Mini-Essay Program

Mini-Essay: A group of images with a common theme. Narration or background music is recommended. Images may be advanced automatically or by the presenter. Examples are travel, nature, photojournalism, etc.

Content should be informative and/or entertaining on a subject of your choice.

Images should be the work of the presenter.  Introduction and transition pages may be illustrations by others.

The presentation should last between three and five minutes. Please time your essay not to exceed 5 minutes.

Please put your name on the CD/DVD or flash drive.

If you plan on entering a mini-essay, please send Jim Goins your name and the format you will be using. First time presenters will be given preference over previous presenters. First Come - First Serve!

Participants each receive 10 points for their efforts.

Electronic Images
The club computer is a PC running Windows XP. Put your show on a CD/DVD or a USB flash drive. The projector has a resolution of 1024 x 768. If possible, make your show a PC executable (.exe). Many members are using Photodex ProShow Gold software. There are also many other slide show programs available. The club computer has PowerPoint Viewer software, although PowerPoint is not a good choice for a show consisting mostly of photos. The club computer also has Adobe Acrobat, so another choice is to use Photoshop Album software to make a PDF show (a good choice for a manual advance program with real-time narration). Your show must be in a universal format that will play on the club PC. Sorry, we will not load custom software on the club PC.

Macintosh: Your best choice is to make a DVD movie that will play on a standard Television DVD player; the club computer can play TV DVD movies. Other options are to use software that will create a file compatible with a PC, or bring your Mac and connect it to the club projector. The club projector has a 15-pin HD-D connector; you may need to bring an adapter. You may want to talk with some of the other Mac people like George Burke.