Photo Slideshow

Here are some links on how to make a Photo Slideshow.  There are various ways to accomplish this.

If you are using a PC with Windows Vista, then you probably have Windows Movie Maker on your computer.

Here is a great video from Microsoft about how to use Windows Movie Maker to make a Photo Slideshow.

If you can view YouTube click here.

If you are using Windows 7 and need to use Windows Live Movie Maker, there is help at this link.

For iMovie there is help for different versions. See me for more help with this.

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Music

There is help on getting music into your photo slideshow! Read on…

There are people that give away music for free. You just download what you like, and credit the person at the end. Here are two of them:

http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/

Another site: http://www.danosongs.com/blog/5-copyright-free-music-licensing-public-domain-resource-lists/ and how to download music from the site: http://www.danosongs.com/download-file.html

More on royalty-free music here:  www.publicdomain2ten.com/

http://www.publicdomain4u.com/free-music-listings/

http://www.seabreezecomputers.com/tips/freemusic.htm

If you need to translate your music file format, try this website: http://www.zamzar.com/

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Transitions

A tip for putting the same transition throughout the whole movie is here:

1) Put your movie in Storyboard view (choose View > Storyboard).
2) Select all images in movie (choose Edit > Select All from the main menu).
3) In the Video Transitions collection, right-click the desired transition and choose Add to Storyboard (Ctrl+D).

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Sharing

If you decide to go online to make your slideshow, some choices are  Picasa, Shutterfly, Snapfish, Flickr, and Photobucket.

If you are on a PC and wish to use  the PhotoStory product, read up on the product first at this link.  The HelpDesk must put the software on your computer.

There is a way to make a slideshow in PowerPoint, although it is a little slow, and the music part is not as easy to do. Here is the link, if you want to try PowerPoint.

Sharing with others: There are many ways to share from a PC Vista computer; try clicking here.

Here is a link to Windows DVD Maker instructions.

Here is a link to the Video sharing site Vimeo.com which is an alternative to YouTube.

Another choice is SchoolTube which I like a lot better than TeacherTube (too busy, too complicated).

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Taking a step back

Here is help on making folders in Windows Vista, and you might need this when organizing your photos:  Click here

Here is a short video about how to make folders