1	Movie Maker 2 Tips Know the limits of your computer. Once you save your project do not delete pictures or move them. Easy on the transitions When attempting a large project (20 minutes or more), make sure you save project quite often. If computer becomes sluggish, save and then restart to clear memory.
2	Movie Maker Screen
3	Step 1, Capture Video Menu Start out with importing video and pictures Even though audio is in step 1, I like to save it for last after I have done transitions, titles and Effects. Do not forget to save project
4	Importing Pictures & Voideos
5	Select Items and import I have selected all the pictures and clicked on import.
6	Collections Notice how all the pictures have been imported into the collections.
7	Storyboard Drag pictures to storyboard & arrange Do not forget to save
8	Edit Movie Menu Start out with Titles & Credits Then do your transitions and effects. Do not mix transitions & effects on the same picture or video clip.
9	Titles and Credits Click on make Titles & Credits. Click on add title at beginning of movie. As shown below you can edit text & effects. Then click done & add title to movie. Did you save your project?
10	Video Transitions Click in Video Transitions. Find the effect you want & drag in between the clips. Remember not to overdo it they help to separate phases. Did you save your project?
11	Video Effects Click on Video Effects. Drag the effect you want to the star on the clip you want. The star will light up blue. Did you save your project?
12	Go back to add audio Take the songs you want to use over into a playlist on Windows Media Player. Windows Media Player 11 works best.
13	Import Music The Music will be in your music folder. In this case it is in the unknown artist folder. Click on import.
14	Move Audio into Timeline The song is now in the collections. Switch from Storyboard to Timeline. Drag the Audio Clip down to the Audio/Music area. Make sure to save before you start trimming clips.
15	Finish Movie That was the easy part. Now we have to take the movie over to Video. I always take over to play on My Computer and then copy to CD or use a 3^rd party program to take it to DVD. Click on finish Movie and then save to my computer. Click on show more choices. I prefer the 3 broadband settings. Click Next and wait for save. Now you can watch your movie.
16	Finish Movie Click here to access more resources Presentation as Adobe PDF