Recently in Photo Story Category
Back in January, I introduced you to PhotoStory 3 for Windows XP. If you would like to read that OPS entry, click here for more info. I suggested that you take it for a spin, and offered some ideas on using it for 4H and Interpretative events, educational programs, attachments to emails, and even adding photo albums to your TECO website.
Anyway, I heard back from many of you, and needless to say PhotoStory was a hit! If you have not used it yet, I encourage you to try it. For this OPS entry, I am going to show you how to prepare a PhotoStory to be sent by email. You can add a little spice to your email by sending those photos of 4Hers, pictures of the grandkids, or those great photos of the hunt to someone in the photostory format. Plus, you don't have to worry about resizing each photo.
This will also make the person on the receiving end of the email very happy because PhotoStory does an excellent job compressing the files down a optimal size for email.
On Feb 1, I posted a Tech OPS entry titled "Photo Story 3 and TECO". In that entry, I had a please read statement that stated, " To avoid copyright issues, I suggest you use only original audio and photos you have created or taken."
Ok, so the question is how to add original music to your Photo Story project. Well luckily Photo Story has hundreds of "canned" tunes that you can freely add to your photo story. These selections range from Beethoven to Funk.
Creating and adding music to your Photo Story project is very simple. The hardest part is narrowing down the genre and style. If you need to review how to get started with Photo Story, click here.
On Jan 6, I posted a OPS entry about a new free application from Microsoft titled Photo Story 3 for Windows XP. To view the entry, click here.
In the description, I commented that this application could be used for 4H and interpretative events, educational programs, attachments to emails, or added to your TECO website for a photo album type object. Well several of you have wanted to know when the entry for TECO and Photo Story 3 was going to make it to press. How about NOW!
Please check out the example I did on the TECO demo website at http://county-co.tamu.edu. Look under Publication > Great Event Photos > Cross Plains Fire Jan 2006 or use the cross link on the Home page. For 2 more examples, please check out Sutton County's website at http://sutton-tx.tamu.edu > Click on Sutton County Year in Review in the Hot Link section, or the Pecos County website at http://pecos-tx.tamu.edu. Just click on the Pecos County Video.
Couple of things to keep in mind:
- You can only upload projects in the Newsletter and Publication sections; however, you could cross link them to the Home-Hot Link, Events, or Links sections.
- Keep file size in mind when you upload a project because the larger the file the longer it will take to load for clientele.
- Third, try to keep your photo size small like 640x480 or 800x600, again saving file size
If you are looking for some cool Photography software, I have just the ticket for you. Microsoft released Photo Story 3 for Windows XP the last part of 2005. It has received excellent reviews. As always, I encourage you to take it for a spin and see what you think. Here are some ideas in which this application could be used: 4H and Interpretative events, educational programs, attachments to emails, and added to your TECO website for a photo album type object.
Here are some example: West Texas Fires and A moment at the park .
The first thing you will need to do is download the software to the desktop and install. Click here to download. Choose Run or Open to install it. Note - Photo Story 3 will only run on Windows XP. For more information about Photo Story 3 for Windows XP, click here.
Now to start using the application! I plan on posting several training entries on this software package. So, I am not going to cover all the options and features in this single post; however, please feel free to jump ahead, experiment, or just play once you get started.
