2. Windows moviemaker You have the inspiration. Now you just need the know-how to bring your visions to life. See how easy it can be to create, edit, and add special effects to your movies using Windows Movie Maker.

3. Video: Use special features to polish your video Video: Use special features to polish your video See how you can use titles, effects, and transitions to make your movie look the way you want. Video: Use special features to polish your video See how you can use titles, effects, and transitions to make your movie look the way you want. Video: Use special features to polish your video After you download your video from your digital video camera to Windows Movie Maker, you can polish your video by adding transitions, special effects, titles, credits, background music, and narration. These special features add mood and depth to your movies, making them even more fun to watch. After you download your video from your digital video camera to Windows Movie Maker, you can polish your video by adding transitions, special effects, titles, credits, background music, and narration. These special features add mood and depth to your movies, making them even more fun to watch.download your videodownload your video

4. Add transitions and special effects. Add transitions and special effects. Transitions fade, flip, or slide one scene into the next. Special effects change the way a video clip appears by changing the speed or brightness, or by making the video look old. Movie Maker has dozens of fun and useful transitions and special effects. Transitions fade, flip, or slide one scene into the next. Special effects change the way a video clip appears by changing the speed or brightness, or by making the video look old. Movie Maker has dozens of fun and useful transitions and special effects. Add titles and credits. With just a few clicks, you can add a professional-looking title to your movie and list the stars in rolling credits at the end. You can also use titles in the movie to introduce people or places.Add titles and credits. With just a few clicks, you can add a professional-looking title to your movie and list the stars in rolling credits at the end. You can also use titles in the movie to introduce people or places.Add titles and credits.Add titles and credits.

5. Add music. Add music. Nothing sets the tone of a movie like music. Add some tropical music to set a relaxing tone for a vacation movie, or use a hip-hop beat to set a fast pace for a sports highlights movie. Nothing sets the tone of a movie like music. Add some tropical music to set a relaxing tone for a vacation movie, or use a hip-hop beat to set a fast pace for a sports highlights movie. Add narration. If you were to watch a home movie with friends in your living room, you'd probably describe where you were in each scene and tell funny stories that happened off-camera. With narration, your stories become part of your movie, so your friends across the Internet and around the world can hear them, too. Add narration. If you were to watch a home movie with friends in your living room, you'd probably describe where you were in each scene and tell funny stories that happened off-camera. With narration, your stories become part of your movie, so your friends across the Internet and around the world can hear them, too.Add narration.Add narration.

6. Save your movie to a computer. Save your movie to a computer. For the best quality, save your movie for playback on your computer. Even if you don't want to gather around a computer to watch a video, it's great to have a copy of it on your computer because it can last as long as you have it on your computer. Decades from now, when today's DVDs and CDs are outdated, you'll still be able to play your movie using this file. For the best quality, save your movie for playback on your computer. Even if you don't want to gather around a computer to watch a video, it's great to have a copy of it on your computer because it can last as long as you have it on your computer. Decades from now, when today's DVDs and CDs are outdated, you'll still be able to play your movie using this file.

7. Save your movie to a CD. Save your movie to a CD. If your computer has a CD burner, you can save your movie to a blank CD to create a video CD. Video CDs can play in almost any DVD player, just like a DVD. The video quality isn’t as good as if your movie had been saved to a DVD, but most people find the quality acceptable. If your computer has a CD burner, you can save your movie to a blank CD to create a video CD. Video CDs can play in almost any DVD player, just like a DVD. The video quality isn’t as good as if your movie had been saved to a DVD, but most people find the quality acceptable.

8. Save your movie to a DVD. Save your movie to a DVD. If your computer has a DVD burner and video DVD–burning software, you can save your movie to a blank DVD that you can watch in almost any DVD player. The video will be very high quality and will look great on your TV. Home-made DVDs make excellent gifts because the recipient doesn't need a computer to watch them. If your computer has a DVD burner and video DVD–burning software, you can save your movie to a blank DVD that you can watch in almost any DVD player. The video will be very high quality and will look great on your TV. Home-made DVDs make excellent gifts because the recipient doesn't need a computer to watch them.

9. Save your movie to e-mail. Save your movie to e-mail. If you're like most people, you regularly send e-mail messages back and forth with your friends and family. With Movie Maker, you can attach a home movie to an e-mail message just like you'd attach a digital picture. The quality isn't the best, because the video has to be very small to be an e- mail attachment. The convenience of e- mail can’t be beat, though. If you're like most people, you regularly send e-mail messages back and forth with your friends and family. With Movie Maker, you can attach a home movie to an e-mail message just like you'd attach a digital picture. The quality isn't the best, because the video has to be very small to be an e- mail attachment. The convenience of e- mail can’t be beat, though.

10. Save your movie to the Web. Save your movie to the Web. If you want to share your movie with friends, but you don't want to give up quality by shrinking it down to the size of an e-mail attachment, you can save your movie to a Web site. Then you can e-mail or instant message your friends a link to the high-quality file. The Save Movie Wizard in Movie Maker makes it easy to save your movie to a Web site—even if you've never created a Web page before. If you want to share your movie with friends, but you don't want to give up quality by shrinking it down to the size of an e-mail attachment, you can save your movie to a Web site. Then you can e-mail or instant message your friends a link to the high-quality file. The Save Movie Wizard in Movie Maker makes it easy to save your movie to a Web site—even if you've never created a Web page before.