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Creating Movies with Windows Live Movie Maker (part 3)

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5. Adding a Soundtrack to Your Live Video

You can associate a multiple audio files with your live video. The audio files then become the sound track for the video. After adding a soundtrack, you can adjust the duration of your movie to match the soundtrack. You also can set the mix volume for included videos and the soundtrack. To manage a video’s soundtrack, complete the following steps:

  1. In Windows Live Movie Maker, use the Timeline slider or click an item to set the starting point for the audio you want to add.

  2. Click Home on the toolbar and then click “Add music at current point.”

  3. Use the Add Music dialog box to select the audio file that you want to use and then click Open.

  4. To automatically fit the movie to the soundtrack, click Fit to Music. Clicking Fit adjusts the length of time that pictures are displayed. By default, pictures are displayed for 3 seconds.

  5. By default, the audio levels are set to mix the audio from video clips and the audio/music you’ve added at equal levels of volume. You can control whether the audio from video clips or the audio/music you’ve added should have precedence by clicking Audio Mix. Move the Volume Mixer slider to the left to increase the playback volume of videos relative to the volume of the soundtrack. Move the Volume Mixer slider to the right to increase the playback volume for the soundtrack relative to the volume of videos.

NOTE

To play your audio/music without hearing the audio from video clips, move the slider all the way to the right. To mix the audio from the video clips back in, move the slider to the left. The more you move the slider to the left, the more prevalent the audio from the video will be.

6. Adding Text Overlays to Your Live Video

Each item in your video can have a text overlay. The text overlay is display for as long as the item is displayed. You can use text overlays to add titles, credits and other text to your video.

You can add a title frame to the beginning of your video by completing these steps:

  1. In Windows Live Movie Maker, click Home on the toolbar and then click Title.

  2. Enter your title text. The default font is 36-point Arial Black.

  3. If you want to change the font used for the title, click the Font list and select the font you want to use. You can change the font size, or add bold or italic. To change the font color, click the Font Color button (it shows the letter A) and then choose a color in the Color dialog box.

  4. By default, the text is opaque. To set the transparency level, click the Transparency button and then use the slider provided to set the desired transparency level.

  5. By default, the background is black. To set a different background color, click the Background Color button and then select a desired color.

You can add a credits frame to the end of your video by completing these steps:

  1. In Windows Live Movie Maker, click Home on the toolbar and then click Credits.

  2. Enter your credit. The default font is 20-point Arial.

  3. Edit the text and the frame background as you would with a title frame.

You can add text overlays to your video by completing these steps:

  1. In Windows Live Movie Maker, select the item to which you want to add a text overlay.

  2. Click Home on the toolbar and then click Caption.

  3. As shown in Figure 11, a text box is added to the selected item and the Format pane is displayed. Enter your caption. The default font is 24-point Calibri. Format the text as appropriate using the options provided.

  4. Use the Start Time box to specify at what time in the movie the caption should be displayed.

  5. Use the Text Duration box to specify the length of time the text should be displayed.

Figure 11. Adding text overlays to a frame


With any type of overlay text, you can:

  • View the finished frame with the overlay by deselecting the text box (do this by clicking a different part of the frame).

  • Edit the text by clicking the text box in the Preview pane.

  • Move the text box by clicking and dragging it to a desired location.

  • Click a text effect to apply it to the text. The Preview pane shows how the effect is applied. To remove an effect, use the up button to scroll all the way up through the list and then select the None option.

  • Delete the text by selecting the border of the text box and pressing the Delete key.

7. Previewing and Finishing Your Live Video Project

Once you’ve fine-tuned your live video, you’ll want to preview it to ensure that the movie is exactly as you want it to be. You can preview the movie at full-screen size by clicking the Play button. When you are ready to continue, you can save your video as a Windows Live Movie Maker Project. Project files are saved with the file extension .wlmp. Although Windows Live Movie Maker Project files can be up to multiple megabytes in size, they are still considerably smaller than your final movie file.

