The

traditionally posed team shots and senior

portraits filling the pages of yesterday's high

school yearbooks have been replaced by high tech

methods of capturing school memories.

Video

and digital cameras plugged into computers now

give student editors the creative advantage to

design state-of-the-art pages and CDs that

capture everything from a track meet to the

senior prom.

Nearly

100 students and teacher/advisors met at McIntosh

High School last week for a four-day workshop

sponsored by International Multimedia to learn

from the ground up how to create the perfect

yearbook.

"We

teach writing, cropping, photography, everything

it takes to make a good yearbook," said

IMM's Sandra McCarthy. "We believe in the

mentoring process."

Yearbook

staffs from local and metro high schools, plus

some from neighboring states, participated in the

hands-on seminar, which introduced them to

computer programs like Photoshop and Pagemaker,

plus CD ROM and video production.

School

events that happen late in the year, post

yearbook deadline, now can be included on CD ROM,

McCarthy said. "It fills the gap," she

said, noting that the add-on price to the book is

usually between $5 and $10.

Yearbook

covers have also entered the new millennium.

"The covers are more contemporary and more

colorful," McCarthy noted.

An

example of a timely CD ROM bonus to the yearbook

is Fayette County High School's "That was

Then... Golden Memories 2000." Featuring a

two-toned tiger, black and white for then and

full-color for now, the CD takes the viewer on a

fast-paced ride through the school year. Events

like the homecoming parade, club activities and

video clip of key sporting events are brought to

life with the click of the mouse.

Instead

of the blank stares forever plastered on the

yearbook page, underclassmen are captured in live

action on the CD format.

Students

involved in the workshop were tutored by IMM's

staff and had ample opportunities to try out

different approaches and methods for designing

eye-catching pages with sparkling writing.

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