Online Media 598 Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Arizona State University |
Fall 2006 |
EXAMPLES
Charlotte.com's "Panthers vs Steelers" "Benton Franklin Fair and Rodeo 2006" from tri-cityherald.com |
Soundslides: "Ridiculously easy storytelling"
Soundslides is a program that produces simple audio slide shows, is quick to learn, and is rapidly becoming the software of choice for news organizations creating an online presence. Even better, it is inexpensive ($40) and works on both Macs and PCs. Here's the home page for the program. Once you've got the program open, the best way to learn how to make a Soundslide is to follow developer Joe Weiss' Quickstart directions, to which I've added some screen shots, some notes, and some added instructions below. Your image files must be RGB jpeg files, and must have a ”.jpg” file extension. Audio files must be 16bit, have a sample rate of 44.1khz or 22.05khz, and be either an MP3 or aiff (Macintosh) or wav (PC) with the proper file extension.
Both the audio and the images have to be imported before the editing window will appear. NOTE: "Blank" recordings will work. They must be prepared ahead of time. If you have a recorder in your computer, that works well. In the editing interface, you can click: SAVE will save the project so you can open the project folder later. To change the image timing points, drag the time marks between the images in the lower timeline. To edit the headline and credits, click on the “METADATA” tab. To create cutlines (captions), there are two options. Double click on the picture you want to write for, or go to the menu bar to MODIFY and select CAPTIONS. To change colors, go to the TEMPLATE tab. Remember to CLICK on where you want to change the color. This works for the headline, background areas, etc. A color palette will pop up for each one. I had to click hard after I made my selection and it didn't always take on the first try. This may just be my computer, however.
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Basic Soundslide presentation: Soundslides packages: |
©2006 Leslie-Jean Thornton ljthornton@aol.com |