How to Make a Slideshow With Hard Copy Photos
Even if you didn't take the pictures using a digital camera, you can still create a slideshow from photo prints with programs already installed on your Windows operating system. Before you can make the slideshow, just scan the pictures to create digital images. Once you scan all the photos, you can rearrange them and create a slideshow. Burn multiple copies onto DVDs for friends and family to enjoy.
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Instructions
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Scan Pictures
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Connect a scanner to your computer using a USB cord while the computer is off. You can find USB ports on the sides or back of laptops, or in front or back of a computer tower.
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Turn on your computer. Windows 7 automatically recognizes new devices like a scanner once plugged in and downloads the necessary software so you may use the device.
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Click the "Start" button in the bottom left corner and then "All Programs." Click "Windows Photo Gallery" to launch the program.
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Click "File," then "Import from Camera or Scanner." Select the scanner model from the list of available scanners then click "Import."
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Click "Profile" in the "New Scan" window and then select "Photo." If your scanner has a document feeder, first click "Paper Size" and then the size of the photograph you want to scan from the list. Options include 3-by-5, 4-by-6 and 8-by-10.
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Click on the desired "Color Format" from the list provided. Options include color, black and white and sepia.
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Click "File Type" and select how you want to save the file. Windows recommends saving the photograph as a ".jpeg" image as this uses less memory than a ".tiff" file.
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Click "Preview" to see how the picture will look once scanned. Click "Scan" to begin the process. You can name each picture if you want to when a "Tag these Pictures" box opens.
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Click "Import" when done. You can save all your scans in the "Pictures" folder. Find this folder by clicking the "Start" button and looking in the list on the right side of the menu.
Create Slideshow
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Click the "Start" button, then "All Programs." Select "Windows Live Movie Maker" from the list.
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Click the "Add Videos and Photos" button. A new window will open showing all your scanned photographs saved in the "Pictures" folder. If the "Pictures" folder doesn't open right away, click "Libraries" on the left side of the screen and then "Pictures."
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Hold down the "Shift" key and click on each picture you want to add to the slideshow. A blue box will surround the pictures as you select them. Click "Open" when done. The "Pictures" window will close and a Windows Live Movie Maker storyboard will display all of the scanned images you highlighted.
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Arrange the photographs in the order you want them to appear in the slideshow. To move a picture, click on it and then drag it to the desired location.
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Insert a DVD into your computer's drive and highlight the "DVD" icon in the "Sharing" box. Click "OK" to burn your slideshow to a DVD.
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Tips & Warnings
Add music to your slideshow using Windows Live Movie Maker.
References
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