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Windows Live Movie Maker

Open Movie Maker

Pictures and Videos

Click on the the words “Add videos and photos” and select your photos and/or video and click open. This will add them to your storyboard.

Note: The video file format must be MPG or MPEG

You can also add video from a webcam

Photo Effects

Click on Animation tab on the ribbon for panning and zooming photos.

Click the Visual Effects tab on the ribbon to display effects to apply to photos and videos.

Click on effect and it is addeed

To remove , click NO EFFECT on the visual effects menu

Adding Narration

Connect You Headphones and check the sound levels (Start, Control Panel, Hardware and Sound, Sound, Adjust System Volume) – must be set to high; also check the sound icon on the task bar.

Click on the frame where you want the narration

Click on Record Narration

Click on Stop when finished

Save Narration to your H Drive folder

Adding Music

Click on the Musical Note

When adding Music, you can choose where you want to place the music

Click on Add music at the current point

Note: You can add more than one song to your movie

You can split the music track by clicking twice on Split and then move the music to another picture

Music Tools also let you fade in/out and set start time

Transitions

Click on Animations Tab

Click on the transition you want and add to your video

You can add the same transition to several photos and videos by clicking on the first photo, hold down the shift key and click the last photo. Then click the transition that you want to use.

Auto MovieThemes – After your photos and videos are in your project, Click AutoMovie and you can automatically add crossfade transitions, pan and zoom effects, title and credit slide, and soundtracks.

Adding Titles, Captions, and Credits

Click on Title, Caption, or Credits to add to the Movie -

Select the photo or video to place the title screen.

Click the Title button on the Home tab of the ribbon.

Enter your movie title in the area

Change your title’s font, size, color, effects, and more using the Text Tools-Format tab on the ribbon. You may also use text duration to determine how many seconds you’d like the title to appear.

Add captions to any part of your movie. Play the movie and at the desired point, click the Caption button on the Home tab of the ribbon. You can edit how the caption appears, enters the screen, and more using the Text Tools-Format

Saving and Publishing Your Movie

Be sure to Save your work to your drive

When you are finished making your movie

You have several options, you can Save the Movie or Publish the Movie.

Save Movie

Save it to your computer or Burn to a DVD

You can also save it to one of your mobile

devices

Publish Your Movie on Facebook

If using a YouTube video, you will have to convert it:

Converters

Free File Convert

Cloud Convert

IXConverter

Clip Converter

Keepvid

File Wiggler

Zamzar - this converts everything: videos, pictures, audios, documents.

Clip Grab

Compatible files for Windows Movie Maker

Video files: .asf, .avi, .wmv

• Movie files: MPEG1, .mpeg, .mpg, .m1v, .mp2

• Audio files: .wav, .snd, .au, .aif, .aifc, .aiff

• Windows Media files: .asf, .wm, .wma, .wmv

• Still images: .bmp, .jpg, .jpeg, .jpe, .jfif, .gif

• MP3 format audio: .mp3

Prism Converter

You will have to Download this converter to the Students Drive

Audio Converters



Looking for Music

Use the IMC database: Soundzabound Music -royalty free music

Music Sites

Purple Planet   purple-    royalty-free music which can be used as long as your put a link to the site in your credits

Incompetech      owner asks that you include the name of the song and his name (Kevin McLeod) and his website

Jamaendo    jamendo.co   community of free, legal, and unlimited music published under Creative Commons license.

Royalty Free Music Library  

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Remember to Save your Video

Click on the Pull Down Menu

Click on Save Project

Name it and Save to

your Drive

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