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| - | == Import and Arrange Pictures == | + | == [[Import and Arrange Pictures]] == |
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| - | ==== Creating A Project ====
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| - | :1. Create a folder in your H drive or on the hard drive of the computer where you are working where all images, music files, and the project will be stored.
| + | == [[Save the Project]] == |
| - | :2. Click the '''Start''' button and select '''Photo Story''' 3. You may need to click all programs in order to find it on the list.
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| - | :3. Select '''Begin a new story''' and click the '''Next''' button.
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| - | :::[[File:begin.jpg|150px|Begin Story]]
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| - | ==== Importing Pictures ====
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| - | :1. Click the '''Import Pictures''' button and navigate to the picture's location.
| + | == [[Edit Pictures]] == |
| - | :::[[File:Location.jpg|150px|LocateImage]]
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| - | :2. Move the slider at the top right to adjust the size of the thumbnails.
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| - | :3. Double-click the picture you want to use. This will import the picture into Photo Story.
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| - | ==== Selecting Multiple Image ====
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| - | :1. Hold down the '''Ctrl''' key and click the thumbnail images you want to include in your Photo Story.
| + | == [[Customize Images and Transitions]] == |
| - | :2. Click the OK button to import the pictures into the timeline.
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| - | :3. You can always import more pictures at any time as you create your story.
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| - | ==== Arranging Images ====
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| - | :1. Click and hold an image and then drag it to the new location to move the image from one location to another on the timeline.
| + | == [[Add Titles]] == |
| - | :2. You can also use the arrow keys to the right of the timeline to move a selected picture to a new location.
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| - | :::[[File:Arrangeimages1.jpg|150px|LocateImage]]
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| - | ==== Saving the Project ====
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| - | :1. Beneath the timeline, you will see a '''Save Project''' button. Click this button once.
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| - | :2. Navigate to the correct folder.
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| - | :3. Type in the desired name of the project.
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| - | :4. Click the '''Save''' button.
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| - | :::[[File:SaveProject1.jpg|150px|LocateImage]]
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| + | == [[Narration]] == |
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| - | == Edit and Crop Pictures ==
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| - | ==== General Cropping Information ==== | + | == [[Background Music]] == |
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| - | :* Photo Story 3 works best with images taken in landscape format. If changing the orientation of a picture is required, you should rotate the image before cropping it.
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| - | :* You can edit your pictures by cropping the picture to keep only the portion that you want to use. Photo Story automatically adjusts the width or height to maintain a 4:3 aspect ratio for the picture.
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| - | :* If you use a very small area of the image, the resulting picture may be blurry.
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| - | :* You can also crop your pictures by right-clicking a picture in the film strip, pointing to Edit, and then clicking Crop. Then follow the steps in the next section.
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| - | :* Cropping a picture does not affect the original picture.
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| - | :* Clearing the crop check box removes the cropping for the selected picture.
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| - | :* Clicking the reset button in the edit pictures dialog box discards all edits of the selected picture made on all of the tabs in the edit pictures dialog box.
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| - | :* You can edit your pictures on any page in Photo Story on which the film strip appears by right-clicking a picture, pointing to edit, and then clicking the option you want.
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| - | ==== Cropping Images ==== | + | == [[Create the Movie]] == |
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| - | :1. On the import and arrange your picture page, click an image.
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| - | :2. Then, click the edit button found beneath the preview image.
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| - | :3. Click the rotate and crop tab.
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| - | :4. Select the crop check box.
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| - | :5. A rectangle with handles appears on the image.
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| - | :6. To resize the rectangle, point to a side or corner. When the cursor changes to a double-headed arrow, drag the handle.
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| - | :7. To move the entire rectangle, point to the center of the rectangle. When the cursor changes into a 4-headed arrow, drag the rectangle to the image area you want to keep.
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| - | :8. Click save.
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| - | :9. To crop another image, click the go to next picture button or the go to previous button until you reach the image you want to edit.
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| - | :10. Repeat steps 6 – 9 until you have cropped all images that you want to change.
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| - | :11. When you are done cropping, click close to close the edit pictures dialog box.
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| - | ==== Removing Black Borders ==== | + | |
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| - | If any images do not have a 4:3 aspect ratio, Photo Story displays the remove black borders button on the Import and arrange your pictures page.
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| - | 1. On the import and arrange your pictures page, click remove black borders
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| - | 2. In the removing black borders dialog box, review the pictures in the before and after boxes.
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| - | 4. If you want to use the automatically cropped image shown in the after box in your story, click yes.
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| - | 5. If you want to crop the picture differently, in the before box, drag a handle of the rectangle to the area of the picture that you want to appear and then click yes.
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| - | 6. If you do not want to use the cropped picture shown in the after box and you want to move to the next picture in your story, click no.
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| - | 7. Repeat previous steps for each image, or click yes to all to use the automatically cropped pictures without previewing them.
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| - | 8. Save the project at any time while working on it by clicking the save project button. In the save as dialog box, type a name for the project. You must use save project to be able to edit it later.
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