Working with Windows Movie Maker
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1. eg 4 me i Performance Photographs Cancel Use the various options to customize your DVD The changes will be shown in the Preview window Put a new DVD in your computer s DVD burning drive then click Burn Windows DVD maker will burn your DVD complete with your customizations Roger Lipera 9 14 v2 5 22 Interactive Media Center rlipera albany edu http library albany edu imc This and other handouts are available for free download at our Web site2. LIME Home Animations Visual Effects Project View Edit Options z d pra i pace a ul FEN 4 4 Y Duration 1 50 l p sesees LLA L e y ig Apply to all You can adjust the duration of the transition using the Duration option The effect can be applied to all clips by clicking the Apply to all button Roger Lipera 9 14 v2 5 14 Interactive Media Center rlipera albany edu htto ibrary albany edu imc This and other handouts are available for free download at our Web site Pan and Zoom effects are applied the same way The illustration below shows a cube breakup transition that is in progress between two clips 00 34 10 01 03 34 A The Project tab on the Ribbon gives you options for global control of your project The illustration below shows the buttons that appear when you click the Project tab H Class Movie Movie Make Home Animations Visual Effects Project View Edit La Audio Emphasize Emphasize Emphasize Fit to Standard mix narration video music music 4 3 Audio Aspect ratio a Roger Loea vI IT V V 1393 HILOL UWV L VU Fia Center rlipera albany edu http library albany edu imc This and other handouts are available for free download at our Web site Audio mix allows you to control which audio element is louder After clicking the button a slider appears which can be adjusted to the right or left One way emphasizes the video audio the other
3. button provides controls to set the volume of the music only It does not control the sound that is embedded with the video To split the music select the music track in the timeline This will make the Split button on the ribbon active Click the Split button Experiment with the Music Tools to edit the music Click the Home tab after you have edited the music Adding titles captions and credits to your video 1s very easy Click the Title button on the ribbon Live Movie Maker will change and resemble the illustration below Roger Lipera 9 14 v2 5 7 Interactive Media Center rlipera albany edu htto library albany edu imc This and other handouts are available for free download at our Web site Type a title in the text box that appears in the preview window The illustration on the right shows an example 00 00 00 00 36 90 Customize the title using the text tools E id gt Class Movie Movie Maker gt Text Tools Home Animations Visual Effects Project View Edit Options Format LI 4 Cut TT le P Background color Copy a o Start time 0 005 z i Bi r Am pA ac Se g Text duration 7 00 z Clipboard Font Paragraph Adjust You will notice that the text tools are very similar to those available in other Microsoft Office programs such as Word The primary difference is that you now have the option Roger Lipera 9 14 v2 5 8 Interactive Media Center rlipera albany edu htto ibrary albany edu i
4. high contast e Lower the contrast for faded effects Roger Lipera 9 14 v2 5 13 Interactive Media Center rlipera albany edu htto library albany edu imc This and other handouts are available for free download at our Web site e Colorize a clip to create duo tones such as blue and white e Add motion effects such as spins and ripples e Add multiple effects To apply special effects click a clip on the Timeline to select it Click the Visual Effects tab on the Ribbon ns Visual Effects Many of Visual Effects examples will be displayed To see the full range click the expand arrow head on the right Home Animations Visual Effects Project View Edit Options Apply a Visual Effect simply click on it To remove an effect click the None option 0 Brightness si Apply to all Animations are another type of special effect that can be applied to a clip There are two types The Transitions are used to specify what happens when the video changes from one clip to another The Pan and Zoom choices are used to create Ken Burns effects where it appears the camera moves Pan and Zoom are especially popular with photographs To apply a Transition to the start of a clip click on a clip to select it ne Animations VIS Click the Animations tab on the Ribbon Click the Animation in the Transitions section of the Ribbon that you wish to use This causes the effect to be applied to the start of the clip
