Movie Making Using
User Manual
Germán A. Suárez
Carolina Fuentealba
Cindy Reynolds
Janet Brewer
Shawnte Scott-Tompkins
Kennesaw State University
Movie Maker User Manual 2
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Table of Contents
About Movie Making .................................................................................. 3
What Does What ......................................................................................... 3
Importing existing video ........................................................................... 6
Download video from your camera to your computer ........................ 8
Importing pictures .................................................................................... 10
Importing audio or music ....................................................................... 12
Video effects ............................................................................................... 14
Video Transitions...................................................................................... 16
Titles and Credits ..................................................................................... 17
Saving Your Movie ................................................................................... 17
Splitting a Clip .......................................................................................... 19
Combining Clips........................................................................................ 19
Trimming a Clip........................................................................................ 20
Productivity and professional practice Staff Development
Movie Maker User Manual 3
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
About Movie Making
Movie making is the process of producing movies by putting together and
editing images, video clips and/or sounds. There are many software tools in the
market that allow you to create and edit movies from clips and pictures. Two well
known software tools I-Movie and MS Movie Maker run under two of the most
common platforms used at schools, Mac OS and MS Windows respectively. This
manual will take you to the basic steps to create a movie using one of those software
tools, MS Movie Maker.
What Does What
Main Screen: Shows all
components of the program
Productivity and professional practice Staff Development
Movie Maker User Manual 4
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Menu Bar: Shows all the menu options and quick function buttons
Time line: Shows the timing on the different elements of the video (transitions,
audio, and clips)
Storyboard: Shows a thumb picture or part of the elements of the video
(transitions, audio, and clips)
Productivity and professional practice Staff Development
Movie Maker User Manual 5
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Task window: Shows the tasks available to
modify the video.
Collections window: Shows the collections
of video and pictures available to add to the movie
Preview Window: Used to preview the clips,
split them, and take still photographs
Productivity and professional practice Staff Development
Movie Maker User Manual 6
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Importing existing video
You can import files with the following file name extensions into Windows Movie
Maker to use in your movie:
Video files: .asf, .avi, .dvr-ms, .m1v, .mp2, .mp2v, .mpe, .mpeg, .mpg, .mpv2, .wm,
and .wmv
Audio files: .aif, .aifc, .aiff .asf, .au, .mp2, .mp3, .mpa, .snd, .wav, and .wma
Picture files: .bmp, .dib, .emf, .gif, .jfif, .jpe, .jpeg, .jpg, .png, .tif, .tiff, and .wmf
To import files into Windows Movie Maker:
1. Go to Import video.
Productivity and professional practice Staff Development
Movie Maker User Manual 7
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Click the Folder that contains your videos, and then click Import.
Tips:
You can import several video clips at once. For consecutive clips, click the first
video clip in the list, press and hold down the SHIFT key, and then click the last
clip in the list. For video clips that are not consecutive, press and hold down the
CTRL key, and then click each clip that you want to import into Windows Movie
Maker.
You can also import video files and pictures by dragging the files from Windows
Photo Gallery into Windows Movie Maker.
Productivity and professional practice Staff Development
Movie Maker User Manual 8
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Importing a Video vía a Digital Camera
1. Using your own digital camera. Record the video.
2. Load the video onto the computer in your folder which contains the source
files.
3. In Movie Maker, click on Import Video.
4. Be sure the video is in the correct Collection. If not, cut and paste into your
collection.
Download video from your camera to your computer
You may need:
1. I. Link cable (also known as FireWire or IEEE 1394) connection
2. USB cable connection and video footage on a tape
3. Video footage on a hard disk or memory card
How to download video using an i.Link/FireWire/IEEE 1394 connection
An I. Link cable is the quickest and easiest way to download your video to your
computer.
To transfer your video
1. Connect your digital video camera to your computer using an i.Link cable.
2. Turn your camera on, and set it to playback mode. When prompted, click
Capture Video using Windows Movie Maker. Then click OK.
