Create a Story from a Single Still Photo with Photo Story 3

In this article, Lead Program Manager Vladimir Rovinsky describes how to
create a mini story based on a single picture with Photo Story 3
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...ps/create.mspx

You can discuss the article in this thread.

Chris Norred
Tech Editor
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Very nicely done. Thanks for the help.
"Chris Norred [MSFT]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> Create a Story from a Single Still Photo with Photo Story 3
>
> In this article, Lead Program Manager Vladimir Rovinsky describes how to
> create a mini story based on a single picture with Photo Story 3.
>
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...ps/create.mspx
>
> You can discuss the article in this thread.
>
> Chris Norred
> Tech Editor
> (This post provided as is and implies no warranties)
>

I have a few questions about photostory for vladmir if he reads this thread
(or anybody else who knows):

Related to this article:

1. When making such a single picture photostory, how is the movie encoded?
Does it store only a single copy of the picture for all the pans or multiple
cropped copies are stored for individual pans.

Unrelated to the article:

2. Whats wrong with the profiles used for DVD. Why is the picture so blurry
when saved using these profiles.

3. Why is there a limit on time resolution in specifying the picture
duration. One can specify 2.2 secs but not 2.235. The latter form should be
acceptable when typed in... but it is rounded to nearest tenth of a sec. Why
? I want to match the picture durations with the beat of the background
music which is hardly ever exactly a tenth of the sec. Is there any
technical reason for this limitation ?

4. In an interview he mentioned that PhotoStory 3 supports plugin
architecture, where can I have more information about this.

Regards

--
Rehan
www.rehanfx.org - get more effects and transitions for Windows Movie Maker





"Chris Norred [MSFT]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message news:FDBFCD79-2C85-47A1-9A70-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Create a Story from a Single Still Photo with Photo Story 3
>
> In this article, Lead Program Manager Vladimir Rovinsky describes how to
> create a mini story based on a single picture with Photo Story 3.
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...ps/create.mspx
>
> You can discuss the article in this thread.
>
> Chris Norred
> Tech Editor
> (This post provided as is and implies no warranties)
>

I just downloaded photo story 3 and would like to use my T.V. as a monitor
for the slide show, but the photo's won't show up all I get is the music -
love the program and would like to share it on the big screen, but I can't
-HELP

"Chris Norred [MSFT]" wrote:

> Create a Story from a Single Still Photo with Photo Story 3
>
> In this article, Lead Program Manager Vladimir Rovinsky describes how to
> create a mini story based on a single picture with Photo Story 3.
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...ps/create.mspx
>
> You can discuss the article in this thread.
>
> Chris Norred
> Tech Editor
> (This post provided as is and implies no warranties)
>

What profile should I use for the Axim X50v to view in full screen?
The standard PocketPC profile produced very small display. The 640 x 480
profile shows full screen but the video playback is very jerky. Thx!

Are you outputting to tv through your video card or did you create a dvd? I
assume your video card is outputting to TV. Make sure that you have Windows
Media Player 10 installed. Photo story uses a codec called Windows Media
Video 9 Image v2. There are utilities to see what codecs you have installed
on your machine.

http://www.moviecodec.com/questions/...ledcodecs.html this page has two
programs to check for the codecs that you have.

Also check out my site:

http://www.windowsphotostory.com

JUST AGREEING WITH YOUR COMMENTS. I removed photo story 2 initially, but when
I discovered the new version did not have an option for VCD or DVD burning
re-installed it, only to find that PS3 does not recognize PS2 files!?
This is the only criticism I have on an otherwise amazing program. The loss
of quality using WMP10 to burn is a shame.
PLEASE let us know if a burning option is planned.

"Rehan" wrote:

