Criteria for Final Slideshow

 Criteria for assignment:

• Slideshow should include your best photos from the class. All photos should be in focus and well composed. There should be 30 shots total.
• 10 of these photos can be from before this class/assignment photos from the class, but the other 20 need to be recently taken photos by you. 
• Try to include a variety of different shots. Include: macros, landscape, portrait, and other creative shots.
• You must include music that works well with your slideshow NO SWEARS!!!(some mp3 audio files are on the m drive)
• You must save on the m drive under your class folder. Your file name should include your first and last name (WMV is the correct file extention for Photostory Files)
• photos should have simple, non distracting transitions, and be timed 3.5-4.5 seconds in length
• your name should be on the first slide of the slideshow

Lesson on PhotoStory 3: Unless you have i Movie on your computer, laptop, or phone, or another program you know how to use well, you should be using Photostory 3 program on the school computers to produce your Photo Slideshow. 

CHOOSING PHOTOS

• Choose a variety of different photos including: macros, landscape, pets, portraits, friend shots, your own choice shots, creative shots etc. Basically anything goes, just provide some variety.
• Choose photos that are of high quality and ones that you think are your best photos.
• Make sure the photos you choose have been edited, are IN FOCUS, and are well composed.

It really helps if you have all the photos you want to put in your slideshow edited and saved on the computer. 

You may want to think about a song that would work well with your photos. It must be in an mp3 format. Your first slide should have your first and last name on it, and should be a photo like a sky shot or a shot that is mostly a background shot.

MOVING PHOTOS INTO PHOTOSTORY

1. You will import your photos into Photostory by opening Photostory and going to Import Photos. Make a point of saving your project every time you go into the program to add photos or edit. Once you save your slideshow, you will find it under My Videos on your L Drive. 

2.You will need to go into customize motions to edit the timing and framing of the shots. Each shot should be timed around 3.5-4 seconds in length. Try to keep your start and end positions quite close in size. If it goes from really small to really large, the slideshow will blip the photos or zoom them in and out too fast. You do not want to have your photos scrolling in and out of the frame, the less movement the better.

3. Do not use the music in Photostory (BAD CHOICE) choose from audio files on the m drive or download your own music by going to a You Tube to mp3 downloader.

4. Choose one transition and stick with it, a fade is probably best.

5. Do not use the Photostory Editor and do not over edit your photos.

6. Your working project file is a WP3 file and once you are satisfied with your slideshow you will combine the music and video by clicking next all the way to the end. Your final file name should have your name on it and be a WMV file. lisachasephotostory.wmv You do not need to type in wmv, it will do this automatically when you press next.

7. You will be saving the file to the M drive under your class folder. Make sure your name is on the video file, and it says wmv after your name.

How to use Photostory 3 Video on how to use Photostory 3