You have several choices for bringing a still image into your multimedia project. This activity card describes one way&emdash;using a traditional camera. Activity cards 1, 2, and 4 describe other popular way.s to capture a still image.

1. Obtain a Photo CD.

 

2. Use a camera to take your pictures.

 

3. Turn in your film to a photo-processing lab and ask that the lab give you the pictures on a Photo CD.

 

4. View the photos.

 

5. Insert the Photo CD into the CD-ROM drive of your Macintosh.

 

6. Double-click the CD icon to open it - the photos appear as thumbnail-sized images.

 

 

1. Choose an editing tool based on how much h editing you want to do - for example, you can use your authoring tool - HyperCard, HyperStudio, or Kid Pix Studio - to crop and resize the picture. If you want to adjust contrast, brightness, or color, use Color It! instead.

 

2. Open the photo you want to edit from within the editing tool.

 

3. Use the editing tool to enhance the image. You can crop the image, retouch it, change colors, and so on.

 

4. Save the edited photo.

 

5. With the image still open, choose Save from the File menu.

 

6. In the dialog box that appears, type in a filename you'll remember. Then choosethe file format you want. For use in multimedia projects, PICT is the recommended format. Finally, choose a location on the hard disk to save the photo.

 

7. Bring the edited photo into your project.

 

8. Open the authoring tool you 're using for your project, if it's not already open.

 

9. Start a new multimedia project or open an existing project. For example; to start a new project in HyperCard, choose New Stack from the File menu.

 

10. Add the edited photo to your project. For example; to add a photo in HyperStudio, choose Add Clip Art from the File menu.

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