Instruction manual

30 Which? Right Choice September 2009
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STORYBOARD VIEW
This is the default view in Windows
Movie Maker. It shows you the order of
your clips and lets you rearrange them.
You can also see video effects and
transitions that you’ve added.
TIMELINE VIEW
This gives you a more detailed view of
your project and allows you to make
finer edits, like adjusting the duration of
transitions between clips.
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HOW TO CREATE A DVD
To burn a movie to DVD, you need
Windows DVD Maker. This is included
with Vista Home Premium and Vista
Ultimate. You also need a DVD
burner — you may have one of these
built into your computer, or you can
buy a separate one to attach to your PC.
 Insert a blank recordable or
rewriteable DVD into your
DVD burner.
 Open Windows Movie Maker.
 Open the project you want to
burn to DVD.
 Click File.
 Click Publish movie.
 Click DVD and then Next.
 A window will pop up telling you
that Windows DVD Maker is about
to open. Click OK, then Next.
 Click Burn. This may take a little
while.
Saving your project just saves the settings and instructions on how you’d
like your finished video to look. To create a file of your video you will need
to publish your clip. Once you’ve published it you can’t edit it. You can
only edit the saved project, so make sure you’re happy with it first.
 Click File.
 Click Publish movie.
 Click This computer and then Next.
 Type a name for your movie in the box that appears.
 In the Publish to box choose where you want to save your movie.
Your Videos folder will be selected by default. Click Next.
 Click Publish and wait while your movie is published. Depending on
the length of your movie, this could take a little while.
 If you want to watch your movie once it’s been published, select
Play movie when I click Finish.
 Click Finish.
HOW TO PUBLISH AND SHARE YOUR VIDEO
TIPS
 At any point you can tweak the
properties of an element of your
project (clip, audio track, sound
effects, transitions) by hovering the
mouse cursor over it and right-
clicking.
 You can add a transition by simply
dragging it to the timeline and
dropping it into the desired slot.
 To preview your video at any time,
click on the play button.
 You can increase the size of the
preview monitor by clicking and
dragging the edge of the window.
 You can click on the Zoom icon
(below) to magnify the timeline if
you want to see it in more detail.