The above steps are only possible when you’re in the storyboard view. (Otherwise only a portion of the audio file will be imported.) Adjusting “Play” Time for Photos Adding AudioĪdd your audio file last, after you’ve adjusted at least one image to display for longer than the length of time needed by your audio file. Use the title card maker to create title cards at the beginning, middle, or end of your project, and use the options to customize the font as well as text and background colors. To remove them, select them and hit the delete key. To change transitions or special effects, just drag new ones on top of the old ones. While viewing the collection of special effects (including ones that start by focusing on the center of the image and pan outwards, or the reverse), click on one and drag it onto the grayed out star box on the lower left corner of a photo. While viewing the collection of transitions, click on one and drag it to the grayed out box between two photos (which will then become blue, to show that a transition has been aded). I will try to post more resources for Windows users soon! Adding PhotosĪfter you import photos into a collection, drag them down into the project timeline at the bottom. Below are some brief step-by-step instructions for using the XP and Vista version of Movie Maker and further down is a screencast I made on a friend’s PC with Windows XP.

I don’t use Windows myself and generally have very few students who use Windows, so my instructions are not as extensive for MovieMaker as they are for iMovie. 2 EXPORTING YOUR MOVIE IN WEB-READY FORMAT.

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