Lights Camera Action Using Windows Live Movie Maker

Lights, Camera, Action Using Windows Live Movie Maker

Today’s session outline l Share Power. Point presentation l Watch a pair of video tutorials l Live demo of Windows Live Movie Maker l Watch example of movie made with Windows Movie Maker – Ralph Wilson l Close with 4 -minute movie created with WLMM 2011 l Q&A

What is WLMM? l Windows Live Movie Maker is video creation / editing software l Turns photos and videos into polished movies that are easy to share l Provides special effects, transitions, sounds, and captions to help tell your story.

How do I get WLMM? l Free download from Microsoft l Not applicable to pre-Vista versions of Windows l Part of the Windows Live Essentials 2011 software suite

Windows Live Essentials 2011 l Messenger – chat tool l Photo Gallery – similar to i. Photo & Picasa l Windows Live Mesh – like Drop. Box using 5 GB of free synced Sky. Drive storage l Windows Live Mail – ‘grandchild’ to Outlook Express l Writer – blogging tool

Windows Live Essentials 2011 Continued l Family Safety – Parental Controls l Bing Bar – search without leaving the website you’re in l Silverlight – multimedia browser plug-in l Movie Maker – our subject today

Birds of a Feather Microsoft Photo Story (MPS) l Windows Movie Maker (WMM) l Windows Live Movie Maker 2011 (WLMM) l

Microsoft Photo Story l Slideshow software with effects, transitions, narration, background music l ‘Ken Burns Effect’ (pan, zoom) l Free download for validated XP users l Outputs as a WMV file (Windows Media Video) – playable on PC, but not on a home DVD player

Microsoft Photo Story (Cont’d) l Version 2 released as part of Microsoft Plus! Digital Media Edition and MS Digital Image Suite v 9 and v 10. l Supported exporting photo story as a Video CD (VCD file) l Version 3. 0 - free download but removed direct VCD burning. l Includes basic photo editing and touch-up l Can generate background music

Microsoft Photo Story (Cont’d) l Last version (3. 1) was included with discontinued Microsoft Digital Image 2006. l Restored the ability to burn a Video CD l Would work with Vista and Win 7 l No longer available.

Windows Movie Maker l Video creating/editing application l Included with Windows ME, XP, and Vista l Effects, transitions, titles/credits, audio track, timeline narration, and Auto. Movie l Replaced in Win 7 by WLMM

Windows Movie Maker Versions l 1. 0 in Win. ME - 2000 l 1. 1 in Win. XP – 2001 l 2. 0 in Win. XP – 2002 l 2. 1 in Win. XP-SP 2 – 2004 l 2. 5 in Win. XP Media Center Edition 2005 l 2. 6 in Win Vista – 2006 – w/o h/w accel. l 6. 0 in Win Vista – 2006 – w/ h/w accel

Windows Live Movie Maker l l l l Video creating/editing application Complete rewrite of Windows Movie Maker Not compatible with pre-Vista versions of Windows Incorporates ‘ribbon’ interface Final version released Aug. 19, 2009 Publish videos to Sky. Drive, Facebook, You. Tube, and Flickr Can save videos in Hi Def Formats (720, 1080)

WLMM 2011 l Final version released Sept. 30, 2010 l Must be installed in tandem with Windows Live Photo Gallery l Able to record video clips from a webcam l Includes new animated video titles

WLMM 2011 (Cont’d) l Six Auto. Movie themes facilitate styling your movie l 'Animations' offers 77 transitions l Diagonals, Dissolves, Patterns & Shapes, Reveals l Shatters, sweeps, curls, wipes, slide-downs l Text: titles, captions, credits l Animations Spin such as Fade-in, Fly-in, Stretch,

Six Auto. Movie Themes l Black and White l Cinematic l Contemporary l Fade l Pan and Zoom l Sepia

WLMM 2011 (Cont’d) l Four artistic effects l Blur l Posterize l Threshold l Pencil Drawing Style

WLMM 2011 (Cont’d) l Other effects: l Filters for B&W Video l Mirror Views l Warps l Pixelation l Pan & Zoom (Ken Burns Effect)

‘Ken Burns Effect’ l Popular name for a type of panning and zooming effect used in video production from still imagery. l Technique principally used in historical documentaries where film or video is not available. l Name derives from documentarian Ken Burns of PBS fame. He credits filmmaker Jerome Liebling for teaching him the skill.

Working with Windows Live Movie Maker 2011

WLMM Supported File Types l Photo Files: l Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPG) l Tagged Image Files (TIF) l Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) l Bitmaps (BMP) l Portable Network Graphics (PNG) l HD Photo Files (WDP)

WLMM Supported File Types l Audio Files: l Windows Media Audio (WMA, ASF) l Pulse Code Modulation (AIF, WAV) l Advanced Audio Coding (M 4 A) l MP 3 Audio (MP 3)

WLMM Supported File Types l Video Files: l Windows Media Video (WMV) l Apple Quicktime (MOV and QT) l DV-AVI files (AVI) l MPEG 1, 2, 4 movie files (MV 1, MP 2, VOB) l AVCHD files (M 2 TS, M 2 T) l Microsoft Recorded TV Shows (DVR-MS, WTV)

WLMM Supported File Types l Exceptions: l Video & music files protected by DRM can’t be used. l MPEG 2 and Microsoft Recorded TV Show files require Vista or Win 7 versions Home Premium or higher l AVCHD files with Dolby Digital Audio require Win 7 Home Premium or higher

Parts of a WLMM Screen

Initial Blank Workspace

Workspace With ‘Assets’ Title Bar Ribbon Preview Window Full Screen Button Storyboard Time / Duration Playback Controls

WLMM Tabs l Home l Animations l Visual Effects l Project l View l Edit

Home Tab Animations Tab

Visual Effects Tab Projects Tab

View Tab Edit Tab

Time for some professional show and tell. Say ‘Hi’ to Brian! Microsoft Intro / Tutorial http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=94 l. YVLPBXpg&feature=relmfu 5: 59

Another Brief Tutorial Created By A User http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=vh 82 Wq. BQ_2 c&feature=related 9: 03 Discusses WLMM (not 2011) versus WMM for XP Focuses on manual editing vs Automovie Say ‘Hi’ to Rich!

Real Life Demo l Import photos or videos l Arrange to suit l Add music if desired l Select Automovie Style l Adjust music for fade-in or fade-out l Fill in title and credit pages l Save project l Convert to movie file or share to web

Enough yackin’ Let’s get crackin’