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Narrating your pictures and customizing motion

On the Narrate your pictures and customize motion page, you can do one or more of the following:

To narrate your pictures

  1. To begin recording narration for a picture, click the picture, click the Record Narration button Record Narration button, and then begin speaking into your microphone.

    Photo Story captures the narration individually for each picture and displays the length of the narration for the picture on the right side of the Delete Narration button Delete Narration button. You can record up to five minutes of narration for each picture.

    If you want more control over the areas where panning and zooming effects start and end for the selected picture, click Customize Motion at the bottom of the picture preview area. For more information about customizing motion, see Customizing motion and selecting transitions.

  2. When you finish the narration for a picture, you can do any of the following:
  3. To preview your story, click Preview.

    You can preview a story at any time as you record narration for your pictures. Pictures for which you have not recorded a narration or specified options in the Customize Motion dialog box will be displayed for the default number of seconds and be displayed using default panning and zooming effects during the story preview. To preview other pictures in your story, in the Photo Story Preview window, click the Previous Picture button Previous picture button or the Next Picture button Next picture button.

  4. Click Next.

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