Using Windows Live Movie Maker

1. Open the Start menu 2. Click All Programs in the lower left corner

3. Select Windows Live Movie Maker

4. Click Add videos and photos

5. Find the Sample Videos folder and select Wildlife

6. Select the Wildlife title and push the delete key

7. Click on Video Tools

8. Slide the zoom time scale all the way to the + in order to be able to precisely cut the video clip

9. Drag the slider located on the video to 11.77

10. Click the split button

11. Drag the slider located on the video to 17.29

12. Click the split button

13. Slide the zoom time scale (in the lower right corner) to the middle to see all three clips

14. Select the middle video clip and push the delete key

15. Click the first video clip then click then Video volume button

Click the video clip first

16. Adjust the volume slider all the way to the left to mute the volume

17. Click the second video clip, click the Video volume, and mute the volume 18. Click the Home tab, then click the Add music button Home tab

19. Select Add Music

20. Select the Sample Video folder, then select Maid with the Flaxen Hair, click Open

21. Push the space bar to preview your movie 22. Click the Title button to add a title page

23. Delete the title on the slide and type Animals Gone Wild

24. Click the beginning of the first video clip the click the Caption button to add a caption

25. Type Horses

26. Change the Text duration to 4.00

27. Click the Home tab and click the Credits button to add a credits

28. Type your name

29. Click the Movie Maker menu and select Save Project

30. Type Animals Gone Wild and click the Save button

To export the movie so it can be played on other computers click the Movie Maker menu and then select Save movie. Pick Recommended for this project, type a name, and click the save button.

*** When using Movie Maker you can only use one computer to work on a project. An incomplete project cannot be moved from one computer to another. If you have finished the project you can export the movie to watch on other computer but once it is exported it cannot be changed.