5. our Web site It is a good policy to periodically save your project Movie Maker projects are not finalized movies They can be viewed only in Movie Maker Click File Save Save As or click Control S to save the project file Be sure to give it a name you will remember later We will discuss exporting and finalized the movie later Quick Movies There may be times when you need to make a movie quickly and avoid extensive editing Movie Maker allows you to make good looking movies in seconds Insert your video in the normal manner described earlier in this document The illustration below shows a single video clip however you can add as many clips as you wish m L m m A A XK Remove You in gt ej BL gt Rotate Rotate O Select all d Tube vV e o i i left right E ove in Click the Home tab on the Ribbon if necessary In the AutoMovie themes section of the Ribbon illustrated below are several themes from which you can choose Roger Lipera 9 14 v2 5 17 Interactive Media Center rlipera albany edu htto library albany edu imc This and other handouts are available for free download at our Web site AutoMovie themes Click a theme to select it That theme will be applied to your video Each theme includes features such as animations transitions visual effects titles and credits You will be prompted to add music if you wish When once you have made a decision about the music all the various com
6. The Set start point and Set end point tools are used to trim off the beginning or end of the video The preview pane on the left side of the screen allows you to play the video that you are working on This is very handy when you want to see how your project is coming together 00 00 00 00 29 90 A Roger Lipera 9 14 v2 5 5 Interactive Media Center rlipera albany edu htto library albany edu imc This and other handouts are available for free download at our Web site The timeline on the right side of you screen is where you do your editing work If you have a long clip or if you have several video clips or photographs the timeline will expand and become longer It may extend down over several rows s s ear ss mar Playhead A black vertical bar called the playhead extend down over the active area of the timeline Left click and drag the playhead up and down the timeline The view in the preview pane will show the video frame that the playhead is on Once you have located a desired frame in the video using the playhead you can use Split Trim or Set tools to edit the video clip Adding music is often the next logical step The Add music button on the ribbon is a two part button If you click the a top part the Add Music panel will appear Add music If you click the bottom half you will be given several choices as a om shown on the right You can add music from outside s
7. This and other handouts are available for free download at our Web site Some camcorders require you to use special software Check the user manual e You can capture video from a Web cam that is connected to your computer e Movie Maker will allow you to edit HD movies e Movie Maker can export movie to HD You have two ways to bring into Movie Maker files that are already on your computer NOTE Moving video or photographic files from a camera or camcorder to your computer may require special software Consult your camera or camcorder s owner s manual for information The process may vary depending on the manufacturer or the availability of a memory card slot on your computer You can click the Click here to browser for videos and photos link in the right side of the work area You can also click Add Videos and Photos on the ribbon Both options are circled in the illustration below Making and Editing a Video Click either of the two browse links The Add Video and Photos panel will open Roger Lipera 9 14 v2 5 3 Interactive Media Center rlipera albany edu htto ibrary albany edu imc This and other handouts are available for free download at our Web site Navigate to the video or videos you wish to use Select the video then click OK You can add several video clips if you wish NOTE Windows Movie Maker is capable of working with many different video file types including WMV MOD MOV MP2 Flash FLV and many
8. WA Interactive Media Center NS http library albany edu imc UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES Sa ie o UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY State University of New York Working with Windows Movie Maker Windows Movie Maker is the latest in a long series of Windows Movie Maker video editing programs This version first became available at about the time of the Windows 8 launch but works very well with Windows 7 If your computer s maker did not include it you can down load the program It is available for free from the Microsoft Web site at Wwww microsoft com The original Windows Movie Maker was available through many early versions of Windows up through Windows Vista At about the time Windows 7 was released a new collection of Live applications including Windows Live Movie Maker became available Although WLMM represented a significant advance in capabilities and a significantly improved user interface it was lacking certain popular features that were available in earlier versions Most significant of these features was the ability to record live narration over a video Narration recording has been restored to Windows Movie Maker and the Live terminology has been deleted from program name Windows Movie maker allows you to make movies and slide shows that can be saved to your computer put on a CD uploaded to a Web service such as YouTube or by using Windows DVD Maker turned into a DVD that is playable on most DVD machines In this handou
