![]() The version of Movie Maker that is available for Windows 7 looks pretty different, although it has most of the same features. The screencast video below will show you the basics of making an audiovisual essay in Movie Maker for Windows XP or Vista. If so, you’re ready to upload the file to a video hosting site like YouTube or Vimeo. Watch (and listen to) the file and make sure everything seems fine. Navigate to the exported file, double click on it, and it will launch in Windows Media Player. ![]() ![]() I’m really not sure which one to recommend you choose, but aim for something that looks like it will create a medium sized file. You’ll see a range of file size options that are somewhat incomprehensible. To do that, go to the File menu and choose “Publish movie” (or something like that). To make a shareable version, you’ll need to export it in a compressed version. You can save your project as you work on it, but the saved version is a Movie Maker project file and not the version you would share with others. Click the “return to the beginning” button and press play to see a preview of what you’re creating in the preview box. You can also adjust the length of title cards and transitions that way. Put your mouse over the edge of one photo until you see a set of red arrows, then click and drag to the right to expand the time the photo displays. Switch to the timeline view to change adjust how long each photo, title card, or transition appears on the screen. The above steps are only possible when you’re in the storyboard view. (Otherwise only a portion of the audio file will be imported.) Adjusting “Play” Time for Photos Adding AudioĪdd your audio file last, after you’ve adjusted at least one image to display for longer than the length of time needed by your audio file. Use the title card maker to create title cards at the beginning, middle, or end of your project, and use the options to customize the font as well as text and background colors. To remove them, select them and hit the delete key. To change transitions or special effects, just drag new ones on top of the old ones. While viewing the collection of special effects (including ones that start by focusing on the center of the image and pan outwards, or the reverse), click on one and drag it onto the grayed out star box on the lower left corner of a photo. While viewing the collection of transitions, click on one and drag it to the grayed out box between two photos (which will then become blue, to show that a transition has been aded). I will try to post more resources for Windows users soon! Adding PhotosĪfter you import photos into a collection, drag them down into the project timeline at the bottom. Below are some brief step-by-step instructions for using the XP and Vista version of Movie Maker and further down is a screencast I made on a friend’s PC with Windows XP. I don’t use Windows myself and generally have very few students who use Windows, so my instructions are not as extensive for MovieMaker as they are for iMovie. 2 EXPORTING YOUR MOVIE IN WEB-READY FORMAT.
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