“Make show-n-tell cool again”©Photo Story 3 is an awesome tool that allows you to create movies from digital pictures. It makes digital storytelling for home or school easy and fun. The application automatically adds motion to your still pictures. You can add music, narration, text, and a variety of special effects for a truly professional finished product. Additionally it all gets packaged in a small file that can be e-mailed or configured to watch on your TV, computer, or mobile device.
To get started go to Microsoft’s Photo Story 3 website and download the application to your PC (XP operating system). You can watch sample movies and access complete instructions on this website but we think you will find this program so easy to use that you will be able to open it up, import your photos, click through the application’s six steps and be watching your first movie in less than 5 minutes!
For examples of digital stories that were created using Photo Story 3 go to this Greece Central School District web page. For complete tutorials, go to David Jakes’ Photo Story blog posting at jakesonline.org.
