Title: Introduction to Microsoft Windows Movie Maker Steve Stoker Support Professional MPSD Microsoft Corpo
1Introduction to Microsoft Windows Movie Maker
Steve StokerSupport ProfessionalMPSDMicrosoft
Corporation
2What We Will Discuss
- The goals behind Microsoft Windows Millennium
Edition (Windows Me) Movie Maker - Features
- The user interface
- Editing tools
- Creating a movie
- Troubleshooting
3Windows Movie Maker Goals
- Allow you to transfer home videos to your
computer - Help you organize your video assets
- Provide basic editing
- Use e-mail to send clips to friends and
relatives, or to post clips to the Web
4Windows Movie Maker Features
- File import
- Record from analog and DV devices
- Arrange and catalog content into collections
- Basic editing ability
- Windows Media compression
- Send a movie by e-mail
- Post a movie to Web server
- Interactive tutorial
- Detailed Help file
5User Interface
Collections Area
Workspace/ Project Area
Monitor Area
6The Collections Area
- Database (not source content)
- Looks and acts like Windows Explorer
- Contains clips
- Windows Movie Maker.col
- Located in C\Windows\Application
Data\Microsoft\Movie Maker
Windows Movie Maker.col
7The Monitor Area
- Previews clips projects
- Playback controls
- Full screen
- Split button
- Seek bar
Seek bar
Playback controls
Full screen
Split button
8The Workspace and Project Area
- Where the movie is composed
- Storyboard
- Timeline
- Similar to the Collection view
Storyboard
Change view
Timeline
Zoom Out or In
Narration
9Process of Creating a Movie
- Importing source content
- Recording source content
- Creating a project
- Saving a movie
- Sending a movie by e-mail
- Sending a movie to Web server
10Importing Source Content
- Use drag-and-drop operation to import a file
- Added to Collections database
- Shot detection
- Change in frame content
- Existing makers in files
- New collections for video files
- Audio and still images are added to current
collection - Source content should not be moved or deleted
11Recording Source Content
- Windows Movie Maker can capture content from USB,
digital video, and analog devices
12Encoding Profiles
- When you select an encoding profile
- Concerns
- How much disk space is available?
- What do you plan to do with the movie?
- What level of quality are you looking for?
- What are the limitations of the hardware?
- Quality is dependent on encoding profile selected
and system capabilities
13Encoding Profiles(2)
368 MB
Based on a 1 minute 41 second video encoded in
each profile
14Editing Tools
- Split
- Combine
- Trim
- Transition
15Composing a Project
- Must be done prior to saving a movie
- Created by populating the Workspace and Project
area - Edit the project
- Preview entire project
- Files are saved with the .mswmm extension
16Splitting a Clip
- Allows you to better organize your collections or
to insert another image into a scene - Divides the time index or the clip at the
selected location - Can be done from the Collections area or the
Project area - Splitting a clip in one area does not affect the
clip in the other area - Does not affect source content
17Combining Clips
- Allows you to restore a scene that spans several
clips - You cannot combine clips from different source
files or clips that are not sequential in the
source content - Combining clips in one area does not affect the
clips in the other area - Does not affect source content
Bad
Good
18Trimming a Clip
- Allows you shorten or remove unwanted footage
from a clip - Shortens the time index
- Can be done only in the Timeline view of the
Workspace - Does not affect source content
Trim handles
19Inserting a Transition
- Provides a professional look
- Cross fade
- Allows a smooth progression between clips
- Can only be done from the Timeline view of the
Workspace and Project area
Transition indicator
20Saving a Movie
- The Project and Workspace area must be populated
- Process is handled by DirectShow and Windows
Media - Can take a while depending on the system
capabilities and the profile selected
21Sending a Movie by E-mail
- You begin with the same basic process as saving a
movie - Pay close attention when you are selecting a
profile - Works with both MAPI and non-MAPI e-mail clients
- Movie (.wmv) file is saved to the Temp folder
22Sending a Movie to Web Server
- You begin with the same basic process as saving a
movie - Pay close attention when you are selecting a
profile - Movie (.wmv) file is saved to the Temp folder
- Integrated hosting sites
- Personal sites can be added
- HTTP and FTP protocols
23Troubleshooting Tools
- Windows Movie Maker Tutorial
- Windows Movie Maker Help
- Support site at http//support.microsoft.com/
- Sample media files
- MediaTST in the PSSTools folder on the Windows Me
CD - Windows Movie Maker sample video
24Troubleshooting Video Capture
- Things to remember
- You need at least a 300-MHz processor, 400-MHz if
using DV, 600-MHz or faster preferred - You need at least 64 MB of RAM, 128 MB of RAM
preferred - You need 1 GB of free storage space
- Enable DMA for your disk drive
- Close all open tasks before capturing video
- Use WDM drivers when possible
- IEEE 1394 (FireWire) adapters must be OHCI
25Troubleshooting Video Capture (2)
- For a device to function with Movie Maker
- It must be compatible with DirectShow
- WDM drivers are preferred
- VFW when compatible with the wrapper
- Though functional with DirectShow, some hardware
may not perform as well when using the VFW
drivers
Wrapper
VFW
DSHOW
WDM
26Troubleshooting Video Capture (3)
Windows Me contains drivers for the following USB
cameras
- Many of these devices are
- marketed as part of various
- packages.
- To accurately identify the
- camera you are working
- with, check the data plate
- on the bottom of the
- camera.
- Intel CS330
- Intel CS430
- Intel YC76
- Intel YC72
- Philips 675
- Philips 680
- Philips 645
- Philips 646
27Troubleshooting Video Capture (4)
- Analog capture devices
- ATI ALL-IN-WONDER STD (PCI)
- ATI ALL-IN-WONDER PRO (PCI)
- Digital video capture devices
- OHCI-compliant IEEE 1394 (FireWire) controllers
- Digital video devices compliant with the 61883
electronic device control specification (DV
camcorders, VCRs)
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