I used to hate presentations and get all nervous before I had to do one; get all the classic nervousness symptoms: pale, nauseous, racing heart… etc. Now I absolutely LOVE it, still get nervous when there are 10 professors sitting there looking all mighty picking at your project. However, like you said, it helps to know the subject one is presenting. Also practice makes perfect and having a familiar friendly face in the audience helps calm the nerves.
I had to give the graduation speech at high school, it was aprox. 60 students (graduating class) and their families, and faculty. Even though it was a lot of people, it wasn’t so nerve racking because I knew most of the people since pre – school.
I gave my Bachlor’s final project presentation last year. It was worth 25% of the grade (i.e.: screw it up and the kiss the A bye bye bye). We had to present to our 6 professors, 3 external examiners that we have no clue who they are, other seniors presenting, guests, other students from our department, students from other departments, professors from other departments, and staff members that felt the need to show up. The presentation was for 30 minutes , and 10 minutes for Q & A. Needless to say I didn’t sleep for a week before that. The best thing is that they gave us the result an hour afterwards. If I had to wait for a day or more, I might have died of over thinking!!
From what you said, it seems like you did good. Hope you get great marks on it
By the way, what are you studying?