Windows Live Movie Maker 2011 User Guide
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1. Home Animations Visual Effects Project View Edit l a ras 0i amp Jes ax Yu i FQ rate Addideos Add Snapshot pa s A Ei som 1e Clipboard Add AutoMovie themes Editing Share 10 1 Cut copy and paste Cut copy and paste a photo or video added to the storyboard using the relevant SI tool in the Video Tools Options toolbar You can also right click on a photo or Paste video in the storyboard to cut copy and paste Clipboard 10 2 Add videos and photos Add pictures or videos to the storyboard trom a folder on your computer by clicking m on Add videos and pictures and photos 10 3 Add music Add a music track to the project with this tool You can select to start the music at the start of the project or at the current point of the cursor i e further along the storyline This will not create a special section with music added For sections you need to split a music track see section 9 of this user manual J Add music a Add music at the current point 10 4 Take a snapshot Take a snapshot of the picture displayed in the preview window i e of the image at the current position of the cursor The picture will be the size of the preview window and can be saved Snapshot 10 5 Add a title captions and credits Page 17 10 5 1 ADD TITLE aT Add Title will add a blank black title page at the beginning of the project It will also add a p2. Introduction and Contents page i WINDOWS LIVE MOVIE MAKER COMPONENT OF WINDOWS LIVE ESSENTIALS 2011 USER GUIDE By EcB INTRODUCTION AND CONTENTS INTRODUCTION B kd My Movie Windows Live Movie Maker Beta Video Tools Text Tools oS es Home Animations Visual Effects Project View Edit Format o Tr user guide is UAB dm eal S ne i E based on paste Addvideos Add Snapshot T b ia AutoMovie themes and photos music Windows Live clipboard Add Essentials 2011 Build 15 4 3502 922 It contains instructions for using Windows Live Movie Maker a program component of Windows Live Essentials In this guide the program is referred to as WLMM A new user 4x 2 i peony e H H F a O SkyDrive save peres movie Ir A Maple leaves in A AThefamousmes A A dock at sunset 00 07 00 28 4i gt i himself withthe lay himself with the layout WLMM 2011 graphical user interface GUI of WLMM s graphical tem 2 of 4 r owe gt user interface GUI A GUI is the visual presentation of a program on a computer screen WLMM s GUI offers a special workspace for compiling editing and viewing movies as well as a pull down menu with menu options The GUI also has functional icons or buttons and tabs opening ribbon toolbars horizontal ribbons presenting various editing tools In addition
3. 4 Fadein None ar 1x I so that only the E Video zt Fade out genni wpe kground Duration Split added music track will be volume cassunne color audible in the movie To o y mute the recorded soundtrack select the video with recorded soundtrack then do Video Tools Edit gt Video Volume Slide the volume lever to zero no sound Now the recorded soundtrack will be inaudible A new musical soundtrack without interference from the recorded soundtrack can be added directly with Home gt Add music No need to save the muted video file first Visual Effects Home Animations Project View Jus Edit Adjust The third solution is simply to avoid adding a musical soundtrack to the movie if the video has Page 11 meaningful speech and other sounds recorded The volume of the added musical soundtrack can also be turned down by clicking on the green strip above the storyline and then doing Music Tools Options gt Music volume set to low volume The audio mix can in fact be set by adjusting both Video Tools Edit gt Video volume and Music Tools Options gt Music volume until a good sound mix is achieved 9 2 Adding splitting and replacing the added soundtrack shown as a green strip above the storyline 4 Din Din Wo Little Child if Din Din ADD MUSIC To add music to a movie click Add Music on the Home ribbon toolbar Select the music of your choice an
4. eee eae None Setend point Endpoint 327115 Audio Editing Text Tools Format In Example 1 the selected photo has a caption Therefor almost all text formatting tools are enabled This includes Cut Copy and Paste Font Style and Font Size Transparency of Font Start End Time for caption to be displayed various Caption Effects with arrows pointing to alternative effects If the title page had been selected with the cursor at the very beginning of the movie Background Colour would also have been enabled Note that most tools on the Text Tools Format ribbon toolbar are enabled in the context of Example a e ra iit ee ee ee aa a Pa _ r IP Text Tools LLIT aan a aa ua a x a Format Uae USE RT ay 7 Cut Back d color amp a Segoe UI 234 Ad Transparency K p AE AREMA CAR A Copy i 2 Start time 7 005 z Paste Piece at SS Fe Edit acl A A text Text duration 7 00 i Clipboard Font Paragraph Adjust Effects 2 Cursor moved over video captions added to photo no music added A November4 2005 A Maple leaves in A Video Tools Edit In Example 2 all applicable video tools are enabled including tools to split and trim the video and also a tool to adjust the volume of the video sound track speech etc There is a tool to adjust the speed of playback enabling slow motion and accelerated movement Background Colour is disabled because there are
5. 13 14 20 View full screen preview 3 5 19 View tab 3 19 View thumbnails adjust size 3 5 19 View toolbar 3 19 View video split point 11 14 Vista versus Windows 7 20 Visual effects iii 2 9 18 20 Voice over 16 Webcam import webcam recordings 20 Widescreen 19 Widescreen standard screen aspect ratio 2 8 19 Windows DVD Maker 8 Zoom in Zoom out 19 Zoom time scale iii 3 5
6. or when you continue to work on a saved project Pull down menu gt Open project There are three ways to add photos and videos to the Storyboard gt Click and drag videos and photos to the Storyboard from your desktop or from a specially opened folder gt Click Click here to browse for videos and photos on the Storyboard Then browse through your picture and video folders and select click what you want to add to your movie This function is not available after you have started a project and placed items on the Storyboard gt Home gt Add videos amp photos nd shied Browse through your picture and video folders and select what you want to add to your movie Add multiple files When adding videos and photos you can add multiple files at once by holding the CTRL or SHIFT keys to select multiple files Then click the Open button Page 6 2 1 File types that can be added WLMM 2011 will accept the following video and photo and audio formats for compiling and editing a movie The necessary codecs digital media file encoder decoder software must be available on your computer Video file types Windows Media Video WMV files wmv Windows Media files asf and wm AVCHD files m2ts and m2t Apple QuickTime files mov and qt DV AVI files avi Microsoft Recorded TV Show files dvr ms and wtv MPEG 4 movie files mp4 mov m4v 3gp 3g2 and k3g MPEG 2
