In the first week of EDLD 5363 Multimedia and Video Technology I made a digital photo story. We were given our choice of open source software programs to use. Since I had never used Windows Live Movie Maker, I thought I'd give it a try. I don't have it on my computer, so I tried the free download. I tried three times before giving up. Apparently I am missing something on my computer that it needs to install it with. I tried repairing with no sucess. I decided to borrow my roommate's laptop to make the video. I was able to download it fine. By this time, I had already invested several hours just trying to get the program to work. Once I began working with Movie Maker, it seems fairly intuitive. I loaded all my pictures and my music only to run into another roadblock. Every time I added my narration, my music disappeared. My goal was to have soft music playing in the background while I narrated the story. I was unsucessful. I began to wish I could just use Animoto because it is so easy to use and creates a professional looking product.
I started over for a third time, switching back to my own laptop. I decided to use Photo Story 3. I found this very easy to work with, but I had a hard time finding music that I felt conveyed the feeling of the story. In fact, I ended up just settling. The options for creating music were very limited, and the songs that were appropriate to upload had lyrics that overpowered the narration.
I also had difficulty maintaining my voice volume throughout. Since each slide is narrated invidually, it was hard to maintain a consistent rate, volume, and tone. Some slides are louder than others.
I am going to continue experimenting with various programs. So far, Animoto is my favorite. The one negative is that, as far as I know, there is not a way to add voice over narration. I am still learning something new every day!
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