Recording a
narration for your slideshow
Once you are completely happy with the visual
part of your slideshow, you may wish to add a narration to the
slideshow, or parts of it. PhotoVidShow has a built in audio record
feature that allows you to record voice
narration.
Although you could record one narration for
the whole slideshow in one go, it may be preferable to record small
sections at a time. PhotoVidShow will allow you to move and edit
your narrations afterwards. This is covered in the later
sections.
To record a
narration, make sure you have a microphone plugged
into your computer (some laptops may already have a built in
microphone), and then set the slideshow preview slide bar to the
location from where you wish the narration to begin. This may
simply be the beginning of the slideshow. You then left click the
'Record narration from current
position' button from the storyboard
panel.
You will then be presented
with a 'Record narration
window'.
PhotoVidShow will automatically choose a name
and a file location for your recorded narration. This can be
changed if desired. Currently all recordings are saved as Microsoft
.wma file.
Also change the input record device option if
this is not set correct. I.e. if multiple devices
exist.
Once the
'Record'
button in selected, PhotoVidShow will begin playing the slideshow
in the preview panel from the current position. You can now record
you narration using your record device whilst watching your
slideshow play.
If you wish to
pause for any reason, left click the
'Pause'
button. When you are ready to continue recording, left click the
'Continue recording
button'.
When you have
finished recording your
narration, left click the
'Stop'
button.
PhotoVidShow will then close down the window
and return to the main window with your newly created narration
inserted into the narration part of the storyboard
panel.
Note: If the slideshow finishes whilst recording a
narration, PhotoVidShow will automatically stop the narration for
you.
It may be worth recording a small section
first to make sure the microphone is working correctly and that the
output is not too loud or quite. You can always delete this test
recording later on.
You can also select the
'Echo
recording' option when recording. This simply echo's
back your recording. To prevent possible feedback problems, it may
be worth using headphone when doing
this.
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