Using+MS+Photostory

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=**Digital Storytelling with Photostory 3**=

As photos are imported, a film strip appears at the bottom of the work area, displaying the photos. Click on a photo in the filmstrip and it will appear in the working screen. Images can be inserted at any time, by always returning to this window. However, they will be inserted at the end of the other images. Move them to their desired position by selecting the photo, grabbing it and dragging it to the desired position. Goto edit to crop and rotate. At this window, red eye can be corrected and correct colour chosen. Up to 300 photos can be used. If a plain title slide is desired or you wish to create one, goto MS Paint or MS Powerpoint and create. Save as jpg files (if in Powerpoint, choose jpg from save as.. and not presentation). Then import as for below. At the next screen, titles or captions can be added. These should be kept short as a voiceover should be used to give detail to the image. Fonts can be recoloured, resized and repositioned. Click on the effect option and the photo can be maniptulated. (eg recoloured) At this point the project should be saved. A voiceover of up to 5 mins, can be added at this stage. To aid memory and allow minimum editing, notes can be typed as a prompt. A microphone can be used to record the voice, reading the notes already keyed in. Click the red button to record and the middle button to stop recording. The arrow allows deletion of the voiceover. Re –record, if necessary. Preview the project. The panning and zooming of the pictures and their duration may take place automatically. Click on the tab motion and duration. Select the customize motion link>click specify start and position of motion, grab the hinges and manipulate to your choice for the areas of the photo to start and finish with. If there is no narration, choose the length of time for each picture. This needs to be done manually for each picture added. Click on the transitions tab, check start picture with a transition and choose a transition. Preview allows you to view your choice. The timing of the transition can also be selected. · Can play throughout story · Or a different piece of music for each photo or group of photos. Choose select music for wma, mp3 and wav files. (copyright music may be an issue here) or there is a fabulous range of inbuilt prerecorded music with various genre styles, bands, moods and tempos. In my class, 20 students creating a photostory there will feature 20 different types of background music, such is the variety offered. Preview your story, make any necessary editing. The //save for playback on a computer//, portable device, pocket PC, smart phone or for emailing. Choose the appropriate setting. (Recommendation: save to hard drive first, making sure that on browse, you have it in the appropriate folder for easy retrieval because Photostory automatically saves in my videos.) When saving for playback on a computer or email, windows media player will play the story back.
 * Import and arrange your pictures**
 * Add a title to your pictures**
 * Narrate your pictures and customise motion**
 * Add background music:-**
 * hint..** if voiceovers are used, pull the volume of the background music right back to nearly 0, otherwise it will override the voice.
 * Save your story**