9. ace them in the proper order The rest of the editing is the same as outlined above Roger Lipera 9 14 v2 5 19 Interactive Media Center rlipera albany edu htto library albany edu imc This and other handouts are available for free download at our Web site saving Your Movie As mentioned earlier the Movie Maker project file it has the file name extension wlmp is not a finished movie and is used only for editing The project must be saved or exported into a finalized movie formation Movie Maker saved to two file formats You may select from WMA or MP4 In addition Movie Maker can also save with various settings for services such as Blip TV and YouTube It can also save only the audio portion of a video which essentially makes in an audio extraction tool Movie Maker will save directly to services including SkyDrive Vimeo Flickr and YouTube is you set up your account information in the program Click the Home tab on the Ribbon if necessary Click one of the buttons in the Share section of the Ribbon to upload directly to ey El i You EV eo a service listed If you use a service that 1s gt not listed you can click the expand arrow Share head and add a plug in from the service if itis available You will have to check with the service find such a plug in Save Sign movie To save your video click the Save movie button A large drop down list ss we s will appear The illustra
10. e right shows the Soundtrack credit segment in place with an Effect thea applied SOUNDTRACK 00 41 70 00 50 90 4 gt You can add more video clips at any time New clips will be placed either before or after existing clips Position the play head where you want the new clip to be inserted Click the Home tab on the Ribbon if necessary Click the Add Videos and Photos button Find the video clip you want to insert select it then click Open Rearranging video clips is very easy Roger Lipera 9 14 v2 5 12 Interactive Media Center rlipera albany edu htto library albany edu imc This and other handouts are available for free download at our Web site The illustration below shows the timeline for a video that has two clips a title segment two captions and three credit segments lt qar A Along the Alaska A Somewhere in Alaska A SOUNDTRACK A Video from Videofom A The nd To move a clip from one position to another you click on the clip in the timeline to select it and then drag it to the new location Moving other components is just as easy You can move captions along the timeline to control where they start to appear There are a number of special Visual Effects that can be applied to individual clips These effects are primarily appearance styles change the way a clip looks Among the things you can do are e Turn a clip to black and white e Posterize a clip e Add
11. mc This and other handouts are available for free download at our Web site of setting the starting time and duration of the text The start time controls how soon the text appears and the duration specifies how long it remains on the screen You can also apply any one of several different effects to your title The illustration on the right shows all of the selections You can see them by clicking the Expand arrow head on the right side of the Effects segment of the Ribbon Click an effect to test and apply it Click the None option to remove it mE Place the play head in the location where you want the caption to start Click the Caption button on the Ribbon The Caption text box appears in the Preview panel Roger Lipera 9 14 v2 5 rlipera albany edu This and other handouts are a Ea 4 gt b Edit or re type the text as you prefer Highlight the text usic fools lext tools a Click the Text Tools tab on the Ribbon Options Format Now you can use the various options on the Ribbon to customize your caption This selecting fonts text size start and end times and various special effect Home Animations Visual Effects Project View Edit Options Format E X cut Segoe UI 24 Ad Transparency Mm re A A Copy CY Start time 8 175 K gt x a Paste BZA A Edit x v Outline Outline a
12. more It will not work with SWE You video will now be available for editing An example is shown below You can add effects sound and more However most people prefer to edit the video first and then add enhancements Click the Video Tools tab that now appears above the ribbon The various video editing tools become available Roger Lipera 9 14 v2 5 4 Interactive Media Center rlipera albany edu http library albany edu imc This and other handouts are available for free download at our Web site Home Animations Visual Effects Project i 3 j g i Fade in None ae z Speed 1x z oo cf gt Set start point Video Fade out None r Background Y4 Duration Split Trim t Set end point volume color j tool Audio Adjust Editing The Video volume button allows you to set the volume level of the for the sound that goes with the video Most often this is the sound that was recorded with the camcorder but it could also be the sound that is part of another video that you are importing The Fade in and Fade out let you set speeds at which the video will appear or disappear The Speed control has options for speeding up or slowing down your video clip The Split tool will split the clip at a point you select The Speed setting allows you to set a playback speed for fast or slow motion The Split tool is used for splitting a video clip into segments With the Trim tool you can adjust the portion of the clip you want to use
