Assignment About Movie Maker

8/3/2019 Assignment About Movie Maker

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Assignment:

Sultan Qaboos University

College of Education

Done By: Ahmed AL-Balushi (82919)

Ibrahim AL-Badi (89245)


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What is Windows Live Movie Maker?

You can use Windows Live Movie Maker to turn your videos and photos intogreat-looking movies so you can share your favorite digital memories with yourfamily, friends, or even the whole world.

Here are some of the things you can do in Movie Maker:

y Add videos and photos. Start your project by adding photos and videos toMovie Maker. Add videos and photos right in Movie Maker or throughWindows Live Photo Gallery.

y Personalize your movie. Add transitions, pan and zoom effects, visualeffects, titles, credits, captions, and other special touches to make yourmovie your own.

y Add music. Add music to your movies to use as a soundtrack.y Make a movie quickly using Auto Movie themes. After you add videos and

photos, pick an Auto Movie theme to make a movie in just a few clicks.Auto Movie themes automatically add a title, credits, transitions andeffects for you.

y Preview at any time. View your whole project at any time when editing tosee what your final movie will look like. Or just preview a single item inyour project, such as a video, photo, or text item.

y Publish your movie on the web. Share your movie with family and friendsby publishing your movie on popular websites, such as YouTube,Facebook , or Windows Live SkyDrive. You can also download additionalpublishing plug-ins so you can publish your movie on other popularwebsites.

ySave your movie on your computer and share it later. Save your movie onyour computer to play or share it. For example, you can send your moviein an e-mail message or transfer it to a portable device or mobile phonelater on. You might be able to burn your movie directly to DVD usingMovie Maker (depending on which edition of Windows your computer isrunning).

What kind of files can you use in Movie Maker?

You can add the following types of video, photo, and audio files to Windows LiveMovie Maker.

Project file types (format) File name extensions

Windows Movie Maker project files .mswmm

Windows Live Movie Maker project files .wlmp

Video file types (format) File name extensions

Windows Media Video (WMV) files .wmv


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Windows Media files .asf and .wm

AVCHD files .m2ts and .m2t Apple QuickTime files .mov and .qt

DV-AVI files .aviMicrosoft Recorded TV Show files .dvr-ms and .wtv

MPEG-4 movie files .mp4, .mov,.m4v, .3gp, .3g2, and .k3gMPEG-2 movie files .mpeg, .mpg, .mpe, .m1v, .mp2, .mpv2,

.mod, and .vob

MPEG-1 movie files .m1vMotion JPEG files .avi and .mov

Photo file types (format) File name extensions

Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) files .jpg, .jpeg, .jfif, and .jpe

Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) files .tif and .tiffGraphics Interchange Format (GIF) files .gif

Windows Bitmap files .bmp, .dib, and .rleIcon files .ico and .iconPortable Network Graphics (PNG) files .png

HD Photo files .wdp

Audio file types (format) File nameextensions

Windows Media Audio (WMA) files .asf, .wm, and.wma

Pulse-code Modulation (PCM) files .aif, .aiff, and .wav

Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) files .m4aMP3 files .mp3

How do we add videos and photos in Movie Maker?

The first step to making a movie in Windows Live Movie Maker is to add videosand photos. After that, you're ready to start editing your project.

When you make changes in Movie Maker, the original video files and photosaren't changed. Go ahead and try different things when you're making your

movieyour source videos and photos are won't be affected.

Here are a few different ways to add videos and photos to Movie Maker.


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To add videos and photos into Movie Maker

1. Open Windows Live Movie Maker by clicking the Start button . In thesearch box, type Movie Maker, and then, in the list of results, clickWindows Live Movie Maker.

2. On the Home tab, in the Add group, click Add videos and photos.3. In the Add Videos and Photos dialog box, open the folder that contains the

photos or videos that you want to add, select the video files and photos,and then click Open.

To select multiple photos and videos, press and hold the Ctrl key, andthen click each photo and video you want.

To add photos and videos to Movie Maker through Photo Gallery

1. Open Windows Live Photo Gallery by clicking the Start button . In the

search box, type Photo Gallery, and then, in the list of results, clickWindows Live Photo Gallery.

2. In Photo Gallery, select the videos and photos that you want to use in yourmovie.

To select multiple photos and videos, select the check box in the upper-left corner for each photo and video you want.

3. On the Create tab, in the Share group, click Movie.

Movie Maker opens automatically and the selected photos and videos are

added to the storyboard.

How do we trim a video in Movie Maker?

You can trim the beginning and end of a video so your movie shows only the partof the video you want. For example, if you have a video with a few black framesat the beginning, you could trim the beginning of the video so the black framesdon't appear in your final saved movie.

When you trim a video file in Windows Live Movie Maker, the original video fileisn't affected. All the video footage remains in the original video file.

To trim a video in Movie Maker

1. Open Windows Live Movie Maker by clicking the Start button . In thesearch box, type Movie Maker, and then, in the list of results, clickWindows Live Movie Maker.

2. On the Home tab, in the Add group, click Add videos and photos.


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3. In the Add Videos and Photos dialog box, open the folder that contains thephotos or videos that you want to add, select the video files and photos,and then click Open.

4. Click the video that you want to trim.

To select multiple photos and videos, press and hold the Ctrl key, andthen click each photo and video you want.

5. Under Video Tools, on the Edit tab, in the Editing group, do one or more ofthe following:

o To set a new start point for the video, drag the slider underneaththe preview monitor to the point that you want the video to start,and then click Set start point.

o To set a new end point for the video, drag the slider underneath thepreview monitor to the point that you want the video to stop playing,and then click Set end point.

To clear any new start and end points in Movie Maker so the whole video

plays

1. Click a trimmed video in your project.2. Under Video Tools, on the Edit tab, in the Editing group, click Trim tool.3. Do one or more of the following:

o To make the trimmed video play from the beginning again, click thestart trim handle underneath the preview monitor, and drag it to thebeginning of the video.

o To make the trimmed video play to the end again, click the end trim

handle underneath the preview monitor, and drag it to the end ofthe video.

4. On the Trim tab, in the Trim group, click Save trim to save the changesyou made and to close the trim tool.

How do I publish my movie on the web?

After you're done editing your project in Windows Live Movie Maker, you can share

your movie with family, friends, and others by publishing it on the web. You can do thisby using choosing one of the websites in the Sharing group. You can also install

additional publishing plug-ins that let you publish your movie on many other popular

websites today right in Movie Maker.

Reference:

http://explore.live.com/windows-live-essentials-help-center?T1=t3&mkt=en-

sa&wlexpid=184C1F024E8B4C86A225EF8CDD8FCEDD&wlrefapp=5

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