I’m excited to announce that one of the coolest new technologies for sharing life’s memorable moments through digital photography is now available and just in time for the holidays – Photo Story 3 for Windows! Building on the success of earlier Photo Story technologies, the Windows Extensions Team has taken the concept of sharing photo slideshows to a whole new level with the ability to effortlessly add transitions and effects, touch up common photo issues, add transitions, effects, music and more in a simple and fun way.

What’s new in Photo Story 3?
Capture Memories in a Snap!

Smart enhancements and image correction
- With a single click, correct top issues such as contrast, color levels and red-eye imperfections in your pictures
- Automatically remove black borders on a single picture, or all of your pictures in a single step using MSR technology

Bring Photos to Life
- Automatically add Pan and Zoom effects or create your own effects without limits.
- Add your own original music you create with just a few clicks or choose from multiple songs in your music library to create a mood.
- Built-in support for panoramic images creates a stunning effect
- Add and control more than 40 transitions like Diagonal Wipes, Flips, and Page Curls and effects like Black and White Chalk or Sepia

Share Stories in a Whole New Way
- Easily share via email using your favorite email client – attach your photo story with just a click!
- Burn to CD using Windows XP built-in CD burning
- Experience even more on Media Center 2005 PCs – enjoy your Photo Stories again and again on your home TV or burn to DVD using built-in DVD burning.
- Enjoy your photos on the hottest new Windows Mobile portable devices with Windows Media Player 10 Mobile including the new AT&T Wireless Smartphone, Dell Axim X50, and Portable Media Center devices.

How to get Photo Story 3?
Photo Story 3 is available today and consumers can freely download Photo Story from the Microsoft Download Center. http://microsoft.com/photostory
Photo Story 3 is part of the suite of genuine Windows products in the Windows Genuine Advantage program.

Attention Photo Story Users! - Discuss the new features of Photo Story 3 in the Photo Story forums

• Read tips about using Photo Story 3.
• Create Movie Maker 2 videos that are combined with Photo Stories.
• Download Custom Profiles to change the sizes of your Photo Story videos.
• And much more. Visit: www.papajohn.org

Mark Coffman's Windows Photo Story web site
Mark has a large collection of tutorials about using Photo Story 3. Mark, being a more technical user, has put together some interesting guides for advanced as well as novice users.

• Read a walkthrough on how to turn your stories into DVD's for sharing with others.
• Explore advanced topics like XML project files and making custom text effects.
• Post questions in his Photo Story Forums.
• And more... Visit: www.windowsphotostory.com