Photo story issues

[Guest]

Hi -

I am new to Photo Story and am trying to make a video which includes photos
and music. So far so good. I've edited the timing so that the pictures
change on specific beats --- all together, I must say I am quite impressed
with my rookie product!

So, what's the problem you ask. The pictures change to the beat of the
music in the preview mode only. When I go to save it, suddenly there is a
time delay that seems to build on itself throughout the course of the video.
Quite to my dismay, it did it on the DVD version I made as well as a "save to
computer" version.

Any guesses?

My second question deals with sharing the final video. My dad, whom the
video is ultimately for, does not have a DVD player, so it has to be able to
go on his computer. I tried to open my DVD version in my computer and got
some error message (aka - need to buy more software message). If I do that,
"save for playback on my computer" thing, couldn't I just drag that over to a
CD / DVD and have him play that?

Thanks for your time.

 

[John Inzer]

Hi -

I am new to Photo Story and am trying to make a video
which includes photos and music. So far so good. I've
edited the timing so that the pictures change on specific
beats --- all together, I must say I am quite impressed
with my rookie product!

So, what's the problem you ask. The pictures change to
the beat of the music in the preview mode only. When I
go to save it, suddenly there is a time delay that seems
to build on itself throughout the course of the video.
Quite to my dismay, it did it on the DVD version I made
as well as a "save to computer" version.

Any guesses?

My second question deals with sharing the final video.
My dad, whom the video is ultimately for, does not have a
DVD player, so it has to be able to go on his computer.
I tried to open my DVD version in my computer and got
some error message (aka - need to buy more software
message). If I do that, "save for playback on my
computer" thing, couldn't I just drag that over to a CD /
DVD and have him play that?

Thanks for your time.

==========================
I don't think it's possible to synchronize
images and audio to the level you require
using PhotoStory. Maybe you could
do it in Windows Movie Maker because
it has the option to edit the length of the
sound files.

..WMV is PhotoStory's default format
and anyone with Windows Media Player
7 or later can play the completed files
on their computer. You could e-mail the
file or burn it on a data CD. Also...if you
have the software for it...you can create
a VCD that should play on most DVD
players.

Maybe the following links will be useful:

Share Your Stories with Photo Story 3
http://tinyurl.com/dzhhr

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

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

Burn a Photo Story to DVD
and Watch It on Your TV
http://tinyurl.com/8aasp

Create a Story from a Single
Still Photo with Photo Story 3
http://tinyurl.com/3q9tn


--

John Inzer
MS Picture It! MVP

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[Guest]

Thanks John.

I think I've resolved my data copying issues. I had my computer restored
recently, and that disk from Sony that Best Buy said I "didn't need" is
actually quite necessary to be able to burn data cd's. So, once that
arrives, I should be good to go on that end.

I don't think I was very clear on my other issue - perhaps my bigger issue.
I have the story all nicely timed and coordinated to the music now. In the
Photo Story Preview pane, it looks perfect. Changes pictures when it's
suppose to ...everything. In the DVD copy, the timing slowly erodes so that
within a few minutes (overall story is 21 minutes long), the timing is off by
at least a 1/2 second, and towards the end of the video it's off by a good
second if not more. After viewing the DVD, I went back to the preview
thinking that I inserted a picture and forgot to adjust the timing or
something, but that's not the case, because it is the good version still.
So, there is something amiss between the preview and the conversion.

I had Movie Maker before, but Best Buy had convinced me that Photo Story was
a superior product for doing this type of project. After my original post, I
did import my photo story file into movie maker, but it seemed real choppy
when playing in the preview. Do you know if that will go away? I've got well
over 30 hours into this project, and really don't want to start all over
again.

Thanks again for you time. I really appreciate it.

 

[John Inzer]

Thanks John.

I think I've resolved my data copying issues. I had my
computer restored recently, and that disk from Sony that
Best Buy said I "didn't need" is actually quite necessary
to be able to burn data cd's. So, once that arrives, I
should be good to go on that end.

I don't think I was very clear on my other issue -
perhaps my bigger issue. I have the story all nicely
timed and coordinated to the music now. In the Photo
Story Preview pane, it looks perfect. Changes pictures
when it's suppose to ...everything. In the DVD copy, the
timing slowly erodes so that within a few minutes
(overall story is 21 minutes long), the timing is off by
at least a 1/2 second, and towards the end of the video
it's off by a good second if not more. After viewing the
DVD, I went back to the preview thinking that I inserted
a picture and forgot to adjust the timing or something,
but that's not the case, because it is the good version
still. So, there is something amiss between the preview
and the conversion.

I had Movie Maker before, but Best Buy had convinced me
that Photo Story was a superior product for doing this
type of project. After my original post, I did import my
photo story file into movie maker, but it seemed real
choppy when playing in the preview. Do you know if that
will go away? I've got well over 30 hours into this
project, and really don't want to start all over again.

Thanks again for you time. I really appreciate it.

==============================
I was not suggesting that you open the
PhotoStory project in Movie Maker...I was
thinking you may want to create the project
from scratch in Movie Maker.

Good luck with your projects.

--

John Inzer
MS Picture It! MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Making Good Newsgroup Posts
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[Michael J. Mahon]

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I don't think it's possible to synchronize images and audio to the level
you require using PhotoStory. Maybe you could do it in Windows Movie
Maker because
it has the option to edit the length of the sound files.

I've had good luck with synchronizing transitions to external (.mp3)
music. Of course, my longest effort that did this was about 3 minutes,
but it retained sync to the beat throughout.

The OP should check his transition times to make sure that they
fit within the "picture" times he has defined.

-michael

 

[Guest]

However many times that I press the New And Answer button I can not start
another thread so I apolagise for jumping on this one.
I have a question:
Has anyone come across a printed guide or book on Windows Photo Story 3?

 

[John Inzer]

However many times that I press the New And Answer button
I can not start another thread so I apolagise for jumping
on this one.
I have a question:
Has anyone come across a printed guide or book on Windows
Photo Story 3?

==================================
If you click...New...and then click...
Question...what happens?

I'm not aware of a book but maybe
the following sites will be useful.

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

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

Share Your Stories with Photo Story 3
http://tinyurl.com/dzhhr

Burn a Photo Story to DVD
and Watch It on Your TV
http://tinyurl.com/8aasp

Create a Story from a Single
Still Photo with Photo Story 3
http://tinyurl.com/3q9tn

--

John Inzer
MS Picture It! MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Making Good Newsgroup Posts
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm