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9780735611801

Microsoft Windows Movie Maker Handbook

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  • ISBN13:

    9780735611801

  • ISBN10:

    0735611807

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-11-25
  • Publisher: Microsoft Pr
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Summary

Whether it's Graduation Day, baby's first bite of birthday cake, or your own rock video, this handbook makes it easy to create and share movies over the Web. Movie Maker software is part of the new Windows Millennium Edition operating system, and this book delivers inside insights direct from members of the Windows Movie Maker team. With it, users learn how to record audio and video source material, create storyboards, edit and arrange footage, add titles, music, sound effects, and voice-overs -- then store, play, or send! The companion CD-ROM comes loaded with ready-to-use audio, still images, and video content.

Table of Contents

Dedications iii
Introduction xi
Who is this book for? xi
How this book is organized xii
Part 1: Moviemaking Basics xiii
Part 2: Using Windows Movie Maker xiii
Part 3: Advanced Uses for Windows Movie Maker xiv
About the companion CD? xiv
Acknowledgements xv
System requirements xvi
Microsoft Press Support Information xvi
PART 1: MOVIEMAKING BASICS 1(178)
Making Movies
3(22)
Why editing is important
3(1)
Telling a story
4(1)
Home movies as art
5(3)
History of amateur moviemaking
6(1)
Power to the amateur
6(2)
A new approach
8(15)
Fred's first film
8(1)
Making a shooting plan
9(2)
Moviemaking art
11(2)
Adding an editor
13(1)
Exploring the possibilities
14(9)
Getting started
23(2)
Planning Your Movie
25(38)
From idea to concept
25(5)
Why make a movie?
25(2)
Who is your audience?
27(1)
What do you want to tell them?
28(1)
How do you want to tell them?
29(1)
Production styles
30(7)
Documentary style
30(7)
Pre-production elements
37(12)
Planning a camping movie
49(2)
The setup
49(1)
The concept
50(1)
The outline
50(1)
The plan
51(1)
The story
51(3)
Essential story ingredients
52(2)
Writing a script
54(9)
Television script format
57(2)
Feature script format
59(4)
Production Tools
63(28)
Camcorders
63(10)
Choosing a camcorder
64(9)
Exploring your camera
73(12)
Video basics
74(3)
Your camera's features
77(8)
Lighting
85(2)
Sound
87(2)
Accessories
89(2)
Production: Shooting Your Movie
91(38)
Starting production
91(3)
The director
92(1)
The editor
93(1)
Basic camera work
94(3)
Static shot
94(1)
Pan
95(1)
Tilt
95(1)
Zoom
95(1)
Dolly
96(1)
Pedestal
96(1)
Your visual approach
97(1)
Setting up a shot
97(12)
Arranging a shot
98(1)
Blocking
98(2)
Composition
100(4)
Lighting
104(4)
Sound
108(1)
Shooting a scene
109(6)
Continuity
111(1)
Shooting styles
112(3)
Shooting the camping movie
115(14)
Dave's shooting plans
115(14)
Editing Your Movie
129(36)
Thinking like an editor
131(1)
Learning to edit
132(8)
Editing styles
140(3)
The editing process
143(5)
Editing with Windows Movie Maker
148(1)
Editing tools
149(3)
Video editing
150(2)
Making cuts
152(10)
Editing tips and tricks
155(7)
Editing the camping movie
162(3)
Distributing Your Movie
165(14)
Windows Media Technologies
165(6)
Downloading content
166(1)
Streaming audio and video
167(1)
Compression technologies
168(1)
File formats
169(1)
Windows Media Servers
170(1)
Creating streaming content
171(7)
Windows Media Encoder 7
172(2)
Windows Media Player 7
174(4)
Wrap-up
178(1)
PART 2: USING WINDOWS MOVIE MAKER 179(102)
Introducing Windows Movie Maker
181(14)
The Windows Movie Maker interface
181(11)
Using the menus
182(7)
Using the toolbars
189(3)
Working in the collections area
192(1)
Using the monitor and the monitor buttons
192(2)
Using the storyboard and timeline
194(1)
Recording Video into Windows Movie Maker
195(30)
Connecting capture devices
195(4)
Understanding the Record dialog box
199(10)
Quality setting options
207(2)
Digital video controls (DV only)
209(1)
Recording a live source
209(5)
Recording from tape
214(6)
Importing files
220(5)
Organizing Your Clips
225(18)
Working in the collections area
225(8)
Naming clips
226(2)
Previewing clips
228(2)
Working with views in the collections area
230(1)
Changing clip properties
231(2)
Moving and copying clips between collections
233(1)
Strategies for organizing collections
234(5)
Deleting a collection
239(1)
Backing up your collections file
239(2)
Restoring your collections file
241(2)
Editing Your Movie
243(22)
Adding clips to your project
243(5)
Arranging clips
248(3)
Copying clips
251(1)
Trimming clips
252(3)
Splitting clips
255(1)
Combining clips
256(1)
Adding transitions
257(1)
Editing audio tracks
258(1)
Recording narration
259(3)
Adjusting audio levels
262(2)
Saving your movie
264(1)
Sharing Your Movie
265(16)
Saving movies
265(6)
Considering playback quality
265(2)
Creating and saving movies
267(4)
Sharing movies by e-mail
271(4)
Sharing movies on the Web
275(6)
PART 3: ADVANCED USES FOR WINDOWS MOVIE MAKER 281(68)
Working with Still Images
283(28)
Creating custom transitions
284(1)
Creating slide shows
284(9)
A basic slide show
284(8)
Adding a narration
292(1)
Working with title slides
293(11)
Creating animated title slides
293(6)
More methods for creating title slides
299(5)
Creating a stop-motion animation
304(6)
Animation basics
305(1)
Creating images for an animation
306(1)
Creating an animation in Windows Movie Maker
306(2)
Creating a slow-motion movie
308(2)
Creating still images from your videos
310(1)
Adding Sound Effects
311(22)
Exploring sound design
312(2)
Designing sound with Windows Movie Maker
314(14)
The sound design process
315(13)
Mixing against a production track
328(5)
Keeping sync
332(1)
Playing Movies with Windows Media Player
333(16)
Getting the latest version of the Player
333(1)
Windows Media Player features for movies
334(10)
Playing a movie
335(1)
Player controls
335(1)
Player views
336(1)
Player modes
337(2)
Video settings
339(4)
Video playlists
343(1)
File markers
344(1)
Advanced Techniques
344(5)
Adding video to a Web page
345(1)
Creating skins for a video
346(3)
Glossary 349(8)
Index 357(8)
About the Authors 365

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