Windows Live Movie Maker comes pre-installed on computers running Windows Vista or Windows 7. This software provides tools for video capturing, editing and sharing. You can import photos, videos and MP3 sound effects into the program for customized projects. (see Reference 1) The Windows Live Movie Maker timeline is different than the old timeline in Windows Movie Maker, the program's predecessor.
If you're new to Windows Live Movie Maker, learning the updated timeline feature only takes a few minutes of practice. Click “Import for Device” to inset a file from your digital camera. (see Reference 2) Add files stored on your hard drive by right-clicking on the white space to the right of the main window, selecting “Add Videos and Photos.” (see Reference 3) Repeat for each film segment that you want to add to the timeline for editing.Click and drag video stills on the right side of the screen. These screenshots do not appear on an ordered, numbered timeline as in Windows Movie Maker, rather these screenshots are the timeline in Windows Live.
May 14, 2012 Fortunately anyone with Windows 7 can download a video editing program called Windows Live Movie Maker for free. The program interface is very user friendly, and you have a number of tools at your disposal that should make it possible to do nearly anything you need to, including adding a song, audio or music file to your video.
The timeline is visual-based, and you can move each element to a different place in the timeline by dragging it before or after adjacent timetime elements from within the right- task pane. Click around on the elements to get a feel for the new Windows Live timeline, as it is visually different from Microsoft's traditional Movie Maker timeline.Right-click on any video elements that you want to further edit after they are moved to the right position in the timeline.Select “Set Start Point” or “Set End Point” to cut off pieces of the segment for easier use in the timeline. Selecting “Split” will cut the segment at your cursor, letting you drag each timeline piece individually.
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Check out Bas Rutten's Liver Shot on MMA Surge:In this video, Mahalo Windows expert Sean Hewitt shows you how to add music using Windows Movie Maker.Step 1: Add Music-Once you have all your photos and videos put into your movie timeline, click to place the black, vertical line cursor wherever you want the music to start. Click add music in the upper left of the toolbar. Select the track you want to add and click OK. You can control the volume of the track on the very left of the top toolbar.Step 2: Cut Music-If you need the music to stop (perhaps because you have video with an audio track), click where you want the music to end then click split.