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Sound Sound From "Making Home Movies" episode DMHM-109

Sound enhances to the video and can be accomplished in several ways:

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	The finished video opening.
	Family photo.
	CD-ROM burner on computer.

• Add a song from a CD to act as a soundtrack or use a music clip that is included with the editing software.

• Take advantage of the software's built-in sound effects collection, which includes a variety of sound options ranging from a tiger's roar to the sound of skidding tires.

• For this video, Berg concentrates on using clips from the nature sounds, including a creek, birds and the sound of cold wind.

Working on the Beginning and End of the Video

Certain tricks can make a video look more polished:

• First, look at how the video opens. If you jump from the credits straight to a picture, it has an abrupt feel. If a one-second dissolve is used between the credits and the picture, it eases the viewer into the story.

• This transition can be smoothed even more by fading up the music about three seconds prior to the dissolve. The audio cue tells the audience that the show is about to begin.

• Add a dissolve at the end of the video to provide a smooth transition out of the program. At this point, though, it is best to fade the audio and video at the same time since there is no reason for it to continue past the last picture.

Saving Your Photos

Saving the restored materials for future use can be done several different ways:

• Connect a color inkjet printer to the computer and follow the software prompts to print the photos on photo paper. Here, media type was opened and premium glossy photo paper was selected.

• Next, the advanced setting was opened and the high-quality photo setting was selected. Then print the photos.

• Another option is to save the pictures on a CD-ROM. To do this, you will need to have software on the computer that will convert the photos into a CD-ROM format.

• Your computer will also need to have a drive that burns CD-ROMS. If it doesn't, external CD-ROM burners are available for approximately $50 to $100.

• The pictures can also be stored on the computer's hard drive in what amounts to a digital archive, if you have adequate hard-drive space. If the space is available, it is strongly recommended to keep them stored on the hard drive even if they are burned into a CD-ROM. A disk can be scratched or misplaced, but if they are on the hard drive, you have a convenient back-up, ensuring the archive is available for future projects.

	Checking the audio.
	Camera acting as a VCR.