How to do a PhotoStory

1. Photo Story
“Make Show-and- tell cool again!”

2. Photo Story 3 for
Windows
A free application by Microsoft created to
Capture memories
Bring photos to life
Share your stories
http://microsoft-photo-
story.en.softonic.com/
•Restart Computer

3. Getting Started
• Click “Start”
• Click “Programs”
• Click “Photo Story”
• Then Click “Begin a New Story”
–This is where you can open a story you
have already created as well
–Click Next

4. Getting Started

5. Import and Arrange
Pictures
• Click “Import Pictures” and select the pictures you
want to upload…you can select as many pictures to
upload as you want
• Once open, you can edit and rotate-This is located
under the actual pictures.
• You can create slides of all pictures in PowerPoint
and save them as JPEGS. This will allow you to insert
clipart and cool font. Then just upload these directly
into Photo Story.
• Can import as many pictures as you want for your
story
• Click Next

6. Import and Arrange
Pictures

7. Import and Arrange
Pictures

8. Main Workspace

9. Storyboard

10. Viewing Screen

11. Advanced Editing Options

12. Remove Black Borders

13. Example of Remove Black
Borders

14. Adding Titles for Pictures
• Use icons above title box to place title where
you want it
• You can change font here too
• You can add effects to each picture also
• *****YOU CAN SAVE YOUR PROJECT
ANYTIME!!! Just click “save project”, name it
and click “save”

15. Adding Titles for Pictures

16. Narrating Your Pictures and
Customizing Motion
• This is where you tell the story for each picture.
– Simply select the picture you want to talk about.
– Click the red “Record” button and speak
– When you are finished, click the “stop” button
– By “Previewing” your picture, you can hear what it
sounds like and make changes if needed.
– “Custom Motion”, located beneath the picture will let
you time your pictures/story if you would like.
– There is also a “Transition Tab”…similar to Power
Point. You can customize each picture here.

17. Narrating Your Pictures and
Customizing Motion

18. Transition Tab

19. Adding Music
• You can insert music saved on your computer
or upload straight from Photo Story
• There are many different song choices and
you can preview them before choosing them.

20. Adding Music

21. Saving your Photostory
• On the last screen, choose “Save for playback on my
computer”.
• At this point, if you click next, it goes through the process of
converting it to a windows media video file and saving it to
your computer.
• Before clicking “Next”, click “Save Project” on this screen.
This will save it in Photo Story so you can make changes if
needed.
• Once it is converted to a .wmv, NO changes can be made so
if you have this file as a back up, you can simply go back
into Photostory, open your project, make your changes and
then resave as a different .wmv.