Movie Maker This presentation will get you started with using Windows Movie Maker - Your very own movie studio. It provides step by step instructions for adding photos, videos, audio files etc. Quickly add photos and footage from your PC or camera into Movie Maker Enhance your movie with audio and a theme Movie Maker adds transitions and effects automatically so your movie looks polished and professional As with most software programs, it is important to first understand the menu bar features

Menu Bar Visual Effects Home Animations Project View The following slides will describe in more detail the features located under the menu bar

Titles, Caption and Credits Home Titles, Caption and Credits Themes Rotate Slide Add videos and photos

Home - Photos Steps for adding photos to your movie… Select Home on the Menu Bar Click on Add Video and Photos Select photo(s) saved on the computer Movie Maker will import them into the program

Photos (continued) The Photos are now imported into the program Select the Photos The Photos are now imported into the program Click the play button to watch the current video

What kind of Photo files can I use in Movie Maker? Photo file types (format) File name extensions Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) files .jpg, .jpeg, .jfif, and .jpe Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) files .tif and .tiff Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) files .gif Windows Bitmap files .bmp, .dib, and .rle Icon files .ico and .icon Portable Network Graphics (PNG) files .png

Duration Steps to change the length individual images will be shown… Double click on image Select the desired duration

Video Steps for adding video… Select Add videos and photos Find a video saved on your computer Select the video

Adding Video (Continued) View and Edit the video

What kind of Video files can I use in Movie Maker? Video file types (format) File name extensions Windows Media Video (WMV) files .wmv Windows Media files .asf and .wm AVCHD files .m2ts, .mts, and .m2t Apple QuickTime files .mov and .qt DV‑AVI files .avi Microsoft Recorded TV Show files .dvr-ms and .wtv MPEG‑4 movie files .mp4, .mov,.m4v, .3gp, .3g2, and .k3g MPEG‑2 movie files .mpeg, .mpg, .mpe, .m1v, .mp2, .mpv2, .mod, .vob, and .m2t MPEG‑1 movie files .m1v Motion JPEG files .avi and .mov

Music Steps to add music… Select Home on the menu bar Select Add music Find music online or add music from PC

What kind of Audio files can I use in Movie Maker? Audio file types (format) File name extensions Windows Media Audio (WMA) files .asf, .wm, and .wma Pulse‑code Modulation (PCM) files .aif, .aiff, and .wav Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) files .m4a MP3 files .mp3

Animations Select from a variety of Animations Select Apply to all if you want the same animation between each slide Animations Select from a variety of Animations Play the video to view/test the animation

Visual Effects Notice how the effect changed the original Original

Widescreen or Standard Project Widescreen or Standard Emphasize video or music

View

Text Style and Size Background Color Edit Text Text Tools - Format

Caption Select a picture to add a caption Click the Caption Button (make sure you are in the home tab) Type in your caption Caption

Caption Font style options

Video Tools - Edit Set start and end points Fade Volume

Saving and Publishing Save Project As - use this to save when you are working on the document Save Movie – when you are done and ready to save the final version