Microsoft Movie Maker is a free video editing software that can be downloaded from Microsoft's website. It allows users to import photos, video, and music clips and arrange them on a timeline. Users can edit video and add titles, captions, and effects. When the project is complete, it can be exported in common formats like WMV or published directly to YouTube. Help and tutorials are available on Microsoft's website or through the campus media services department.

1. Microsoft Movie Maker
By Samantha Harlow
Instructional Technology Consultant
School of Education, UNC Greensboro

2. Installation:
If you do not have Movie Maker already installed on your
PC computer, then you can download it for free on
Microsoft’s website:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-
live/movie-maker#t1=overview
Once it’s installed, you can find the program in the root
directory or by searching through programs and files.
By Samantha Harlow
Instructional Technology Consultant
School of Education, UNC Greensboro

3. Interface:
Preview
Pane
Storyboard Pane – where you edit
your project; same as the
timeline. You can drag all file
types that work with Movie Maker
into this screen.
By Samantha Harlow
Instructional Technology Consultant
School of Education, UNC Greensboro

4. Interface:
Here is what footage looks like once has started being
edited on the timeline. You can drag in Photos, Video, and
Music into the Storyboard pane.
By Samantha Harlow
Instructional Technology Consultant
School of Education, UNC Greensboro

5. Interface:
Here are your options for
New Project, opening
projects, and Importing.
If you press a push
pin on recent
projects, the project
will always appear in
the list.
Import from Device
recognizes photo
cameras and video
cameras.
By Samantha Harlow
Instructional Technology Consultant
School of Education, UNC Greensboro

6. File Types:
These are the types of files that can
be imported into Movie Maker
By Samantha Harlow
Instructional Technology Consultant
School of Education, UNC Greensboro

7. Editing: Home Page Tab
You can add
Titles, Captions,
Credits through
templates.
AutoMovie automatically adds titles,
credits, crossfades, transitions, and fits your
project to the music; you can choose from
a selection of themes.
You can rotate images
or your videos through
these commands. Make
sure you have the
appropriate scene of
photo selected.
By Samantha Harlow
Instructional Technology Consultant
School of Education, UNC Greensboro

8. Editing: Text
Tools
Edit tab for
Text Tools: where you edit
Titles, Credits, and Captions
Effects (Animation)
of Texts: the drop
down gives you
many options
By Samantha Harlow
Instructional Technology Consultant
School of Education, UNC Greensboro

9. Editing: Video Tools
Edit tab for
video tools,
including trim
and split tools
Use the split tool if you want
to re-organize the video files
in a different order
You can change
the duration of a
photograph in the
Video Tools.
By Samantha Harlow
Instructional Technology Consultant
School of Education, UNC Greensboro

10. Editing:
Animation Options:
including pan, zoom, and
transitions and edit the
duration. These can be
applied to video and
photographs.
By Samantha Harlow
Instructional Technology Consultant
School of Education, UNC Greensboro

11. Editing: Adding Music
If you’d like to mute
the volume on your
video to add music,
go to Video Tools,
Video Volume, and
drag the volume
down.
Add music; MP3
file; free converters
available online if
your music is in a
different format.
*Note: MP3 is not
iTunes format.
By Samantha Harlow
Instructional Technology Consultant
School of Education, UNC Greensboro

12. Editing: Music Tools
Music Tools: Control volume, fade
in and out, etc.
By Samantha Harlow
Instructional Technology Consultant
School of Education, UNC Greensboro

13. Publishing/Exporting:
Once you are done, you can
export or publish your video in a
variety of ways, including straight
to YouTube, digital file, DVD, and
emailing the file.
Your file will be exported as a
WMV (windows media video) file.
This will not play unless you use a
Windows Video Player. To transfer
it to another file type, you can use
a transcoder like HandBrake.
By Samantha Harlow
Instructional Technology Consultant
School of Education, UNC Greensboro

14. For More Information:
Microsoft has many tutorials on their
website. To look for more tutorials, check
out the “Getting Started with Windows
Movie Maker” website:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-
us/windows-vista/getting-started-with-
windows-movie-maker
By Samantha Harlow
Instructional Technology Consultant
School of Education, UNC Greensboro

15. Media Services:
Questions, Concerns, Issues?
• Call Media Services at 336-841-9103
• Email me, the Media & Digital Resource
Librarian at sharlow@highpoint.edu
• Set up an tutorial or appointment with me
through email or telephone
• Feel free to stop by my office, on the first
floor of Smith Library in the Media Lab
By Samantha Harlow
Instructional Technology Consultant
School of Education, UNC Greensboro

16. References:
Training and screenshots taken from:
“Windows Movie Maker Essential Training” by
David Rivers for Lynda.com in November 2013.
By Samantha Harlow
Instructional Technology Consultant
School of Education, UNC Greensboro