3. Microsoft Windows Movie Maker starts the Video Capture Wizard. On the
Capture Video File page, type a name for your video. Then click Next.
4. On the Video Setting page, accept the default settings by clicking Next.
Productivity and professional practice Staff Development
Movie Maker User Manual 9
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
5. On the Capture Method page, click Next. It's easiest to capture the entire
tape at once; if sections remain that you don't need, you can delete them
later.
6. The Video Capture Wizard rewinds your tape and then begins capturing it.
While the tape is being captured, you'll see it playing in the Preview window
and you'll be able to hear the audio through your speakers. After the tape is
captured (this usually takes about an hour), the wizard will stop
automatically. It always scans the entire tape, even if you have just recorded
a few minutes of video. If you reach the end of your recording before it
reaches the end of your tape, click the Stop Capture button, and then click
Yes.
7. Movie Maker automatically breaks your movie into clips and adds the clips to
a video collection with the name you provided. Now you're ready to edit your
movie.
How to download video using a USB or analog connection
Though a USB cable or analog video connection is not as easy to use as an i.Link
connection, you can still download video to your computer by manually rewinding
your camera, pressing the play button, and then starting the capture.
To download your video
1. Connect your digital video camera to your computer using a USB cable or
analog video connection.
2. Start Movie Maker by clicking Start, pointing to All Programs, and then
clicking Windows Movie Maker.
3. In the Movie Tasks pane, under Capture Video, click Capture from
video device.
4. Movie Maker starts the Video Capture Wizard. On the Video Capture
Device page, click your camera. Then click Next.
Productivity and professional practice Staff Development
Movie Maker User Manual 10
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
5. On the Capture Video File page, type a name for your video. Then click
Next.
6. On the Video Setting page, accept the default settings by clicking Next.
7. On the Capture Video page, use your video camera to rewind or fast-
forward to about five seconds before the start of the clip that you want to
download. Then press the play button on your video camera, and immediately
click the Start Capture button in the Video Capture Wizard. It's okay if you
start capturing too early, because you can trim the beginning of the clip later.
8. Click Stop Capture at the end of your clip. It's also okay to capture the
entire tape at once, because you can break it into shorter clips later.
9. Repeat steps 7 and 8 to capture other clips. When you're done, click Finish.
Movie Maker automatically breaks your movie into clips and adds the clips to a
video collection with the name you provided.
Importing pictures
1. Go to the left side of the screen where says Import pictures.
Productivity and professional practice Staff Development
Movie Maker User Manual 11
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2. Usually your computer will have a folder titled “My Shared Pictures” click on that
then you will see “Sample Pictures” click on that. Select the pictures you want to
have in your movie the click Import.
4. You may Import as many pictures that you want.
5. You may import existing pictures in your computer as well. Click on Import
Pictures, click on the Folder you have your pictures then click import.
6. You can also Import your pictures from your camera to your computer. Turn on
your camera and connect it to your mobile PC. In the AutoPlay dialog box that
appears, click Import pictures using Windows. Windows Vista detects new pictures
and ignores duplicates that you've already uploaded to your mobile PC. In the
Importing Pictures and Videos dialog box, clear the Erase after importing check box
to keep pictures on your camera (even after you download them). Create a folder
then save you pictures.
Productivity and professional practice Staff Development
Movie Maker User Manual 12
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Importing audio or music
1. Go to the left side of the screen where says Import audio or music.
2. Usually your computer will have a folder titled “My music” which has a
folder with sample music. Open the folder Sample Music and select the
song you want to use then click “import”.
3. When you have done this your music will appear next to the pictures or
videos you have already selected to have in your Movie.
Productivity and professional practice Staff Development
Movie Maker User Manual 13
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4. To add the music to the presentation you have to open the “Show
Timeline” which is at the bottom of the page.
5. When you have open it you will see a screen that will show Video segment,
Audio/music segment and Title Overlay. Then you drop your music and
place it in the segment that says Audio/music segment.
