Video Production with Windows Movie Maker

Meet Movie Maker….Windows XP: find it in C:Program Files:Movie Maker. Make shortcut for desktop.Using the program Working with the pictures and video Video effects Transitions Titles and credits Audio Saving the movie

The 4 panes of WMM

Using the task pane3 Tasks:

1.Capture/Import

2.Edit

3.Finish

The timeline/storyboard 5 Tracks

Video Transition Audio Audio/music Title

When we edit our movie, different parts will go in these tracks

Import media into Movie maker

Capture video clips or pics from digital camera, or import from files saved on your computer.

Click on import video/pics

Move video/pics to the timeline

Each item will appear in the collections pane

Drag each item to the story board and drop them in the order you wish them to appear.

Picture time You can also change the length of time that the

picture shown in the movie By default each picture will be shown for 5

seconds If you want to change that amount of time drag

the “end trim handle” (shown below) notice when you click and drag the amount of time will show in the window.

If you are using video you can crop the length of the video using the same process.

Preview your movie You can preview the video at

any time by simply clicking the play button at the bottom of the preview screen (or at the top left of the storyboard)

The preview will start where the timeline marker is set… you can drag the marker anywhere you choose by grabbing it at the top

You can also click on the full screen button to see it big

Note: when you preview a movie it may be choppy.

Timeline marker

Full screen

Video effects You can employ

different effects that will jazz up the video.

In the task pane, under step 2, click on “view video effects”

The collection of effects will appear in the collections area

Drag the effects down Once you have

found the effect that is perfect… click and drag it down to the clip in the storyboard

You can use multiple effects on an item

Video effects You will notice on the

picture that a star will appear to represent an effect is on the picture

You will notice that there are 2 overlapping stars on a picture with 2 effects

You can preview the effect on your pictures/video

Full screen

Transitions You can employ different

transitions to jazz up the video

In the task pane, under step 2, click on “view video transitions”

The collection of transitions will appear in the collections area

Drag the transitions down Once you have

found the transition that is perfect… click and drag it between the clips in the storyboard.

A blue line will appear to show where the trans will go

Transitions You will notice that the 2 clips will slightly overlap,

and in the track beneath the clips, the name of the trans will appear.

Unlike effects, only one transition can be used at a time

You can also speed up or slow down a transition by clicking on the picture and sliding it forward or back to increase or decrease the transition’s speed

Titles / Credits Again, in the task

pane, under step 2 click on “Make titles…”

This will appear and you can choose where you want to put the title/credits

Titles Type whatever you want in the text box Below, you can change the animation or the font

and color Once complete, click on Done.

Audio Add music (mp3,

wav, wma) to your movie

In the task pane, click on “import audio…”

Choose the file(s) you want to use and click “import”

Drag audio down… In the

collections pane, click on the audio file and drag it into the Audio/Music track.

Adjust the audio To adjust the volume,

push the Control key and U

Or you can right-click on the track and get this menu which shows volume, fade in and out.

For video clips, you can mute the recorded sound in the same way

Trim the audio Be sure to make the music the same length as the

video. Click on the end of the track and drag it left or right

to trim the length. You can add more audio tracks before or after this

track

Finish the movie First go to File-Save

to save your project as a Movie Maker File.

This will enable you to go back and make changes, if necessary.

Go to Step 3: Finish Movie. In the Save Movie Wizard box, enter and name and choose where to save.

Saving options When you save,

you have many options based on the quality that you want

Leave it as “recommended” or click on “show more choices”

Saving The amount of

time that it takes to save depends upon how long it is and the quality options you chose.

The next screen will tell you it is finished and will ask if you want to see your work.

Watching the video The video is now set

to play back in Window media player

If you go to the folder you saved it in and double click it will open and play for you

Then you can burn the file to cd or flash drive to take with you

Atomiclearning.com tutorial on WMM http://www.atomiclearning.com/moviemaker2

Microsoft website: Step by step directions:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/getstarted/default.mspx

Other examples of using MM2 http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/videos/

samples.mspx

Adorage movie effects softwarehttp://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/

Pixelan special effects software http://www.pixelan.com

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