Family Computer Fun: Digital Ideas Using Your Photos, Movies, and Music

Customize your music library, share and play with digital photos, record and edit your own music and video and more; Chapters each start with an ingredients list clearly explaining what readers will need to get started; Projects use built-in, free, or trial software so readers can work without a large investment; Author Ralph Bond is Intel’s consumer education manager and has spent 10 years explaining technology and discovering what excites people about their computers Family Computer Fun: Digital Ideas Using Your Photos, Movies, and Music will give readers ideas for dozens of fun projects for their families to enjoy. The book starts with a quick tour of what’s needed for the projects in the book, which doubles as a guide for readers looking to buy a new PC or enhance their current one. Projects in the book include creating custom photos albums to share, editing photos to add effects or retouch, uploading home movies to edit and burn to DVDs, sharing video or photos over the Internet, and turning a PC into a home recording studio. Later chapters offer a quick guide to streaming video and audio to a TV and stereo in the living room. The author creates each project with tools anyone can afford and use, and finishes with pointers to more advanced software for readers who want to explore further. Unlike other books on digital media, the activities in Family Computer Fun are designed with the family in mind, with software that anyone can use and projects - such as music recording or virtual makeovers - that will be fun for parents and kids to explore together. The CD-ROM will include useful software to get readers started on the projects in the book.