Navya Nagpal 8 F

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
CLASS VI

WINDOWS MOVIE MAKER

Windows Movie Maker

• Windows Movie Maker is a video editing software that allows you to create and
edit videos.

• This program is manufactured by Microsoft and provided within the Windows
Essentials suite of software utilities.

• It allows users to build movies from photos, videos and animations, providing
built-in sounds and effects as well as to publish them on OneDrive, Facebook,
Vimeo, YouTube or Flickr.

Windows Movie Maker

• Windows Movie Maker is also known as Windows Live Movie Maker or Movie
Maker.

• Movie Maker is non-linear editing software, which means that the original file that
was placed on your hard drive will not be modified in any way.

• Movie Maker creates its own different video file while you are editing so that if you
want, you can create several different movies using the same source file.

Features of Windows Movie Maker

Various features of Movie Maker include:
• Audio Narration : Movie Maker allows you to record narration (your comments)and you

can do it while watching your video playback.
• Audio Waveforms : On the Time scale, you can find your audio files very easily because it

is represented as a colored waveform. It helps while editing, as it makes it easy in
determining the high and low points location.
• Music Download Online : Movie Maker allows you to add right kind of music to your
movie, by downloading it directly from various online music stores.
• Outline Text Effects: To improve the overall quality an readability of the text messages in
your movies, Movie Maker now provides customizable outlined text.

Features of Windows Movie Maker

• MPEG-4/H.264 Encoding(MP4): Movie Maker now supports MPEG-4/H.264 encoding.
H.264 is a popular standard for high definition(HD) digital video.

• Video Stabilization: Sometimes the video you have shot appears shaky. Movie maker
now has an option to stabilize your shaky videos and correct the wobbling in your
movies, using the new Stabilization and Wobble correction.(Rolling Shutter correction)
features.

• Videos as Audio: It allows you to use video file as an audio source for your audio tracks.
• Auto-Save : Movie Maker automatically saves your project files periodically when you

are working on it. This feature will help you to recover data from your projects in case of
unexpected shut down.

Starting Windows Movie Maker

• By default, Windows Movie Maker is not installed in Windows 10. You have to
download it from Microsoft website and install it on your computer. Once installed,
follow these steps to open Windows Movie Maker in Windows 10.

• Click on Start button to open Start menu. It displays a list of all installed programs.

• Scroll to display Movie Maker and click on it. The Movie Maker app opens and appears
in the desktop using a window.

Understanding Movie Maker Window

• For working in Movie Maker you must understand its interface.

Quick Access Toolbar Title Bar

File Tab Tabs
Ribbon Groups

Preview
Monitor

Storyboard

Full Screen Preview
Control Panel

Zoom Slider

• Title Bar : It shows the name of the displayed project. It also contains Quick Access

toolbar to the left and Minimize, Maximize and close button on the right side.
• File Tab: It displays the file menu commands, such as New project, Open, Save, etc.
• Quick Access Toolbar : It displays quick access buttons to the Save, Undo and Redo

commands.
• Ribbon: It displays groups of related commands in tabs. Each tab offers shortcut buttons

to common tasks.
• Tabs: They contain buttons and other controls for working of project.
• Groups : These are used to organize controls into sections within tabs.
• Storyboard : It is used to look at the sequence or ordering of the clips in your project

and to easily rearrange them, if necessary. It will also show any video effects that have

been added in the project.
• Preview Monitor : It enables you to view individual clips or an entire project.
• Control Panel: You can use the buttons underneath the preview monitor to play or

pause a clip or to advance or rewind a clip frame by frame.
• Full Screen Preview: It is used to make the preview monitor larger or smaller.
• Zoom Slider: It is used to change the size of content or customize the look of the story

board.

Adding Photos/ Videos

To start working in Movie Maker, you have to add videos, photos and audio files.
Adding Photos/videos.
1. Click on Home tab.
2. Click on Add videos and photos. (Add Videos and photos dialog box appears.)
3. Navigate the folder from which you want to add photos/video clips.
4. Select the pictures/video clips that you require.
5. Click on open.
All the selected images/video clips will be added in the story Board of Movie Maker.
6. Click on play button to preview the movie in Preview monitor.

Adding Music

1. Click on Home tab.
As music file will run in background of a movie or along with other media, the Add
Music icon will only highlight if you have already added a movie.
2. Click on Add music.
Add music dialog box appears
3. Navigate the folder from which you want to add music file.
4. Select the music file that you require.
5. Click on open.
The selected music will be added and a green wave bar is added at the base of clips in
the in story Board of Movie Maker.
6. Click on play button to preview the movie along with music in Preview monitor.

