Digital Story Telling - Free Essential Tools

MS PhotoStory

Download MS PhotoStory free from

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx

Some useful screencasts on using MS PhotoStory http://www.jakesonline.org/photostory.htm

This is also a helpful

Getting_Started_with_Photostory3.pdf

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Google Picasa

Download Picasa for free from here http://picasa.google.com/

Picasa is a fabulous free tool to organise and edit your images and create Digital Movies.

Recording Audio

Download Audacity here http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/

To use the free LAME encoder to export MP3 files with Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=install&item=lame-mp3.

1. http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Audacity_Wiki_Home_Page

1. Atomic Learning ($): http://www.atomiclearning.com/
2. Audacity Tutorial for Podcasters: http://www.how-to-podcast-tutorial.com/17-audacity-tutorial.htm
3. http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Category:Tutorial
4. Guides and Tutorials: http://www.guidesandtutorials.com/audacity-tutorial.html
5. Audacity Tutorials: http://www.personal.kent.edu/~gmote/audtuts/
6. Manual for Audacity: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/manual-1.2/tutorials.html
7. Audacity Effect Tutorials: http://audacitytutorials.webs.com/
8. Video Tutorials: http://hotbutteredit.com/open-source/audacity-tutorial-part-4-learn-how-to-record-using-audacity/131
9. Tips and Tricks for Audacity: http://curriculum.union.edu/tips/audacity.php
10. Delicious and Audacity: http://www.delicious.com/search?p=audacity+tutorial&chk=&context=userposts|meganaiemma|to&fr=del_icio_us&lc=

1. http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Mixing_stereo_tracks_to_mono_in_your_Project Stereo to Mono
2. How to record your voice using Audacity: http://www.ehow.com/how_4493684_record-voice-using-audacity.html