13. ources such P Record narration Caption sg Snapshot AE Credits as Vimeo or from your computer F Find new music online siz AudioMicro n Free Music Archive 7 Vimeo Add music from PC If you choose Add Music you will add the music starting at the beginning of the video 2 Add music d Add music at the current point Selecting Add music at the current start point will place the beginning of the music at the playhead location Click the Add music button navigate to the music that you want to use then click OK The music will be added as a new track on the timeline Roger Lipera 9 14 v2 5 6 Interactive Media Center rlipera albany edu htto library albany edu imc This and other handouts are available for free download at our Web site Notice that the music track is colored green and it has been labeled with the name of the track Click the Music Tools tab on the ribbon The Music Tools are Bel ta Class_Movie Movie Maker 5 _ Video Tools Music Tools 5 5 Home Animations Visual Effects Project View similar to those for 3 CS Set start time Start time 0 00s video You can control OP Fadei None fa des an d volume You Ws a _ Set start point Start point 0 005 z cogs eee None 7 Set end point Endpoint 291 455 S can also set start times set end points and more Audio Editing The Music Volume
14. ponents will be added to the video You can now customize the titles and credits and add narration if necessary The video 1s finished Making Slide Shows With Windows Movie Maker you can create interesting slide shows using photographs Click either one of the Add Videos and Photographs buttons as you did before Navigate to the photos that you want to use Select as many photographs as you wish Click Open Remember you can add new photographs as any time Windows Movie Maker will import your photos and create one long video clip The illustration below demonstrates how each photo appears almost as if it was a separate video clip Roger Lipera 9 14 v2 5 18 Interactive Media Center rlipera albany edu htto library albany edu imc This and other handouts are available for free download at our Web site You can reorder the photos by dragging them around the timeline This is the same way that you can reorder video clips Using the standard video editing tools that you used previously you can customize your slide show This can include Titles captions and credits Animations Transitions Music Narration Visual effects Combing Video with Still Photographs Your Windows Move Maker movie does not have to be only video or only photographs It is easy to make a movie that combines both All you have to do is add video and photographs separately as you have done before Then you can drag them around the timeline to pl
15. size colo Clipbos i BOR Effects text Text duration 7 00 5 o O D amp a n a w Q The illustration below shows a caption that has been applied to the video It has a colored outline and the outline size has been optimized for the best presentation Roger Lipera 9 14 v2 5 10 Interactive Media Center rlipera albany edu http library albany edu imc This and other handouts are available for free download at our Web site Somewhere in Alaska 00 08 20 00 36 90 Credits are applied to the end of the movie The general Credit tools are identical to Titles and Captions but the collection of Credit options is greater The following explains what this means Click the Home tab on the Ribbon if necessary If you click the Credits button on the Ribbon you will install Credit Aa Title segments for Director Starring Location and Soundtrack If you click the Expand arrow head next to the Credits button a drop down list will appear From that list you can select the individual Credit segments For e instance if you wish to insert only a Soundtrack segment you click the Prjet_ view Edit Expand arrow head then click Soundtrack deo ail Title ration Caption o Roger Lipera 9 14 v2 5 11 Intera rlipera albany edu http libr This and other handouts are available for free download at our W You can now edit the Credit segments as has been done with Titles and Captions The example on th
