How to Use Windows Live Movie Maker

How To Use Windows Live Movie Maker

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What is Windows Live Movie Maker?

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It is a presentation software and video editing program


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That comes already installed (most cases) on all Windows

computer


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To download Windows Movie Maker, go to this link:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-ph/windows/get-movie-

maker-download


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Click Get It Now, whichever version is applicable to you


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Click this after downloading to open installer


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A pop-up notification appears, click Yes


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This will appear


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Click Install all of Windows Essentials


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Installation will now start


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Click Close


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To Open Movie Maker, click


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Click All Apps


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Click Movie Maker


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This is how movie maker looks


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Let’s start making our first movie using photos and

videos


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First let’s save our project. Click File


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Click Save Project As


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Type the project name


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Click Save


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To add the photos, click Add Videos and Photos


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Select the photos you will use for the movie


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Then click Open


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Photos are now added


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Let’s also add a video, click Add Videos and Photos


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Select the video you want to add


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Click Open


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Video is added. Now, we’ll start editing


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First, let’s adjust the duration of each photo


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Select all the photos


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Click Edit under Video Tools tab


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Select the duration


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Duration of the photos are now changed


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Let’s add transition and effects to the pictures


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Transition makes movie flows nicely from one scene to

another


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Click Animations


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Select a transition you would like to use


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There’s a lot of transitions you can choose from


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You can have different transition effect for each

photo/video


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Or you can select one transition and apply to all


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For this tutorial, I will apply the transition to all


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To do this, click Apply to All


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Let’s add pan and zoom effects on the first photo


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This feature gives an appealing look to the picture


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Select the effect you want from the options, click here


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Here are the available pan and effect options


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Visual effects can be added to both photos and videos


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Click Visual Effects tab


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Choose an effect from these to apply to your clip


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You can also add multiple effects to a single clip


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Click Multiple Effects


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Highlight effects you want to add in Available effects menu


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Click Add


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Click Apply


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If you want to remove an effect,


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Select it in Displayed effects column


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and click Remove


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You can also brighten or darken any clip or photo


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independently of any visual effects that have been

applied.


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To do this, click Brightness


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Now, let’s learn how to trim a video


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We can trim the beginning and end of a video


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So our movie shows only the video parts we want.


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To do this, select the video you want to trim


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Click Edit tab under Video Tools


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Drag the slider to the point


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that you want the video to start,


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Click Start Point


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To set a new end point for the video


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Drag the slider to the point


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that you want the video to stop playing


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Click Set End Point


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Let’s add music to our movie


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Click Add Music


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Select the music file you want to use


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Click Open


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Music is now added to our video


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We can make the music fade in and/or out


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Click Options under Music Tools


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Click Fade In or Fade Out, as applicable


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Click the speed for the music to fade in/out


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In this tutorial, I want to emphasize audio


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of my video more than my background music


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To do this, select the video


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Click Project Tab


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Click Emphasize Video


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Let’s add a Title clip for our movie


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Click Home Tab


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Go to the beginning of your movie


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Click Title


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Type a relevant title for your movie


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You can change the background color and fonts here


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You can add text effects by selecting here


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You can also add captions and credits here


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Captions are text that are superimposed on top

clips/photos


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Credits are standalone clips meant to follow your movie


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When done, save your movie. Click Save Movie


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You can select a setting for your movie


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You can publish your movie on the web here


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Congrats on making your first movie!


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“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect

wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the

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