“Welcome to Photo Story 3 for Windows” Photo Story 3 is a ...



“Welcome to Photo Story 3 for Windows” Photo Story 3 is a program that allows you to create impressive movies using digital still photos. It is extremely easy to manipulate and is ”all menu driven.”

Open PhotoStory3 from all programs.

Choose “Begin a new story.”

Select “Next.” | | |

|Use the “Next” and “Back” buttons to go back and forth between menu options. This allows you to import or add items at anytime. **Do not forget to save |

|often. The default location for saving is in “My Documents”, “My Videos.” |

|“Import and arrange your pictures” | |

|To begin, click on the “Import Pictures” button. | |

|You will need to browse for the folder where your pictures are | |

|located. | |

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| |You may insert one photo at a time, or you may choose to select all photos in a folder by |

| |holding down the “Ctrl” key and pressing the letter “A.” Release these keys and all the |

| |pictures in the folder will be highlighted. After doing this, click “OK.” |

|As you select photos in the storyboard, you have the option to | |

|“Edit” each one. | |

|Select the photo you want to edit. | |

|Click on the buttons under the picture to edit, or click on the | |

|“Edit” button under the view pane. The edit box will appear. | |

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| |*You will need to edit each picture individually. |

|“Add a title to your pictures” |[pic] |

|Photo Story only allows you to place titles over pictures. To add|Photo Story Resources can be found on the (X:) Drive in the Teacher Tools folder. |

|or modify titles, you must select the picture, and use the tools |*Save the resource folder to your (K:) drive for students to access. |

|to the right of the view pane. | |

|If you would like to add a title with only a color background, | |

|locate your “Title Backgrounds” folder and import color picture. | |

|Refer to the previous section for directions on importing. | |

|*Remember to SAVE your project after you make any changes. | |

|“Narrate your pictures and customize motion” |

|You will need to have a microphone available to add narration. |You can move pictures at any time. Click on the picture you want to move. Just “drag and |

|Click on the picture you want to narrate. |drop” it, or use the arrow buttons to move the order of the pictures. |

|Type your script into the tele-prompter box. You may choose to |*You will need to narrate each picture separately. |

|read it from a paper. | |

|Click on the RED record button and read your script. | |

|As you add narration a speech bubble will be add to the picture. | |

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|“Narrate your pictures and customize motion” |

|After you have narrated your pictures, you may choose to change |After clicking on the “Custom Motion” button, this box will appear. |

|the motion, duration, or transitions of the pictures. |Change settings as needed. |

|Click on each picture you want to modify. |*Remember to SAVE after you make any changes. |

|Choose the “Custom Motion” button. | |

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|“Add background music” | |

|Just like with narration, click on the picture where you want the | |

|music to start. | |

|Click on “Select the music,” and locate the song you want to add. | |

|You may add multiple songs. Click on the picture where you want | |

|the next song to begin. | |

|Again, click on “Select the music,” and locate the song you want | |

|to add. | |

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|The program automatically fades the music in and out as new songs | |

|begin and end. | |

|*If using music from , make sure you add credits at the end of the movie: “Music provided by .” (All music in the |

|PhotoStory Resources folder is from this website and must be cited in the credits.) |

|“Save your story” |[pic] |

|Even though you have been saving you story throughout the process, you | |

|must take this final step to create the movie file that will play in | |

|Windows Media Player. | |

|Choose “Save your story for playback on your computer.” | |

|Specify the file name and location where you want to save the file. | |

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|If you do not specify the name or where, Photo Story will save it to your | |

|“My Video” folder found in “My Documents.” | |

|The default file name is PhotoStory1.wmv |*Save your project here in case you want to do more editing later. You may now |

| |exit, locate your video, and view your outstanding work. |

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