Photostory

Photostory A.Desjardins L. Alamo

Photostory is a free download program from Microsoft. It is a digital photo editor and show creator. This new software has many features put in an easy to use way that is similar but simpler than Microsoft Movie Maker. These two software share many of the same features, making small movies, changing the effect on your photo but Photostory also lets you edit your photos such as red and other visual effects. Photostory 3 can be downloaded from many numerous sites, however the best place to get it is Microsoft.com. Before you download the software there is another program called Windows genuine advantage. This program will not harm your computer and after it is installed you simply download photostory. Once downloaded and launched you have three options: begin a new story, edit a project or play a story. To play a story or edit they will bring you to a screen where you just select the one you want to work on. Beginning a new story starts you off with a picture import page. Under the large square showing your selected picture (usually the last one imported) there are buttons to rotate and edit your photo. By clicking edit you can rotate, autocorrect and add effects to your pictures. However the next page allows you to change effects in a more efficient way. Once you’ve imported all the pictures you want in the show you select next and the screen is set up like the last except that there is scroll list under the selected picture. You can also put text on your pictures in this screen. The next two screens add sounds to your show, the first is to add a recording to a certain picture and the second is to add music to play through the show. Also on the screen for recording is a button saying customize motion. In this you can pick different transition and motion patterns in which your photos with appear. Once done save the project as a .wp3 by clicking save project. In Photostory there are ten different effects: 1.	Black & White 2.	Chalk & Charcoal: creates a black and white photo that looks blended and sketched with a chalky look. 3.	Colored pencil: creates sketch lines that look blended in with the photo and the colors are also bent in the diagonal of the lines. 4.	Diffused glow: increases the amount of light in the photo and makes shadow look more apparant 5.	Negative 6.	Outline, black: recreates the photo in a sketched form of only black lines 7.	Outline, gray: recreates the photo in a sketched form of only gray lines 8.	Sepia 9.	Washout : shows the photo in a lighter form like there is a layer of white on top of it. 10.	Watercolor: creates the photo with softer looking colors