Wednesday, February 24, 2010

February 24 Meeting

What a fun, interesting, and entertaining meeting today! After several weeks of tutorials (thank you to Bill Murr), training on Photo Story 3 and Windows Live Movie Maker, we finally got to show off our talents by presenting the slide shows we had each created. We saw some fantastic photography and applauded the use of transitions, music accompaniment, narrating, credit slides, and creativity present in the shows given by 11 members. We all learned a lot about making our photos and stories more entertaining through the use of new computer programs. As a result, our families and friends will benefit from some great Christmas presents this year as quite a few members have gifts in mind now that we can create some fun and amusing ways to display our pictures.

A short discussion and some helpful hints followed the presentations. Check out the magazine called "Smart Computing" as it is loaded with great information regarding many computer topics.

Want some music to download? Then visit http://www.nexus.com/ and check out the free service they offer. If you get the urge to go shopping for your cyberworld hobby, take a trip up to the new Microsoft store in Scottsdale ... don't forget to take your wallet!

Some members stayed longer to watch computer tutorials compliments of Chris Guld from Geeks on Tour. Check out their website for some great training videos. http://www.geeksontour.com/

At the next meeting on March 3, 9:30 in the SanTan Room, Jerry Smith from the Palm Creek Photo Club will demonstrate how to publish a book using Blurb. See you there!


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