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Creating Movies with Windows Movie Maker (part 2) - Editing Your Storyboard & Creating an AutoMovie

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3. Editing Your Storyboard

As you add media items to the storyboard, Windows Movie Maker lists the runtime of the video as the second time entry in the preview area. This runtime may change if you modify the transitions and effects applied. Most single-sided DVDs can have a total running time of up to 150 minutes. Most single-sided double-layered DVDs can have a total running time of up to 300 minutes.

After you add items, you can fine-tune the play order. To change the play order of an item or a group of items, select the item or items and then drag left or right until you reach the desired position. To remove an item, right-click it and then select Remove. Removing an item removes it from the storyboard but does not delete it from your computer.

While you are optimizing the play order, you may want to preview the video. As Figure 5 shows, the Preview pane provides the following button controls:


Play/Pause

If you click the Play button, the video plays from the current position in the storyboard. Clicking the Play button again pauses playback.


Previous Frame

Rewinds to the previous frame of the video.


Next Frame

Advances to the next frame of the video.


Split

Splits a video clip you are playing into two clips at the current position.

Figure 5. Using the Preview controls to manage playback


Above the button controls, you’ll find a Timeline slider for previewing your video and managing playback. If you click and drag the Current Frame button on the end of the Timeline slider, you can fast-forward or rewind through a video. If you click a specific part of the timeline, you can go to that time in the video.

NOTE

On the left side of the Storyboard pane, you’ll find Play/Pause buttons as well as a Rewind Storyboard button. Clicking the Rewind Storyboard button moves to and selects the first storyboard in your video.

Anytime you are working with video clips, you have several editing options. When you are playing video clips, you can:

  • Click the Split button to split the video into two clips at the current position.

  • Trim the video so that it only includes footage from the current position to the end of the clip by clicking Clip→Clip Trim Beginning, or by pressing I.

  • Trim the video so that it only includes footage from the current position to the beginning of the clip by clicking Clip→Clip Trim End, or by pressing O.

  • Clear trim points to restore the original video clip by clicking Clip→Clear Trim Points.

  • Combine video clips you previously split by selecting the videos and then clicking Clip→Combine, or by pressing N.

While you are fixing your storyboard, you can use the Undo button to undo any changes you don’t like, or the redo button to redo changes you previously undid. Multiple undo and redo changes are saved, allowing you to step backward and forward through changes. You can also undo and redo specific changes.

To undo a specific change or changes, follow these steps:

  1. Click the option button to the right of the Undo button. This displays a shortcut menu with a list of Undo changes, as shown in Figure 6.

  2. The most recent change is listed first. To undo this change, click it.

  3. You can also undo multiple actions, but only in the exact order in which they were performed. To undo multiple actions, drag down until all the actions you want to undo are selected, and then click the shortcut menu.

Figure 6. Selecting the changes to undo


To redo a specific change or changes, follow these steps:

  1. Click the option button to the right of the Redo button. This displays a shortcut menu with a list of Redo changes, as shown in Figure 7.

  2. The most recent change is listed first. To redo this change, click it.

  3. You can also redo multiple actions, but only in the exact order in which they were performed. To redo multiple actions, drag down until all the actions you want to redo are selected, and then click the shortcut menu.

Figure 7. Selecting the changes to redo


By default, each picture in the slideshow is displayed for 5 seconds, and transitions last 1.25 seconds.

4. Creating an AutoMovie

After you finish creating and editing your storyboard, you are ready to move on to the next phase of video production, which involves adding effects, transitions, titles, credits, and a soundtrack. While you can perform each of these tasks manually, you can also have Windows Movie Maker perform them for you automatically using the AutoMovie feature. Not only is this a great timesaver, but it also allows you to see firsthand how various approaches to video production work.

To create an AutoMovie, complete the following steps:

  1. In Windows Movie Maker, click the AutoMovie button on the toolbar.

  2. As shown in Figure 8, you can now select one of the following AutoMovie editing styles:


    Fade and Reveal

    Applies fade and reveal transitions throughout the video.


    Flip and Slide

    Applies flip, slide, reveal, and page curl transitions throughout the video.


    Highlights Movie

    Adds cut and fade transitions throughout the video, and inserts title and credit frames.


    Music Video

    Attempts to sync the video to music you select. This works best if the selected music is as long in duration as the video.


    Old Movie

    Applies the film age effect to media items.


    Sports Highlights

    Selects video clips showing action, and inserts title and credit frames.

Figure 8. Selecting the editing style


  1. Click the “Enter a title for the movie” link and then type the title text, as shown in Figure 9.

  2. Click the “Select audio or background music” link to display the “Add audio or background music” page shown in Figure 10.

Figure 9. Setting the movie title


Figure 10. Setting the audio options


  1. To select audio or music files to play with the video, click the Browse link. In the Open dialog box, select the first audio file you want to use in the video and then click Open. Repeat this process to select each additional audio file to include.

NOTE

The total running time of all the audio files you select should be at least as much as or more than the total running time of the video. If it isn’t, Windows Movie Maker will fill in the tracks from last to first, starting at the end of the video, and there will be a gap at the beginning of the video with no soundtrack.

  1. Use the “Audio levels” slider to control whether the audio from the video or the audio/music you’ve added should have precedence. To play your audio/music without hearing the audio from the video, move the slider all the way to the right. To mix the audio from the video 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.

  2. Click Create AutoMovie to have Windows Movie Maker create the movie for you. If you don’t like the results, you can always fine-tune the movie before finalizing it.

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