I MADE MY MIND MOVIE!

It is not as polished, nor as professional as Alexandra Cattoni’s or this example
, however, it is mine.

It reflects My values, My goals and My dreams. And, because it is so personal, I will not be sharing it here (my apologies).

The message I DO want to pass on through this post is that although it took about 4 days, it was relatively easy. Most of the time was spent going through my library of family pictures deciding which ones best reflected the concept I was trying to achieve … and time spent reviewing family photographs, and re-living family memories, is time well spent relishing life!

Procedure

I used Photoshop Elements 6.0 in the “Create” directory using the “Collage” feature. I then pasted my photographs into each Concept page, according to the concept I had in mind. Each page was separately saved and, subsequently, imported into “Windows Movie Maker” (which comes with the Windows Operating System).

I used the “Import Pictures” to import my Concept pages and “Import Audio or Music” to import the audio tracks I wanted to use. Then it was just an exercise of timing transitions (using View Video Transitions) between Concept Pages to the soundtrack.

It was not that difficult and was a very satisfying and, at times, emotional exercise. I am well satisfied with my final product.

Try it!!

Note: this procedure leaves you with a video in *.wvm format which can be uploaded to YouTube.

Check out my Squidoo page as well!

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