Videoblogging without a camcorder

Tell visual stories by weaving together photos and sound

By the Ourmedia staff

Videoblogging — or digital storytelling — does not have to be high tech or expensive.

To tell a visual story, Gena Haskett, who videoblogs at Out on the Stoop, uses a program called Windows Photo Story 3 to assemble the selected photographs, animate them and add music. She then saves it in the Windows Media Video (WMV) format and uses another program, Ashampoo Movie Shrink & Burn ($50), to create a QuickTime video version.

Mac users can perform the same tasks by importing photos and music or voiceover audio files into the built-in iMovie feature.

"Keep it simple," Haskett advises. "Don't let a lack of a camcorder keep you from documenting your world. Get out the house. Take the picture. Tell the story."

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