Wednesday 16 July 2008

Exciting!

Having read good things about the PhotoStory program, I thought I should investigate so this morning I downloaded it and played about a bit. I created a sequel to the video we made way back in the early days of this blog and was keen to share it with you all. You may like to watch the video first, to remind yourself of the scenario and the relevance of the Raspberry Crunch.



The photos were all taken during the meeting when we introduced the Sony cameras. As you can tell, I enjoyed playing with mine! I uploaded a series of them into PhotoStory and added music and captions. I recorded a narrative too, but decided that was one step too far so deleted it.

The PhotoStory saves in .wmv format, which means they can be posted here on the blog easily. I think I'm going to have more fun with the program - just think what could be done with holiday photos, for example.

But bringing myself back to our AdEd focus, it would be a great way to put together evidence of a process - eg recording the making of an item in a craft class or the creation of a piece of artwork. I may well have to try that out for myself. Watch this space.

(BTW, who's going to be the first to spot the continuity error?)

7 comments:

Jane CD said...

Gill - did you find PhotoStory easier to use than Movie Maker? I presume you had to download PhotoStory and if you think it would be worthwhile we could download onto the Ad-Ed laptops before they go out to tutors.

PS I'm glad you have posted that photo again it reminds me that I definitely need to stick to my diet!!!!

Gill said...

Jane, I found it easy to download though a little time consuming - I first had to dl "Silverlight" and some ActiveX control or other - restarting the pc each time. But of course, these are only minor irritations to someone who just wants to get-on-with-it!!

Definitely worthwhile downloading onto the new AdEd laptops. Absolutely no doubt about that.

Jane G said...

Wow - very impressive Gill! Can I suggest that we have access to a piece of "air-brushing" software? Just a personal observation directed at me!
It's an excellent way of capturing a sequence without making a film.

Gill said...

It's also a way of completely distorting the real story into something totally ficticious.

Apologies to my very professional colleagues who really have better things to discuss than what to do with a Raspberry Crunch biscuit. Hard to believe, that, isn't it?

I can't remember what we were really discussing!

Anonymous said...

Absolutely brilliant, my colleagues here at the RSC office kept asking me what I was laughing at!
PhotoStory is becoming more and more popular; I showed it recently to a group of new tutors and they loved it.
Thank you!

lizzie g said...

I'd like to be able to use PhotoStory, will it be possible to download it onto the AdEd laptops we're using? I hope so, I've got ideas for my Spanish class next year.

Gill said...

I downloaded it onto my home PC with no probs Lizzie. You might have to dl some other program first though - see second comment.