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Windows Movie Maker tutorial

in XP Now the bottom of your work area looks like this: 3 3. Start dragging photos and videos onto the timeline, using your mouse to click and drag from imported items at the top of your work area down onto the timeline. Notice that the video takes a longer space on the timeline. 4. You can also drag on the right-hand side of any photo to make it display for a longer time on your movie.

Here, I’ve dragged on the first photo to make it last for 8 seconds instead of the default 5 seconds. 4 5. Add titles on photos and videos as desired. Click on the photo/video on the timeline, then click on “Edit.Titles and Credits” on the task pane. Choose whether the title is to appear before the photo/video or on it. When you choose to put a title on a photo/video, you get a screen like this: Type in the title words you want. (Ignore the red daisy; your words will be on your photo/video).

Preview at any time by clicking on the white arrow in the blue circle. 5 6. To add music: Click on the photo or video where you want the music to start. Drag a music selection down to the “Audio/Music” bar on the timeline. You can lengthen or shorten a music selection by dragging on the right-hand side of the music on the timeline. The sound bar shows when the music gets louder or softer. Obviously, choose a soft tonal spot to end your music selection. Or you can drag backward on the music tonal bar to actually shorten/edit a music file. 6 7. Add narration to your movie You can make your movie more personal by describing in your own words what happens in your movie. The following steps describe how to add narration to your movie.

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