1. Photo Story 3 for Windows
An Introduction

2. What is Photo Story 3?
Photo Story 3 includes features that enable you to . . .
Create a slideshow with your digital pictures
Edit your pictures
Create your story with music
Add narration
Share Photo Stories with your family and friends

3. Overview
This tutorial will enable you to create a video file, complete with sound, motion and text. All you need is still pictures! You may want to add music and narration – for this you will need headphones and a microphone.

4. Getting Started
Photo Story allows you to use digital images that are saved on your computer or photos directly from a digital camera You are limited to 200 Images You cannot use digital video

5. Opening Photo Story
To open Photo Story Click the windows button, click all programmes and select Photo Story
Once the programme has opened
Click Begin a New Story and then click Next

6. Importing Images To import images into Photo Story
On the Import and Arrange you Pictures screen
Click the Import Pictures button
In the File Browser dialogue box select the images you want to use in the story
(Tip)
To add multiple images press and hold CTRL when clicking on the images

7. The Film Strip
The Film Strip is the ideal place to alter and edit the images used in your Photo Story
Change the order of the images
Rotate the images
Adjust the colour
Fix red eye
Add effects

8. Adding Text To add text to an image
On the Add a Title to Your Pictures screen
Type the text you want on the image in the box on the right
Click the Select Font button
In the Font dialogue box you can select the font, colour, size, emphasis and alignment
This can be for as many images as you like

9. Custom Motion To add Custom Motion to an image
On the Narrate your Picture and Customise Motion screen
Click Customize Motion
On the Custom Motion Box you will see your image twice. The Start and End Position. Set the start and end position
You may want to adjust the time the image is displayed for
In this dialogue box you can also set the transition

10. Custom Motion
The motion can be set by selecting the start and end position. The Number of seconds an image is displayed for can also be set

11. Adding Narration To add Narrate a Photo Story
On the Narrate and Customise Motion screen
You can either write notes on a piece of paper or in the notes box under the record button
You can then press record and speak into a microphone

12. Adding Background Music
To add Background Music to a Photo Story
On the Adding Music screen
You can import a sound track you have saved on your computer
You can create music in the software

13. Previewing your Photo Story
To preview your Photo Story Click the Preview button This will show you your progress so far

14. Saving you Photo Story
When saving your Photo Story it is important to note that there are two types of save.
Saving the project – This will save your photo story in an unfinished state meaning that it can be edited next time
Save your story – This will finish the project and publish it as a movie/video file. Once this happens the project cannot be edited.