Importing Digital files from external devices

Sometimes you record movie files on a digital storage unit, such as a Flash drive or portable hard
drive attached to your camera. The best way is to transfer all the recorded movie files from those
portable storage devices onto your computer before importing, but you can even import into Movie
Maker directly from these devices.
1) Attach the external device to the computer.
2) Click on file tab. Click on import from device.
If the photos and videos will be imported into Photo Gallery, a message appears; click on ok.
The import photos and videos dialog box appears which will give you access to all the storage
devices that are attached to the computer.
3) Select the device. Click on import.
4) Click on the radio button of Review, organize, and group items to import. Click on Next.
Select the groups you want to import page appears.
5) To import a group of photos and videos, select the check box next to the group.
6) For each group of photos and videos that you want to import, click on Enter a name and then
type a name for the group.Click on import.
7) Select each photo or video you want to use in your movie.Click on create tab.Click on movie.
The selected photos and videos are added to the storyboard in Movie Maker.

Applying transition effects

A transition is a visual effect that appears when your movie plays from one video clip or picture to the next. A
transition effect can be used between two pictures, video clips or titles in any combination on the storyboard.
1. Click on any video clips, titles or pictures on the storyboard/timeline to which you want to add a transition.
2. Click on animations tab. You can scroll through the available transition effects.
3. Click the transition effects that you want to add. Movie maker immediately displays a preview of the

transition effects.
4. Click on apply to all, if you want to apply the same transition effect to all the clips and images of your

project.

Remove transition effects

• Sometimes after applying a transition you decide that it just does not work and you want to remove it; then
repeat steps 1 to 3 while selecting none in Step 3. Movie maker removes the transition and transition icon
from the movie clip or image.

CHANGE THE TIME DURATION

The amount of overlap between 2 clips determines the duration of transition. You can change the duration of
transitions. Click in the duration box and type the time(in sec) that you want transitions to play back by default.

Applying visual effects

Movie maker allows you to add special visual effects to your project. These effects enhance the
appearance of movie and give a feel of professional touch. These effects include artistic, black and
white, cinematic, mirror and motion and fades.
1. Click on any video clips, titles or pictures on the storyboard/timeline to which you want to add
visual effects
2. Click on visual effects tab. You can scroll through the available visual effects
3. Click the visual effect that you want to add. Movie maker immediately displays a preview of visual
effect.
• Movie maker immediately displays a preview of the effect. Movie maker adds an effect icon in the

selected clip or image.
4. Click on apply to all, if you want to apply the same effect to all the clips and images of your project.

Remove Visual Effects

• Sometimes after applying a visual effect you decide that it is not working and you want to
remove it; then repeat steps 1 to 3 while selecting none in Step 3. Movie maker removes
the visual effect and the effect icon disappears from the clip or image.

ADDING TITLE, CAPTION AND CREDITS

Movie maker allows you to add a title, your name, date, credits and other text to your movie.
The title plays for the specified amount of time and then it disappears; the video clip or
pictures continues. Steps of adding title, caption and credit are same but title is added in the
beginning of selected clip, captions are added on the selected clip and credits are added at the
end of selected clip.
1. Click on any video clips or pictures on the storyboard/timeline to which you want to add
title, caption or credit.
2. Click on home tab.Click on title button.
3. In the textbox, type the text that you want to appear as the title.
After typing your title text, you can format the text by selecting different font, font color,
background color, transparency, alignment, start time and text duration of the title to your
liking.
4. Click on any animation effect you want to apply on the text.
Title, caption or credit that you added appears on the storyboard.
5. Click on play button to see your title in the preview monitor.

Removing the title, caption and credit

• On the storyboard/timeline, right click the title, caption or credit that you want to
remove from your movie. A pop up menu will appear.

• Click on remove.

Editing media clips

• Movie maker allows you to resize your movie clip by using trim tool which is used to
remove unwanted sections.

1. Click on any video clip on the storyboard/Timeline that you want to trim.

2. Click on edit tab from video tools.Click on trim tool.

3. Click on trim markers to select the starting and ending points and enter the new
value. Click on save Trim.

• The trim tab will disappear and edit tab appears again.

4. Click on play button to see the trimmed clip in the preview monitor.

Saving your project

• After you have finished adding and editing your project in Windows Movie Maker, you
must save it. By default, movie maker will save your file .wlmp File extension.

1. Click on file tab.Click on save project. The save project dialogue box will appear.

2. Click inside the file name box and type the name for the project. Click on Save.

Sharing your project

• After making and saving your project, you may want to share it. However, when you save
the project, it will be saved as a movie maker project file with .wlmp extension.

• The .wlmp extension can be opened only in windows movie maker; In order to share your
video with friends and family or uploaded it to YouTube , Facebook or another website,
you will have to save it as a MPEG-4/H.264 File or any other recognised video format
(.wmv).

1. Click on home tab. Click on save movie button from the share group.
2. Click inside the filename box and type the name for the project. Click on save.
3. Click on play.
• The movie will start playing in Windows Media Player.