Savvy-Boomers » making Slideshows

Making Travel Videos

Jere — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:21:20 +0000

Once you have brought the pictures and music into the collections area you are going to drag the clips you want to use to the story line by placing the mouse over the clip and left clicking the mouse and dragging the clip to the story line. You will be able to place the music that you want to use at the very beginning of the story line or you can plug in a microphone into the computer and record a narrative as the pictures are being cycled through. The narative will be recorded along with the pictures and become a part of the slideshow you are making. There is a volume control for you to use at the front of the storyline and you want to be sure the volume is high enough so that you will be able to hear it without straining. Music for your slideshow can come from the WMM program of you can find your own music to use. For my video on this page I use three clips of music I picked up for use in making videos. Click on the link at the end of this articleand you’ll see what one of my first slideshows came out like.

Thanks for viewing my first video from Windows Movie Maker

You Can Use Windows Movie Maker

Jere — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:21:36 +0000

Once you have opened the WMM page and clicked on file you will want to bring some clips into the collections area. (See 29 Sept. 2009) You can do this by clicking on either videos or pictures which will allow you to import from the media that is already in your computer. If you click on Digital Video Camera you will have to have another device plugged into your computer. These clips will show up in your collections area and you will be able to drag them from the collections area to the story line at the bottom of the page. Next you will be able to click on audio or music and select from music that is in your computer. The music can be something that you have downloaded to the computer or it may be from the music that comes with the WMM program. The music will be dragged to the start of the time line and dropped at the very beginning. Now you have the option of selecting Auto Movie and the program will automatically put the music together with your pictures or you may want to start the entire process off by your self and the music will play in the background as the pictures switch from one to another every five seconds or so. We’ll discuss putting a narrative behind the pictures in the next few days so be sure to watch this site for more information and if you have any questions contact us at BoomersTips@gmail.com.

Windows Movie Maker

Jere — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 04:37:30 +0000

In nearly everyone’s computer these days is the Windows Moviemaker. It is a component of Microsoft Windows and can be found in any computer with Windows Vista. Just click on the START button and you’ll find the program listed along with all the other Windows programs. It was first introduced about nine years ago with the introduction of Windows ME and to be truthful about it not a lot of people knew it was there. Since that time there have been a number of updates but there are still many people who don’t know its in their computer. To find the program just click on the name of the file and Movie Maker will open up on the screen of your monitor. Click on “File” and a drop down window will give you the optiions to open a new or existing project, import media from a camera or computer or examine the properties of existing projects. For an informative introduction to WMM click on this link:

http://s3.amazonaws.com/mm1/video1.html