7. 12 14 Fit to music 2 12 14 Font colour 4 17 Font size 4 17 Font style 4 17 GUI Graphical User Interface i Home tab Home toolbar i ii 1 5 6 8 10 13 16 18 20 Live Essentials account ii Multiple files select to add to storyboard 5 Multiple items on storyboard select 9 Music ii iil 1 3 4 6 8 10 18 Page 22 Music file types recognized 6 Music tools ii 3 11 15 Music track green strip 3 11 13 15 Music volume iii 3 11 12 14 15 Save project 1 6 7 Project New Project Open Project Save project 1 5 6 7 Online help iii New Project 1 5 Open project 1 5 Pan and zoom photos ii 2 9 10 20 Photo duration Video Tools Edit 3 13 14 Photo file types recognized and imported by WLMM 6 Photos il iii 1 10 13 16 18 Play movie in preview window ili 8 15 16 Playback controls ili 5 8 9 Preview full screen 3 5 19 Preview movie iii 8 15 16 Project tab Project toolbar 2 8 10 12 13 14 19 Publish movie 7 Pull down menu i ii 1 5 6 19 Quick access toolbar 1 Remove items from storyboard iii 18 Remove music in music track 12 13 15 16 Remove transition no transition 9 Remove visual effect no visual effect 10 Replace music 12 13 16 Replace soundtrack 11 12 13 16 Right click context menu iii 12 13 15 16 18 Rotate photo or video ii 18 Save high definition HD and large size movi
8. 6 8 11 18 Add title 2 4 8 16 18 Add transitions ii 8 9 15 18 20 Add videos and photos ii iii 1 20 Add voice over 16 Apply visual effects ili 2 9 18 20 Arrows arrow menus i ii 2 4 9 17 19 Aspect ratio widescreen standard screen 2 8 19 Audio file types that can be imported to WLMM 6 Audio mix for whole project Project tab 2 Audio mix vary video track and music track volumes in movie sections 10 16 Automovie ii 2 8 11 18 Background colour 3 4 17 Background for title create your own 17 18 Balance vary volume of video track music or speech amp volume of music track 10 16 Brightness on Visual effects tab iii 2 10 Browse for items to add to storyboard 5 6 Burn a DVD 8 Caption effects 4 17 18 Captions 2 3 4 16 18 Check project settings before saving it 20 Codecs download Codecs 20 Context menu right click iii 12 13 15 16 18 Credits 2 4 8 16 18 Cut copy and paste photos amp videos on storyboard ii 16 Cut copy paste text 4 17 Download codecs Download latest version of WLMM 20 Drag items video s photos to storyboard iii 5 8 20 Drag beginning of music voice track 3 11 13 15 Duration of transition ii 9 20 Duration of photo display 3 20 Duration of text display 4 17 18 20 Fade in fade out of music 3 12 13 15 Fast motion amp slow motion 4 19 File types that can be imported 6 Fit photo presentation to music 2
9. by moving the slider OLITTE e atanan j reaa B Fit to music Widescreen Standard Fit to 16 9 Select whether you want a music widescreen or standard aspect ratio for your movie Automatically fit photo playback to duration of music soundtrack Page 3 1 7 The View Ribbon Toolbar Qae View a zoom zoom Reset Thumbnail Preview in out size full screen ay 1 SS mm Time zoom ty 6 ee a a TIME ZOOM These icons Zoom zoom Reset in out shorten or lengthen the view of the space of time covered by a photo or video in the movie Time zoom 1 8 The Video Tools Edit Music Tools Options and Text Tools Format Ribbon Toolbars The tools available and enabled in the Video Tools Edit Music Tools Options and Text Tools Format ribbon C _ Thumbnail size Change the size of the thumbnails viewed in the storyboard Preview full screen Preview window fills full screen Is Music To ails Te Took n Se Edit Options Format toolbars change according to the items and features added to the movie to the position of the cursor in the storyline and to where the mouse Is clicked The tools needed for editing in a certain context are provided Two Examples 1 Cursor positioned before selected photo music and captions added to movie Video Tools Edit No video follow
10. e Music Tools Options gt Music Volume or Music _ This means click on the Music Tools Options tab and then click on Music Volume Experiment to get the hang of the WLMM interface Drag some photos and video clips to the Storyboard the large area to the right of the Preview window Collect and arrange the various items by clicking on a photo or video then dragging it to a new position while holding the left mouse button down Try the effect of a tool on a selected photo or video For instance select click on a thumbnail in the Storyboard then click on the tab Visual Effects Choose an effect from the ribbon toolbar and then try the Brightness sliding tool You have to Play the movie being edited to see certain effects Also try the Thumbnail sizer to the left of the Zoom time scale ot context menu Check out the Preview window the large black x cit window on the left where the movie can be viewed while it G copy is being compiled and edited Try using the Playback iy paste controls A A Also experiment with Right Click on pull down A Maple leav os AEN menu options photo and video thumbnails features Add videos and photos added to a movie project and other items on the X Remove interface Context menus pop up on doing a right click me Sess on certain items Right click is for instance the way you son SO can Remove components and features of a movie being Zoom
11. for your title section rather than title page Playing around with transition animation applied visual effect and the duration of the title display can create quite an interesting title introduction section 10 5 2 ADD CREDITS AND CAPTIONS i s Title a Caption Credits g Credits Director Starring Location shat The instructions for adding credits which will appear at the end of the movie and captions which are added to selected photos or videos are basically the same as for adding a title The text in the captions and credits is edited using the Text Format Tools ribbon toolbar which becomes available after clicking in the pink strip text track running underneath the movie track See 10 5 1 10 6 Apply an AutoMovie Theme To compile a movie from the elements on the storyboard automatically do Home gt Automovie theme Select one of the Automovie themes First hover the mouse pointer over the theme to SSS see what the effect will be Then select the desired theme Transitions and music will be added automatically after you have selected to add music and chosen a tune or selected not to add music The automatically compiled movie can be edited afterwards AutoMovie themes 10 7 Editing Rotate left Rotate right Remove Select all A AN Fat Remove To rotate a selected photo or video by 90 degrees with each click do ee Home gt Rotate left or Home gt Rotate
12. is apt or the other way round 2 Now add music to the project at the position of the video by means of Home gt Add music 3 After having studied the video split the video track and the music track Shown as a green strip at the same positions along the storyline 4 Split the video track into sections by using Video Tools Edit gt Split at specific points on the storyline Select the split points by moving the cursor to those positions 5 Split the music track by first clicking in the green strip running along the top of the Storyline Then select corresponding split points by positioning the cursor Click on Music Tools Options gt Split to split the soundtrack into matching sections 6 The storyboard should now display a number of split off sections each with a video track and matching soundtrack Different tunes were added to the different sections in the illustration below d Distance Karsh MuitaBobeira D i d One Step Beyon A Despertar Aisha ED a A 7 The splits should be made where the audio mix needs to be changed It is necessary to remember or note down the relevant images or scenes and to associate desired changes in the audio mix with these images or scenes as mentioned at point 1 In this way the preview window can be used to see where the splits should be made It s easy to see where the splits video track matching audio track splits must be mad
13. movie files mpeg mpg mpe m1v mp2 mpv2 mod and vob MPEG 1 movie files m1v Motion JPEG files avi and mov if a HD video file cannot be added re encode the original AVCHD video to a WMV format or another HD format e g mpeg 2 Use the resulting file for importing into a WLMM movie Photo files Joint Photographic Experts Group JPEG files jpg jpeg jfif and jpe Tagged Image File Format TIFF files tif and tiff Graphics Interchange Format GIF files gif Windows Bitmap files bmp dib and rle Icon files ico and icon Portable Network Graphics PNG files png HD Photo files wdp Audio files Add Music and other audio files are added by clicking Home gt Add Music This subject is discussed in section 9 in this user manual The following Audio also music file types can be added Windows Media Audio WMA files asf wm and wma Pulse code Modulation PCM files aif aiff and wav Advanced Audio Coding AAC files m4a Note A saved MP3 files mp3 project can be opened by and edited with 3 SAVE YOUR WORK SAVE WLMM PROJECTS AND SAVE MOVIES WLMM A saved movie is a media file which can be Use the pull down menu on the left i to save projects and movies imported to but i g f ai not opened by WLMM 3 1 Save a project Pull down menu gt Save project and Pull down menu gt Save project as See next
14. out J compiled Use Online Help by clicking on w button To read Tips and Info hover the mouse pointer over items For a User Forum go to http windowslivehelp com forums aspx productid 5 CONTENTS 9 3 2 Video volume 9 3 3 Music volume Introduction and contents i 9 3 4 Fade in fade out Introduction i 19 3 5 Split soundtrack Contents iip 19 3 6 Set start time and set start end points of added music The WLMM 2011 GUI Graphic User Interface 9 3 7 Fit photo presentation to music The Quick Access Toolbar 9 4 Vary Audio Mix in a video added to the movie The Pull down Menu and the Tabs 9 5 Add voice over The Home Tab amp Ribbon Toolbar 10 Use the tools in the Video tools Options ribbon toolbar The Animations Tab amp Ribbon Toolbar 10 1 Cut copy and paste The Visual Effects Tab amp Ribbon Toolbar 10 2 Add videos and photos The Project Tab amp Ribbon Toolbar 10 3 Add music The View Tab amp Ribbon Toolbar 10 4 Take a snapshot The Video Tools Edit Music Tools Options and Text Tools 10 5 Add a title captions and credits Format Ribbon Toolbars 10 5 1 Add title Playback controls Thumbnail amp Storyline View controls 5 10 5 1 1 Editing the title also captions and credits Add videos and photos to the storyboard 10 5 1 2 Create a personal background for the title page File types that can be added Video files Photo files Audio 10 5 2 Add Credits and Captions i 10 6 Apply an AutoMovie Theme S
15. right The images will be a mia ta shown like that rotated in the movie To select all items on the storyboard do Home gt Select all To remove selected items from the storyboard do Home gt Remove you can also use Right Click to Remove Editing 10 8 Sharing post movie to websites save movie sign in amp out of Windows Live Save ee movie i 4l Share Page 19 To share a movie on a community website or store it on SkyDrive click on a Share option Home gt Share To save the move click on Home gt Save movie select from Arrow drop down menu You can also store share and save a movie using the pull down menu ee To sign in and out of Windows Live do Home gt Name of Windows Live member 11 ASPECT RATIO SET PROJECT TO WIDESCREEN OR STANDARD SCREEN ne Animations Visual Effects Project F To set your movie project to fit into either a wide 5 a screen 16 9 or a standard screen 4 3 do Project gt ISSscEer ay Wide screen or Project gt Standard screen pme ee 12 ZOOM IN AND ZOOM OUT Home Animations Visual Effects Project View VIEW PROJECT MORE ms SLOWLY AND CLOSELY OR Q PA VICE VERSA be Fa zoom zoom Reset Thumbnail Preview in out size full screen To take a closer slowed down look at your project Zoom in To geta quicker overview Zoom out Use View gt Zoom in or View gt Zoom out To reset the standard view use View
16. second thumbnail so that it is selected and the cursor appears between the two thumbnails A Transition will be A created here Then click the Animations tab and select a transition effect To add the same crossover effect to multiple items select a range by clicking the photo or video you want to start with then hold down the SHIFT key and click the one youd like to end with Then click the transition effect you prefer It is applied to the selected range 00 09 00 13 A The cursor You can preview the transitions applied by moving the sliding lever on the playback controls or the cursor in the storyline slowly over the sections of the movie A The preview slider 7 PAN AND ZOOM APPLIED TO PHOTOS ee eee more choices Photos or other picture files can be panned moved in different directions and zoomed moved nearer or further back while they are being shown in a movie in order animate them Select a photo and then click on one of the Pan i and zoom effects available on the Animation ribbon toolbar Alternative pan and zoom patterns are opened by clicking on the arrows You can also select to apply the same pan and rE zoom effect to all inanimate pictures in the movie Pan and zoom 8 APPLY VISUAL EFFECTS Videos and photos can be changed to black and white and many other filter effects can be applied usin
