HOW TO DO YOUR PHOTO ESSAY BY MICHAEL BAILEY AND EVAN HATTER Using software that is very simple to...

HOW TO DO YOUR PHOTO ESSAY BY MICHAEL BAILEY AND EVAN HATTER

Using software that is very simple to use and easy to access.

Essentials Photos Software to make project Background music (optional) Method to record your voice and insert it

into your project Microphone

Freeware available on Windows only.Available on the machines in lab 22.

Photo Story 3 for Windows

Downloading WPS Available for free on the

Microsoft website. The only hoop you have to jump through is making sure that your copy of Windows passes the Windows Genuine Advantage test. Virtually all PCs on the market have a genuine copy of Windows on them that pass this test. The only way this may not be the case is if your copy of Windows was pirated or in some other way not activated or registered with Microsoft.

www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details/aspx?id=11132

Using WPS When you

start using the program, make sure “Begin a new story” is selected, and click “Next.”

Using WPS Import your

pictures using the “Import Pictures…” button.

Using WPS Select the

pictures you want to use, and then hit OK.Determine where the pictures

you want to use are. If you find them on the internet,

save them to your H: drive.

Select the pictures you’re going to use. To select multiple pictures at one time, hold control (Ctrl)

while clicking on them.

Using WPS After your

pictures are imported, they will appear in the timeline on the bottom of the window. You may now add text to your pictures.

You may also add preset effects to your pictures.

Text formatting, text

justification and

text placeme

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Using WPS Next up, you

record the narration that goes over each photo in the slide. You must have a microphone of some kind that can connect to the computer in order to record narration.

You can customize how your slides transition between each other

Record your

narration here

Using WPS The next step

features the addition of background music. Select an mp3 or other Windows audio file to have it play in the background.

Using WPS Almost done!

You can choose to save your story on your computer or e-mail it. (Other, more antiquated options are available). It saves as a .wmv video file for playback.

Using WPS Your photo story

is done! This dialog tells you where the file is found, what it’s called and how big it is. You can then view your story or start a new one.

Viewing your WPS product And there it is!

Your photo story is ready to view and present!

Available for Windows, Mac, iOS, and AndroidLite version available for free (30 second limit), Plus package available for $5 per month (10 minute limit), on iTunes App Store, Google Play and online.

AnimotoLink

Available for Windows only. $600 from Sony.Version available on most machines in lab 22.This software is slightly more complicated than it’s more user-friendly counterparts.

Sony Vegas ProLink

Getting Started When you first

open Sony Vegas Movie Studio (the version we have in lab 22), you will see a screen like this, with tracks, a preview window and an explorer window.

Adding photos In the explorer

window, find the drive and folder where your photos are located. To place them in your presentation, drag them onto the video track below.

Transitions You may add

transitions in between your photos such as fades or blinds.

Transitions You may add

transitions in between your photos such as fades or blinds.

Adding text To add text, head over to

the media generators tab and click on “titles & text” and drag the one you want to use onto the track above your photos. If your photos are on the highest track, put the text on the track below your photos and drag the track higher.

Editing text When you add a

text layer, a dialog like this will pop up. You can type your text and adjust font size, type, color and bold/italics from this window.

Finishing up Once you have

finished your photo essay and you want to turn it into a video, click “Make Movie” in the upper toolbar.

Rendering This dialog will

appear after you click “Make Movie.” Click “Save it to my hard drive.”

Rendering After that, this

window will pop up, a list of many different video formats will appear, go down and select something from the WMV family. And then select the location where you will save it.

Rendering Now that

everything is how you want it, click render so Vegas can make the video for you.

Rendering Once you click

“render”, you will see a progress bar and three options as your video renders in the background. Render time differs along with the length of your video and the resolution you are rendering at.

Viewing your Sony Vegas product

Once rendering is done, the video will be playable in Windows Media Player and VLC Media Player.

Available for Windows only. Free program, available for download, pretty straight forward.Must have Windows 7 or 8.

Windows Movie MakerLink

Available online. Free program, pretty straight forward, most here have used it before (if you had Schwarz).

PreziLink

Available for Mac only. Comes with the iLife software package. Free with all Mac computers running OS X 10.6 or higher. Also available for download.

iMovieLink

Tutorials for help If you want to try any of these programs, but are still confused about

some, then a slew of tutorials for these programs exist on the internet. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qr3GYlTjE6c (Sony Vegas) http://help.animoto.com/entries/415073 (Animoto) https://prezi.com/support/ (Prezi) http://www.jakesonline.org/photostory.pdf (Photo Story) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RZ7jGSk60I (iMovie) http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/getting-started-

with-windows-movie-maker (Windows Movie Maker) http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint-help/create-your-first-

presentation-RZ001129842.aspx (PowerPoint)