How to Use Movie Maker

Important

Before beginning your project, create a Movie Maker folder in your H drive. Within that folder, make a Picture file and an Audio file. You will save ALL your pictures and audio for the movie in this folder.

Opening Movie Maker

  1. Locate the Windows Movie Maker iconfrom the Start Menu or on the Desk Top and double click on it.
  2. Movie Maker will automatically open to a New Project.

Importing Pictures from your H Drive

  1. UnderCapture Video,clickImport pictures.
  2. Select the pictures to import from the Movie Maker folder you created in your H drive. To select more than one picture at a time, hold down Ctrl key and click each picture you want to copy.
  3. Now the pictures will appear in the Collections box.
  4. Drag and drop your pictures into the Storyboard on the bottom of the screen.

Importing Audio from your H Drive

  1. UnderCapture Video, click Import audio or music.
  2. Select the sound clip to import located in the Movie Maker folder you created in your H drive.
  3. Now the sound clip will appear in the Collections box.
  4. Drag and drop audio clip into Timeline.
  5. You may start and stop the audio where you want in the Timeline. Using the trim handles, place your cursor at the beginning of audio, then click and drag audio to where you want the music to start. Do the same to stop audio where you want, such as at the end of the Movie Maker presentation.

Recording your voice

  1. On the View menu, click Timeline.
  2. Move the playback indicator on the timeline, which appears as a blue square with a vertical line, to a point on the timeline where the Audio/Music track is empty and where you want to begin your audio narration.
  3. To see more options, click Show more options, and do the following:
  4. If you have added other audio clips to the Audio/Music track and you do not want the other clips to shift on the timeline, select the Limit narration to available free space on Audio/Music track check box.
  5. In the Audio device list, click the audio capture device you want to use. Then, in Audio input source, click the line that you want to use.
  6. To adjust the volume of your captured audio, move the Input level slider to the level you want to use.
  7. Select the Mute speakers check box to prevent the audio from a video clip on the timeline from playing back over your speakers while you are narrating the timeline. This prevents unwanted audio from being captured in your narration.
  8. Click Start Narration and begin narrating the content on the timeline.
  9. Do one of the following:
  10. If the Limit narration to available free space on Audio/Music track check box is selected, narrate the timeline until the time limit expires.
  11. If the Limit narration to available free space on Audio/Music track check box is cleared, click Stop Narration after you have finished narrating the contents on the timeline.
  12. In the File name box, type a name for your captured audio narration, and then click Save. (The audio narration you captured is imported automatically into the current collection and the narration is added automatically to the point on the Audio/Music track where the narration was first started.)

Adding a Title

  1. Under Movie Tasks, then Edit Movie, click Make titles or credits.
  2. Click Title at the beginning.
  3. Click Change the title animation, and then Choose the Title Animation page.
  4. Select a title animation from the list.
  5. Click Change the text font and color, and select title font and color you want.

**Under this same heading, Edit Movie then Make titles and credits. Make sure to add a heading for each picture.**

Adding Video Transitions

  1. Under Edit Movie, click View video transitions.
  2. Preview transitions by double clicking them.
  3. Once you’ve found a transition you like, drag it from the Video TransitionsCollections boxto the small rectangle between every picture.

Deleting a Slide or Transition

  1. Go toStoryboard.
  2. Right click on picture or transition you wish to delete.
  3. Select Delete.

Deleting Audio

  1. Go to Timeline.
  2. Right click on music you wish to delete.
  3. Click Delete.

Change Length of Time Each Photo Stays on Screen

  1. Go to Tools
  2. Click Options
  3. ClickAdvanced
  4. Change the length of picture duration. You can also change the length of transition duration here.
  5. Click OK

Change Timing between Photos

How long do you want each picture to display? This depends on how much you want to talk during each slide. To get the timing right, practice your oral presentation and record the time for each slide. Then,

  1. Go to Timeline.
  2. Grab the end of each picture and drag it to the desired length.

Saving a Project

  1. On the File menu, click Save Project As.
  2. In the Save In box, use the drop down menu and open your H drive.
  3. Find your Movie Maker Folder.
  4. In the File name box, type the name you want and click Save.

Saving a Finished Movie

  1. Under Finish Movie, click Save to my computer.
  2. Enter a file name for your saved movie.
  3. Click on Browse and navigate to your Movie Maker or Video folder on your H drive, then click OK.
  4. Click Next.
  5. Click Next again.
  6. Click Finish.

SAVE OFTEN!

Created by Mrs. Bovino

Adapted by Miss Rosenthal (September 2008)

Movie Maker