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Movie Maker Basics
Capturing Video from Digital Video Camera
1. Open Windows Movie Maker
2. Attach camera to machine using firewire cable
3. Choose capture video from digital video camera.
Making a Movie with Movie Maker
On the bottom you can view your work as a “storyboard” or as a “timeline”. The “storyboard” view is easy to use for adding the titles, pictures, videos and transitions. When you want to add audio, music or narrations, you must be in “timeline” view.
Playing the video clips
1. Notice the “split” button on the right. You can split video clips to take off unnecessary or bad sections of video!
2. Once you have the video clips how you want them, you can drag them down onto the timeline or storyboard view.
Adding a Title
1. Choose title at the beginning
2. Enter the text of the title
3. Now click the link to change title animation
4. Click change text and font color link
5. Finally choose “add title”
Adding transitions
1. Choose transitions (on the left taskbar)
2. Click on the transition to view what it does
3. Drag the transition to the location you would like it
4. Now view the movie to see if you like it
Adding narrations
1. To add narrations you will need a microphone and a set of speakers
2. You must be in Timeline view
3. Click the cursor where you want the narration to start
4. Click the timeline down arrow – and choose narrate timeline
5. Click start narration – speak into the microphone
6. When done click – stop narration
7. Save and close
8. Now you can adjust the length of the video or picture or you can move the narration to get things in the correct spot for your movie
Adding music to your video
1. Now in Movie Maker – choose “audio/music” (on the left task bar)
2. Go to the “my music” folder and choose the music you want
3. Now you can drag your music to the correct place on the timeline (again you can shorten the music – by resizing it from the right end – if the song is too long.)
Now you are ready to make the movie
1. Get everything just how you want it in Movie Maker
2. Choose “save movie” or “publish movie”
1. Open Windows Movie Maker
2. Attach camera to machine using firewire cable
3. Choose capture video from digital video camera.
Making a Movie with Movie Maker
On the bottom you can view your work as a “storyboard” or as a “timeline”. The “storyboard” view is easy to use for adding the titles, pictures, videos and transitions. When you want to add audio, music or narrations, you must be in “timeline” view.
Playing the video clips
1. Notice the “split” button on the right. You can split video clips to take off unnecessary or bad sections of video!
2. Once you have the video clips how you want them, you can drag them down onto the timeline or storyboard view.
Adding a Title
1. Choose title at the beginning
2. Enter the text of the title
3. Now click the link to change title animation
4. Click change text and font color link
5. Finally choose “add title”
Adding transitions
1. Choose transitions (on the left taskbar)
2. Click on the transition to view what it does
3. Drag the transition to the location you would like it
4. Now view the movie to see if you like it
Adding narrations
1. To add narrations you will need a microphone and a set of speakers
2. You must be in Timeline view
3. Click the cursor where you want the narration to start
4. Click the timeline down arrow – and choose narrate timeline
5. Click start narration – speak into the microphone
6. When done click – stop narration
7. Save and close
8. Now you can adjust the length of the video or picture or you can move the narration to get things in the correct spot for your movie
Adding music to your video
1. Now in Movie Maker – choose “audio/music” (on the left task bar)
2. Go to the “my music” folder and choose the music you want
3. Now you can drag your music to the correct place on the timeline (again you can shorten the music – by resizing it from the right end – if the song is too long.)
Now you are ready to make the movie
1. Get everything just how you want it in Movie Maker
2. Choose “save movie” or “publish movie”