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
