Windows Movie Maker

Designed for Windows 7 and Windows Vista, Windows Movie Maker is included in the Windows Live Essentials. If you have a computer with the XP version, Windows Movie Maker can be automatically installed so that you will have it on your computer. The advantage of Windows Movie Maker is how this useful tool can both create movies and edit them all at once. Ever think that creating a video with photos will be too complicated? The advantage of Windows Movie Maker is how much easier the process becomes.

Introducing Windows Movie Maker

An easy-to-use movie making software that will let you customize your multimedia presentations, and it will not just include your best pictures, it can also be made to include your favorite video clips. In addition, you will also have some video and transition effects that add a great professional touch to the software. The biggest advantage of Windows Movie Maker is how simple it is to make use of, and you can import all the media that you want to use. This includes video files, images and videos that you captured in real time. With this system, you can add as many of the effects as you want, you can see how everything looks in the preview window, which saves you from wasting time.

With Windows Movie Maker, you will also have a special tool that lets you add both credits and titles to your movie. If you want your movies to have a more professional appearance, this can go a long way.

Additional Features of Windows Movie Maker

After you have finished your work, you can export your video into a few various formats. You should choose a format based on how you plan to use it. Some of the possible uses, for example, include recording it to a CD, publishing it on a website or saving it to the hard drive.

Intended to Help Beginning Film Makers

With all the positive stated, you have to understand that Windows Movie Maker is a software with the purpose of satisfying the people who have little to no movie-making experience. In other words, if you are a more advanced user, you might find this software too limiting for your taste. However, for a beginner, all those advanced features might be too confusing to figure out. Windows Movie Maker lets you create presentations with video clips, photos and transition effects. Windows Movie Maker for Windows Vista can be downloaded, and it will also work for Windows 7. However, the Windows XP users will have to download the Windows XP Service Pack 3 if they will successfully use this software.

All About Simplicity

This software was all intended for greater simplicity. You have almost no better way that you can combine digital movies with background music, titles, transitions and effects. In fact, in the past, the developers of Windows Movie Maker made it so simple that it could not do the basic things that people needed it for. As time progressed, things like voice-over recording and anti-shake were added to it. It has become a free app for digital video editing. Before anyone assumes that this software is perfect, it should be made clear that there are other entry-level video editors that have more effects and tools. For example, iMovie from Apple is great, and there are other video editors like CyberLink PowerDirector and Adobe Premiere Elements. If you just want Windows Movie Maker for meeting your basic movie requirements, this software should hit the mark.

Learning about the Interface

Windows Movie Maker for Vista has a striking similarity to iMovie's simplified version, and you have the standard video editor timeline. You will also have clips that are represented with, "long thumbnails." In the first frame, it is shown with full contrast, and the following thumbnails are faded. This draws similarities between that and iMovie. With the thumbnail, it will track the audio wave forms as an option closer to the bottom. As a result, you can see where the louder and quieter parts are at.

Similar to other video editors, Windows Movie Maker for Vista can be started and stopped using the playback button on the space bar. You will have access to three different control buttons, and you can play or pause or step back and forward your frame. One of the really nice things about working with Movie Maker is how the transitions, effects and themes will preview automatically when you put the cursor over the buttons. You can also undo and redo toward the top. Video editing becomes a highly trial-and-error process, but the history window will give you a simple application.

Easiest Way to Get Movie Clips into the Editor

One of the best ways for transferring your video clips over to Movie Maker involves clicking on the button that you will find in the main area of the timeline. You can also add photos and videos on your home tab, and every button will open the pictures library. You also have an import over from the device option, which you will find near the menu for files. Another nice feature of Windows Movie Maker is how you can apply your keyword tags as you need them, and you can save clips and images to your organized folders. With this new system, you can capture video using the webcam of your PC. Adding the first clip into Movie Maker, you will notice a clock icon that is over the entry for the timeline. Windows Movie Maker for Vista also has video fixes like you can adjust the lighting control under visual effects, and you have rotation, which lets you adjust your smartphone to face upright.

Pros

• Intuitive and Simple to Use
• You Can Export Files into Several Formats
• Can Work with the Videos and Images
• You Have A lot of Video and Transition Effects

Cons

• Advanced Users will Find the Simplicity to Be Limiting