobe presenter, I can easily record or import narration for courses. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There were no major issues that I have faced with adobe presenter but at times there were web object issues when the web objects were not properly shown while using firefox as a browser but this is relatively an easy fix. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I like the best with Adobe Presenter is the user-friendly experience, simplicity, very easy to use in creating your eLearning content and most of all with the LMS publish that can take your eLearning experience into the next level. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I dislike about the Adobe Presenter is if you have a course and it was built for Flash and you decided to convert or publish your course into HTML5 some of the text gets cut-off or fuzzy. Oh and one more thing there are animations that are not compatible with the HTML5. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I really believe that this is the best software for students to learn from presentations because it is for students to learn and it makes the learning process more interactive and much more enjoyable for the students. Due to the nature of my work (software consultant) I have received various universities opt for the use of this incredible presentation software. I even tried to carryout a survey and found out that this software is preferred because of its simplicity. Anyone can be bale to use it even when they are not pros. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Even though Adobe Presenter is an incredibly good training and learning software for a couple of reasons, the small flaws render it suitable for improvement. Many of the trainers and teachers I interacted with told me that they are fed up with the unending messages instructing them to install Adobe flash player even when they have it on already. Some say that the questions are limited to enrich the learning process. If those were rectified, I believe that Adobe presenter would be the best always.

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Rich functionality availiable to you via Powerpoint! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Unfortunately, Presenter is only for Windows. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Faster way to convert presentations into eLearning.

Create quick tutorials.

Scenario templates and Drag & Drop

No programming required Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is nothing like disliking... Need more quiz and animations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The ease in which my team can turn PowerPoints in to eLearning objects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

As with all software, there are quirks to work through, but overall we are very pleased. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is not easy to create online & interactive training even if you do not have programming skills Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

As plug-in to Microsoft, there are cases with conflicts with settings Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The ability to record and add quizzes in one place is nice. I love the interface when doing recordings of the presentation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The amount of time its takes to publish is a little extreme. Adobe should be able to publish projects at a quicker rate. Also, Presenter crashes often when publishing or trying to edit a project.

Also, no way to share projects with others on my team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Adobe Presenter provides useful features, as a plugin, to MS Powerpoint, especially the feature of animated humans. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The installation process is a bit hectic for layman. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.