Lights,%20Camera,%20Action

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Lights, Camera, Action

• Using Windows Live Movie Maker

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Todays session outline

• Share PowerPoint presentation
• Watch a pair of video tutorials
• Live demo of Windows Live Movie Maker
• Watch example of movie made with Windows Movie
  Maker Ralph Wilson
• Close with 4-minute movie created with WLMM 2011
• QA

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What is WLMM?

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

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How do I get WLMM?

• Free download from Microsoft
• Not applicable to pre-Vista versions of Windows
• Part of the Windows Live Essentials 2011 software
  suite

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Windows Live Essentials 2011

• Messenger chat tool
• Photo Gallery similar to iPhoto Picasa
• Windows Live Mesh like DropBox using 5GB of
  free synced SkyDrive storage
• Windows Live Mail grandchild to Outlook
  Express
• Writer blogging tool

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Windows Live Essentials 2011Continued

• Family Safety Parental Controls
• Bing Bar search without leaving the website
  youre in
• Silverlight multimedia browser plug-in
• Movie Maker our subject today

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Birds of a Feather

• Microsoft Photo Story (MPS)
• Windows Movie Maker (WMM)
• Windows Live Movie Maker 2011 (WLMM)

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Microsoft Photo Story

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

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Microsoft Photo Story (Contd)

• Version 2 released as part of Microsoft Plus!
  Digital Media Edition and MS Digital Image Suite
  v9 and v10.
• Supported exporting photo story as a Video CD
  (VCD file)
• Version 3.0 - free download but removed direct
  VCD burning.
• Includes basic photo editing and touch-up
• Can generate background music

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Microsoft Photo Story (Contd)

• Last version (3.1) was included with discontinued
  Microsoft Digital Image 2006.
• Restored the ability to burn a Video CD
• Would work with Vista and Win7
• No longer available.

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Windows Movie Maker

• Video creating/editing application
• Included with Windows ME, XP, and Vista
• Effects, transitions, titles/credits, audio
  track, timeline narration, and AutoMovie
• Replaced in Win7 by WLMM

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Windows Movie Maker Versions

• 1.0 in WinME - 2000
• 1.1 in WinXP 2001
• 2.0 in WinXP 2002
• 2.1 in WinXP-SP2 2004
• 2.5 in WinXP Media Center Edition 2005
• 2.6 in Win Vista 2006 w/o h/w accel.
• 6.0 in Win Vista 2006 w/ h/w accel

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Windows Live Movie Maker

• 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 SkyDrive, Facebook, YouTube,
  and Flickr
• Can save videos in Hi Def Formats (720, 1080)

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WLMM 2011

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

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WLMM 2011 (Contd)

• Six AutoMovie themes facilitate styling your
  movie
• 'Animations' offers 77 transitions
• Diagonals, Dissolves, Patterns Shapes, Reveals
• Shatters, sweeps, curls, wipes, slide-downs
• Text titles, captions, credits
• Animations such as Fade-in, Fly-in, Stretch, Spin

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Six AutoMovie Themes

• Black and White
• Cinematic
• Contemporary
• Fade
• Pan and Zoom
• Sepia

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WLMM 2011 (Contd)

• Four artistic effects
• Blur
• Posterize
• Threshold
• Pencil Drawing Style

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WLMM 2011 (Contd)

• Other effects
• Filters for BW Video
• Mirror Views
• Warps
• Pixelation
• Pan Zoom (Ken Burns Effect)

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Ken Burns Effect

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

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Working with Windows Live Movie Maker 2011
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WLMM Supported File Types

• Photo Files
• Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPG)
• Tagged Image Files (TIF)
• Graphics Interchange Format (GIF)
• Bitmaps (BMP)
• Portable Network Graphics (PNG)
• HD Photo Files (WDP)

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WLMM Supported File Types

• Audio Files
• Windows Media Audio (WMA, ASF)
• Pulse Code Modulation (AIF, WAV)
• Advanced Audio Coding (M4A)
• MP3 Audio (MP3)

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WLMM Supported File Types

• Video Files
• Windows Media Video (WMV)
• Apple Quicktime (MOV and QT)
• DV-AVI files (AVI)
• MPEG 1, 2, 4 movie files (MV1, MP2, VOB)
• AVCHD files (M2TS, M2T)
• Microsoft Recorded TV Shows (DVR-MS, WTV)

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WLMM Supported File Types

• Exceptions
• Video music files protected by DRM cant be
  used.
• MPEG2 and Microsoft Recorded TV Show files
  require Vista or Win7 versions Home Premium or
  higher
• AVCHD files with Dolby Digital Audio require Win7
  Home Premium or higher

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Parts of a WLMM Screen
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Initial Blank Workspace
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Workspace With Assets
Title Bar
Ribbon
Preview Window
Full Screen Button
Storyboard
Time / Duration
Playback Controls
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WLMM Tabs

• Home
• Animations
• Visual Effects
• Project
• View
• Edit

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Home Tab
Animations Tab
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Visual Effects Tab
Projects Tab
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View Tab
Edit Tab
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Microsoft Intro / Tutorial

• Time for some professional show and tell.
• Say Hi to Brian!

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Another Brief TutorialCreated By A User
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Discusses WLMM (not 2011) versus WMM for
XP Focuses on manual editing vs Automovie Say
Hi to Rich!
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Real Life Demo

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

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Enough yackinLets get crackin