Because there is such a wide variety of hardware available, you have to make sure youre set up with

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How to Capture Video Using Windows Movie Maker

• Because there is such a wide variety of hardware
  available, you have to make sure youre set up
  with the right hardware.

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If you have digital video recorder

• To get the best quality from your digital video
  (DV) camera, you should have an IEEE 1394 capture
  card installed on your computer. Most new
  computers and DV have this feature. An IEEE 1394
  card is a piece of hardware that passes the
  information from the DV camera to your computer.

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If you have analog video recorder

• Analog camcorders include cameras that record in
  formats such as 8mm, Hi8, VHS, and SVHS. When
  you transfer video from an analog camera to an
  analog capture card, you won't be able to achieve
  the picture quality of a DV camera and an IEEE
  1394 capture card.

RCA input / output
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After you transfer the video from camcorder to
computer

• Use Windows Movie Maker to edit transferred
  movie. Movie Maker automatically divides your
  video into segments to make it easier to drag and
  drop the parts you want onto the storyboard where
  you put your movie together.

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To build a storyboard

• 1. Import video to your PC. Youll see your clips
  in the Collections view.

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To build a storyboard cont.

• 2. Once youve decided which ones you want to put
  in your movie, click and drag the clips to the
  Storyboard in the order in which youd like them
  to appear in your final movie.

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To build a storyboard cont.

• 3. To rearrange your clips on the storyboard,
  just drag and drop them to a different location.

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Edit Your Clips

• 1. In the Timeline view, click on the clip youd
  like to trim, drag the scroll bar slowly and
  watch as the video progresses, and stop at the
  point where you want to trim the clip.

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Edit Your Clips cont.

• 2. On the Clip menu, click Set Start Trim Point.
• 3. Continue to drag the progress indicator until
  you reach the desired end point of your clip.

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Edit Your Clips cont.

• 4. On the Clip menu, click Set End Trim Point.
• 5. now you have your trimmed clip.

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Save Your Clips

• Once clips are edited your satisfactory, it can
  be save to CDR, DVD, computer, or video hosting
  site.

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Upload to Your Website

• After the video clips are saved, use FTP to
  upload to your website and insert hyperlink.

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Add File Name to URL

• Remember, the location of your finished video
  files is your homepage URL plus file name and its
  extension.
• For example,
• http//bol.ucla.edu/username/filename.extension

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