Introduction to Movie Maker
In this lesson you will learn the basic use of Microsoft’s Movie Maker program.
Objectives
1. Become familiar with the Movie Maker windows
environment.
2. Display and work with Photos and Videos.
3. Learn to, insert music, add titles and captions to
pictures and videos.
4. Learn how to use the Automovie Themes.
5. Share on YouTube or burn a DVD.
Movie Maker
Introduction:
Title Bar (Quick Access Toolbar)
1. Move Window around.
2. Change Size, Minimize, Maximize or Close.
3. Save.
4. Undo or Re-do
5. Customize the Quick Access Tool Bar.
Movie Maker Icon
1. Start a New Project.
2. Open a Project.
3. Save.
4. Save as.
5. Publish or Save list.
6. Import from a camera or device.
7. Options,Settings and Movie Maker Version.
8. Exit.
The Home Tab
1. Cut, Copy and Paste.
2. Add Videos and Photos.
3. Insert Music.
4. Web Cam Video use.
5. Take a Snapshot of current frame.
6. Put in Titles, Captions or Credits.
7. AutomovieThemes quickly changes features
shown automatically.
8. You can RotateLeft or Right 90 degrees, delete or
select all.
9. Share on Skydrive, Facebook, You Tube or Flickr.
10. Burn a DVD.
11. You can send your movie using E-mail.
Animations
1.Transitions, Duration.
2.Pan and Zoom.
Visual Effects
1. Color and Brightness.
Project
1.Edit Audio Mix or Fit to Music and preview anytime.
2. Aspect Ratio-Wide Screen or Standard.
View
1. Time Zone-Zoom in , Out and Reset.
2. Thumbnail size –Small to Large.
3. Preview in Full Screen.
Edit
1. Manually adjust Video Time or duration.
How do I get Movie Maker
1. Free download from Microsoft or www.download.live.com
2. Click on “Download”
3.Install the software.
How do I use Movie Maker
1. Open Movie Maker from the desktop Icon
Finding Your Photo and Video Files
Click to Browse and select a Folder and Display the Pictures
1. Drag and drop your selections into Movie Maker.
2. Videos will have .wmv file extensions and Photos
will be .jpg or .jpeg.
3. Audio files will normally be. .asf, .wm and.wma.
Music .mp3.
4. Other file types are explained in Help.
Starting a Movie Project
On the HomeTab
Click on Add Videos andPhotos.
Open the folder with the Photos and Videos you want.
Hold the Ctrl key and select each photo or video you want.
Click on Open and the files are copied over to Movie Maker.
Continue until you have all the files that you want transferred.
Click on Add Music to include music at the beginning.
To add music at the current point, click the down arrow on Add
Music and click the Add music at the current point.
In the Add Music window open the folder with the music that you
want in your movie, click the file and then click Open.
To remove music, click the music item, and then press Delete.
Continuing a Movie Project
On the HomeTab
Click on Title in the Add Panel. Type in the title name.
Note the changes you can make in the Font, Paragraph,
Captions appear at the bottom of the movie but can be moved.
Credits appear at the end of the movie.
Continue until you have labeled all the files that you want.
Click on the Automovie Theme to create your initial movie.
Continue to Add andEdit your movie until satisfied.
In the Add window you can place more videos or photos or music in
your movie.
In the Edit window you can Rotate frames, change the Audio mix
Fit to Music, Remove or Select all.
Continuing a Movie Project
Importing Photos and Videos Sources.
(Added to Photo Gallery) Digital Camera. Memory
Card reader. CD. DVD. If you have video on a videotape in a
digital camera, you’ll need to import the video from the
tape onto your computer. See Help. Be sure to save your
movie several times during the making.
Share on You-Tube. On the Home tab, in the Sharing Group , click Publish on You Tube. Enter your YouTube account number and password and click Sign In. Type a title, description and any tags that you want to add to your movie. Select a category, public or private and the click Publish. In Your movie has been published message , click View online.
Movie Maker Exercise 1:Use the“Class Pictures ”
Folder Adding Photos to Movie Maker
1. Open Movie Maker and left click in “Browse for photos window”.
2. Click on Pictures, My Pictures and then double click on Class Pictures.
3. Hold the Ctrl Key and click on each picture you want to add
to your movie.
4. Click on Open.
Adding Music
1. Double Click on Add Music.
2. Click on Public,Public Music and Sample Music.
3. Select “Sleep Away” and click Open.
4. Click the Center Arrow below the screen to Play your movie.
5. Scroll up to the first picture and click in front of it.
Add Titles, Captions and Credits-Home Tab
1. Click on the 1st Icon in the column after –Snapshot for your “Title”.
2. Type “My Movie” tab included in the new title page and
click the Flag photo.
3. Click on the 2nd Icon in the column after –Snapshot for
your “Captions”.
4. Click on each picture and add a caption.
5. Click the Home Tab, the 3 rd Icon and add the “Credit”
with your name.
6. Click the Center Arrow below the screen to Play your movie.
Movie Maker Exercise 2:Use the“Video Pictures ” Folder
Adding Videos to Movie Maker
1. Open Movie Maker and left click in “Browse for videos window”.
2. Click on Videos, My Videos and then double click on "Class Videos".
3. Hold the Ctrl Key and click on each video you want to add
to your movie.
4. Click on Open.
Adding Music (Skip if Videos have Sound)
1. Double Click on Add Music.
2. Click on Public,Public Music and Sample Music.
3. Select “Sleep Away” and click Open.
4. Click the Center Arrow below the screen to Play your movie.
5. Scroll up to the first picture and click in front of it.
Add Titles, Captions and Credits-Home Tab
1. Click on the 1st Icon in the column after –Snapshot for your “Title”.
2. Type “My Movie” tabincluded in the new title page and
click the next video.
3. Click on the 2nd Icon in the column after –Snapshot for
your “Captions”.
4. Click on each video and add a caption.
5. Click the Home Tab, the 3 rd Icon and add the “Credit”
with your name.
6. Click the Center Arrow below the screen to Play your movie.
Movie Maker Exercise 2:Use the“Video Pictures ” Folder
How do I trim a video in Movie Maker?
You can trim the beginning and end of a video so your movie shows
only the part of the video you want. For example, if you have a video
with a few black frames at the beginning, you could trim the beginning
of the video so the black frames don't appear in your final saved movie.
When you trim a video file inWindowsLiveMovie Maker, the original
video file isn't affected. All the video footage remains in the original
video file.
To quickly trim a video in Movie Maker, play the video you want to trim,
and then press the I key to make the current point the start point, or
press the O key to make it the end point.
If you trim part of a video that has a caption, the caption is trimmed too.
Other Important features of Movie Maker
E-mailing Movies
Use the normal size rather than HD when attaching your movie to E-mail.
Burning a Movie to a DVD
You must have Windows DVD Maker software on your computer to
Burn a DVD and you must have a DVD drive.
It can be made into a “Gift DVD” that can be viewed on another PC or a
compatible DVD player or TV.
On the Home tab, in the Sharing group, click Burn a DVD.
In the File name box, type the file name for your movie and
click Save.
In the Windows DVD Maker, click Next.
Put a DVD in the drive and click Burn.
In the Your DVD is ready message , click Close.
Now you are ready for Hollywood?
