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Importing and arranging your pictures

If you are creating a new video story, first select the pictures you want to use. You can import pictures from your computer, network, or MSN Groups Web site. For each story, you can import up to 150 pictures, which can be files with .bmp, .esp, .gif, .jpeg, .pcd, .pcx, .png, .psd, .tga, and .tif file name extensions. After you import your pictures, you can arrange them on the Photo Story film strip in the order you want them.

Although the film strip appears on other Photo Story pages, you must use the Import and arrange your pictures page to add, reorder, and delete the pictures on the film strip. If you decide later that you want to change or reorder the pictures in your video story, you can return to this page by clicking Back.

To import and arrange your pictures

  1. On the Import and arrange your pictures page, click Import Pictures.
  2. In the File Browser dialog box, do one of the following:

    Your pictures appear in the film strip at the bottom of the page. If you import more pictures, Photo Story adds them at the end of the film strip.

  3. To view the pictures in the film strip, use the scroll bar located below the strip.
  4. To view your pictures individually in the picture preview area, click a picture in the film strip, or click the Previous Picture button Previous Picture button or the Next Picture button Next Picture button.
  5. To change the order of the pictures in the film strip, click a picture, and then drag it to a new location.

    Photo Story marks the currently selected picture on the film strip with a green rectangle. If you drag the picture to a location that is already occupied by another picture, Photo Story inserts the picture you are dragging after the location if you are dragging the picture to the right and before the location if you are dragging the picture to the left.

  6. To delete any of the pictures you imported, click the picture, and then click the Delete button Delete button or press the DELETE key.

    Photo Story also deletes any narration and advanced options associated with the picture.

  7. Click Next.

    If you want to return to the previous page, click Back.

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