Microsoft Windows Movie Maker 2 Visual QuickStart Guide,9780321199546

Microsoft Windows Movie Maker 2 Visual QuickStart Guide

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780321199546
ISBN10: 0321199545
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-05-13
Publisher(s): Peachpit Press
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Summary

bull; Digital camcorder sales are projected to grow 28% this year and reach 5M units by 2007 bull; This easy, task-based guide shows readers how to use the free video-editing software on their Windows XP machines to turn raw footage into compelling videos. bull; Author Jan Ozer knows video-he's written several popular books on the topic and taught classes on video editing.

Author Biography

Jan Ozer is a contributing editor for PC Magazine and eMedia. He¿s written numerous books about digital video (including Pinnacle Studio 8 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide and MyDVD 5 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide) and teaches courses in digital video, most recently at the University of Wisconsin.

Table of Contents

Introduction ix
Part I: Getting Started
1(72)
Getting Your PC Ready for Movie Maker
3(12)
Downloading the Latest Updates
5(3)
Uninstalling Unnecessary Programs
8(3)
Creating a System Restore Point
11(1)
Preparing Your Hard Disks
12(3)
Creating Watchable Video
15(26)
What Is Watchable Video?
16(1)
Watchable Video Guidelines
17(2)
Using a Feature-Rich Video Editor
19(1)
Developing Strong Nonlinear Editing Skills
20(2)
Choosing the Right Camera Settings
22(7)
Applying Basic Shot Composition
29(7)
Applying Advanced Shot Composition
36(5)
Getting Started with Movie Maker
41(32)
The Jan-FAQs
42(10)
The Movie Maker Interface
52(4)
Creating and Managing Collections
56(8)
Customizing Your Collection Views
64(4)
Customizing Movie Maker's Panes
68(2)
Setting Project Defaults
70(3)
Part II: Gathering Your Assets
73(76)
Capturing DV
75(14)
Connecting for DV Capture
76(4)
Capturing DV
80(6)
Viewing Your Captured Video
86(3)
Capturing Analog Video
89(18)
Connecting for Analog Capture
90(4)
Capturing Analog Video
94(5)
Viewing Your Captured Video
99(1)
Tunning the Incoming Video Signal
100(4)
Capturing Live Video
104(3)
Working with Still Images
107(12)
Capturing Still Images
108(4)
Editing Still Images
112(3)
Scanning Photographs
115(4)
Importing Music
119(16)
Ripping Audio Tracks
120(5)
Converting Analog Audio to Digital
125(10)
Working in the Contents Pane
135(14)
Creating Clips in Video Files
136(6)
Working with Audio and Video in the Contents Pane
142(4)
Relinking Lost Clips
146(3)
Part III: Editing
149(134)
Trimming and Assembling Your Movie
151(46)
Looking at Storyboard/Timeline Views
152(3)
Saving Your Projects
155(2)
Working on the Storyboard
157(6)
Getting Video Clips to the Timeline
163(6)
Customizing Your Timeline View
169(2)
Common Tasks
171(3)
Trimming Clips on the Timeline
174(6)
Advanced Timeline Editing
180(11)
Editing Still Images
191(3)
Working with Audio Files
194(3)
Using Transitions
197(24)
Understanding Transitions
198(5)
How Transitions Work in Movie Maker
203(2)
Using Transitions
205(9)
Customizing Transitions
214(1)
Using Transitions to Create Customized Fades
215(4)
Inserting Multiple Transitions into a Slide Show
219(2)
Applying Special Effects
221(20)
Movie Maker's Special Effects
222(4)
Using Movie Maker's Effects Interface
226(3)
Using Fade-In and Fade-Out Effects
229(2)
Using Pixelan Effects to Fix Video Problems
231(4)
Using Playback Speed as an Effect
235(1)
Adding Motion to Still Images
236(5)
Working with Audio
241(14)
About Audio Tracks and Workflow
242(2)
Recording Narration
244(5)
Adjusting Audio Volume
249(6)
Designing Titles and Credits
255(18)
Title Options and Track Type
256(1)
Creating Titles
257(6)
Customizing Text
263(5)
Editing Titles
268(1)
Advanced Title Topics
269(4)
Working with AutoMovie
273(10)
AutoMovie Basics
274(4)
Creating AutoMovies
278(5)
Part IV: Output
283(36)
Writing to Tape
285(10)
Setting Up Your Hardware
286(2)
Writing to Tape
288(3)
Dubbing from DV to VHS
291(4)
Outputting Digital Files
295(24)
Supported Formats and Output Options
296(3)
Saving to My Computer
299(7)
Saving to CD
306(5)
Sending Your Video in E-mail
311(3)
Saving to a Video-Hosting Provider
314(5)
Appendix A: Sonic Solutions MyDVD
319(8)
The MyDVD Workflow
320(5)
Other Alternatives
325(2)
Appendix B: Creating Movies in Photo Story
327(14)
The 50,000-Foot View
328(1)
Creating a Photo Story
329(12)
Appendix C: Windows Media Encoder and Tools
341(24)
Working with Windows Media File Editor
343(9)
Encoding with Windows Media Encoder
352(6)
About Screen Capture with WME
358(7)
Index 365

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