Create
Home Movies Effortlessly with Windows Movie Maker 2
See It in Action, Then Do It Yourself
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/moviemaker/videos/create.asp
Connecting Your Camera to Your Computer with Windows Movie
Maker 2
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/moviemaker/getstarted/cameratopc.asp
Adding Music to Your Home Movies with Windows Movie Maker
2
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/moviemaker/learnmore/addmusic.asp
The Importance of Editing
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/moviemaker/learnmore/editing.asp
Transferring Movies Back to Your Digital Video Camera with
Windows Movie Maker 2
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/moviemaker/learnmore/backtocam.asp
How Composition and Lighting Can Help You Make Better Movies
By Bill Birney, Matt Lichtenberg, and Seth McEvoy, authors of The
Microsoft Windows Movie Maker Handbook.
Movie making is as much about organization and planning as it is
about great acting or brilliant script ideas. Before you start,
it helps to have a plan. How extensive that plan is will depend
on the nature of the movie you have in mind, but it can include
a script or outline, a list of shots you need, and a shooting schedule.
Follow the links below for more....
Planning For What You Want to Capture: Exploring the Possibilities
By Bill Birney, Matt Lichtenberg, and Seth McEvoy
A camera and editor are the essential moviemaking tools. With them,
anyone can make movies. Without an editor, a camera can do nothing
more than record events in chronological order. With an editor,
your camera becomes one half of a complete production system.
The following concepts introduce some of the possibilities that
will open up to you with a camera and Windows Movie Maker 2 for
Windows XP:
Movie Making 101
By Galan Bridgman
The Windows® Movie Maker feature in Windows XP makes it easy for
you to edit home video. Expert Zone columnist and independent contributor
Galan Bridgman offers his advice on getting started.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/columns/bridgman/june04.asp
Creating Custom Profiles for Windows Movie Maker 2
Windows Movie Maker 2 features a wide variety of video capturing
and movie saving settings. The settings you choose when capturing
video and audio or when saving a movie determine the quality and
size of the captured digital media file or final saved movie file.
In addition to choosing one of the settings installed with Windows
Movie Maker 2, you can also specify settings by creating a custom
profile.
http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/moviemaker/expert/customprofile.asp
Post Your Movies to a Web Site with Windows Movie Maker 2
One of the most convenient ways to let friends and family see the
movies you make with Windows Movie Maker 2 for Windows XP is to
post the movies to a Web site. Then all you have to do is send them
a Web link, and they can go take a look anytime they want. When
you save movies to a Web site, you don't have to worry about overloading
friends and family with big files that might clog their e–mail.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/moviemaker/expert/postmovies.asp
Digital Video Compression Explained
If you use digital video, file size is an important concern
because digital video files tend to take up a lot of storage space
on your hard drive. The answer is compression—making files smaller.
With text files, size is less important because the files are full
of “spaces” and can be compressed very tightly—a text file can be
made at least 90 percent smaller, resulting in a high compression
ratio (the ratio of compressed data to uncompressed data). Other
file types, like MPEG video or JPEG photos, hardly compress at all
because they’re in a format that’s tightly compressed to begin with.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/moviemaker/expert/digitalvideo.asp
Capturing Video From Digital Sources
By Galan Bridgman
The best way to capture high-quality digital video is using a digital
video capture card such as IEEE 1394, also known as firewire, or
on Sony systems, i.Link.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/columns/bridgman/02february18.asp
Capturing Video from Analog Sources
By Galan Bridgman
Analog capture is especially useful when you have older video content,
such as VHS tape, and want to convert it to digital. Or you may
have an older camcorder that only provides analog outputs, such
as composite or S-Video. If you have this type of older equipment
and want to get started in desktop video editing, analog capture
is fine and is supported by Windows XP.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/columns/bridgman/02february4.asp
Streaming Wireless Video
By Galan Bridgman
In Capturing Video from Analog Sources, Galan Bridgman mentioned
setting up a live video feed for a young friend who is housebound
due to illness. In this column, Galan spells out the details of
how to set up a wireless LAN and used Windows Media Encoder to stream
live video to his computer.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/columns/bridgman/02march11.asp
Using the Right Hardware for a Great Video Editing Experience
By Jason Dunn
Your computer is a lot like your car—when you buy it, you have certain
ideas about what you want to do with it. You buy a car to get to
and from work, run errands, and travel. You buy a computer to write
letters, check e-mail, browse the Web, and perhaps play games. But
the analogy stops there. Unlike your car, which more or less stays
the same from the day you buy it, your computer can be changed with
hardware and software. As your needs grow, so can your computer.
http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/expertzone/columns/dunn/03august11_intro.asp
Storing Your Digital Video Masterpiece
By Jason Dunn
If there's one factor that dominates digital video on a computer,
it's the sheer space that the video takes up. Questions about upgrading
hard drives and adding storage to a PC are among the most common
in the Windows XP user groups, newsgroups, chats and other online
community forums. The purpose of this article is to give you an
overview of the current state of hard drive technology, explain
how your hard drive impacts digital video editing with Windows Movie
Maker 2, and give you pointers for smart decisions about upgrading
your hard drive. This isn't intended to be a tutorial on Windows
Movie Maker 2, but I'll make references to how different elements
will impact your use of this software.
http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/expertzone/columns/dunn/03august11_hd.asp
Computing Firepower: The CPU's Role in Video Editing
By Jason Dunn
The key to a high-performance video-editing system is balance between
the components. The CPU is a cornerstone of this equation. Ideally,
the CPU should be waiting for everything else to catch up to it—relatively
speaking, it should be one of your fastest components. In today's
market of 3+ GHz CPUs, prices on mid-range CPUs are constantly falling,
and what was high-end six months ago is now mid-range. This means
you can get tremendous processing power for relatively low cost.
http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/expertzone/columns/dunn/03august11_cpu.asp
Video Editing & Your Monitor
By Jason Dunn
It breaks my heart to see someone take a beautiful new computer
and hook it up to an old 14-inch monitor from 1995 that's been handed
down from another computer. Considering that the monitor is the
most often-used component of your PC, it's important to get a monitor
that not only gives you a great picture, but also has a display
that's easy on your eyes, both from a size and a quality perspective.
If your monitor is anything under 17 inches and if it's not an LCD
monitor, it's time to upgrade. Although it's certainly possible
to edit video on a 15-inch CRT monitor, it's not very enjoyable.
http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/expertzone/columns/dunn/03august11_monitors.asp
Computer RAM: A Crucial Component in Video Editing
By Jason Dunn
Next to the CPU, RAM is one of the most speed-critical elements
on your computer. In most cases, even with a fast CPU, a system
without enough RAM will be very sluggish. You can tell if a system
has this problem quite easily: look at the hard drive indicator
light. On systems without enough RAM, this light will be constantly
blinking off and on, even if the user isn't doing much. Although
Movie Maker 2 lists the minimum RAM requirement at 128 MB, the recommended
amount is 512 MB.
http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/expertzone/columns/dunn/03august11_ram.asp
Video Cards and Digital Video Editing
By Jason Dunn
Video cards are also known as video adapters, display adapters,
video controllers, and video boards. Basically, these are the electronic
components that generate the video signal sent through a cable to
your monitor. Sometimes, the video card is integrated with your
motherboard. But high-end video cards are usually separate boards
inside your PC. A video card is a vital part of any computer system.
Video cards and their performance and compatibility aspects generate
a huge body of questions and discussions in the Windows XP user
groups, newsgroups, chats, and other online community forums.
http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/expertzone/columns/dunn/03august11_vc.asp
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