Edit video clips with Windows Movie Maker

Import videos to Windows Movie Maker

In "movie tasks" pane, click "import video". If your movie tasks pane does not show up, click "tasks" under "Help". In case of you fail to import your videos to Windows Movie Maker, which means your video files are not supported by windows Windows Movie Maker, then take a look at one of these guides.

Before editing your videos, you need to drag your videos to the storyboard, and then you are ready to make an incredible movie!

Add Video Transitions

1. In the "Movie Tasks pane", under "Edit Movie", click "View video transitions".
2. Preview transitions by double-clicking them and watching the Preview Monitor. Once you've found a transition you like, drag it from the Video Transitions pane, under Edit Movie pane to the box between two of your clips. This inserts the transition between the two clips.
3. In the Preview Monitor, click the Video Transitions pane, under Play button to watch your transition in action. If you decide not to use any transition, right-click it on the storyboard, and click Delete.

Add Video Effects

1. In the Movie Tasks pane, under Edit Movie click View video effects.
2. Once you’ve found an effect you like, drag it from the Video Effects pane to one of your clips. This adds the effect to the clip, which you can see by looking at the star in the lower-left corner of the clip.

In the Preview Monitor, click the Play button to watch your effect in action. You can add more than one effect to a clip. You can also add a single effect multiple times to increase the effect. If you don't like the effect, right-click the star icon in the lower-left corner of the clip, and click Delete Effects.

ADD audio/music

1. Under the Capture Video link, choose Import audio or music.
2. Locate the folder containing your audio file.
3. Select the audio file you wish to import.

Add Titles and Credits

Opening titles introduce your movie to your audience and provide background information about what they're about to watch.
Credits at the end of your movie provide a more satisfying ending while telling the viewer who was in the movie. This is also a great place to thank the people who helped you make the movie.

If you want to add a title before, after, or on top of a clip, click the clip on the storyboard or timeline.

1.In the Movie Tasks pane, under Edit Movie, click Make titles or credits.
2.Choose the type of title you want to add.
3.Click Change the title animation. Notice that you can choose between one-line titles, two-line titles, and credits, which can be many lines. You can use credits any time you need to display more than two lines of text, not just at the end of your video.
4.On the Choose the Title Animation page, browse through the different animations and watch them in the Preview Monitor to get an idea of what they'll look like. When you find the animation you want to use, click Change the text font and color.

5.On the Select Title Font and Color page, choose the color and font you want to use. If you're adding the title over a clip, use a dark font color for bright scenes and a light font color for dark scenes. Then click Edit the title text.

6.On the Enter Text for Title page, enter your text. Then click Done to add the title to your movie.
7.If prompted to switch to the timeline view, click OK.
8.In the Preview Monitor, click the Play button to see how your title will look in your video.
9.If you want to change your title, right-click the title on the Title Overlay row of the timeline, and then click Edit Title on the shortcut menu.

To trim video clips

1. Drag clips from your collection to the storyboard at the bottom of the window.
2. Select the clip you want to trim. Then click the Play button on the Preview Monitor.
3.Let the clip play until it gets to the point where you want to trim it. Then click the Split Clip button on the Preview Monitor. This cuts your clip into two separate clips at the current point in the video and adds the new clips to your storyboard.
Note: If you plan to use transitions, leave an extra second at the beginning and end of each clip to allow the clips to overlap.

4.Delete the portion of the clip you no longer need by right-clicking it and then clicking Delete.

To combine a split audio or video clip

1. In the Contents pane, hold down the CTRL key, and then select the consecutive clips you want to combine.

Note: To select consecutive clips, click the first clip, press and hold down the SHIFT key, and then click the last clip. To select one clip at a time, press and hold down the CTRL key, and then click each clip that you want to combine
2.On the Clip menu, click Combine.The resulting video clip now appears in the Contents pane.