What do I do next?

[Guest]

First I take video with my samsung mini dv camcorder. Then I capture video
into collections in windows movie maker. It is set to create clips. I then
have have thumbnails of the clips in the collection window. After that, I
drag a clip and drop it on the timeline for editiing. Once the clip is
edited, I click FILE<SAVE PROJECT AS. Then I name it and save it to a "My
videos" subdir I have named "clips". It gets automatically saved as a mswmm
file. I then have all the clips of the tape edited and saved in this manner.
It is at this point I am having problems. I don't know how to get them
onto the timeline for combining and inserting transitions. If I try to drag
them from "clips" onto the timeline or storyboard I can only do one at a
time, meaning, if I try to drag a second one, the first one disapears and
only the second one is shown starting at zero seconds. How do I get more
than one clip onto the timeline so I can combine them, insert transitions and
make a movie from all my clips? I MUST be doing something wrong somewhere.
Please help.
Mahalo.

 

[Wojo]

Well I am not sure why you took all those steps. You didn't need to drag
each clip to the timeline and save the projects and all that jazz.
After importing the video into a collection (and the automatic clips are
created if you wish) then you should be able to drag all the clips one at a
time right then and there from the collection to the timeline. If that isn't
working just like that then there is something else wrong and that is
possible since you would be the 2nd person this week that has reported the
same problem with one clip "replacing" another. Unfortunately I don't think
we actually solved that particular problem since it seems to be a new one.
In rereading your post though are you, through Windows Explorer, trying to
drag the actual MSWMM file from the "clips" directory and then into WMM to
the timeline? If so then that explains the issue since what you are
essentially doing is closing one project and opening another. Instead open
the "Collection" that all the separate clips were created in when you
imported the video to begin with and drag them from THERE to the timeline.
-Wojo

 

[Guest]

Wojos, thanks for the help.
In response to your suggestions, I CAN drag all the clips one at a time from
the collection to the timeline. But what if I want to combine two clips from
different collections that were saved to my "clips" directory? When I open
any "collections" I only have unedited clips which were captured from my tape
initially. After I edit the clips I save them to my "clips" directory. I
subsequently don't have any edited clips in my "collections". The problem
seems to be combining 2 or more clips from my "clips" directory.

Is there a better way to organize edited clips so the can be stored in a
collection rather than a windows directory? Then I could combine them with
other edited clips that are stored in another collection. Could you please
tell me what I SHOULD be doing with my clips after I edit them if I'm not
doing it correctly?
Mahalo.

 

[Wojo]

I am assuming now that you edit them and save them as either DV-AVI or WMV
files using the "Save to my computer" option? After that you need to
"import" the new clips into a collection before you can combine them in a
different project. Another thing worth noting is that you can capture video
without having it make automatic clips and then clip them manually at points
of your own choosing then just leave them in a collection until you are
ready to use them at a later point. As far as organization I do both. I have
a separate partition on my hard drive just for video clips, audio clips, and
still images and each is type is in it's own directory and from there I have
subdirectories to keep my clips organized the way I like. All these clips
can be imported into WMM and you can organize them in the same way in our
collections. If you click the [Collections] button at the top of the screen
it will show all your collections in a tree structure in the left pane.
There you can create new collections and collections within collections just
like the Windows file structure. After that you simply drag the clips around
into whichever categories you want.
Hope that helps you.
-Wojo

 

[Guest]

I have been saving as "project" which automatically saves it as a MSWMM. Is
that wrong? Could that be the cause of my problem? Also my saved clips are
not on the collections tree they are in a subdir of Window's "my videos".
How do I get my saved clips in the collections tree as a DV-AVI or WMV?
What's the difference and which is better?
Mahalo.

I am assuming now that you edit them and save them as either DV-AVI or WMV
files using the "Save to my computer" option? After that you need to
"import" the new clips into a collection before you can combine them in a
different project. Another thing worth noting is that you can capture video
without having it make automatic clips and then clip them manually at points
of your own choosing then just leave them in a collection until you are
ready to use them at a later point. As far as organization I do both. I have
a separate partition on my hard drive just for video clips, audio clips, and
still images and each is type is in it's own directory and from there I have
subdirectories to keep my clips organized the way I like. All these clips
can be imported into WMM and you can organize them in the same way in our
collections. If you click the [Collections] button at the top of the screen
it will show all your collections in a tree structure in the left pane.
There you can create new collections and collections within collections just
like the Windows file structure. After that you simply drag the clips around
into whichever categories you want.
Hope that helps you.
-Wojo

Wojos, thanks for the help.
In response to your suggestions, I CAN drag all the clips one at a time
from
the collection to the timeline. But what if I want to combine two clips
from
different collections that were saved to my "clips" directory? When I
open
any "collections" I only have unedited clips which were captured from my
tape
initially. After I edit the clips I save them to my "clips" directory. I
subsequently don't have any edited clips in my "collections". The
problem
seems to be combining 2 or more clips from my "clips" directory.

