101 QUICK AND EASY SECRETS FOR USING YOUR DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS- P39:Millions of people around the world have many photos stored on their laptop and desktop computers, external hard drives, CDs and DVDs, and flash drives. Most images are just sitting there idle, waiting for the world to see them. Some have been unused for years. Up until now there has been no guide to help people find ways to use these photos. | Chapter 12 Working with Slideshows Everyone loves a good slideshow so why not get into the business of making them You can you know by using your images and music. There are several ways you can do this from making a slideshow using an online platform to making one with software that comes with most computers Macs or PCs . Not only can you make slideshows you can also share them on YouTube your blog Facebook and MySpace. Each platform has a different set of options to put together your slideshow. On many you can add transitions on some you can add text on top of your images. Finally if you opt to show one of these slideshows at home on your TV set it s easy to connect your computer to it so that you can show it to your friends and family. 178 Working with Slidehows Making a Movie from Your Images Using iMovie For you Mac users there is software that comes with your computer that allows you to make a slideshow with your images set it to music and save it as a movie file or upload it directly to YouTube. To do this find iMovie in your Applications folder open it and navigate to File New Project. Click and drag your images from the appropriate folder into the area where it says Drag Media Here to Create a New Project. When you are dragging images a light-green line will let you know where they are going. After you re finished dragging your images you can change the order by clicking and dragging them around. To view your show click on the Play button at the bottom of the thumbnail display. NOTE To delete make a selection and navigate to Delete Selection. To change the timing of the slideshow drag the cursor over the first slide and click on the timer icon that comes up. Input the duration for each slide in the dialog box that comes up. To add music click on the musical note icon. The music files that you have on iTunes will come up. Click and drag the song you want up to the first photo thumbnail in your iMovie. You ll then see the name of your music file in a green .
