Windows movie maker can be downloaded as
a free part of Windows Live Essential services
Few of the services included in this
package are : Mail, Messenger, Photo Gallery, Movie Maker, Writer, Family
Safety and other web based services for e.g. outlook, one drive etc.
Features of Windows Movie Maker
›It’s
projects are automatically saved at a fixed time interval.
›Allows
to download music from online libraries.
›Audio
tracks can be extracted from video files.
›Outline
can be added on text elements.
›It
uses lower resolution video for previewing purpose.
›Audio
can be represented as a waveform.
How to start windows movie maker
›Start
›All
programs
›Movie
maker
Components of Windows Movie Maker
›Storyboard: this
is used to arrange and manage the video clips, transition and visual effects
that are applied to these clips in our project.
›Preview Monitor Pane: this
helps us to watch or preview our work as we work on the our project.
›Rest components are
same as other applications of windows which we have read in our previous
classes.
Windows Movie Maker Add Images and Videos
How to Add Images and Videos in
Movie Maker
›Left click on "Add videos and photos
(button)" in
Add group of Home
tab.
›Add Videos and Photos Dialogue box
appears, Select Desired Videos and Photos.
›Click Open button [this will close this
dialogue box and add the selected files in movie maker].
›To Customize the look
You can either use Zoom in (+) or
Zoom out (-) button
on Zoom Slider Bar
OR
By Right Click on
particular image or video and than use Zoom in (+) or
Zoom out (-)
option
from the context menu.
›To view the movie click play button on Movie
control Panel
Windows Movie Maker Add Music
How to Add Music in Movie Maker
›Left
click
on "Add music (button)" in Add group
of
Home tab.
›Contextual
menu will appear as shown in Figure
›First
three options are for searching music online
›And
the last two options for adding music from our system.
›Method
is same for both options the only difference is
when using add music at the current point will
add music from the current location,
while using Add music will
add music to whole file.
›Click
on Add music from
contextual menu.
›Add
music dialogue box will appear, select the music file you want to add to your
movie.
›Click
Open button [this will close this dialogue box and add the selected files in
movie maker].
›Now
a green bar will appear in the story board at the bottom of the clips and
images this indicates that the audio file has been imported.
›To
view the movie and listen to the music click play
button on Movie control Panel
Note:- if
there was any voice in the clips than original voices will be replaced with the
music which has been imported.
How to Add Narrations in Movie
Maker
We can record our voice using microphone
and add it as a sound track or narration in our video. Let’s see how
›Make
sure that you have already added few clips or videos in your movie. Now left click
on “Record narration
(button)"
in Add group
of Home tab.
›A
new Narration tab
will appear .
›Click
Record button
and start recording your voice.
›Once
you are done than click on Stop button.
›Save
narration dialogue box will appear save your voice and this will be added to
the clip. Which will be displayed with a pink bar under the clips.
›To
view the movie and to listen to your narration click play button on Movie
control Panel
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