6. Then clicking and dragging will help you to organize the length of your
song, and where you want it to be hear, if in the whole presentation or in
just some segments of it.
Productivity and professional practice Staff Development
Movie Maker User Manual 14
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
7. Now you will want to try it! So go and play it in the Preview Window.
8. You can also find a copyright free wav file from the Internet, or
9. You can also use itunes.
For steps 8, 9 and 10 see Movie Maker website for compatible file extensions.
Video effects
Video effects can be applied to picture and video clips, blurring the image and
making the video look old are among some of the effects.
To add a video effect
1. On the storyboard or timeline view, select the video clip or picture to which
you want to add the video effects, click on it to select it.
2. On the Tools menu, click Video Effects.
Productivity and professional practice Staff Development
Movie Maker User Manual 15
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3. In the Contents pane, click the video effect you want to
add. Film Age, old was selected as an example.
4. On the Clip menu, click Add to Timeline or Add to Storyboard. The video
effect will show in the clip as a
star on the left hand corner of
the thumb image once it has
been added.
To remove a video effect
1. Select the video clip or picture in the storyboard/timeline that you want to
remove a video effect from.
2. On the Clip menu, right click to see the menu, and then click Video effects.
Productivity and professional practice Staff Development
Movie Maker User Manual 16
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3. In the Displayed effects area, click the effect you want to remove, and then
click Remove. You can add or remove effects using this window.
Video Transitions
To add a video transition between two clips or pictures, select the transition you
want to use and drag the video transition to the square in between the two vide
clips or pictures.
To remove a transition, click on the square in between the video clips or pictures
and press delete or right click and click delete.
Productivity and professional practice Staff Development
Movie Maker User Manual 17
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Titles and Credits
To add a title or a credit
1. Go to the task window and select Make Titles and Credits.
2. Select where you want to add the title.
3. Enter the desired text for the title and apply any animation if wanted.
4. Click on done, add title to movie to add the title to the movie.
To remove an existing title, select the title from the timeline view and press delete.
To edit a title, right click to obtain the clip menu and click edit title.
Saving Your Movie
Movie Maker gives you the option of saving the project as a Movie Maker
project file or as a movie ready to play.
To save the movie as a project file
select Save Project As… and select
the name and the desired location.
The program will save the complete
project which will allow you to edit it
in the future.
The Save Movie File…option
allows you to share the movie in a
Productivity and professional practice Staff Development
Movie Maker User Manual 18
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
playable format. You have various options depending on how you intend to store it.
The different options are:
1. To your computer:
The program will save
a copy of the file on a
folder on your
computer.
2. Recordable CD: The
program will send the
file to a recordable CD
on your machine.
3. E-mail: The program
will send a copy of the
file to an E-mail
address using the
default mail program
on your computer. You
will have the option of saving a copy in your computer.
4. The Web: The program will give you the option to specify the connection
speed of your users for maximum loading speed and quality. The file size will
vary depending on your selected option.
5. DV Camera: The program will send the movie file to a DV tape on your
camera.
Productivity and professional practice Staff Development
Movie Maker User Manual 19
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Splitting a Clip
To split a clip:
1. Select the clip you want to split.
2. Move the play head to the exact point
where you want to split the video clip.
3. Click the split button to obtain two
Play Head Split Button video clips.
Combining Clips
You can only combine clips
that are contiguous (the end of
one is the beginning of the
other one). To combine two
contiguous clips:
1. Select the clips you want to
combine.
2. Right click on top of the clips to see the option menu.
Productivity and professional practice Staff Development
Movie Maker User Manual 20
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3. Click on Combine to combine the clips.
Trimming a Clip
To trim a video clip without loosing information from the original clip: go to the
Timeline view, click at the end of the clip until you see two red lines, and drag the
end of the clip until the desired length.
To trim a video clip deleting part of the original clip, follow the same instructions as
to split a clip. Select the part of the video you want to delete. Split the clip to obtain
two video clips. Delete the video clip that is not to be used.
Productivity and professional practice Staff Development