WEATHER UPDATE EDIT with MOVIEMAKER LIVE EDITING INSTRUCTIONS

STEP 1 IMPORT YOUR CLIP HOOK UP YOUR CAMERA WITH THE BUILT IN USB

1. Look for your Camera Icon on the computer2. Find the File of your video3. Copy it to your U drive. Be aware that editing from the U drive can be slower but gives you the freedom to use

any computer with MOVIEMAKER in the building.

STEP 2: OPEN MOVIE MAKER – 1. Go to the top and select ADD VIDEOS AND PHOTOS

2. Find your file (usually under library-video) and either double click on it or click on it and click open

(NOTE: ON YOUR :U DRIVE.)

SAVE YOUR PROJECT NOW ON :U Drive Either clicking the blue drive icon at the top or pull down and click save. GIVE THE PROJECT A NAME YOU WILL RECOGNIZE and pay attention to where it is saving the project.

STEP 3 EDITING USING SPLIT AND TRIM TOOLS TO EDIT VIDEO

1. Play the video and find the end of the first shot you’d like to cut. PAUSE IT.

(NOTE : The J key and L key give you individual frame control. CLICK J to go 1 FRAME BACK or L to GO 1 FRAME FORWARD)

2.Under VIDEO TOOLS select SPLIT

3 CLICK SPLIT and it will divide your clip into two parts.

Continue to play original clip –pause and hit split to cut video into individual shots.

TO TIGHTEN INDIVIDUAL SHOTS USE THE TRIM TOOL

1.CLICK on the shot you’d like to edit. GO to the home under VIDEO TOOLS –EDIT and select the trim tool.

2 SELECT YOUR START AND END POINTS By either using the control at the top of the screen or playing and pausing.

(NOTE : The J key and L key give you individual frame control. CLICK J to go 1 FRAME BACK or L to GO 1 FRAME FORWARD) When you have the point you want CLICK SET START POINT or SET END POINT(NOTE: FOR ANIMATION WE WANT TO USE 2 FRAMES from the start to the end of the shot. EITHER USE THE L or J KEY OR CLICK THE DOWN ARROW OF YOUR END POINT TWICE)

2. When you’ve set the start and end the way you want it. CLICK SAVE TRIM3. Continue trimming each shot until you are happy with the final edits.4. STEP 3 Putting Shots in Order and adding graphic

1.Put the Weather shot after the shot of you speaking

2. click on the start of the weather picture and Select the caption icon – small middle icon To the left of the word Snapshot

3. A text box will appear over your weather shot. Type TODAY’S FORECAST and add the High and Low

4. Try out various displays with the Icon on the top far right menu’s 5. Preview- Play your video to be sure it plays correctly. You should see your update title with the picture of the

weather, followed by the clip of you announcing if it looks correct save your project and move the the FINAL STEP.

ADD A 5 SECOND GRAPHIC TO THE BEGINNING

1. Click before the picture of you announcing go to the top of the three small Icon ands click on Title

2. Pull down on the text duration to make it 5 seconds long

3. In the text box on the title type WEATHER UPDATE with (Your Name)

FINALIZING YOUR MOVIE

1.When you have the video the way you want it go the far left and pull down to SAVE MOVIE –AS RECOMMENDED

or click save movie icon on far right

2. A SCREEN WILL POP UP. NAME THE MOVIE –give it your name and the name of the project. NOTE: IT is saving this movie under. USER-YOUR NAME-MY VIDEOS which is actually on the C drive of the computer you are working on. If you want to access it later on another computer save it on your U drive.