Windows_Movie_Maker

**Windows Movie Maker** //(with generic references to iMovie)//  T. Carson, July 9, 2010

Windows Movie Maker has been a somewhat downplayed freebie included with the last few versions of MS Windows, including Win XP. A scaled back version is available for Win 7 - a free download as part of Windows Live. Unfortunately, in typical MS manner, they have changed things around so that veteran users have to start over again. I will not get in to story-boarding or script-writing, as we won’t have time, but will try to cover enough to get you ‘up and running’. Things I would like to cover: **Working with Collections:**
 * Capturing video from camera
 * Importing video clips
 * Importing still pictures and graphics
 * Importing sound files (that you already learned how to edit)

**Editing:**
 * Working with the Storyboard and Timeline features
 * Trimming and Splitting video clips
 * Adding still images
 * Adding Titles
 * Changing duration of still images and titles
 * Adding transitions and effects
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Editing sound

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Finishing up:**
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Exporting options, (what do you plan on doing with the video)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Remember to consider copyright laws if you plan on using commercial recordings as background music and plan on putting your video on the Internet. I will be available for cameo appearances at a negotiable price.