> I have a few questions about photostory for vladmir if he reads this thread
> (or anybody else who knows):
>
> Related to this article:
>
> 1. When making such a single picture photostory, how is the movie encoded?
> Does it store only a single copy of the picture for all the pans or multiple
> cropped copies are stored for individual pans.
>
> Unrelated to the article:
>
> 2. Whats wrong with the profiles used for DVD. Why is the picture so blurry
> when saved using these profiles.
>
> 3. Why is there a limit on time resolution in specifying the picture
> duration. One can specify 2.2 secs but not 2.235. The latter form should be
> acceptable when typed in... but it is rounded to nearest tenth of a sec. Why
> ? I want to match the picture durations with the beat of the background
> music which is hardly ever exactly a tenth of the sec. Is there any
> technical reason for this limitation ?
>
> 4. In an interview he mentioned that PhotoStory 3 supports plugin
> architecture, where can I have more information about this.
>
> Regards
>
> --
> Rehan
> www.rehanfx.org - get more effects and transitions for Windows Movie Maker
>
>
>
>
>
> "Chris Norred [MSFT]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> message news:FDBFCD79-2C85-47A1-9A70-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Create a Story from a Single Still Photo with Photo Story 3
> >
> > In this article, Lead Program Manager Vladimir Rovinsky describes how to
> > create a mini story based on a single picture with Photo Story 3.
> > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...ps/create.mspx
> >
> > You can discuss the article in this thread.
> >
> > Chris Norred
> > Tech Editor
> > (This post provided as is and implies no warranties)
> >
>
>
>

Can you import the output of Photo Story 3 to Windows Movie Maker?

Royce

"Chris Norred [MSFT]" wrote:

> Create a Story from a Single Still Photo with Photo Story 3
>
> In this article, Lead Program Manager Vladimir Rovinsky describes how to
> create a mini story based on a single picture with Photo Story 3.
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...ps/create.mspx
>
> You can discuss the article in this thread.
>
> Chris Norred
> Tech Editor
> (This post provided as is and implies no warranties)
>

I tried it and it works great!

"Royce" wrote:

> Can you import the output of Photo Story 3 to Windows Movie Maker?
>
> Royce
>
> "Chris Norred [MSFT]" wrote:
>
> > Create a Story from a Single Still Photo with Photo Story 3
> >
> > In this article, Lead Program Manager Vladimir Rovinsky describes how to
> > create a mini story based on a single picture with Photo Story 3.
> > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...ps/create.mspx
> >
> > You can discuss the article in this thread.
> >
> > Chris Norred
> > Tech Editor
> > (This post provided as is and implies no warranties)
> >

To get around this problem, for DVD burning, I saved my photos using the
"Profile for Computers 4 1024 x 768". I then burnt that file to a DVD using
Nero Vision Express. In Nero, I changed the burning setting to High Quality
and Progressive Scan. The resulting DVD was MUCH better than saving it as a
DVD in PS3.


"LIMEY" wrote:

> JUST AGREEING WITH YOUR COMMENTS. I removed photo story 2 initially, but when
> I discovered the new version did not have an option for VCD or DVD burning
> re-installed it, only to find that PS3 does not recognize PS2 files!?
> This is the only criticism I have on an otherwise amazing program. The loss
> of quality using WMP10 to burn is a shame.
> PLEASE let us know if a burning option is planned.
>
> "Rehan" wrote:
>
> > I have a few questions about photostory for vladmir if he reads this thread
> > (or anybody else who knows):
> >
> > Related to this article:
> >
> > 1. When making such a single picture photostory, how is the movie encoded?
> > Does it store only a single copy of the picture for all the pans or multiple
> > cropped copies are stored for individual pans.
> >
> > Unrelated to the article:
> >
> > 2. Whats wrong with the profiles used for DVD. Why is the picture so blurry
> > when saved using these profiles.
> >
> > 3. Why is there a limit on time resolution in specifying the picture
> > duration. One can specify 2.2 secs but not 2.235. The latter form should be
> > acceptable when typed in... but it is rounded to nearest tenth of a sec. Why
> > ? I want to match the picture durations with the beat of the background
> > music which is hardly ever exactly a tenth of the sec. Is there any
> > technical reason for this limitation ?
> >
> > 4. In an interview he mentioned that PhotoStory 3 supports plugin
> > architecture, where can I have more information about this.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > --
> > Rehan
> > www.rehanfx.org - get more effects and transitions for Windows Movie Maker
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Chris Norred [MSFT]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> > message news:FDBFCD79-2C85-47A1-9A70-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > Create a Story from a Single Still Photo with Photo Story 3
> > >
> > > In this article, Lead Program Manager Vladimir Rovinsky describes how to
> > > create a mini story based on a single picture with Photo Story 3.
> > > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...ps/create.mspx
> > >
> > > You can discuss the article in this thread.
> > >
> > > Chris Norred
> > > Tech Editor
> > > (This post provided as is and implies no warranties)
> > >
> >
> >
> >