17. at compatible with WLMM it can simply be imported to the storyboard like other video or picture or sound files One example of a webcam recording program offering both free and paid versions NCH Debut Video Capture Software 17 CHECK THE PROJECT BEFORE SAVING A MOVIE After compiling a movie project check the transitions pan and zoom effects and visual effects applied Also check durations for instance durations of transitions soundtrack volumes and whatever has been selected edited or set by looking at the relevant ribbon toolbars The toolbars will light up selections made or indicate durations chosen in the different sections of the project Then save the movie If there is something wrong with the saved movie return to the project and find the problem by studying the signals or data provided by the ribbon toolbars 18 DOWNLOAD THE LATEST VERSION OF WLMM Go to http explore live com windows live movie maker os other Links for codecs http www free codecs com download k_lite_codec_pack htm http www free codecs com download vista_codec_package htm http www free codecs com k_lite_codec_pack_download htm Page 21 19 INDEX Add Animations Transitions Pan amp Zoom ii iii 2 8 9 15 18 20 Add or edit captions 2 4 16 18 Add credits 2 4 8 16 18 Add multiple files to storyboard 5 Add music ii iii 1 3 4 6 8 11 18 Add soundtrack music or voice over ii iii 1 3 4
18. ave your work save WLMM projects and save movies 10 7 Editing Rotate left Rotate right Remove Select all Save a project 10 8 Sharing post movie to websites save movie sign in amp out Publish a movie of Windows Live Save a movie 11 Aspect Ratio set project to widescreen or standard screen 19 Play the WLMP file in Preview Window Zoom in and zoom out view project more slowly and Use Automovie for automatic movie making Closely or vice versa Add Transitions crossover effects Slow Motion and Fast Motion Pan and Zoom applied to photos Trim a video Apply Visual Effects Split a video Add a music soundtrack to the movie Import webcam recordings 9 1 Create a balanced audio mix Check the project before saving a movie 9 2 Adding splitting and replacing the added soundtrack Download the latest version of WLMM 9 3 Using other soundtrack tools ae INDER Ge ee ee ee ee E 9 3 1 Audio mix 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ONOONKRWN O 2 2 1 w N oO Ose On Oo Page 1 WD Towers 1 WLMM 2011 INTERFACE LAYOUT 1 1 The Quick Access Toolbar right at the top m2 The tam ous esas Of MonunpentValley My Movie Windoy Mix 00 07 00 28 _ simatie Save the Customize the Quick Access Toolbar by adding or removing current Movie Maker and New Project icon Open Project icon Add videos and photos icon Project as a wimp Redo and A
19. c to be added using for instance Windows Sound Recorder Start recording at exactly the same moment you start playing the preview or the provisionally saved movie Watch the movie as it progresses and vary the volume of the recorded music according to what you see and hear Add the tailor made recorded soundtrack to the movie project with Home gt Add music Page 16 9 5 Add voice over It is advisable to use two computers when adding a voice over track to a movie track as alternative to adding a music track One reason is that Windows Sound Recorder and WLMM will not record play at the same time on the same computer Compile a movie project ready for added voice over on one computer If the project contains a video mute the video music in split off sections of the video track as needed Now play a preview of the project or play a provisionally saved movie with a media player while simultaneously making a voice recording on the second computer The voice recording should start at precisely the same moment as the movie starts playing and end at the same moment too It should be made while watching and listening to the preview or provisionally saved movie Add the tailor made voice recording a WMA file if Sound Recorder used to the project by means of Home gt Add music Remove and replace the voice over a few times if necessary 10 USE THE TOOLS IN THE VIDEO TOOLS OPTIONS RIBBON TOOLBAR
20. d click the Open button Once you ve added music the Music Tools Options toolbar becomes available Note AutoMovie will ask if you would like to add a soundtrack to your movie If you select no you can always add one later J Add music ah Add music at the current point SPLIT MUSIC TRACK To split an added music track at a particular point move the storyboard cursor to the position where the split must occur and then click Music Tools Options gt Split Drag the cursor or click in a certain position in the storyline to pinpoint the split KE E S F My Movie Windows Live Mowie Ma V deo Tools Mu Animations Visual Effects Project View Edit a Options F E eT Siaa a k ell bee a es CD Set start time jiarbtim 0 00s Music Tools Edit ribbon toolbar is i 8 iH Get eft point Start point 0 005 available because music has been Music f ET Split Z ee cir eee ae None 4 Set end point Endpoint 28583 added to movie Split is available because the cursor is into a AL li ea ae pong soundtrack and not at its start enuu a 3b Koit and Barnada Muso Eo ad Din Din Wo Little Child H J Once a section of the music soundtrack has been split off the starting point of the soundtrack in the new section can i be dragged forwards or backwards after clicking in the green strip Hold left mous
21. dd music icon to from Save Project and Undo Redo icons file only readable by The Quick Access Toolbar can also be relocated to a position WLMM under the Ribbon Toolbar The Toolbar shown with all Quick Access buttons 1 2 The Pull down Menu Icon and the Tabs opening Ribbon Toolbars wssssssscnssccnnnnncnnnnns a Home Animations Visual Effects Project fia Zag em aa Ta q y ee Ee Uunaes aan aa e _ Se Ped iiaii LLELLE ee Te eT a e evel i ane eee Ty Be a te a8 a Tabs opening ribbon toolbars Recent projects New project gt TG My Mae Windows Live Movie Maker Beta Sra Home Animations Visual Effects Project View Edit Format E LE E 1 My Movie wimp 2 B a t paste Add videos Add Snapshot 5 e sagas and photos az n T pen project a Gib es to ag t Save project t te ta 2o p ee 6 Ve te ta t amp Thetam otis ge thea lt Valley AY Save project as Raana ee H H ts Menu options given T gut a a t in the pull down ae pt ei Publish movie s F e ae Ip e t menu e ot ae A r Item 2 of 4 ee ot na PM Save movie a ate 6 a o oe ge Vail Import from devicee 4 s Fal Option
22. de effects transitions automatic pan and zoom effects title and credit slides and it asks you if you want to add a soundtrack If you click yes AutoMovie automatically adds music the tune is selected by you After you click AutoMovie you can still go back and fine tune your project 6 ADD TRANSITIONS CROSSOVER EFFECTS The Animations tab opens the following ribbon toolbar which includes six transition options The number of transition options displayed may differ according to the Aspect ratio setting made in Project gt Widescreen Standard or to the version of WLMM 2011 being used See Animations ribbon toolbar on next page Page 9 aml gt Y Duration 7 p i O T a A Transitions Pan and zoom The first option represents no transition a straight crossover from one section of the movie to the next Use no transition to undo a transition added The six crossover effects displayed can be expanded 5 with alternative choices found by clicking on the A ni E arrows on the right of the row of six nananananana tat T l U Apply to all E Duration 1 50 d a lt Duration 1 50 hi ig Apply to all The Duration of the cross over is also determined here Duration given in seconds To add a transition effect between two sections of the movie two photos and or videos positioned consecutively on the storyboard first click on the consecutive