Is there a better way to organize edited clips so the can be stored in a
collection rather than a windows directory? Then I could combine them
with
other edited clips that are stored in another collection. Could you
please
tell me what I SHOULD be doing with my clips after I edit them if I'm not
doing it correctly?
Mahalo.

 

[Wojo]

Yes that is the problem. When you are dragging the project file to the
timeline you are simply opening a project so when you drag the next one to
the timeline you are closing the first project and then opening the new one.
If you want to edit clips separately and then save them like this you need
to use the "Save to my computer" option or simply press CTRL+P. This will
save a WMV or AVI, depending on what you choose during the save movie
wizard, to your hard drive and those can be imported and then combined in
any way you see fit on the timeline.
-Wojo

I have been saving as "project" which automatically saves it as a MSWMM.
Is
that wrong? Could that be the cause of my problem? Also my saved clips
are
not on the collections tree they are in a subdir of Window's "my videos".
How do I get my saved clips in the collections tree as a DV-AVI or WMV?
What's the difference and which is better?
Mahalo.

I am assuming now that you edit them and save them as either DV-AVI or
WMV
files using the "Save to my computer" option? After that you need to
"import" the new clips into a collection before you can combine them in a
different project. Another thing worth noting is that you can capture
video
without having it make automatic clips and then clip them manually at
points
of your own choosing then just leave them in a collection until you are
ready to use them at a later point. As far as organization I do both. I
have
a separate partition on my hard drive just for video clips, audio clips,
and
still images and each is type is in it's own directory and from there I
have
subdirectories to keep my clips organized the way I like. All these clips
can be imported into WMM and you can organize them in the same way in our
collections. If you click the [Collections] button at the top of the
screen
it will show all your collections in a tree structure in the left pane.
There you can create new collections and collections within collections
just
like the Windows file structure. After that you simply drag the clips
around
into whichever categories you want.
Hope that helps you.
-Wojo

Wojos, thanks for the help.
In response to your suggestions, I CAN drag all the clips one at a time
from
the collection to the timeline. But what if I want to combine two clips
from
different collections that were saved to my "clips" directory? When I
open
any "collections" I only have unedited clips which were captured from
my
tape
initially. After I edit the clips I save them to my "clips" directory.
I
subsequently don't have any edited clips in my "collections". The
problem
seems to be combining 2 or more clips from my "clips" directory.

Is there a better way to organize edited clips so the can be stored in
a
collection rather than a windows directory? Then I could combine them
with
other edited clips that are stored in another collection. Could you
please
tell me what I SHOULD be doing with my clips after I edit them if I'm
not
doing it correctly?
Mahalo.

:

Well I am not sure why you took all those steps. You didn't need to
drag
each clip to the timeline and save the projects and all that jazz.
After importing the video into a collection (and the automatic clips
are
created if you wish) then you should be able to drag all the clips one
at
a
time right then and there from the collection to the timeline. If that
isn't
working just like that then there is something else wrong and that is
possible since you would be the 2nd person this week that has reported
the
same problem with one clip "replacing" another. Unfortunately I don't
think
we actually solved that particular problem since it seems to be a new
one.
In rereading your post though are you, through Windows Explorer,
trying
to
drag the actual MSWMM file from the "clips" directory and then into
WMM
to
the timeline? If so then that explains the issue since what you are
essentially doing is closing one project and opening another. Instead
open
the "Collection" that all the separate clips were created in when you
imported the video to begin with and drag them from THERE to the
timeline.
-Wojo
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First I take video with my samsung mini dv camcorder. Then I
capture
video
into collections in windows movie maker. It is set to create clips.
I
then
have have thumbnails of the clips in the collection window. After
that, I
drag a clip and drop it on the timeline for editiing. Once the clip
is
edited, I click FILE<SAVE PROJECT AS. Then I name it and save it to
a
"My
videos" subdir I have named "clips". It gets automatically saved as
a
mswmm
file. I then have all the clips of the tape edited and saved in
this
manner.
It is at this point I am having problems. I don't know how to get
them
onto the timeline for combining and inserting transitions. If I try
to
drag
them from "clips" onto the timeline or storyboard I can only do one
at
a
time, meaning, if I try to drag a second one, the first one
disapears
and
only the second one is shown starting at zero seconds. How do I
get
more
than one clip onto the timeline so I can combine them, insert
transitions
and
make a movie from all my clips? I MUST be doing something wrong
somewhere.
Please help.
Mahalo.