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Photo Story 3

Download Microsoft Photo Story 3:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx

Starting off ...

Fig 1

Select

Begin a new story

Click on the

Next >

button.

Import and arrange your pictures

Fig 2

Click on the

Import

Pictures

button.This will open up a File Browser windowwhere you can import pictures from yourComputer or from MSN Groups Website.300 pictures can be imported into onestory. (.bmp, .dib, .eps, .gif, .jfif, .jpe,.jpeg, .jpg, .pcd, .pcx, .png, .psd, .rle, .tgaand .tif are all extensions you canimport).

Fig 3

Locate the photos you want to feature inyour story from the

Look In

drop-downmenu.Select multiple pictures by holding downthe Ctrl button on your keyboard.When you have selected all the photosclick on the

button.

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Fig 4

Arrange the pictures in the order youwant them by dragging them on thefilmstrip.Click on

Remove black borders

tomake your work look more professionalto obtain a 4:3 aspect ratio (relation ofthe width to the height of the picture).

Fig 5

You can either edit one picture at a timeediting it as you please by clicking on

Yes

.Or you can edit all the pictures at one go

accepting Photo Story 3’s best “guess”

for editing by clicking the

Yes to All

button.Back at Fig4. and satisfied with yourpictures click the

NEXT>

button.

Add a title to your pictures

Fig 6

Type out a title fit for your story, edit thetext style and position. Photos that havetitles added to them are by default static,but this can be amended.Change effect of photos. Effect optionsavailable are: Black and White, Chalkand Charcoal, Colored Pencil,DiffuseGlow, Negative, Outline black, Outlinegrey, Sepia, Washout, and Watercolour.

Move from one photo to another usingthe arrow button.Click

Next>

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Narrate your pictures and customise motion

Fig 7

Record yourself relating what’s

happening in the picture. Click on the

record button

.Write notes here as hints to help younarrate while recording.Click on the

Customize

Motion

button toedit motion of pictures.

Fig 8

In the

Motion and Duration

tab you canedit the start position and end position ofyour photo.You can also edit how long it will take todisplay the picture.To edit the motion of different picturesuse the arrow keys and

Save

after eachpicture.

Fig 9

From the

Transition

tab you can edit thetransition that plays when your storymoves from one picture to another. Tryto keep to one choice here not to overdoit. Too many different transitions maymake your work unprofessional.Move from one pictue to another usingthe arrow keys.

Save

every pictureedited.When ready from transition click