23. e because the preview window will always show the image at the position of the cursor 8 The starting points of the soundtrack sections can be shifted forwards or backwards to line the soundtrack and video track sections up or to make adjustments to the soundtrack sections later when the variations in audio mix are tested 9 To reposition a starting point click in the green strip move the cursor to the new starting Page 15 point right click and then click on Set start point in the context menu which appears Added music is also removed by means of this context menu See the right click context menu below Din Din Wo Little i d I Ka Barra Your Work Habib Koit and Ja Cut Copy Paste Select all Remove Set start point Set end point Zoom in zoom out 10 To set a start point you can also click in the soundtrack section and then drag it forwards or backwards holding the left mouse button down 11 To reposition an end point click in the green strip move the cursor to the new end point followed by a right click and then click on Set end point in the context menu which appears You might have to remove the soundtrack and add it again if the end point fails to reposition Right click is the only way to set the end point 12 Improve the flow of audio mix variations by adjusting the start and end points of soundtrack sections after listening t
24. e ii 6 8 19 Save low resolution small size movie for e mail 8 Save medium standard sized movie for computer 8 Save movie ii 6 8 19 Save project ii 6 8 19 Set end point of music track 3 12 13 15 Set start point of music track 3 11 12 13 14 15 Slow motion amp fast motion 4 19 Snapshot of picture in preview window ii 16 sound volume movie track set recorded video sound volume i 4 10 12 14 15 20 Sound volume music track set added music volume i ili 3 10 11 12 14 15 20 Spacebar as playback control 8 Split movie video track 4 14 16 20 Split music added sound track 3 11 12 13 14 16 Standard screen aspect ratio 2 8 19 Start time text 4 Text editing and animating tools 3 4 17 18 Thumbnail size iii 3 5 19 Time zoom 3 Tips and info iii Title 2 4 8 16 18 Title page create your own personal background 17 18 Transition duration ii 9 20 Transitions ii 2 8 9 15 18 20 Transitions applied to multiple items 9 Page 23 Transparency of letters 4 17 Trim tool trim handles 4 19 Trim a video 19 Two computers use for added voice or music track 15 16 Undo redo previous move 1 Undo transition 9 Undo visual effect 10 User forum iil Video file types that can be imported 6 Video tools 3 4 10 11 12 14 15 16 19 20 Video volume 4 10 12 14 15 Videos ii iii 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12
25. e button down while dragging ale TT Move VIEW WHERE YOU SPLIT OR ADD RESUME MUSIC D The starting point for a split off music track is not deter mined blindly The video image atthe position of the ae a ae CUSO CAN pasion of the always be seen ier cee cecceees ene ee ans gC ae sn cursor is in the preview ee so shown in the window Preview j window 4 gt i Page 12 REPLACE MUSIC d Love Comes The Posies Every Kind of Light To replace the music in the added soundtrack or ina split off section of the added soundtrack you must first remove the T existing music Right click in the green Faste soundtrack strip specifically in the section iG Select all where the music must be replaced Click on WA ia videosacihuhotne Remove This will clear away the existing D gt X Remove soundtrack and prepare for a new soundtrack ae or a new section of the soundtrack with new Set start point music to be added If music is first added to L Set end paint the existing soundtrack or section of the plit soundtrack Remove will delete only the music being replaced It is better to clear away the soundtrack or section first Zoom in Zoom out p A 9 3 Using other soundtrack tools Audio mix Video volume Music volume Fade in Fade out Split soundtrack Set Start time and Set Start End points o
26. f added music Fit to music 9 3 1 AUDIO MIX Home Animations Visual Effects ge ect ut a he The Audio mix sliding tool is found in the aas jy gstt Project Toolbar Project gt Audio mix i F i Ahon The mix or balance between the recorded soundtracks of videos added to the movie project on the one hand and the special music soundtrack which may be added to the movie project on the other hand is set here 9 3 2 VIDEO VOLUME The volume of the sound S Home Animations Visual Effects Project View recorded when a video oe pi was shot is set with amp Fadein None x ry gt j Video Tools Edit gt at a i Video volume Setting i afl Fade out Nonpas f Forpus Duration Split the volume to zero mutes Aa E ans the video soundtrack so i that only a music soundtrack added to the movie will be audible 9 3 3 MUSIC _ VOLUME B d a E E a My Movie Windows Live Movie Ma Video Tools Home Animations Visual Effects Project View Edit yout Options eee egg a na gut The volume of the art a CS Set start time Start tie 0 00s music added to the lw IF g Fadein None si ATLA l gt gut move with Home s T R sa itsastar point Start point 0 00s Music g Fade out None PPT tee a Add music is set volume TULA Set end point End point 172 68s with Music Tools Options gt Music volume Setting Ea 4k a
27. g the Visual Effects Ribbon Toolbar Select the photo or video to be edited in this way First rest the mouse pointer on an effect to see how it would look Then click on the effect to apply it To remove the effect select the photo or video again and select no effect The BRIGHTNESS of the photo or video can ols Text Toots be adjusted on the same ribbon toolbar Sa 9 ADD A MUSIC SOUNDTRACK TO THE MOVIE 9 1 The recorded soundtrack of a video file and a music soundtrack added to the movie plays simultaneously Create a balanced audio mix Or mute the recorded soundtrack or the added music soundtrack A music track is added to a movie project by doing Home gt Add music If a Home Animations music track indicated by a green strip running along the top of a storyline Fa a is added to videos with voice music or other sounds added to them when they were recorded then the movie will have two audio tracks The recorded Add videos Add lt soundtrack of the video and the added soundtrack of the movie will tend to AA a drown each other out Add Three solutions are available Visual Ser ast Project First the balance between the two et vent soundtracks can be set with Project gt gt Baa Least Audio mix The Audio mix setting will be i applicable to the whole movie The second solution is to mute the sound recorded when the ett original video was shot
