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Creating Movies with Windows Movie Maker (part 5)

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9. Setting Video Options

Windows Movie Maker allows you to encode your video using an aspect ratio for widescreen or standard screen, and to format your video using either NTSC or PAL video format. In Windows Movie Maker, you can set these and other options by completing the following steps:

Figure 23. Setting the save and recovery options


  1. Click Tools and then click Options to display the Options dialog box shown in Figure 23.

  2. By default, Windows Movie Maker creates a working version of the DVD in a temporary folder within your profile. Because your profile is stored on the system drive, which typically is the C: drive, this drive must have at least 5 GB of available disk space when you are creating a single-sided single-layered DVD, and 10 GB of available disk space when you are creating a single-sided double-layered DVD. If you want to choose a folder on another drive for the temporary files, click Browse and then use the Browse for Folder dialog box to select the new folder to use.

  3. By default, AutoRecover data for your video project is saved every 10 minutes. Similar to Microsoft Office applications, such as Word, this allows you to recover to the last saved position should something unexpected happen while you are making your movie. If Windows Movie Maker freezes or the power goes out, the last saved position will be loaded automatically the next time you restart Windows Movie Maker. If you want to use a different AutoRecover interval, enter the desired interval in the text box provided, such as five minutes.

  4. Click the Advanced tab, as shown in Figure 24.

  5. By default, pictures are displayed for 5 seconds and transitions are displayed for 1.25 seconds. You can change the display time for pictures by entering a new display time in the “Picture duration” text box. You can change the display time for transitions by entering a new display time in the “Transition duration” text box.

NOTE

When deciding on the duration of pictures and transitions, keep in mind the prospective audience and the tempo of your music. If your music has a relatively fast beat, you may want to use a shorter display duration. If your music has a slower beat, you might want to use a longer display duration. In most cases, you’ll want pictures to be displayed for between 3 and 10 seconds, with transitions of 1 to 1.5 seconds.

  1. Under “Video format,” select either NTSC or PAL as the video format. If you are unsure of which format to use, don’t change the default format, because this is set based on the Regional and Language Options in the Control Panel. You will need to change the format only when you plan to share your video with a friend who lives in another country or region.

  2. Under “Aspect ratio,” choose the aspect ratio. The aspect ratio is expressed as the relation of the video width to the video height. For widescreen, choose 16:9 as the aspect ratio. For standard (full) screen, choose 4:3 as the aspect ratio.

  3. Click OK to save your settings.

Figure 24. Configuring the default options for the movie


10. Previewing and Finishing Your Movie Project

When you are finished fine-tuning your movie, 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 View and then selecting Full Screen. Alternatively, press Alt-Enter. To exit full-screen preview mode, press the Esc key. You can also preview at alternative display sizes by clicking View, pointing to Preview Monitor Size, and then selecting the desired display size.

When you are ready to continue, you can save your video as a Windows Movie Maker Project. Project files are saved with the file extension .mswmm. Although Windows Movie Maker Project files can run 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 File and then select Save As.

  2. In the Save Project As dialog box, shown in Figure 25, 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.

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

Figure 25. Saving your movie project


NOTE

Although you can use spaces in the video name, I’ve chosen not to use spaces in the example to make it easier to work with the file. With this project name, if you were to click Start and then type dayat into the Search box, you’d see this project file in the Files list and could then double-click the filename to open the movie in Windows Movie Maker. Of course, you could also click Start and then type mswmm into the Search box to see a list of all movie project files.

By default, your project is saved in your personal My Videos folder. If you don’t want to use this folder, click the Browse for Folders button to expand the dialog box and include additional folder browsing features. You can then select a folder in which to save your 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 select the encoding settings as shown in Table 2.

Table 2. Movie encoding settings for Windows Movie Maker
File typeFile extensionAspect ratioBit rateDisplay sizeFrames per second
DV-Video.avi4:328.6 Mbps720 × 48030
Windows Media Portable Device.wmv4:31.0 Mbps640 × 48030
Windows Media DVD Quality.wmv4:33.0 Mbps720 × 48030
Windows Media DVD Widescreen Quality.wmv16:93.0 Mbps720 × 48030
Windows Media HD 720p.wmv16:95.9 Mbps1,280 × 72030
Windows Media HD for Xbox 360.wmv16:96.9 Mbps1,280 × 72030
Windows Media HD 1080p.wmv16:97.8 Mbps1,440 × 1,08030
Windows Media Low Bandwidth.wmv4:3117 Kbps320 × 24015
Windows Media VHS Quality.wmv4:31.0 Mbps640 × 48030

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

  1. Click Publish Movie on the toolbar. This starts the Publish Movie Wizard.

  2. On the “Where do you want to publish your movie?” page, click “This computer” and then click Next.

  3. On the “Name the movie you are publishing” page, type a name for the movie file. A default name is set for you based on the name of your project.

  4. Using the “Publish to” list, select Videos to publish the movie to your personal Videos folder, or Public Videos to publish the movie to the shared Public Videos folder. Alternatively, click Browse to display the Browse for Folder dialog box and select a different folder.

  5. Click Next. On the “Choose the settings for your movie” page, shown in Figure 26, choose “More settings” and then choose the desired movie setting. Note the estimated space required and ensure that you have enough free space for this setting.

NOTE

When choosing a format, keep in mind the quality and resolution of the original media items. Windows Movie Maker will let you create a full-length video in DV-AVI for a whopping 60 GB of space, but if your original media isn’t high-quality, you’ll be wasting a lot of disk space.

  1. Click Publish to publish the movie to the previously selected folder. As shown in Figure 27, you can track the progress of the publish process by minutes remaining and percent complete. The bit rate of the movie setting you choose will largely determine how long it takes to publish the movie.

  2. When Windows Movie Maker finishes publishing the movie, click Next and then click Finish.

Figure 26. Choosing the movie settings


Figure 27. Reviewing the publish progress


To create a finished DVD with your movie, complete the following steps:

  1. Click Publish Movie on the toolbar. This starts the Publish Movie Wizard.

  2. On the “Where do you want to publish your movie” page, click DVD and then click Next.

  3. Windows 7 will save and close your project and then open Windows DVD Maker. At the warning prompt, click OK to continue.

  4. In Windows DVD Maker, you can produce the finished DVD as discussed previously.

11. Opening and Producing Saved Projects

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

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

  1. Click File and then click Open Project file. 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 Movie Maker will then read the project file and begin adding the items it references.

  4. When Windows Movie Maker finishes adding items, review the movie storyboard and timeline.

  5. After you make any necessary changes, click Publish Movie to start the Publish Movie Wizard and produce your movie.

Windows 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 to confirm that you want to locate the missing resource, select Yes and then use the “Browse for...” dialog box to locate the resource.

Other -----------------
- 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 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
- Creating Video DVDs with Windows DVD Maker (part 1)
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