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Creating Movies with Windows Movie Maker

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While you are editing the video, you may sometimes want to mute an

audio track temporarily. In the Adjust Clip Volume dialog box, you

can mute the audio volume completely by selecting the “Mute clip”

checkbox.

By default, the audio levels are set to mix the audio from the video clip and the

audio/music you’ve added at equal levels of volume. You can control whether the

audio from video clips or the audio/music you’ve added should have precedence by

clicking Tools and then clicking Audio Levels. This displays the Audio Levels dialog

box shown in Figure 10-40.

To play your audio/music without hearing the audio from the video, move the slider

all the way to the right. To mix the audio from the video back in, move the slider to

the left. The more you move the slider to the left, the more prevalent the audio from

the video will be. When you are finished setting the volume levels, click the Close

button in the Audio Levels dialog box.

Adding Titles, Credits, and Overlays

Your videos can have title frames, credits, and title overlays. You can add title frames

at the beginning of the video or before a selected clip. You can add credits to the end

of the video. Title overlays are title frames displayed over the top of a selected media

item.

You can add titles to your video by completing these steps:

1. In Windows Movie Maker, click Tools and then click Titles and Credits.

2. In the Titles Pane, click one of the following links:

• Title at the Beginning

• Title Before the Selected Clip

• Title on the Selected Clip

3. If you are inserting a title before or on a clip, select the clip to use in the timeline.

4. As shown in Figure 10-41, enter the primary title in the first text box provided

and any subtitle in the second text box provided.

Figure 10-40. Setting the balance between audio from video and audio/music

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5. Click the Change the “Title animation” link.

6. Choose the title animation. Different animations are provided for one-line titles

and two-line titles. Use a two-line title animation if you entered a subtitle.

7. Click the “Change the text font and color” link.

8. Use the options provided to set the title font and color.

9. Click Add Title to add the title to a new frame at the beginning of the video.

You can add credits to the end of the video by completing these steps:

1. In Windows Movie Maker, click Tools and then click Titles and Credits.

2. In the Titles Pane, click the “Credits at the End” link.

3. As shown in Figure 10-42, enter the primary end credit or video title in the first

text box provided.

4. In the subsequent rows, you can enter video credits by role/title and name. Enter

a role/title in the first column and the associated name in the second column.

5. Click the “Change the title animation” link.

6. Choose the credits animation. Different animations are provided for credits than

for titles.

7. Click the “Change the text font and color” link.

Figure 10-41. Adding a title to the movie