28. gt Reset Tirna He HME zoom The thumbnail size on the storyboard and the size of the preview window small or full screen can also be selected under the View tab 13 SLOW DOWN OR SPEED UP MOVIE MOTION Movie Windows Live Movie Ma Video Tools SLOW MOTION AND FAST MOTION tal Effects Project View Slower and faster playback slow motion and fast motion Speed 1x can be set in Video Tools Edit gt Speed Sound is lost paund i punton when the speed of the motion is decreased or increased r C Adjust 14 TRIM A VIDEO Tin Save Cancel video and then do Video Tools Edit gt Trim tool E Set end point End point 119 06s ar Trim markers Trim To trim a video added to the storyboard select the P a point Bass ka X The easiest way to set the start and end points of a trimmed video is to use the trim handles 2 0 te 1e Vy le tr l Page 20 15 SPLIT A VIDEO To split a video added to the storyboard select the video move the cursor to the position where the video must be split and then do Video Tools Edit gt Split Split Trim Set end point tool mjo c Set start point Editing 16 IMPORT WEBCAM RECORDINGS If you run Windows 7 as operating system webcam recordings can be made and imported to the storyboard from WLMM using the webcam button on the Home tab Home ribbon toolbar If you have Vista as O S the webcam button
29. iew Edit Format Each tab when clicked will display a ribbon toolbar For instance click on Home This will open Introduction and Contents page ii the following ribbon toolbar r E n i F dn at a L El Paste Addvideos Add shaprhoi Sk a kuraa ewe and photos music ial Se E ES SkyDrive movie z Clipboard Add AutoMovie themes Editing Share The Home toolbar offers tools to Copy amp Cut amp Paste a selected photo or video dragged to the Storyboard the large open space on the right side of the interface Another tool adds videos and photos to the Storyboard Other tools add music to your movie or take a snapshot of a selected frame in your movie You can also select one of the AutoMovie themes to make a movie automatically Find alternative theme choices by clicking on the arrows You can delete or rotate frames or select all frames on a track You can save your project for storage and sharing on Skydrive Or you can send it to Facebook Youtube Windows Live Groups or Flickr You can also save your movie on your computer You can sign in and out of your Windows Live Essentials Account Simply click on the relevant icons or arrows in the Home toolbar For another example of a ribbon toolbar click on Animations Animations POX Transitions E Duration Apply to all Pan and zoom With this toolbar you add crosso
30. ink title strip to the storyboard which can be selected The title can be edited in the preview window if you click in the pink title strip 45 Credits Direct 10 5 1 1 Editing the title also captions and credits ae E Starring Once you click in either the preview window or the title caption credits strip a pink strip shown under the video track with the purpose of editing the text the Text Format Tools ribbon toolbar becomes available Location Home Animations Visual Effects Project View Edit Format Cut gt Background color dh Segoe UI 36 AA Transparency Me z 3 H3 Copy t Start time 0 005 Paste BJF Ay A A z Edit text 4 Text duration 7 00 Clipboard Font Paragraph Adjust Sea tT F L i 5 inary fe aspires vera ro eee F tenes ElK pE d MyMovie Windows Live Movie Ma Video Tools Text Tools The title text also caption and credits text can be edited using the following text tools Cut copy and paste a carried out kee Segoe UI 36 The font and font size _ and font colour can be set d ve ee Paragraph 7 sees ee n E samen ewe eee Transparency of letters can be adjusted Text can be align Edit text will position the text cursor in the Preview window The title text as well as caption and credits text can also be edited using the following text tools on the Tex
31. is not featured However webcam recordings with or without sound can be imported to the storyboard like any other video file If you use a Microsoft webcam or webcam microphone and the Lifecam program that comes with Windows importing a webcam recording is really easy Start Microsoft Lifecam record what you wish to record with your webcam microphone and then save the recording automatically by stopping the recording Hover your mouse pointer over the three icons buttons displayed by the Microsoft Lifecam program its easy to find the record stop recording button Immediately after stopping the recording you will see the saved recording displayed in the panel at the bottom of the Microsoft Lifecam program interface You can go straight to Windows Live Movie Maker adding this recording to the storyboard by clicking on Make a movie a button offered under the displayed recording You can also drag or copy the recording from its location probably C Users Username Pictures LifeCam Files It is also possible to make a voice recording with Microsoft Lifecam and use it as a voiceover for your movie if you have the necessary equipment You need a Microsoft Webcam or webcam microphone combo to make Microsoft Lifecam work If you have a different brand of webcam it will probably have its own software allowing recording You can also download free or paid software enabling recordings from your webcam If the recording is in a form
32. k 4 Editing E Ag d Muita Robeira Muns M l Page 13 the volume to zero mutes the added music so that only the recorded audio on a video will be audible 9 3 4 FADE IN FADE OUT This tool fades H ly Se rE J My Movie Windows Live Movie Ma Video Tools Music Tools the music on an me o EO Home Animations Visual Effects Project o View Edit aus8Options added O sos Preto Gp Set stat time priatenti 0 005 soundtrack in ae a cet tty Ahn Start point 0 00s and or fades it out Selectthe Muss soundtrack click on the green strip Then click Music Tools Options gt Fade in Fade out Next select Slow Medium or Fast for the speed of fading in out g i Fade im iis arr Fade out clo ow Set end point Endpoint 172 685 Medium Audio Editing a Riita Baherra Maine Mi 9 3 5 SPLIT SOUNDTRACK My Mowie Windows Live Movie Ma i vic Music Tools Options gt Split The added 55a Becis Proves View afihan soundtrack can be split when the cursor is ae J Sei staron Stitt fime 0 00s z positioned at a given point into the L Set start point Start point 0 00s z soundtrack After the split the soundtrack P t setendpoint Endpoint 32741 4 continues in a new section where the music Editing can be removed and replaced with other music To remove amp rep
