Microsoft® Windows® Movie Maker 2 : Do Amazing Things

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Buechler, John.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer graphics.

Microsoft Windows Movie Maker.

Motion pictures--Editing--Data processing.

Motion pictures--Editing.

Motion pictures.

Local Subjects:

Computer graphics.

Microsoft Windows Movie Maker.

Motion pictures--Editing--Data processing.

Motion pictures--Editing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Sebastopol : Microsoft Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

So let's go! Roll camera, shout action, and amaze yourself with all you can do with Microsoft Windows Movie Maker 2. Fun, focused, and easy to follow, this guide shows how to dive right into your first or next movie, complete with special effects, voiceovers, credits, even a full soundtrack-right from your computer. Using simple drag-and-drop moves-and the guidance of a Windows Movie Maker expert-you'll produce many of the same impressive effects you see on the big screen every day. Plus, you'll get cool project ideas and all the how-to's for putting your filmmaker's imagina

Contents:

Microsoft® Windows® Movie Maker 2: Do Amazing Things; Introduction; Who this Book Is For; How to Use this Book; Where You Can Learn More; A Word or Two About Copyrights; I. Making Movies with Movie Maker 2; Getting to Know Movie Maker 2; Using the Movie Tasks, Collections, and Monitor Panes; Using the Storyboard and Timeline; Creating Your Movie; Step 2: Gather all Your Pieces; Step 3: Import Your Images; Importing Still Images; Importing Audio; Step 4: Preview, Split, and Combine Clips; Previewing Clips; Splitting and Combining Clips; Step 5: Create a Great Introduction

Adding a Short Intro ClipAdding a Text Clip; Adding an Audio Track; Step 6: Add Clips to the Body; Adjusting Trim Points; Finding Just the Right Sound; Step 7: Create an Ending; Step 8: Save Your Movie; Glossary; 2. Adding Flashy and Classy Video Effects; Dressing Up Your Video with Transitions; Adding a Video Transition to Your Movie; Testing and Fine-Tuning Your Transitions; Spicing Up Your Clips with Video Effects; Exploring the Types of Video Effects; Adding or Removing Video Effects; Testing and Fine-Tuning Your Effects; Working with Video Transitions, Effects, and Still Pictures

Adding Titles and CreditsAnimating Your Text; Changing Text Font and Color; Applying Video Effects to a Text Clip; Making AutoMovies; Learning More About Importing Video and Still Images; Using the Capture Method Page; Using the Capture Video Page; Performing Automatic Clip Splitting; Setting Video Clip Properties; Making Your Workspace Match Your Style; Glossary; 3. Enhancing the Soundscape; Designing Your Movie's Audio; Adding Music and Audio Clips to a Collection; Adding and Editing Audio Clips; Trimming Audio Clips; Adjusting the Audio Levels; Balancing the Audio and Audio/Music Tracks

Adjusting the Whole ProjectAdding Audio Transitions; Adding J-Cuts and L-Cuts; Adding Narration; Using Narration Files; Glossary; 4. Preserving Your Movie Collection; Setting Your Options; Organizing Your Projects; Organizing Source Files; Organizing Clips; Organizing Collections; Organizing Projects; Organizing Saved Movies; Rounding Up Source Files and Importing Them; Converting Your Source Files; Saving and Backing Up Your Files; Glossary; 5. Sharing Your Movies; Compressed vs. Uncompressed Files; You've Made Your Movie, Now Save It; Ready for Primetime: Saving and Distributing Your Movies

Save to CDSend in E-Mail; Send to the Web; Send to DV Camera; Learning About Burning DVDs; Glossary; II. Exploring the Fun Zone; Step 1: Select a Topic; Step 2: Round Up the Source Files; Newspapers, Clippings, Books, and Magazine Articles; Other People's Stuff; Sources on the Internet; Building Your Project; Step 3: Import the Source Material; Step 4: Review Your Clips in the Collection; Step 5: Make a Great Introduction; Step 6: Add Clips to the Body; Step 7: Add the Ending; Step 8: Finish It; 7. What the Manuals Didn't Tell You; Learning About Camcorders and Capture Devices

Understanding Camcorder Optical Systems

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9780735635418

0735635412

OCLC:

609856999