Create a Travel Commercial for a City in Spain

- using Photo Story

TO FIND INFORMATION ON THE CITIES OF SPAIN:

Frommer's:  Travel guides to planning a trip – what to see, where to go

Fodor's:  Travel information on sights, hotels, attractions, restaurants, nightlife, etc.

Google Images:  For pictures of your city

Spanish Cities: About.com travel info for Spain

PHOTO STORY 3 DIRECTIONS

From media center computers à

à Start menu

à All programs

à Photo Story 3 for Windows

Page 1: Click on BEGIN A NEW STORY (or “edit a project”, if returning)

Page 2: Click on IMPORT PICTURES to select your saved pictures to upload

à Be sure to import all pictures you would like in the presentation at this step

à To change order of pictures uploaded, use the arrows on the right

à You can make minor edits to each picture by using the tools under the picture

Page 3: “Add a title to your pictures”

à Add a title or caption or other words to each picture on this page

à You can edit, change fonts and colors, etc.

à You should add words to all pictures at this step

Page 4: “Narrate your pictures and customize motion”

à You can use a microphone to add sound and narrate your story

à Click on each picture and narrate for that slide

à Click on CUSTOMIZE MOTION under the picture

à Change the duration

à Be sure to click on TRANSITION to add various transitions to each slide

Page 5: “Add background music”

à Click on SELECT MUSIC to import a music file you have saved

à Click on CREATE MUSIC to select music in various categories (classical, rock, pop, etc)

Page 6: “Save your photo story”

à Specify the location and file name of your story to save the movie file (SELECT YOUR H DRIVE)

à Also, click on “save project” to save the mp3 file of the pictures and audio

à Be sure to hit NEXT (just saving it does not actually save it!!!!!)

à It will take a few minutes to save your project to a usable file