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Narrate slideshow in IPhoto?

Jan 14, 2008 2:01AM PST

I thought I could narrate a slideshow in IPhoto 08.. I am reasonably certain I did it once but can't figure out how to do it again. I am getting old but hey.... Can it be done or should I stop trying. I know I can narrate once it goes to Imovie.. that is another can of worms. I was tempted to download I Movie o6 but I cannot find a site to do so from .. least not for free.

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Record your Narration in GarageBand
Jan 14, 2008 2:14AM PST

and then add it to the slide show.

You should be able to add it in the same way as you have choices of music to play with the show

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Looking for this?
Jan 14, 2008 2:21AM PST
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iMovie HD6
Jan 14, 2008 3:51AM PST

can be found Here

Just in case you did not trust the other link


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Does that mean...
Jan 24, 2008 1:02AM PST

..... that in order to narrate an iPhoto slide show I have to use iMovie?

If so, can I send a link to people via email?

I ask because I send slideshows of our events to members of or neighborhood association, and I thought it would be nice to narrate one,

Thanks.

Angeline

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Not necessarily,
Jan 24, 2008 1:12AM PST

you could record your narration in GarageBand, and while putting together your slide show, choose that recording.

Remember you can add music from iTunes to your slide show, just pick the narration instead of music.

On the other hand, after creating a slide show with narration in iMovie, you have the option of exporting the whole thing as a Quicktime Movie.

Then you email that as an attachment.

I'm not sure I understand when you ask if you could send a link to people via email. Where would the link point to?

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What I have been doing....
Jan 24, 2008 1:26AM PST

.... is creating a photo page in iWeb using photos from iPhoto in a slideshow, then sending a link to the web page to the association members.

The I saw the post about the narration, and thought that would b nice. (I already noticed I could add a music file.

But I just looked around Garage Band 06, and could find nothing about making an audio voice spoken-only file. (Seemed to be all instrumental.) Didn't look in iTunes to see if I could.

Looks easy to add a music file to iWeb.

iMovie looks beond my capabilities. At least, right now.

Thanks.

Angeline