Using Windows Movie Maker

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Using Windows Movie Maker
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Overview

• StartgtProgramsgtAccessoriesgtWindows Movie Maker

• Title Bar
• Menu Bar
• Shortcut Toolbar
• Task pane
• Task Area
• Preview Area
• Storybook editing area
• Scroll bar

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Create a project in Windows Movie Maker

• To create a new project, select File gtNew Project
• Make sure that TASKS button is clicked so that
  you can use the task pane

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Capture Video Task Pane

• Click on arrow to view entire Capture Video
  choices in the task pane
• Once clicked, Movie Maker looks in specific
  places on your computer for the data
• Capture from video device
• Looks for camera attached
• Import Video
• Looks in My Video folder
• Import Pictures
• Looks in My Pictures folder
• Import audio or music
• Looks in My Music folder
• Can browse to correct location except from
  Capture from Video Device

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Import Video Clips or Images

• FilegtImport into Collection
• Browse to your video or image files and choose
  it, then click OK
• Hold CTRL key to select more than one image at a
  time(you can also use the task pane to do this)

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Save a Project in Windows Movie Maker

• FilegtSave asgt Name your movie in the file name
  field
• When finished, press the Save button. Your
  project is now saved for later use.
• NOTE We highly advise you save your work as
  often as possible

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Edit Movie Task Pane

• Show Collections
• View Video Effects
• View Video Transitions
• Make Titles or Credits
• Make an Auto Movie

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Basic edits available in Windows Movie Maker

• Split the Video Clips
• Trim Frames from Video Clips and Time from Images
• Add Transitions
• Add Effects
• Add Music / Audio
• Alter or delete Sound from Clip
• Add Titles and Text

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Add Video Clips and Images to Storyboard

• Click on clip, hold mouse down and drag clip to
  empty box on storyboard
• If you need to change order, simply click on clip
  and drag it to new position in storyboard

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Splitting the video clips

• Drag your clip to the empty editing box on the
  bottom left hand corner of the screen
• Select the Show Timeline option and place the
  cursor(looks like a blue line) at the exact
  point where you wish to split the clip
• Go to Clip and then select Split
• Now you have two separate clips that you can
  manipulate and add transitions to

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Transitions happen between the clips or images

• ToolsgtVideo Transition
• Drag the desired transition to the small box
  between the clips

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Effects change the way the image or clip appears

• ToolsgtVideo Effects
• Drag the desired effect to the small box on the
  clips
• Can use more than one effect on same clip
• Easy way to correct sideways, overexposed and
  underexposed shots

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Add Titles and Text

• Toolsgt Titles and Credits
• Follow the instructions to add title, text
  overlay or credits
• You can change fonts, size, color, background
  color as well as the type of animation
• Can still add effects and transitions to it in
  the storyboard

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Add Music

• FilegtImport into Collection
• Browse to your music file and choose it, then
  click OK
• Change Storyboard to Timeline View
• Drag music clip to Audio portion of timeline

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Fitting Music to Movie

• Scroll to find end of music clip
• Click on end of clip -a double headed arrow
  should appear
• Click and hold down your mouse button and drag
  end of music clip to desired spot
• Let go of mouse button

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Deleting Sound from Clip

• Change Storyboard to Timeline View
• Click on video clip, if it has a sound track a
  () plus sign will appear next to it
• Click on the () plus sign and the soundtrack
  will show
• Right-click on the soundtrack to see the menu and
  roll to delete

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Changing audio levels when there are multiple
music/audio clips

• Click on sound clip that you want to change
• Click on Audio Levels button
• Move Slider to the right if you want to hear more
  music and to the left to hear more of the video
  clip soundtrack

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Export Your Video

• FilegtSave Movie File
• Click on the how you are going to show your movie
  
• Computer
• Recordable CD
• Web
• Email
• DV Camera
• Choose Computer to continue and click NEXT

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Export Your Video

• Type a name and save under My Videos, then click
  NEXT
• WMM will begin saving your movie to a video file
  (be patient!)
• When it has finished saving, click NEXT to view
  the video