1. Windows MovieMaker

2. What is Windows Movie Maker? Video creating/editing software Included in Microsoft Windows ME, XP, and Vista Was replaced with Windows Live Movie Maker with release of Windows 7 Starter tool for learning the basics of video editing Create Movies, Slide shows, and Presentations Features: Effects Transitions Titles/credits Audio track Timeline narration Auto Movie

3. Open Windows Movie Maker

4. Understanding the Windows Movie Maker tools 5 1 2 4 3

7. Preparing Your Files Cont. Preparing for Import Files already on digital media (CDs, USB drives, network storage, etc.) For most digital cameras, video will be stored via a memory card. If your video is stored on a digital camcorder using DV or similar tapes, please see the Appendix in this PowerPoint (towards the end). For memory-card storage cameras, you need to transfer your movie files to your designated storage location for your project files (e.g. USB drive or Network Storage “web folder” drive)

8. Importing Pictures

9. Importing Video

10. Trimming Video Clips Select the clip you want to trim. Then click the Play button on the Preview Monitor. Let the clip play until it gets to the point where you want to trim it. Click Split Clip button. This cuts your clip into two.

11. Trimming Video Clips Delete the portion of of the clip you no longer need by right-clicking it and the clicking Delete.

12. I Adding Your Video Clips and Images to the Storyboard

13. Transitions Between Clips or Images

15. Drag the chosen effect to the star in the lower left corner of the picture.

17. EditingMusic and Sounds Note : You may choose to start the music at any time in your movie. The music clip does not have to be placed at the beginning.

18. Adding Titles and Credits Under the Edit Movie section, choose Make titles or credits. Enter your movie title and/or credits. Note: You can change how the titles appear and the font and colors by selecting the other options. Choose where to place your title and credits.

19. Exporting Your Video to Go to File and select Save Movie File Select the option to save to My Computer. Choose a location to save on your computer. Select the best quality playback option. Once the video file has bee exported, go to YouTube.com and upload the file. Videos can be... High Definition Up to 2 GB in size. Up to 15 minutes in length. A wide variety of formats

20. Questions?

21. Appendix

22. Importing From a Digital Camcorder Open the Windows MovieMaker application. Look on the left sidebar under Movie Making Tips Click “How to Capture Video” Follow the instructions If you are having trouble, make sure you review the above Help file thoroughly, and if you’re still stuck, see the Troubleshooting section for my contact info.

23. Unsupported Media Cont. If your media is unsupported, you can convert to a supported format using free tools such as MediaCoderhttp://mediacoder.sourceforge.net (difficult to learn but well worth it in the long run) or the online media transcoderMediaConverthttp://media-convert.com/ (recommended for most cases).

24. Helpful Resources Computer Bootcamp- Windows Movie Maker http://ext.sac.edu/homepages/peirce_joan/shorties/handouts/Using%20Windows%20Movie%20Maker.pdf About.com Windows Movie Maker Tutorials http://presentationsoft.about.com/od/moviemaker/a/mov_mak_beg.htm