16. t we will explore many of Windows Movie Maker s features The Movie Maker work area resembles the standard Microsoft Office layout There is a ribbon across the top with a series of tabs When the tabs are clicked as with Office the ribbon will change Roger Lipera 9 14 v2 5 1 Interactive Media Center rlipera albany edu htto library albany edu imc This and other handouts are available for free download at our Web site Ribbon Preview area Timeline area On the left side of the work area is a preview screen You will be able to watch your video here as you work on it On the right side of the screen is an area that will become a sort of timeline The first thing that you need to do is to determine the source of your raw video or photographs You have three basic choices e You can open video or photograph files that you have already placed on your computer in most instances o Some cameras and file formats do not allow this Consult your camcorder user manual for details e You can import the files from most camcorders o If you import video files from your camera be sure to review the steps and tips in the camera user manual Some of the most common tips Be sure to plug your camera into the wall outlet with your power adapter before connecting it to your computer Most cameras cannot transfer video on battery power alone Roger Lipera 9 14 v2 5 2 Interactive Media Center rlipera albany edu htto library albany edu imc
17. tion on the right shows the list sarc The Recommended for this project option at the top of the list will a automatically save the file with default settings You will have to select O ano either the WMV or MP4 format ane Other options include BL sndroia Prone tage e For high definition display to show it on an HD screen Note that Hig piein this will not improve low quality images or video that are not HD Ma se enone oras in the first place BL Feature rone ma e For computer which is suitable for playing on a computer BF windons prone eras e Burn a DVD this option will be discussed below f werden mone ma e For email Note that this radically reduces the size and quality of l ereo 022200 aspin the video but it may still be too large for attaching to an email l HD or device message a e Various phone and device settings that such as Android iPhone T Hi Windows Phone and Zune io e Table settings for Android iPad Windows 7 and Windows 8 lt Pa e Web settings for SkyDrive Flickr YouTube MySpace Vimeo and more z Roger Lipera 9 14 v2 5 20 Interactive Media Center rlipera albany edu http library albany edu imc This and other handouts are available for free download at our Web site e Audio only which will extract the audio tracks e Custom Settings Click the option you prefer and the video will be processed as necessary Making a DVD Windows Movie Maker will help you create a DVD that can be pla
18. way emphasizes the music that you have inserted The Emphasize narration button gives priority of loudness to any narration you have recorded while the Emphasize video make the video s overall sound louder than the narration The No emphasis button sets the audio to a neutral level You can also adjust your screen setting to widescreen or standard ratios Adding narration to your video is simple if you have a microphone connected to your computer To add narration click the Home tab if necessary then click the Webcam video 75 s 29 Record narration button Record narration 7 Ee cr Snapshot Ald Narration X Record Stop Cancel The recording controls will appear on the Ribbon Record Narration If you click the Expand arrow head you have a choice of recording narration or adding sound such as a sound effect aha bad Narration To record the narration click the red Record button speak into a gt 4 the microphone then click the Stop button when you are finished The narration will be inserted into the video and you Record Stop Cancel will be prompted to save the narration as a separate audio file eee ee PCO Walrration saving Your Project Saving the file is handy in case you want to use it for other projects Roger Lipera 9 14 v2 5 16 Interactive Media Center rlipera albany edu htto ibrary albany edu imc This and other handouts are available for free download at
19. yed on nearly any stand alone DVD player or computer equipped with a DVD drive Select Burn a DVD from the Save movie options list The Save movie panel will appear Navigate to a folder where you can save a WMV video file Name the file then click Save Move Maker will process your video into a WMV file When that is completed it will as if you wish to view the movie It will also start Windows DVD Maker The Windows DVD Maker panel will appear It is illustrated below O cj Windows DVD Maker Add pictures and video to the DVD File je Add items mal JL 4 DVD burner D Order Name Duration Status i slideshow 0 01 52 Ready 1 1 0f 150 minutes DVD title My Slide Show a once Name your DVD in the DVD Title box Click Next Roger Lipera 9 14 v2 5 21 Interactive Media Center rlipera albany edu htto library albany edu imc This and other handouts are available for free download at our Web site The Ready to burn DVD panel shown on the right presents options for menu styles themes and the ability to customize your slide show Be sure to select a theme otherwise your movie will not have Play or Scenes buttons G Win Maker Ready to burn DVD File Preview A Menutext M Customize menu Ef Slide show A 7 a L My Slide Show Play Scenes LE ee Ss x 4 Menu Styles x ZS Layers Page Flip
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