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Photos can import photos from a camera, memory card, flash drive, or any

other drive, too. Just connect the camera, card, or drive to your machine,
and then hit the Import button at the top. From the drop-down menu,
choose “From a folder” (if the pictures are already on your PC somewhere)

or “From a USB device” (if they’re on a camera, memory card, flash drive,
or USB hard drive).

Hit Import. When it’s all over, you see the newly imported goodies nestled

in their new home, in the Photos app.

Video Slideshows

Microsoft has been toying with the idea of an automatic slideshow-making

module for a couple of years now. At one point, it was a separate app called
Story Remix; then it was folded into Photos, but in a special window. Now
it’s found a home in the Create menu, called “Automatic video with music.”

When you choose this command, you jump back to your Collection view,
where you can select the photos you want in the slideshow (by clicking or
tapping). Then hit Create, type a name for the video, and sit back and enjoy

the results. It’s an animated slideshow, complete with an opening title,
zooms and pans, and music.

At this point, you can choose:

Remix it for me. Produces a variation of the same slideshow—
different slide subset, different music, different effects.

Choose a star. Windows shows the faces of people it’s found in
your pictures; choose the person you’d like to appear more often in

the video.

Export or share. Choose a file size for the video, and then choose
“View in File Explorer” (to see the resulting file) or “Share to

social media, email, or another app” to do exactly that. You’ll be
offered a Share pane that features your My People (“Editing an

Address”), any Nearby Sharing computers (“File Sharing 1: