Using Windows Movie Maker - Palomar College · Using Windows-Movie-Maker Laura Lau 10 You can also position the blue line at the beginning of the timeline by left clicking this button

Using Windows-Movie-Maker Laura Lau

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Using Windows Movie Maker

Section 1. Importing mpeg., wmv., jpeg., wav., mp3., etc. files into the

work panes and onto the timeline or storyline.

Step 1: To open the program : Put cursor on window’s icon at lower left

hand of screen. See #1 Step 1 Figure 1.

When selection opens left click on Windows Movie maker. See #1 Step 1 Figure 2.

When selection opens, you’re screen will look

like this: You will notice that the screen or

window pane and viewing area are blank. See #1

Step 1 Figure 3.

As in all programs, you must import your working

files.

Step 2: To import video into the program. Go to 1. Capture video under Movie Tasks and left

click on Import video. Note you can only import video files. No other files will show.

See #1 Step 1 Figure 4.

A dialogue box will open asking you to browse for

your selection. For this example go to

L:\Foundation English\Laura Lau

When the file that contains the mpeg. or wmv. (it

must be a movie file for it to appear) select it.


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Your screen will look like

this. See #1 Step 1 Figure

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Step 3: Right click the image you want to highlight. Your screen will look like this. See #1 Step 1

Figure 7.

While the image is selected, drag it

down to the

timeline. (That is the bar near

the bottom that has video

written next to it.) You will

now see that the video clip is

represented on both the video

and the audio line. The video line

contains the images and the audio

line contains the sound or audio

track. See #1 Step 1 Figure 8.

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Step 4: Next select music. We do that by going back

to 1. Capture video on the side menu. See #1 Step

1 Figure 9.

We left click the import audio or music. For this

project you will find music at L:\Foundation

English\Laura Lau\music. Your screen will look like

this. See #1 Step 1 Figure 10.

Double left click the music you want to select.

The music icon will appear in the active screen of desktop. Your screen will look like this. See #1

Step 1 Figure 12.

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Select the music icon by left clicking and drag it down to the audio music bar. Your screen will

look like this. The music is now on the Audio/Music line see red arrow. See #1 Step 1 Figure 13.

Step 5: Next import photos. We do that by going back to 1. Capture video on the side menu. We

left click the import pictures.


For this project you will find pictures at L:\Foundation English\Laura Lau\music. See #1 Step 1

Figure 15.

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Double click. Your screen will look like this. ADNOC at night is highlighted. See #1 Step 1 Figure

16. See #1 Step 1 Figure 16.

With your cursor, left click and drag the photo to the video line. See #1 Step 1 Figure 17.

Notice that the photo has been inserted

before the video. The audio portion of the

movie moved over with the video. Your

timeline should look like this. You now have a

wmv. file in lines 1 and 3, a jpeg in line 1 and

music in line 4. See #1 Step 1 Figure 17.

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Section 2: Saving Your Work

This program crashes easily so it is important to save your work frequently. There are two

ways to save. The first way allows you to save but to continue to edit. The second way

allows you to publish the file. Once the movie file is published, it can no longer be edited.

Step 1: Now that you have dragged you work into the timeline from the pane – see Section 1. It

is time to save while you are editing. . Go to file in the menu bar (located in the left hand

corner). When you left click, a menu bar will open. Select Save project. Your screen will look

like this. See #2 Step 1 Figure 1.

Select save.

Note: Your editing will only open on the actual

computer where you have done your editing. If you

want to change computers, you must make sure

that all of your mpeg., wmv., jpeg., wav., mp3. etc.

files are in one file so that they can be moved..

Here is a sample of a file that was created with the

different files in one place so that Windows-Movie-

Maker can find them easily when you open the

project on another computer. See #2 Step 1 Figure 2.

When you save your movie to continue editing, the program will create an icon that looks

like this. See #2 Step 1 Figure 2. When you see this icon, you know that you can continue editing

this movie. If you try to open it on another computer other than the one

you first did your editing, the file will have to be rebuilt and you will have

to re-establish links to all your files.

Step 2: The second way to save is as follows. When your editing is done,

you will save or publish your movie so that it can be seen on any computer.

Go to Save to my computer under 3. Finish Movie under Movie Tasks on

the left hand side of your screen. See #2 Step 2 Figure 3.

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Step 3: After you left click, Save to my computer

command , a dialogue box will open asking you to

name your movie. Put your ID number, your name,

the event and the date. See #2 Step 2 Figure 4.

When prompted to select a drive, always select My

videos on the C drive on the computer where you

publish because this will complete the task much

faster. (You can move your movie once it is

published.) Left click next at the right hand corner of

the box. A new dialogue box will open. See #2 Step

2. Figure 4.

Step 4: When selecting movie settings, chose

High-Quality. Look at Setting details in the

lower left hand corner. I should read 640 x 480.

Hit next in the lower right hand corner. See #2

Step 2 Figure 5.

Step 5: The program will now save the movie.

Notice that these are large files and the saving

process can take several minutes. See #2 Step 2

Figure 6.

Step 6: When the movie has saved successfully to

My videos on the C drive under My documents,

you will see this icon. . See #2 Step 2 Figure 6.

Your movie is now published and can be viewed

on any PC computer that runs wmv. or mpeg1.

files. If you want to play it on an Apple, you must

convert it with other software –not available

here.

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Section 3: Editing the Timeline or the Storyline.

Once the files are imported into the program, the files can be edited so that you can put in

titles, add music, cut and paste photos and other video clips – in other words you can change

the video clip so that it is nicer to view.

Step 1: The controls. Here is a brief explanation of the most tools you will use for editing.

1. The window pane where you display your imported files before placing them in the

timeline.

2. This play button. When you left click it, your movie will play.

3. Left clicking this button will stop the movie.

4. Left clicking this button allows you to cut the video, photo and music clips into multiple

pieces.

5. Left clicking this button allows you take a photo clip of your video clips. It takes a picture

of what is on the screen and allows you to convert a mpeg .into a jpeg file.

6. Left clicking this button allows you to go from the timeline (12) which is better for

editing videos and to the story board which is better for editing photos.

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7. Left clicking this button his allows you to increase or decrease the size of the timeline

for easier editing.

8. Left clicking this button allows you to retrace your steps. By hitting this button several

times you can go back several steps. If you are editing something and then change your

mind, this button allows you to go back.

9. By Left clicking this button, a menu box opens. When you select audio, another menu

box appears that allows you to increase or decrease the volume of the sound. It also

allows you to mute or silence the audio clip completely.

10. On the screen, you can see what your movie will look like as you edit it.

11. By left clicking this bar, you can go up and down your timeline for better

maneuverability.

12. The timeline where the clips are displayed for editing. See #3 Step 1 Figure 1.

Step 2: Go to 2. Edit Movie on the Movie Task bar on the right

hand side of your screen. In this lesson we will learn how to

make video transitions and make titles and credits. See #3 Step 2

Figure 2.

Step 3: Now it is time to edit

movie. The thin blue line

indicates where the task you

command takes place. See

#3 Step 3 Figure 3. Put your

cursor on the blue square at

the top of this line. This

allows you to move the bar

along your timeline.

Left click on the square and

move it to the start of the

movie. Click on the 2 button

illustrated in #3 Step 1

Figure 1. This starts the

movie. You should see the

blue line move over the

timeline and hear the music.

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You can also position the blue line at the beginning of the timeline by left clicking this button.


Step 4: With the blue line at the beginning, highlight

the photo (it is the black square in the video box) See

#3 Step 4 Figure 5. You highlight by putting your

cursor on the clip and right clicking. A white or black

dotted line appears around the edges of the selected

clip to show that it is highlighted.

If the clip appears too small to work with easily, it can

be made bigger. See #3 Step 4 Figure 6. Select or left

click the clip until the red double arrow appears. Drag

the photo out along the timeline to make it as long as

you want. By using the + magnifying button, you can

also make the timeline appear longer which then

allows you to easily adjust the size of the clip. Here

make it about 10 seconds long. See #3 Step 4 Figure

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Step 5: By Right clicking the photo clip, a dialogue box appears that allows you to select fade in

and fade out. This transitions the clip so it blacks out before the next clip appears. This gives

your work a more professional appearance.

Step 6: Now edit the music clip. If you play the movie you will hear that the Audio and the

Audio/Music bars are producing sound from their tracks simultaneously. This makes it

impossible to hear either. Left click the Audio/Music bar to select the music. With the blue line

at 10 seconds, make the music track the same length as the photo. You do that by:

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With the blue line in this position, left click the music clip to select it. See #3 Step 6 Figure 8.

Then left click button 4 as illustrated in #3 Step 1 Figure 1. This cuts the clips so you now have

two pieces. See #3 Step 6 Figure 9.

With the two clips, you now have two options. You can right click to get a dialogue box and

choose delete to delete the second piece. The screen will look like this. See #3 Step 6 Figure 10.

Or you can leave the second clip in place by right clicking on the second piece. A dialogue

box appears that allows you to select mute(this silence the music.) See #3 Step 6 Figure 11.

Notice the straight lines as opposed to the wavy lines in the music clip

next to it.

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Now go back to the first clip. Right click, get the

dialogue box and Hit fade in. Right click the clip a

second time. This time select fade out. This allows

the music to open and close gently.

Step 7: You are now ready to edit the movie clip. Because the music will probably be louder than

the recorded voice, you will want to raise the volume of the person speaking. Right click the

audio clip. See #3 Step 7 Figure 12. When the dialogue box opens, select volume. This dialogue

will appear. Test to make sure that the music and voice

volume are equal. Click OK. See #3 Step 7 Figure 13.

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Step 8: Now play your movie by hitting the button labeled 2. If there are

several seconds before you start to speak, use your cursor and cut the clip

into two pieces and discard the piece that you don’t like. See #3 Step 8

Figure 14.

Step 9: If there is a part of video you don’t like but you want to keep the

audio portion. You can easily do that. First, select the segment of the video with the part you

want to discard. See #3 Step 9 Figure 15. You now must make two cuts. Put the blue line where

you want to make your first cut. See #3 Step 9 Figure 15.

Hit the button labeled # 4. You now have two pieces. See #3 Step 9

Figure 16.

Right click the photo at the start of your movie. When the

dialogue box opens, select copy. Now right click at the

beginning of the segment of the movie you want to

remove. When the dialogue box opens, select paste. See

#3 Step 9 Figure 17.

Notice the gap in the Audio line.

Now left click the selection of movie you don’t

want to show and drag it down to the Audio/Music line.

Your screen will look like this. See #3 Step 8 Figure 18.

Now left click the image until the double arrow

appears and shorten photo until there is no gap

in the line. Compare #3 Step 8 Figure 18 & 19.

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Step 10: Inserting Titles.

Before continuing, highlight where you want to add a title or a credit. Here we are going to

make a title on the photo at the beginning of the timeline.

Left click photo to highlight.


Then Go to 2. Edit movies on the left hand side of your screen.

You will see Make Titles or credits.

A dialogue box will open.

You have several choices. Now we are going to Select Add title on

the selected the selected clip in the timeline. Your screen will look

like this. See #3 Step 10 Figure 22 and then 23.

Notice at the

bottom of the dialogue box you can

Change the title animation. See #3 Step 10

Figure 24

Change the text font and color. See #3 Step 10

Figure 25.

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In choose the title Animation, scroll to see options and then select Fade in and Fade out option.

Your screen will look like this. See #3 Step 10 Figure 26.

Now Left Click Edit the Title Text again.


When dialogue box opens, you will see #3 Step 10 Figure 28.

Enter your ID number, your name, the name of the event and

the date. Next select Choose the text font and color.

See #3 Step 10 Figure 27. When dialogue box opens, select

color and adjust font size. See #3 Step 10 Figure 29.

When animation, title text and text font and color

are selected, select Done, add title to movie. See #3

Step 10 Figure 29.






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Now go back to your timeline. Your screen will look like this with the title inserted. Notice your

title is now in the title Overlay line. See #3 Step 10 Figure 30.

However, the timeline needs to be made

larger so hit the magnifying button.

Again see #3 Step 10 Figure 30.

Each time you hit this button, the timeline

magnifies. Left click this button several times

to enlarge timeline so you can better see and

work with your clips. Compare #3 Step 10

Figure 30 & 31 to see differences. This allows

for more refined editing on very small clips.

Note that magnification does not change time. A five second clip is still a five second clip. You

can just see it better.

When your timeline is magnified, left click or select the clip on the Title Overlay line. #3 Step 10

Figure 31. When the red arrow appears, drag it to make the clip longer. This actually makes

the clip longer in time so the four seconds clip lengthens to 10 seconds.

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When the title overlay is the length that you desire, left click or select the clip and center the

clip between the photo clip. See #3 Step 10 Figure 33.

Take a few minutes to save your work. Please left click file. When the dialogue box opens,

please select save project. Remember this program crashes easily so you want to Save your

work frequently.

Once the project is saved, it is time to play the edited portion of your movie. Left click the cursor

or blue line and move it to the beginning Or left click this button. See #3 Step 10 Figure 34. The

photo and music should start and then the title will appear. The title then should

disappear before the photo clip ends and the movie clip begins. If it does not, go back

to the timeline, left click the title on the title overlay. Wait for the red arrow and then

make it longer or shorter.




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Now that the title is the way you want it, it is now time to make credits at the end of the movie.

Use the magnifying buttons to make the timeline smaller. Left click the minus button several

times until your clip looks like this. See #3 Step 10 Figure 35. You now see the full five minutes

and twenty seconds. Notice that your shorter clips appear only as lines.

Step 11: Adding credits at the end of the movie.

Now we add another photo. See #3 Step 5. Go to insert photos, browse until you find one you

like then hit ok. The photo will appear in the window pane. Drag it to the end of your movie clip

on the video line in your timeline. See #3 Step 11 Figure 36.




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Now go to the Audio/Music line for the clip that we muted previously. See #3 Step 6 Figure 11.

And #3 Step 11 Figure 36.

Right click the Audio/Music clip and un-mute it by clicking mute. The check mark next to mute

will now disappear. Left click the selection and drag it down the timeline to where the photo is.


For this phase of the editing, the timeline is again too small for us to work in the detail

required. Magnify the timeline. See #3 Step 11 Figure 38 and compare

to Figure 37. The clips are now big enough to work with.




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We want the music to be in the music line under the video line so left click the Audio/Music clip

and drag it to be even with the photo. See #3 Step 11 Figure 39.

Save your work.

Now we are going to repeat many of the same steps

as in Step 10 when we added titles. This time we are

going to add credits over the photo at the end.

Left click Make titles or credits under 2. Edit on the

left hand side of the window. Like in Step 10, when

the dialogue box opens, left click Add title on the

selected clip in the timeline. When the dialogue box opens, select change the title

animation. See #3 Step 11 Figure 40.

This dialogue box opens. See #3 Step 11 Figure 41.

This time scroll down until you see Credits. See #3

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Left click or select the first choice under credits. Credits Scroll Up, Stacked. See #3 Step 11

Figure 42.

Then left click Edit title text . See #3 Step 11 Figure 42 again. After you left click, a dialogue box

will open. See #3 Step 11 Figure 43.

Now it is time to add the information you need to

identify your movie. Using your keyboard, write in

the following information: See #3 Step 11 Figure

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The title

Date

Name ID number

Edited by

Music by

The Petroleum Institute Abu Dhabi, UAE

When you have entered you data, your screen will look like this. If you need more lines, put the

cursor in the last line on the right hand side hit enter. Another line will appear. See #3

Step 11 Figure 45.

Now left click Done, add title to movie.

If you close this box without selecting

Done, add the title to movie, the

information in the box will disappear and

you will have to enter the data again.

The credits will be inserted into the timeline.

See See #3 Step 11 Figure 46.








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Go back to the decrease button to decrease the magnification. See #3 Step 11 Figure 47.

Left click the button several times so that your timeline

decreases in visual size. See #3 Step 11 Figure 47.

Select the photo in the video line until you see the red arrow. When the red arrow appears, drag

it so that it is bigger that the Simple Machine title on the title Overlay. See #3 Step 11 Figure 49.

Now right click the photo and select fade in. Right click again and select fade out.





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Now select the Simple Machine Title clip and center it between the two ends of the photo. See


Again go to the magnifying button to increase the length

of the timeline. See #3 Step 11 Figure 52.

Now your screen will look like this. See #3 Step 11 Figure 53.

Put the cursor a few seconds after end of the photo in the video line. See #3 Step 11 Figure 54.

Next select or left click the music on the Audio/Music line. See #3 Step 11 Figure 54.








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Right click music to select it then go to button #4 and left click it. See #3 Step 11 Figure 55.

Note that your clip must be selected

before this button will activate.

When you left click this button, your

music clip will be cut into two places at

the cursor. See #3 Step 11 Figure 56.

Now that the music clip is it two parts , select or right click the music clip on the right hand side

in the Audio/Music line. From the dialogue box, select delete. See #3 Step 11 Figure 57.

Again right click the music clip and select fade in from the dialogue box. Repeat and then select

fade out.

Before proceeding, save your work.

Before publishing, replay your video to make sure that it plays the way you intended. Left click

the titles and credits in the timeline. The text box will open again for you to

Check the spelling in your titles and in your credits.

Adjust color, font size and animation

Be sure to hit Done, save the text before closing the text box.





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To make sure there are no gaps in your timeline, decrease the magnification to see your entire

movie easily. See #3 Step 11 Figure 58.

Study the timeline. Check to make sure that all extra music has been deleted and that the clips

fit together and that there are no gaps between the gaps on the different lines.

When you are finished, save your movie.

The Movie is now ready to be Published.

Go to Section #2 Step 2 Figure 3. Follow the steps.


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