You can save as a project file by completing the following steps:

  1. Click Movie Maker button and then select Save Project As.

  2. In the Save Project dialog box, shown in Figure 12, select a save location.

  3. Type a descriptive name for your video and then click Save.

Figure 12. Saving your live video project


After you save your project, you can publish your movie. Publishing your movie creates the finished video file. In most cases, you’ll want to publish the movie to your computer or to a DVD. If you publish the movie to your computer, you’ll have the encoding options shown in Table 2. Plug-ins are available for uploading your videos to Facebook, YouTube, and other online services.

Table 2. Movie encoding settings for Windows Live Movie Maker
File typeFile extensionAspect ratioBit rateDisplay sizeFrames per second
High Definition (1080p).wmv16:97.98 Mbps1,920 × 1,08030
High Definition (720p).wmv16:96.03 Mbps1,280 × 72030
Widescreen (480p).wmv16:92.99 Mbps720 × 48030
Standard Definition.wmv4:32.99 Mbps640 × 48030
Portable Device or Mobile Phone.wmv4:31.69 Mbps320 × 24015
E-mail or Instant Messaging.wmv4:3291.02 Kbps320 × 24015

To publish your movie to a video file on your computer, complete the following steps:

  1. Click the Movie Maker button and then select Save Movie.

  2. Click the desired output option, such as Widescreen (480p) or For E-mail or Instant Messaging.

  3. In the Save Movie dialog box, the last folder location you used for saving project files is opened by default. If this isn’t the folder you want to use, browse to the folder you want to use.

  4. Type a descriptive name for your video and then click Save.

  5. You can track the progress of the publish process by percent complete. The bit rate of the movie setting you choose will largely determine how long it takes to publish the movie.

  6. When Windows Live Movie Maker finishes publishing the movie, click Play to view the movie or Open Folder to open the file location, as shown in Figure 13.

Figure 13. Finishing your movie


8. Opening and Producing Saved Projects

You can open saved projects using the Search box on the Start menu. Click Start and then type movie into the Search box to see a list of all movies and related movie project files. Double-click the .wlmp project file you want to open. Windows 7 will then start Windows Live Movie Maker and open the selected project file for editing.

Alternatively, in Windows Live Movie Maker, you can open saved projects by completing the following steps:

  1. Click the Movie Maker button and then click Open Project. This displays the Open Project dialog box.

  2. In the Open Project dialog box, the last folder location you used for saving project files is opened by default. If this isn’t the folder you want to use, browse to the folder containing the saved project file.

  3. Click the project file and click Open. Windows Live Movie Maker will then read the project file and open it.

  4. When Windows Live Movie Maker finishes opening, review the movie.

  5. After you make any necessary changes, click Save Movie on the Movie Maker menu and then click an output option to produce your movie.

Windows Live Movie Maker tracks the location of resources you use in your projects. If you move resources to a new location, you’ll see grayed-out frames in your project. You’ll need to double-click each grayed-out frame in turn to locate each missing resource. Each time when you are prompted, select Find and then use the “Browse for . . .” dialog box to locate the resource.

Other -----------------
- Creating Movies with Windows Live Movie Maker (part 2) - Creating a Live AutoMovie & Adding Animations and Visual Effects to Your Live Video
- Creating Movies with Windows Movie Maker (part 5)
- Creating Movies with Windows Movie Maker (part 4) - Adding Narration, Music, and Other Audio & Adding Titles, Credits, and Overlays
- Creating Movies with Windows Movie Maker (part 3) - Adding Effects to Your Video & Adding Transitions to Your Video
- Creating Movies with Windows Movie Maker (part 2) - Editing Your Storyboard & Creating an AutoMovie
- Creating Movies with Windows Movie Maker (part 1) - Creating Your Storyboard
- Creating Video DVDs with Windows DVD Maker (part 4)
- Creating Video DVDs with Windows DVD Maker (part 3) - Setting the DVD Burning and Playback Options & Customizing the DVD Menu
- Creating Video DVDs with Windows DVD Maker (part 2) - Adding Your Pictures and Videos, and Setting the Play Order
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