Why is that when I copy a clip from the collection to the storyboard that the
quality in the storyboard is markedly degraded? How can can I prevent this?

But it does effect it. A movie screen shot captured using Windows Media
Encoder is virtually perfect at full screen before it's edited in Windows
Movie Maker. Once edited, it's illegible.

"John Inzer" wrote:

> movie maker newby wrote:
> > Why is that when I copy a clip from the collection to the storyboard
> > that the quality in the storyboard is markedly degraded? How can can
> > I prevent this?
> ======================================
> That is by design...(most noticeable when viewing
> full screen)...it will not affect your finished movie.
>
> --
>
> John Inzer
> MS Digital Media MVP
>
> Notice
> This is not tech support
> I am a volunteer
>
> Solutions that work for
> me may not work for you
>
> Proceed at your own risk
>
>
>

Doing all that still results in degraded movie files. The WMM movie is much
worse quality than the original file recorded by WME.

"John Inzer" wrote:

> movie maker newby wrote:
> > But it does effect it. A movie screen shot captured using Windows
> > Media Encoder is virtually perfect at full screen before it's edited
> > in Windows Movie Maker. Once edited, it's illegible.
> ========================================
> The low resolution view in Movie Maker does
> not affect the finished movie...it depends on
> how you save the completed movie file.
>
> To save as an .avi movie file...
> (and several other options)
> Type...Ctrl+P to open the Save Movie Wizard /
> Choose...My Computer /
> Next /
> Enter a Name and a Save Location /
> Next /
> Show More Choices /
> Other Settings /
> Open the drop window and choose...DV-AVI /
> Next /
> Wait while the movie is saved /
> Finish...
>
> To save as a .wmv movie file...
> Type...Ctrl+P to open the Save Movie Wizard /
> Choose...My Computer /
> Next /
> Enter a Name and a Save Location /
> Next /
> Tick...'Best Quality For My Computer'
> Next/
> Wait while the movie is saved /
> Finish...
>
> Also, you may find it useful to use
> a custom profile:
>
> Movie Maker 2 - Saving
> Movies - Custom WMV Profiles
> http://tinyurl.com/s2vgu
> or...
> http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-SavingMo...mProfiles.html
>
> Creating Custom Profiles
> for Windows Movie Maker 2
> http://tinyurl.com/cuny7
> or...
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...omprofile.mspx
>
>
> --
>
> John Inzer
> MS Digital Media MVP
>
> Notice
> This is not tech support
> I am a volunteer
>
> Solutions that work for
> me may not work for you
>
> Proceed at your own risk
>
>
>

I don't know enough to choose the settings. Is there a CP I could
download/import?

"John Inzer" wrote:

> movie maker newby wrote:
> > Doing all that still results in degraded movie files. The WMM movie
> > is much worse quality than the original file recorded by WME.
> ===========================
> Did you try using a Custom Profile?
>
> --
>
> John Inzer
> MS Digital Media MVP
>
> Notice
> This is not tech support
> I am a volunteer
>
> Solutions that work for
> me may not work for you
>
> Proceed at your own risk
>
>
>

I'm getting the profile thing to work but the quality of the output movie is
still not quite as good as the input and the size of the output is a lot
larger. What can the settings be that would make the output the same quality
and size as the input? Note that I'm using SlideShow-1024x768WMV9.prx as I
downloaded it.

"John Inzer" wrote:

> movie maker newby wrote:
> > I don't know enough to choose the settings. Is there a CP I could
> > download/import?
> ====================================
> Yes there are links in the article I posted for you.
>
> Try the following .wmv profile:
>
> SlideShow-1024x768WMV9
>
> Download from the following site...
>
> Movie Maker 2 - Saving
> Movies - Custom WMV Profiles
> http://tinyurl.com/s2vgu
> or...
> http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-SavingMo...mProfiles.html
>
> Right click / Save as...drop it in the following folder:
>
> C:\Program Files\Movie Maker\Shared\Profiles folder
>
>
> Now use the following steps to save your movie:
>
> Type...Ctrl+P to open the Save Movie Wizard
>
> Choose...My Computer
>
> Next
>
> Enter a Name and a Save Location
>
> Next
>
> Show More Choices
>
> Other Settings
>
> Open the drop window and choose...
>
> SlideShow-1024x768WMV9
>
> Next
>
> Wait while the movie is saved
>
> Finish...
>
>
> --
>
> John Inzer
> MS Digital Media MVP
>
> Notice
> This is not tech support
> I am a volunteer
>
> Solutions that work for
> me may not work for you
>
> Proceed at your own risk
>
>
>