Creating+Storyboard+Presentations

= = = = = Creating Storyboards Presentations: = = Using MicroSoft MovieMaker A Step by Step Process = = Presented by Evelyn Ayum =

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Getting Started
**__Movie Maker: Import photos and videos__**

To make a movie with Windows Live Movie Maker, you'll need some photos and videos on your computer. You can import photos and videos from your digital camera, a flash memory card, DVDs, or your mobile phone. Step 1: Connect a camera to your computer Connect the camera to your computer by using a USB cable, and then turn on the camera. Step 2: Start importing in Movie Maker Click the **Movie Maker** button, and then click **Import from device**. If the **Photos and videos will be imported into Windows Live Photo Gallery** message appears, click **OK**. Step 3: Choose the device Click the device you want to import photos and videos from, and then click **Import**. Step 4: Import any new photos and video On the **New photos and videos were found** page, click **Import all new items now**, type a name for all the photos and videos, and then click **Import**. Step 5: Select the photos and videos to use in your movie In Windows Live Photo Gallery, select the check box in the upper-left corner for each photo or video you want to use in your movie. On the **Create** tab, in the **Share** group, click **Movie**. When the photos and videos appear in Movie Maker, you’re ready to start making your movie. //Select photos and videos in Photo Gallery to import into Movie Maker//

**__Movie Maker: AutoMovie themes__** Use Auto Movie themes to make a great-looking movie in just a few clicks in Windows Live Movie Maker. Just pick your photos, videos, and a theme, and then the transitions and effects are added for you. Step 1: Add photos and videos On the **Home** tab, in the **Add** group, click **Add videos and photos**. Hold down the Ctrl key and click the photos and videos you want to use, and then click **Open**. Step 2: Add music On the **Home** tab, in the **Add** group, click **Add music**. Click the music file you want to use, and then click **Open**. Step 3: Choose an AutoMovie theme On the **Home** tab, in the **AutoMovie themes** group, click the theme you want to use. Movie Maker automatically adds titles, credits, transitions, effects, and more for you. You can continue editing as you normally would, or just save your movie.

**__Movie Maker: Edit the audio__** Get great sound in your movie by using the audio editing tools in Windows Live Movie Maker. Make your finished movie feel polished and professional by adding a soundtrack and using the editing features to adjust the volume, fade music in or out, and more. Add music You can add music that plays during your movie. After you add music, you can edit it so it plays how you want in your movie. On the **Home** tab, in the **Add** group, click **Add music**. Click the music file you want to use, and then click **Open**. Fade music in our out Make the audio fade in nicely at the beginning and fade out smoothly at the end to make a movie that looks and sounds professional. · To make the music fade in, click the **Fade in** list, and then click the speed for the music to fade in. · To make the music fade out, click the **Fade out** list, and then click the speed for the music to fade out.
 * To make the music fade in or out, click the music. Then, under **Music Tools**, on the **Options** tab, in the **Audio** group, do one or both of the following:

Change the start or end point of the music Trim the beginning or end of the music, so only the part of the song that you want plays in your final movie. To trim the beginning or end of the music, click the music, and then drag the playback indicator on the storyboard to the point in the music where you want it to start or stop playing in your movie. Do one of the following: · To set a new start point for the music to start playing at the current point, under **Music Tools**, on the **Options** tab, in the **Editing** group, click **Set start point**. · To set a new end point so the music stops playing at the current point, under **Music Tools**, on the **Options** tab, in the **Editing** group, click **Set end point**.

Change the audio volume You can change the volume of a music item or the audio in a video. This way, regardless of the audio or music that's playing, it sounds just right in your movie. To change the volume of a music item, click the music. Under **Music Tools**, on the **Options** tab, in the **Audio** group, click **Music volume** , and then move the slider left to lower the volume or right to increase it. To change the volume of the audio in a video, click the video. Under **Video Tools**, on the **Edit** tab, in the **Audio** group, click **Video volume** , and then move the slider left to lower the volume or right to increase it.

//Change the volume in your movie to make it sound just right.//

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