Capturing+Images

= = Before you can start making movies, you will need to collect the digital images you want to use in a folder. Create a folder on your h: drive or the USB drive you brought along today. Then start savings images to the folder, remembering to give each file a descriptive name that will make it easy to identify later. Practice with each of the methods below until you have at least ten pictures you want to work with.

Internet Explorer

 * [[image:explorer.png width="97" height="105"]] || Do an image search on Google for your topic. When you find an image you want to use, right click on it and choose "Save image as...". Save the image to the folder you created. If the option to save the image does not come up when you right-click, it means that the website does not want the image used for other purposes. ||

Flip-camera

 * [[image:ttpdigitalmovies/flip.png width="102" height="144"]] || You use the Flip-camera just like a regular camera to take digital pictures and short video clips. The images are stored on the camera's internal memory. When you are ready to transfer your images to your computer, just flip out the build-in USB and plug it into the computer. If the computer doesn't automatically start the picture transfer wizard, you can transfer the images to your folder using My Computer. Remember to delete the images from the camera memory before returning it so the next person who uses it will have a fresh start. ||

SmartNotebook

 * [[image:smartlogo.png width="108" height="104"]] || You can also use the Screen Capture tool in Smart Notebook to get images. But each screen captured image must be changed into a .jpg file to be useful. To change the image to .jpg format, copy/paste the image from Smart Notebook into PowerPoint. Right click the image from inside PowerPoint and select "Save as picture...". Change the image type to .jpg using the drop-down arrow and save the image to your folder.

Smart Recorder, which comes with SmartNotebook, can be used to create a video of your computer desktop with narration. ||