Pre-Production

Pre-production includes the following:

-Finding all media
-Importing photos
-Importing Sound

Please follow all of the directions patiently and thoroughly.

Creating a New Folder

First, you'll need to create a new folder on your desktop to hold all of your files. You can do this by pressing the Control button and clicking your mouse. A menu will appear. Select New Folder.

Once the folder appears, you can click on the text below the folder to change the name of the folder. This folder will be where you collect all of your photos for your slide show.








Finding Photos 
Your slideshow will consist of your audio recording, photos, and text slides that will help to illustrate your research. You will need to decide what parts of your essay will be represented with pictures and which parts of your essay will be represented with words. Once you've decided this, you can start to look for photos you want to use in your slideshow.

Go to www.google.com. Look at the options at the top of the screen and select Images. Then, type in your search terms to find images that match the topics of your research paper. Look through each sentence of your paper and imagine what images would best suit that piece of the writing.

Once you've searched for your topic, several images will appear. Scroll through and carefully select the images you wish to use.

When you've found an image that you want to use in your presentation, you'll need to save those photos into an easily accessible location. Click on the image that you want to use. Then, click on View Original Image. Make sure the image isn't too small. Small images might appear grainy in your final presentation, so choose large images.

When you've seen the original image, you will want to save the image. Hold down Control and click the mouse. You will see a menu. Choose Save Image As...

When the Save window appears, choose Desktop from the Where menu. Then click Save. The photo will appear on your desktop. Then, you can drag and drop the photo in the file folder that you created on your Desktop.


Continue to save photos until you've found enough to complete your slide show. You will then need to import your photos to iPhoto and import your audio to iTunes.



Preparing Audio
You should have already exported your audio recording as a .wav file. If you have not already done that, please go back and follow the QuickTime Audio - Exporting tutorial.

Now, you need your audio .wav file in the iTunes music on the computer. Begin by opening iTunes. If it is not in the dock at the bottom of your screen, you can search for it using the search icon in the top right corner of the screen.  Type in iTunes in the search bar, and select iTunes when it appears next to Top Hit or Applications.

If you are prompted, Agree to the terms and services for iTunes.

Once you've opened iTunes, make sure that the Music section is selected. Then, you should be able to drag your .wav file into iTunes. You should see your file appear in the list of music.

After you've placed your .wav audio file into iTunes, you can exit out of the program. Click on iTunes in the top left corner of the screen. At the bottom of the drop-down menu, select Quit iTunes.





Preparing Photos
Just as you imported your audio into iTunes, you will need to place your photos into iPhoto. At this point, check to make sure you have put all of your photos into the folder you created on your desktop. If all of your photos are in one place, you can easily move them all at once, rather than one-by-one.

Open iPhoto using the icon at the bottom of the screen that has the picture and the camera. If you don't see the icon in your dock, you may search for iPhoto using the search icon in the top right corner of the screen.

If this screen appears, click Close.

This screen should appear.

 Open the folder that contains all of your photos for your slide show. You should be able to see both screens at once.

You will want to select all of the photos. To do this hold down Command and press the A button. You should see all of the photos in your folder highlighted.

Drag all of those photos into iPhoto. You should see them appear in iPhoto like the example on the left.

Click on iPhoto at the top of the screen and choose Quit iPhoto from the drop-down menu.






Now you are ready to begin your slideshow. You have a final recording saved as a .wav file, a collection of photos, plans for text slides, and you've prepared both your photos and your audio for iMovie. You should begin the iMovie tutorial.