A Little Help Please - MS MovieMaker 1

S

SomOne

We have a machine that is not on-line and our agency will not let it go on
line.

It has Version 1 of Movie Maker.

The help page, it appears, was written by someone who would probably be
better suited mowing lawns. I went to the Help/Topics and looked up Titles
Selecting Colors. Below is a copy of the page that I got

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Selecting the title font and colors
This page lets you choose the font and colors for your title or credits. By
changing the font and colors, you can change the appearance of the title to
enhance your movie.
The following options appear on this page.

Font
Specifies the font face for the title. The list of fonts that appears
depends on the fonts you have installed on your computer.

Bold
Click to apply bold formatting for the title text.

Italic
Click to apply italic formatting for the title text.

Underline
Click to apply an underline below the title text.

Font color
Click to choose the font color for the title text. When choosing the font
color, be sure to choose a color that contrasts with the selected background
color so the title text can be seen in your movie.

Background color
Click to choose the background color for the title in your movie. When
choosing the background color, be sure to choose a color that contrasts with
the selected font color so the title text can be seen in your movie.

Transparency
Drag the slider to the left to decrease the transparency and make the title
text is opaque and easy to read. Drag the slider to the right to increase
the transparency and make the title text appear faded.

Increase font size
Click to increase the font size for the title text.

Decrease font size
Click to decrease the font size for the title text.

Position, align left
Click to align text on the left side.

Position, center
Click to align text in the center.

Position, align right
Click to align text on the right side.

Edit the title text
Click to go to the Enter Text for Title page, and then type the new text for
the title.

Change the title animation
Click to go to the Choose a Title Animation page, and then choose a new
title animation.

Note
The formatting you choose for the title text is applied to the entire title,
regardless of what text is selected on the Enter Text for Title page.

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Cannot I edit the Title/Credits in Movie Maker? or is there some view that
I have to turn on

Have never used MovieMaker

Would like a little help.

01. We have no problems getting video/audio onto a computer. It is
primarily in MP3 format, but there are others like AVI, etc.

02. What we are interested in doing is editing the strips that we have with
voice comments and visual remarks.

03. The questions that we have are:

a. How do we add Titles and Credits and control their font, color,
and size and how they come in and go out..

b. How do we control the length of time that the Title/Credit is
displayed in the movie.

c. I notice that there are two lines in the storyboard that refer
to audio. Can you place a lower volume in the movie and still add voice
comments and have both play.

d. Can a movie be edited internally. What we mean is can I take a
single video strip and divided into four cuts with different audio and music
for each cut.

e. Can I export the finished product in MP3 or DVD format. I need
it in a format that can be played by a DVD player. I would prefer a default
format that is used by American DVDs.

f. Is there a Web Page that has instruction in a hand-hold style
that we can go to??????????????

Would appreciate any and all help. But PLEASE, no upgrade to MM2 comments.
We are on a machine that has XP Pro, SP1 and our agency will not upgrade for
us.

SomeOne
 
J

John Inzer

SomOne said:
We have a machine that is not on-line and our agency will not let it
go on line.

It has Version 1 of Movie Maker.

The help page, it appears, was written by someone who would probably
be better suited mowing lawns. I went to the Help/Topics and looked
up Titles

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
////////

Selecting the title font and colors
This page lets you choose the font and colors for your title or
credits. By changing the font and colors, you can change the
appearance of the title to enhance your movie.
The following options appear on this page.

Font
Specifies the font face for the title. The list of fonts that appears
depends on the fonts you have installed on your computer.

Bold
Click to apply bold formatting for the title text.

Italic
Click to apply italic formatting for the title text.

Underline
Click to apply an underline below the title text.

Font color
Click to choose the font color for the title text. When choosing the
font color, be sure to choose a color that contrasts with the
selected background color so the title text can be seen in your movie.

Background color
Click to choose the background color for the title in your movie. When
choosing the background color, be sure to choose a color that
contrasts with the selected font color so the title text can be seen
in your movie.

