How to create home movie masterpieces. Windows Movie Maker (PL)

1. Windows Movie Maker
How to create home movie masterpieces
Krzysztof Posmyk
krzysztof@posmyk.net

2. Windows Movie Maker
 Windows Movie Maker is a free program found on almost all
Windows computers. It is often found under All Programs >
Accessories > Entertainment, but you need to hunt around since it
is in different places on different computers. If it is not on your
personal laptop or desktop computer, you can download it from the
Internet and install it. There is no portable version for USB sticks,
so you must work on a computer that has Windows Movie Maker
installed.
 Use Movie Maker to assemble a collection of photos & text
slides, add animations (transitions & effects).
 Use Movie Maker to assemble video clips, perhaps interspersed
with some photos and text slides, to make your own movie.

3. Your movie in 6 steps
1. Import your videos into Movie Maker.
2. Cut out a few small segments from videos to use in
your own movie.
3. Drag clips to the Storyboard
4. Add some text slides – at least a Title slide at
beginning, perhaps a slide introducing each video
clip.
5. Optional - add some photos, effects or transitions.
6. Render (compile) your finished Storyboard into a
WMV movie that the class can watch.

4. Workspace

5. Collecting all materials
1. Collect all your downloaded videos & any photos you plan to use in
one folder where you will also save your work and create your final
video. Can use the Video folder on your USB stick or hard drive.
• WHY? When you save your work as you go along, Microsoft
actually just saves directions on how to find your videos, directions
about how you edited them, etc. It really simplifies things if
everything in one folder. Then you can copy complete folder from
USB stick to Huskynet or Hard Drive to have a backup copy.
2. Decide on a name for your project and click File > Save as
Project. Type your file name and be sure it is being saved in same
folder as your downloaded videos.
3. After you have saved your project, you will begin importing your
converted videos.

6. Importing videos
1. Click File >Import Video
2. In the dialog box, navigate to the file you want to import
3. Decide whether you like your imported videos to be divided
into clips or not – check or uncheck “Divide into Clips” box at
bottom of dialog box.
4. Click on Collections at top of Window to display a list of your
Collections. Each video you import becomes a different
Collection.
Repeat for each video you want to import.

7. The Import Video Dialog Box

8. Workspace after importing videos
Click the Collections Icon to get this View
Displayed here
are some Clips
(excerpts)
Each Video you
import becomes a
separate
Collection.
MM2 gives each
collection the
same name as the
video file – you can
change the name.

9. Save your work often
Movie Maker uses SAVE in
two different ways.
“Save Project” saves videos &
photos you imported, Clips you
made, plus any progress on the
Storyboard. The project file ends in
WSMM (e.g. Summer2010.WSMM)
and cannot be played in a Media
Player.
When you have finished all your
work and are ready to actually turn
it into a movie, then you click
“Save Movie File”. The movie
files – videos you can watch in
Windows Media Player – end in
WMV (e.g. Summer2010.wmv).

10. Splitting videos
When a thumbnail of the video is displayed in the collection pane, click on it so
it will play in the little player to the right of the window
 Let the video play until you come to the beginning of the small clip you
want to make.
 Click the Split icon at bottom right of the player.
 Now 2 video clips will appear in your Collections pane. One is all the video
before you hit the Split icon and the other is all the video after you hit the
Split icon.
 Play the second part of the video in the player and hit the Split icon when
you come to the end of the segment you want for your little clip (or
excerpt).
 Now you should have 3 video clips in your Collection pane. You might want
to rename them to more meaningful names, so you know which is which.
(Right click on the title under the video clip, choose Rename, and then type
your new name.)
Repeat to get additional clips from the video you started with or from
another one.

11. After splitting video

12. Assembling your movie
 Then drag each Clip or Photo to the
Storyboard in the order you want them to
play in your movie.
 If you change you mind about the order of
the Clips, click on one and drag it to a
different position in the Storyboard.

13. Dragging clips to storyboard

14. Transitions
 From the Movie Tasks pane, under Edit Movie,
select View video transitions.
 Choose the desired transition, select and drag into
storyboard between desired clips
 After inserting transition, sample the change in the
Monitor to determine if it works in the way you desire.
 To change a transition you can either Undo the
action, right click on the transition in the Storyboard
and select delete, or simply drag a new transition
over the old transition.

15. Transitions

16. Effects
 From the Movie Tasks pane, under Edit Movie,
select View video effects.
 Choose the desired effect, select and drag into
the storyboard or timeline over desired clips. On
individual clips in the timeline you can also right
click on a specific clip and add or remove effects.
We are allowed to add up to six different (or the
same) effects on each clip.
 After inserting an effect, sample the change in
the preview screen to determine if the effect
works in the way you desire.

17. Effects

18. Narration
 To narrate, either select Tools menu and then Narrate
Timeline or select the microphone icon at the top left of
the timeline
 From the Narrate Timeline window, select Start Narration
and the program will begin recording. To stop the process
simply select Stop Narration
 Once stopped, you will be directed to save your narration.
Give your narration a name and select save.
 On the Narrate Timeline window, select Done and the
audio will be inserted into the Audio/Music track on the
timeline. As with video, title, and photograph elements,
your created narration can also be moved or edited within
the timeline.

19. Narration

20. Adding text slides
After you have dragged your clips down in the order you want
them to appear, you probably want to add some text slides –
at least a Title Slide at the beginning of your movie.
Click on the Tasks icon near top of window, to display the
Tasks pane, where you will see a line "Add Title slides". Click
this and choose one of options.

21. Finished Storyboard
This shows the Storyboard
after I have added several
video clips and several text
slides.
If I decide to change the
order of my video clips, I can
just click on one and drag it
to a new location.

22. Make the actual movie

When you have all your video clips in proper order on the Storyboard (have
added photos if you want), have added Text Slides, added any transition
effects and think your movie is finally ready, double check your work. Click
on the first element in the storyboard and let it play all the way through to
be sure everything is the way you want.

Click File > Save Movie File

In the dialog box, click on the top choice “My Computer – Save your
movie for playback on your computer” and click Next. In the resulting
window, you give a name to your Movie and specify in which folder to save
it. Click Next.

In the resulting dialog box, click "Best quality for playback on my
computer" if it is not already selected. Click Next

You will see a dialog box showing the progress of your movie being
rendered. When it is finished, you can watch it in Windows Media Player to
view your masterpiece.

23. Save your movie
After you have completed all the work on your Storyboard, and viewed you entire movie in the
little player in Movie Maker to be
sure it’s all correct
Click File>Save Movie &
Choose My Computer
Remember about
the difference
between
Save Project
and
Save Movie

24. Save your movie

25. Final Steps – Save Movie (#3 - Last )
1. Choose “Best Quality
for playback on my
computer.”
2. Close all open
programs before you
click “Next”.
3. Get a cup of coffee
while your work is
turned into a movie.

26. Watch your movie

Watch your movie in Windows Media Player to be sure
everything worked. If you discover problem, to correct
it, open your WSMM file in Movie Maker and do some
more editing. Do “Save Movie” again (use different file
name for this 2nd version).

27. Questions?
?