Note: You can also move clips in the Timeline pane. Rearrange Clipsġ In the Storyboard, click the clip you want to move.Ĥ Click the next empty cell on the Storyboard. Note: You can also add clips to your projects by dragging them from the Contents pane to your Storyboard or Timeline pane. The clip(s) is added to the Storyboard.Note: To select multiple consecutive clips, Shift-click them select non-consecutive files by Ctrl-clicking. The Contents pane displays the clips in the folder you clicked. These tools enable you to more easily fine-tune the project by editing your clips, adding transitions, inserting audio, adding titles, and so on.ġ In the Collections pane, click the folder containing your clip. Afterward, switch to the Task pane and the Timeline pane. When adding clips and rearranging them in your project, start with the Collections pane and Storyboard pane toggled on. After that, you can arrange them in the desired order. Windows Vista automatically launches the Import Video Wizard to step you through the import process.Īfter you import your clips - that is, the video, photo, and audio files you want to include in your movie - into Movie Maker, you must add them to your project. To import footage from a digital video camera, connect the camera to your computer using an IEEE 1394 or USB 2.0 connection and set your camera mode to play recorded video. To import footage from an analog video camera, your computer needs an analog capture device and any software associated with that device. Movie Maker supports the use of the following types of files as clips: ASF, AVI, M1V, MP2, MP2V, MPE, MPEG, MPG, MPV2, WM, WMV, AIF, AIFC, AIFF ASF, AU, MP2, MP3, MPA, SND, WAV, WMA, BMP, DIB, EMF, GIF, JFIF, JPE, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, and WMF.

The selected files are imported into Movie Maker. Note: To select multiple consecutive files, Shift-click them select non-consecutive files by Ctrl-clicking. Movie Maker opens a blank project on the desktop.Ģ Locate and select the file(s) you want to import, be they video footage, digital photos, or audio tracks.

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