{"id":3947,"date":"2009-11-20T12:38:25","date_gmt":"2009-11-20T17:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/?p=3947"},"modified":"2023-09-23T20:55:11","modified_gmt":"2023-09-24T01:55:11","slug":"windows-movie-maker-free-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/windows-movie-maker-free-tutorial\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows Movie Maker:  Free Video Editing Tutorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YbDDYPBXNm4?si=EkuxRSAdnESMa6M8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you want to learn how to edit your own videos, then watch this free tutorial demonstrating <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Windows_Movie_Maker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Windows Movie Maker<\/a> free software.\u00a0 (WMM has been discontinued, but Microsoft has a similar product they call <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.microsoft.com\/store\/detail\/movie-maker-video-editor\/9MVFQ4LMZ6C9?hl=en-us&amp;gl=us&amp;rtc=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Movie Maker<\/a>.)<br \/>\n<em><br \/>\n<strong>WMM is similar to most other video editing programs, so no matter what program you use, this tutorial will help you learn to edit video.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Video editing is not terribly difficult once you learn how.\u00a0 But as with anything, if you do not know what you are doing, then it can be terribly confusing.<\/p>\n<p>I personally do not think video editing is intuitive at all and beginners often get so frustrated they give up.\u00a0 In order to avoid that, I made this free tutorial that clearly explains the basics.<\/p>\n<p>If you get the basics down, the rest comes more easily.\u00a0 <strong>First, you need to fully understand the layout of a video edit program.<\/strong>\u00a0 The user interface of video editing software is more detailed than any other genre of programs, and that really confuses beginners.\u00a0 This video editing lesson shows you exactly what the multiple windows do and how they are all used together in the process of video editing.<\/p>\n<p>This tutorial will show you all the basics you need to know in order to use Windows Movie Maker and other, similar video editing programs. \u00a0\u00a0 Different editing programs share many similarities, so even if you do not use WMM, you can learn a lot by watching this eight minute tutorial.<\/p>\n<p>The picture below shows you the different windows in Movie Maker.\u00a0 Each window has its own specific function.\u00a0 Watch the video for more!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18290\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/wmm-full-screen-4-windows-graphics-added-2-scaled.jpeg?resize=562%2C421&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"video editing interface\" width=\"562\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/wmm-full-screen-4-windows-graphics-added-2-scaled.jpeg?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/wmm-full-screen-4-windows-graphics-added-2-scaled.jpeg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/wmm-full-screen-4-windows-graphics-added-2-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/wmm-full-screen-4-windows-graphics-added-2-scaled.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/wmm-full-screen-4-windows-graphics-added-2-scaled.jpeg?resize=150%2C113&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/wmm-full-screen-4-windows-graphics-added-2-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/wmm-full-screen-4-windows-graphics-added-2-scaled.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 562px) 100vw, 562px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thanks and Happy Editing!<\/p>\n<p>Lorraine Grula<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to learn how to edit video?  Here is a fantastic, easy to understand video tutorial on how to use Windows Movie Maker, one of the most common free programs.  If you are a beginner, this tutorial will help you no matter what edit program you use as WMM is very similar to many other programs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18290,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[919,1727,833,867,2599,71,1728,402],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/wmm-full-screen-4-windows-graphics-added-2-scaled.jpeg?fit=2560%2C1920&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3947"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3947"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19411,"href":"https:\/\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3947\/revisions\/19411"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}