Windows Movie Maker 2 Zero to Hero

by Bounds, Jon

• ISBN13: 9781590591499
• ISBN10: 1590591496
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-08-01
• Publisher: Apress

Summary

You've seen the promises in the advertising: Microsoft's free Movie Maker 2 will make it simple to capture, edit and share your home movies. We agree, but how do you know where to start, or where you're going? The answer is Windows Movie Maker 2 Zero to Hero, which will take you from filming your movie (with useful tips to improve the quality) through editing and adding effects, to premiering your masterpiece to your friends and family.You'll learn how to produce professional looking films, with effects and transitions like those you see on TV, and how to show them off. Send them by e-mail, post them to web sites, copy them to a CD, or even make your own DVD! Zero to Hero is more than a catchy slogan and an opportunity for puns and graphical representations of tights, capes, and phone booths. It's a style of learning designed by friends of ED to reach beyond dry technical explanations and dusty old authors who don't know how it is for real users and wouldn't know good design if it slapped them round the face with a wet fish. With a Zero to Hero book you can choose how you learn. You can choose to learn everything you need to know about Windows Movie Maker 2 by working through the first section of the book from start to finish. Alternatively you can dive straight in to the inspirational 'Hero' chapters and refer back as and when you need. Then later, when you're a hero yourself, the book is easily used as a reference tool. When you're done you'll be ready to wear your underwear on the outside, metaphorically speaking of course. Table of ContentsChapter Zero - IntroductionChapter 1 - Shooting your footage Chapter 2 - Capturing video and importing files Chapter 3 - Collections and projects Chapter 4 - TransitionsChapter 5 - Editing clips Chapter 6 - Video effectsChapter 7 e- Audio editing Chapter 8 e- Titles and creditsChapter 9 - Saving and sharing moviesHero 1 e- E-mailing a video postcard Hero 2 - Editing a vacation movie Hero 3 - Videoing an event Hero 4 - Producing a short movie for the web

Table of Contents

Shooting your footage	p. 19
Capturing video and importing files	p. 29
Collections and projects	p. 43
Transitions	p. 73
Editing clips	p. 87
Video effects	p. 101
Audio editing	p. 115
Titles and credits	p. 137
Saving and sharing movies	p. 147
E-mailing a video postcard	p. 177
Editing a vacation movie	p. 193
Videotaping an event	p. 213
Producing a short movie for the web	p. 235
Index	p. 253
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