33. lace music do Right click Remove Then do Home gt Add music and select new music for the new section of the soundtrack Note that the starting point ofthe J Distance Karsh Kale Bi 2 Love Comes The Posies Every Kind of Lig B d IKa Ba new section of soundtrack can be moved forwards or backwards by clicking in the green strip and then holding the left mouse button down while working the mouse 8 d Distance Karsh Kale Refalize li 9 3 6 SET START TIME AND SET START END POINTS OF ADDED MUSIC These settings applied in the Music Tools ribbon toolbar will make the added music Visual Effects Project View Edit Nptions soundtrack start playing at a certain point in time INTO THE MOVIE The start and end sjo Set stattime Starttime 0 00s points of music played are entered in seconds a Set start point Start point 0 00s a and fractions of a second But note LSetendpoint End point 327 11 5 Dragging the starting point of the soundtrack Editing forwards or backwards by clicking in the papam green strip and then holding the left mouse Distance Karsh Kale Replize button down while working the mouse will change the start time and start point settings automatically i 9 3 7 FIT PHOTO PRESENTATION TO MUSIC Project gt Fit to music fits the presentation of a photo or series of photos in a movie Page 14 A
34. nimations Visual Effects Project automatically to the length of time an added TR music track is set to run When you show three photos in a row and the added music track plays for 12 seconds then each photo will be presented displayed for 4 seconds Audio Fitto idescreen Standard mix music 4 3 after having clicked on Project gt Fit to oe a Audie Aspect ratio music 9 4 Vary audio mix in a video added to the movie Some parts of a video may contain important audio like specially recorded speech while other parts might consist of quiet scenery or scenes with meaningless background noise If such a video is added to a movie project and a music soundtrack is added to this part of the project then the balance of video volume and music volume should vary from scene to scene If that is not the case the speech in the video soundtrack might be drowned in music In certain parts where the added music is called for the music might be drowned in background noise The audio mix setting made at Project gt Audio mix cannot vary the sound balance because it sets a fixed audio mix for the whole movie project But the following method to vary the audio mix may be applied to a video with added music track 1 Go through the video to see where you want the recorded audio e g speech LOUD and the music added to your movie SOFT and vice versa Remember or note down the images or scenes where high video volume and low music volume
35. no blank pages a title or credits page following the cursor The logic of the context explains the tools enabled disabled _ saaneee es wun Sunay ae A os Tii pni Fadein None ry Speed 1x T eel d ja Set start point Saas Video at Fade out None Background a Duration z Split Trim s Set end point volume color i tool Audio Adjust Editing Music Tools Options In Example 2 no music track has been added to the movie The Music Tools Options tab and ribbon toolbar is therefor not available at all for Example 2 Text Tools Format In Example 2 no captions have been added to the video part of the Page 5 movie Therefor no Text Tools Format tab and ribbon toolbar is available for Example 2 1 9 PLAYBACK CONTROLS THUMBNAIL amp Tools in bottom right corner of interface STORYLINE VIEW CONTROLS Thumbnail Size Change how thumbnails are sized when viewed in Storyboard m E E Lal E E E E E E w E E E B E Zoom Time Scale Change how zoom effect is viewed in Storyboard Maple leaves in Autumn 00 00 00 07 Gijssseseeeezeeee Preview full screen TTL Playback controls oP 2 ADD VIDEOS AND PHOTOS TO THE STORYBOARD You drag import or add videos and photos to the Storyboard when you start a new project Pull down menu gt New project
36. o and looking at previews in the preview window 13 You start the audio mixing in the first section Set the video volume at Video Tools Edit gt Video volume Then set the music volume at Music Tools Options gt Music volume If you want the recorded audio loud in the first section set the video volume to maximum and the music volume to minimum 14 Repeat the operation in the next track sections but vary the balance between the recorded audio and the music audio per section 15 Add transitions and fade in fade out audio effects to soften the crossovers from one section to another Test the audio mix crossovers by previewing the movie Make adjustments to the start and end points of the soundtrack sections and to the audio mix in each section as necessary 16 You should end with a video with varying audio mix to enhance your movie Your movie might be made up of just one video split into sections But its variation in audio mix and pleasant crossovers between sections should make it a nice movie Note using two computers To vary the volume of the added music it is also possible to use two computers simultaneously for instance a laptop and a desktop On the one computer play a preview of the project without the added music and with all video music muted where you want it to be muted You can also play a provisionally saved movie prepared in advance for a music soundtrack to be added On the other computer record the musi
37. page Page 7 3 1 Pull down menu gt Save project and Pull down Recent projects menu gt Save project as will save the movie as a New project wlmp file a windows live movie project file 1 My Movie wl Open project Filename ENE ve a5 type Movie Maker Projects Save project a5 anaa sina Browse Folders Publish movie al Save project mons ears a Save movie d Which can only be read by WLMM Pull down menu gt Save project as offers the FE iportom gaie opportunity to choose a special folder and or 2 name for the wlmp file i About Movie Maker WE 3 2 Publish movie Ei Publish movie on the web RN SkyDrive Pull down menu gt New project Publish movie will publish your movie to a range of websites Open project where it can be Facebook stored and or shared eve ee with others YouTube The movie can z Save project as also be published to l the same storage o SS windows uve croups sharing sites from pene ere the Home Ribbon Flickr Toolbar E Sane ioie Any suitable db Adda plug in storage and file sharing website may be used for storing and sharing WLMM movies online Save a movie on your computer then upload it to a store share site ie E E Et Manage your services Page 8 3 3 Save movie is Pull down men
38. s l KA About MovigsMaker R Pad Exit Page 2 Arrow handles open alternative choices extra Automovie themes extra Transition effects extra Pan amp Zoom effects extra Visual effects etc 1 3 The Home Ribbon Toolbar H z Ne Ee E i Paste Add videos Add Snapshot W and photos music 1 Ey L Le Clipboard Add rn an gt ee a me pi 7 Add title caption credits Ri e s e KA e 1 4 The Animations Ribbon Toolbar ka te t gt Arrows open Arrows open d Animations More choices more choices Duration at ig Apply to all Transitions Pan and zoom 1 5 The Visual Effects Ribbon Toolbar Arrows open more choices Visual Effects BD BEBERE a t 0 Brightness Apply to all Effects Note the Brightness ols Text Tools Slider for setting the 5s Format brightness 1 6 The Project Ribbon Toolbar QHBRRBBRHR BREE HBR RHE RE RRR RRR RRR RRR RRR RRR RRR RRR eRe eee ee eee eee 2 e Audio Mix Ri Project Audio amp s Mix Audio Fit tQ Widescreen Standard mix music a dLE Set the music and the video soundtrack to play at the same volume or make one louder than the Audio Aspect Hires other
