Lately, I have been doing a lot of digital storybook and video projects using PhotoStory and Windows Movie Maker. Kids often have a story or movie idea in mind that involves two characters to appear in the same scene. If you are having your students use images from the web, chances of finding "the perfect picture" with both characters doing or saying exactly what the student wants, is slim to none. Or, teachers and students want to create a title slide with a little more pizazz than the features in Movie Maker will give you.
Here's a little trick you can use with your students that allows them to use their PowerPoint skills to create and design their own images and title slides. PowerPoint allows you to save a slide as an image file (jpeg, png, etc.) that can later be imported into PhotoStory or Movie Maker.
Here are a couple example slides that I designed in PowerPoint but saved as .jpegs that could now be imported into PhotoStory, MovieMaker, or any application that works with images.
Have your students design a PowerPoint slide using multiple images, snazzy backgrounds, fill effects, clipart, WordArt, etc. Then, when they go to save the file, in the "Save as" window, have them change the "Save as type" option from the default "Presentation (.*ppt) to one of the available image file options (.jpeg, giff, png, tiff) using the drop-down menu. You normally can't go wrong with .jpegs. The program will ask you if you want to save just the current slide as an image or every slide. After choosing the appropriate option, a message appears telling you that the file was successfully exported into a separate folder and the location on the network.
Here's a little trick you can use with your students that allows them to use their PowerPoint skills to create and design their own images and title slides. PowerPoint allows you to save a slide as an image file (jpeg, png, etc.) that can later be imported into PhotoStory or Movie Maker.
Here are a couple example slides that I designed in PowerPoint but saved as .jpegs that could now be imported into PhotoStory, MovieMaker, or any application that works with images.
Have your students design a PowerPoint slide using multiple images, snazzy backgrounds, fill effects, clipart, WordArt, etc. Then, when they go to save the file, in the "Save as" window, have them change the "Save as type" option from the default "Presentation (.*ppt) to one of the available image file options (.jpeg, giff, png, tiff) using the drop-down menu. You normally can't go wrong with .jpegs. The program will ask you if you want to save just the current slide as an image or every slide. After choosing the appropriate option, a message appears telling you that the file was successfully exported into a separate folder and the location on the network.
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