Video+Activity+One

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**Using Microsoft Movie Maker**

I have used Movie Maker for many projects. I like it as a standard video creation tool, but it has limitations, so I use Sony Vegas Movie Studio for my personal projects.

To complete this project, I followed the steps below.
 * I created the background music using Myna and downloaded it to my computer.
 * Under the Capture Video heading I:
 * imported music using the import audio or music shortcut.
 * imported the photos I needed using import pictures
 * I pulled the first photo I wanted to use down to the first slide.
 * Under the Edit Movie heading I clicked on the Make Titles or Credits shortcut.
 * I chose make title on the selected clip.
 * I clicked Change the title animation and browsed through the titles until I found the one I wanted (Paint Drip).
 * I clicked on change the text font and color, chose Vivaldi-yellow-bold, and typed in my heading.
 * This took me back to the creation mode with the Timeline option open at the bottom of the screen. I switched back to Show storyboard.
 * Under Edit Video I chose Video Effects and added Film Age Old.

I normally do not use transitions between pictures and videos because that can get a little too busy, but since that was required for the project, I added Dissolve between each slide by clicking on Video Transitions Under the edit menu.

Next, I pulled down each picture into the storyboard, added a video effect, the News Banner title to some, and dissolve between each.

For the credits sequence, I did the following:
 * I choose the slide I wanted to add the credit on.
 * Under the Edit Movie heading I clicked on the Make Titles or Credits shortcut.
 * I chose make title on the selected clip.
 * I clicked Change the title animation and browsed through the credits until I found the one I wanted (Credits: Video Left).
 * I clicked on change the text font and color, chose Vivaldi-white-bold, and typed in my credits.
 * I added the same picture again with the Video Effect Fade Out to Black.
 * I trimmed the music by going to the Timeline view and clicking on the end, pushing it left.
 * I also faded it by right clicking on it and choosing Fade Out.

I saved the project by:
 * Clicking on File - Save Movie File
 * I chose For Web and named it
 * I clicked on Show More Choices and picked Best Fit to File Size
 * I saved the movie to my folder and uploaded it to YouTube.
 * I embedded it to my Wiki page.

My greatest challenge in this project was the transitions. I had to go into the Timeline view and move my titles around as the transitions changed the time each picture was on the screen. Also, I wanted to swap pictures and there is no easy way to do that. You end up adding slides and then deleting them. It would be nice to be able to pull the photo down on top of the one you wanted to replace and it would replace it.

As far as new things I learned, I learned how to best match the file size when creating a movie. Sometimes your movie loses sharpness and dimension when you save it to standard file sizes, so this was a big help.