Column: Create a Story from a Single Still Photo with Photo Story

[John Inzer]

Hello-

I created a video from still photos with music in Photo Story 3. I
was not successful in copying it onto a CD or DVD. I e-mailed it to
myself so I could download it onto a laptop to view. The resolution
was horrible-- any suggestions?

thanks,
Cynthia

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What software did you use to create the
CD/DVD? Nero, Roxio, WinDVD?

For higher quality resolution try using a
different profile. You can access the
choices from your Save Your Story screen
by clicking the Settings button and opening
the Profile drop window.

more info:

Photo Story 3 Profile Choices
and Making a DVD
http://tinyurl.com/cahtf

Beginner's Guide to Photo Story
http://www.windowsphotostory.com/

Windows Movie Maker 2 - Photo Story 3
www.papajohn.org

PapaJohn's Newsletter Archive:
http://tinyurl.com/4vb5p

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[Guest]

Excuse Me. Does any of you know how to de a curtain action and apply them to
all the pictures?

 

[John Inzer]

Excuse Me. Does any of you know
how to de a curtain action and apply
them to all the pictures?

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Maybe the following links will be useful:

Beginner's Guide to Photo Story
http://www.windowsphotostory.com/

TweakPS
http://www.windowsphotostory.com/TweakPS

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[Guest]

I've finished a 10 minute photo story and now I'd like to put it on You Tube
but it's too big. Is there a way to optimize it?

 

[John Inzer]

I've finished a 10 minute photo story and now I'd like to put it on
You Tube but it's too big. Is there a way to optimize it?

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Re-open your .wp3 project file.

On your "Save your story" screen...
click the "Settings" button.

Try choosing a different profile.
For example:
"Profile for e-mail - 3 (320x240)"

If you did not save your .wp3 project file
and do not want to recreate the project...
try opening the .wmv file in Windows
Movie Maker and save it for e-mail.

Drag the movie to the timeline and go to...
File / Save Movie File / E-mail

Save the movie to your hard drive and
then upload it.

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[PapaJohn]

YouTube has a 10 minute maximum... if yours is a bit over it, trim it down.

PapaJohn

 

[Guest]

Can you help me, please? I don't have any of the features spoken about in the
instructions other than the color, red eye, rotate and crop. How do I get the
various pages to appear, such as adding narration, music, etc.
Ed Barkley
913-908-5185

 

[John Inzer]

Can you help me, please? I don't have any of the features spoken
about in the instructions other than the color, red eye, rotate and
crop. How do I get the various pages to appear, such as adding
narration, music, etc.
Ed Barkley
913-908-5185

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[Guest]

I have Microsoft Digital Imaging 2006 Anniversary Edition that has photo
story 3.1 that I'm using. I finally was able to create a vcd using a cd-r
disc. But I can't seem to get it to play back on my dvd player in my
televison. How do I do this? Thanks.

 

[John Inzer]

I have Microsoft Digital Imaging 2006 Anniversary Edition that has
photo story 3.1 that I'm using. I finally was able to create a vcd
using a cd-r disc. But I can't seem to get it to play back on my dvd
player in my televison. How do I do this? Thanks.

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If it doesn't self start like a DVD in your stand
alone player...it's possible that your player is not
compatible with VCDs. Check the manual
for your player and see if VCDs are supported.

And...some players will just not play home made
VCDs or DVDs...the newer your player is, the
better your chances are.

Good luck.

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[Guest]

Just fantastic I have a photo story using your method with many pics 50
actually and what a difference it made to each Pic and made the story line
flow smoothly
Thanks Nutcracker

 

[Guest]

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/using/digitalphotography/photostory/tips/create.mspx

You can discuss the article in this thread.

Chris Norred
Tech Editor
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[Guest]

please can you help me with Photo Story - i can not to save final file -
system write that it is not memory place, it is not truth, thank you

 

[John Inzer]

please can you help me with Photo Story - i can not to save final
file - system write that it is not memory place, it is not truth,
thank you

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Maybe the information at the following
sites will be useful:

Beginner's Guide to Photo Story
http://www.windowsphotostory.com/

Movie Maker - PhotoStory
http://www.papajohn.org/

Photo Story 3 - Saving and Distributing
http://www.papajohn.org/PS3-Saving.html

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John Inzer
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Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
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[Guest]

I was successful in creating a DVD with pictures which played successfully on
the DVD player, but when I added music it would not let me copy to DVD. I
just got an error saying it could not could not copy because of an error but
no clue as to what it was. The story was 136 mb and I was copying to a 4.7GB
DVD so the size should not have been a problem. Any suggestions as to why it
did not work?
Joyce B

 

[John Inzer]

I was successful in creating a DVD with pictures which played
successfully on the DVD player, but when I added music it would not
let me copy to DVD. I just got an error saying it could not could
not copy because of an error but no clue as to what it was. The
story was 136 mb and I was copying to a 4.7GB DVD so the size should
not have been a problem. Any suggestions as to why it did not work?
Joyce B

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Maybe the format of the audio files was not
compatible with the software you used to create
the DVD.

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Digital Image MVP

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[Guest]

I'm making a presentation using one "picture" that is a quote, and the next a
photo of a famous person. I need more than 7 seconds for the text. What is
the longest duration time between photos using photo story. I would like to
buy it, but I want to be sure it's what I need. Thanks Judy

 

[PapaJohn]

300 seconds
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[John Inzer]

I'm making a presentation using one "picture" that is a quote, and
the next a photo of a famous person. I need more than 7 seconds for
the text. What is the longest duration time between photos using
photo story. I would like to buy it, but I want to be sure it's what
I need. Thanks Judy

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Buy what? PhotoStory 3 is a free download.

PhotoStory 3 For Windows
http://tinyurl.com/4f869

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John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
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http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

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me may not work for you

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[Guest]

Hi Chris,

I am trying to create a photo story in 16x9 format insted of 4x3. I've
alredy create a profile to encode at 1280 x 720 but once the file is encoded
the pictures get stretched. Is there any solution to work at 16x9?
Many thanks
J. Eduardo