Transcript TCEA Photo Story

Tired of Repeating Yourself
... and repeating yourself? ...
and …
Presented by Cindi Bolton
[email protected]
and fellow McKinney ISD Teachers and
Library Media Specialists
Introduction
• Who we are and what we do …
– McKinney ISD
What is Photo Story 3?
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One of Microsoft's best kept secrets!
Create slideshows
Photo editing within the program
Special effects
Music and voice narration
Fairly small files you can e-mail, watch on
your TV, computer, or on a Windows
Mobile–based portable device.
• FREE
How can you use Photo Story 3?
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Library or class orientation
Teacher or unit introduction
Instructional Video / Tutorial
Photo Sharing
Open House
Digital Storytelling
When you open Photo Story 3 , you will choose one
option. Begin a new story, Edit a project, Play a story,
or Continue working on the current story
Click the radio
button for the
option you
choose.
Importing, Editing, &
Arranging Pictures
For each story you can import up to
300 pictures
Helpful Hint: create a folder and save all images you might
use for a project in that one folder. Highlight all the pictures
you plan to use and click OK. You can import all pictures at
one time if you want.
.bmp,
.dib,
.eps,
.gif,
.jhif,
.jpe,
.jpeg,
.jpg,
.pcd,
.pcx,
.png,
.psd,
.rle,
.tga,
.tif
Once you
have imported
pictures save
your project
Helpful Hint: Save Often!
The first time you save your project, you will need
to give it a name and decide where to save it.
Save as a project file
(default) so you can
continue to work.
Images are all imported into a storyboard.
Simply click and drag the images to arrange them in
any order.
Or use the
arrow to
move
pictures one
space at a
time
Once you have arranged your images there are
several options for editing the pictures.
Edit
Pictures
Remove
black
borders
Edit Pictures
Rotate or
Crop your
pictures.
Edit Pictures
Edit Pictures
Reminder: Save Often!
Titles & Effects
Simply type your text into the textbox
Tools to
format
your text.
PowerPoint Slide
There are other options for changing the
appearance of your images.
Effects Bar
Adding Narration
• Any Microphone will work
– Built in Microphone on your
computer/laptop
– Logitech USB Desktop Microphone
– USB Stereo Headset
If the sound card on your computer is not configured to record
from a microphone, Photo Story may be unable to record
narration. In this case, Photo Story prompts you to configure
the sound card to record from a microphone. This change may
affect other recording programs
Record up to five minutes of
narration for each picture!
Record
Button
Stop
Recording
Delete
Narration
Text box
for notes!
Preview
slide with
narration
Adding Custom Motion
Custom
Motion
Button
This number tells you how long
the narration lasts for that slide.
Set end
and
start to
same
position
Specify the start and end
positions of motion
– no slide
movement
How long
do you
want the
slide to
run?
Preview
slide
Slide transitions can be determined by the
program or by you.
Adding Background
Music
Select Music: Choose music you
have saved on you computer.
File types: .wma, .mp3, .wav
Create
Music: with
music that
comes with
the program.
Choices include
Genre, Style, Bands
and Moods
You can even set the
Tempo and Intensity
of the music.
Shows when music will play
Saving Your Story
Reminder: Save Often!
Choose where to save your story. The default
path is to save in “My Documents,” “My
Videos” as “PhotoStory1.wmv”
After clicking NEXT, the program builds your story.
This can take a few minutes, especially if you have
included narration and music.
File Name
Location
Size
This icon is the project only. It
is a Photo Story .wp3 file.
This icon is the movie. It is a
.wmv file.
Watching Your Movie
Completed movies will open in Windows Media
Player.
Images and Photos
• Images, Audio, and Video Clips:
http://www.djusd.k12.ca.us/technology/images.htm
• Freeplay Music http://freeplaymusic.com/
• Pics for Learning:
http://pics.tech4learning.com/
• Wikipedia Public Domain Image Resources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Public_do
main_image_resources
Extra Fun
Create Pictures from
PowerPoint Slides
TweakPS for Photo Story
http://www.windowsphotostory.com/TweakPS/
This is a utility that can do global changes to the
duration of all pictures in a saved PS3 project file,
remove the motion settings, remove all transitions,
or randomize the sequence the pictures display.
Note that the utility is limited to tweaking PS3 files of less than 300
MB in size, and runs only on Windows XP. If you try one larger
than that and get a message about it being corrupt when you open
it in Photo Story 3, it's because the tweaked project is missing one
or more parts.
Combine multiple student PS3
shows into 1
Import the completed Photo Story 3 .wmv files into Movie Maker!
drag them to the timeline and save as a single .wmv.
To save as a .wmv movie file...
Type...Ctrl+P to open the Save Movie Wizard /
Choose...My Computer /
Next /
Enter a Name and a Save Location /
Next /
Tick...'Best Quality For My Computer'
Next/
Wait while the movie is saved /
Finish...
Cool Links
• Digital Storytelling Rubric
http://www.umass.edu/wmwp/DigitalStor
ytelling/Rubric%20Assessment.htm
• Sample Storyboard
http://www.umass.edu/wmwp/DigitalStor
ytelling/Storyboard.htm