Transparency
Drag the slider to the left to decrease the transparency and make the
title text is opaque and easy to read. Drag the slider to the right
to increase the transparency and make the title text appear faded.

Increase font size
Click to increase the font size for the title text.

Decrease font size
Click to decrease the font size for the title text.

Position, align left
Click to align text on the left side.

Position, center
Click to align text in the center.

Position, align right
Click to align text on the right side.

Edit the title text
Click to go to the Enter Text for Title page, and then type the new
text for the title.

Change the title animation
Click to go to the Choose a Title Animation page, and then choose a
new title animation.

Note
The formatting you choose for the title text is applied to the entire
title, regardless of what text is selected on the Enter Text for
Title page.

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/////////////

Cannot I edit the Title/Credits in Movie Maker? or is there some
view that I have to turn on

Have never used MovieMaker

Would like a little help.

01. We have no problems getting video/audio onto a computer. It is
primarily in MP3 format, but there are others like AVI, etc.

02. What we are interested in doing is editing the strips that we
have with voice comments and visual remarks.

03. The questions that we have are:

a. How do we add Titles and Credits and control their font,
color, and size and how they come in and go out..

b. How do we control the length of time that the Title/Credit
is displayed in the movie.

c. I notice that there are two lines in the storyboard that
refer to audio. Can you place a lower volume in the movie and still
add voice comments and have both play.

d. Can a movie be edited internally. What we mean is can I
take a single video strip and divided into four cuts with different
audio and music for each cut.

e. Can I export the finished product in MP3 or DVD format. I
need it in a format that can be played by a DVD player. I would
prefer a default format that is used by American DVDs.

f. Is there a Web Page that has instruction in a hand-hold
style that we can go to??????????????

Would appreciate any and all help. But PLEASE, no upgrade to MM2
comments. We are on a machine that has XP Pro, SP1 and our agency
will not upgrade for us.

SomeOne
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I'm betting you have a computer somewhere that
'can' go online....why not download Movie Maker
2 and install it...(it will run on Win XP SP1.)

Hard to find now but a little searching and here's
a link for you:

MovieMaker 2.0
http://download.chip.eu/en/Windows-Movie-Maker-2.0_92494.html

Adding Titles and Credits to Your Movies with
Windows Movie Maker 2
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/learnmore/titlescredits.mspx

--

J. Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

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
 
P

PapaJohn

When you check for help in MM1, it opens the help file for MM2.... there is
no title feature for MM1.
 
S

SomOne

I do appreciate the comeback.

On the "About Movie Maker" it states Movie Maker Version 2.0.33.3312.0. I
do not know if this means that it is version 2 or not.

I still have some questions as I cannot find the answer in any publication:

01. We have no problems getting video/audio onto a computer. It is
primarily in MP3 format, but there are others like AVI, etc. Can I import
them in and export them back out as MP3. Need to be able to play them on a
standard DVD player.

02. How do we control the length of time that the Title/Credit is displayed
in the movie.

03. I notice that there are two lines in the storyboard that refer to
audio. Can you place a lower volume in the movie and still add voice
comments and have both play.

04. Can a movie be edited internally. What we mean is can I take a single
video strip and divided into four cuts with different audio and music for
each cut.

05. Is there a Web Page that has instruction in a hand-hold style that we
can go to??????????????
 
P

PapaJohn

yes, it's version 2, not v1, which is pretty close in features to the latest
v2.1....

01 - yes you can import them unless the AVI files are compressed with codecs
that Movie Maker doesn't work well with... no, you don't export as MP3...
just as DV-AVI or WMV video files, or WMA audio.

Movie Maker doesn't make playable discs... for those you need to take your
saved files to other disc-authoring and making software.

02 - pull the righht edge of the title clip to the right to make it's
duration longer... or to the left to shorten it.

03 - yes

04 - yes

05 - my website's Online > Tutorials and References page has links to online
entry-level training info.
 

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