Getting Started: Do You Copy?
Transferring photos to video is easy with the right tools and a little know-how.
If you're starting out in videomaking, chances are you've got a still camera. It may be anything from a point-and-shooter to a single lens reflex with all the trimmings. And where there's a camera, there are slides.
Or, more probably, prints: prints in envelopes, prints in albums, prints in folders, prints in drawers, prints in shoe boxes--so many shoe boxes that your closet would make Imelda Marcos proud. And you unpack all these prints and enjoy them on at least a weekly basis.
Suuuuure, you do.
So why not use your intriguing new camcorder to make these photos more accessible? Why not turn them into video shows? Doing this is surprisingly simple, low-tech and cheap; and it shouldn't take all that much time either.
The first step is to organize the pictures you'll be copying for your pr…
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