39. s directly after the d Distance Karsh Kale ealize A November 4 2005 A Maple leaves in A cursor in Example 1 A photo is selected and follows after the cursor So only the Duration in seconds of photo s shown in the movie is adjustable Other Home Animations Visual Effects Project W Fadein None A FO Speed Ss Wider i Background 3 fideo Fade out None background Duration 7 00 Volume color Audio Adjust pele disabled Set start point Split Trim tool set end paint Editing Music Tools Options In Example 1 music has been added to the whole movie The music track is represented by a green strip running along the top of the storyline Distance Karsh Kale Realize Most of the music tools are therefor enabled in the Music Tools Options ribbon toolbar in Example 1 This includes Music Volume Fade In Out Set time and starting ending points of soundtrack If the music track is selected clicked and the cursor is dragged beyond the starting point of the project the Split tool is also enabled On the next page you see a screenshot of the Music Tools Options ribbon toolbar opened in the context of Example 1 Page 4 See how most music tools are enabled with music added to the movie a C5 Set start time Starttime 7 825 amp rn 4 Fade in None s ba i Set start point Start point 7 00s g Split F
40. t Format Tools ribbon toolbar sf Back be ground amp amp colour Edit amp Background color Y C Starttime 0 00 This text a Text duration 7 00 changes Adjust geet the ee background colour of the title page if it is a blank black page Effects Patterns of animated text display Make a selection from different effects given See alternative choices by clicking on arrows 10 5 1 2 Creating a personal background for the title page Page 18 To create a personal customized title page you can use the following method 1 Choose a picture to serve as background Change its appearance add visual effects to add interest This is usually done with a photo editing program not WLMM itself although WLMM can be used for it 2 Add this picture to the WLMM storyboard and add a caption to it doing Home gt Caption 3 Click in the pink caption strip under the picture and then choose an Effect doing Text Tools Format gt Effect The reason for applying an effect is to animate the title to make the title move across the title page in some pattern 4 This picture with animated caption can now be moved to the beginning of the movie track on the storyboard It is placed in the position of the title page 5 This way a personal customized title page is created 6 As an alternative to a picture you could also choose a short video clip which will serve as extended background
41. the GUI presents arrow menus indicated by up and down arrows These arrows open a range of alternative choices when clicked The GUI also presents sliding levers to make adjustments for instance to sound volume The user interacts with the GUI by using his mouse or touchpad and keyboard In this user guide the GUI will be referred to as the interface or WLMM interface The WLMM 2011 interface is shown in some detail on pages 1 5 The interface as it appears on your screen on starting the program hides certain controls from view For instance the pull down menu icon RL ka opens a list of menu options The row of tabs to the right of opens different ribbon toolbars Many of these hidden items are shown on pages 1 5 You should run WLMM and explore its interface while reading pages 1 5 It is not necessary to understand or memorize the whole layout before learning to use WLMM The interface will become more familiar as it is explained in this user guide and used Click in the top left corner of the WLMM interface to open a pull down menu with a list of menu options By clicking on the relevant option you may open an existing movie project or start a new movie project or import movie or picture files from a device such as a camera or save an ongoing project You can also save an edited movie ready to play using a media player Click the tabs in the row of tabs to the right of E Home Animations Visual Effects Project V
42. u gt ial Mew project Recommended setting Save movie will 7 ey provide a number of Li Recommended for this project options to save a E Open project ao Common settings movie file playable with a media player device a High definition display will save a higher quality larger heavier movie with Q Publish movie more megabytes We For Computer will save a medium quality medium sized movie Save project For high definition display Save project as For computer For email Import from device i For email will save a small light movie for easier e ii mailing In all cases a Q About Movie Maker wmv file a a Zune HO for device Options zune HO for 720p display Windows Media Video a u In Save Movie in the file will be saved to Home ribbon toolbar your PC you should also find Burn a DVD Windows DVD Maker can be used 4 PLAY THE WLMP MOVIE IN WLMM PREVIEW WINDOW in stead Play the movie being compiled and edited using 7 the Playback Controls To play and pause press 4i P sD the Play button gt _ or press the SPACEBAR Pressing the SPACEBAR pauses amp resumes playback 5 USE AUTOMOVIE FOR AUTOMATIC MOVIE MAKING ir Click Home followed by one of the AutoMovie themes e g B after dragging or importing photos and or videos to the Storyboard AutoMovie automatically adds crossfa
43. ver effects transitions between sections of the movie You can specify the Duration the number of seconds a transition should take You can also select the pattern of panning and zooming a photo while it is presented in a movie Note that the ribbon toolbars offer arrows which present alternative choices For instance click the arrows to find more pan amp zoom patterns The tools presented and enabled on a ribbon toolbar may change depending on the kind of editing you are busy with The toolbars are context sensitive For instance if you added music to your movie the Home ribbon toolbar will expand to include a Music Tools Options tab This tab will open the following toolbar M sic Ti ols Text Tools a Edit Options Format C5 set starttime Start time 0 005 zA None a 3 Set start point Start point 0 005 coi Split F T Ta ul Fade out None Set end point Endpoint 246475 Audio Editing Explore the interface structure of WLMM even before you are able to perform editing tasks In this user guide a functional icon tab or tool will be pointed out as in the following examples Pull down menu gt Exit this means click on the pull down menu icon and then click on Exit e Animations gt this means click on the Animations tab and then click on the Introduction and Contents page iii crossover effect in the Animations ribbon toolbar J
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