Screencast: Intro to Windows Movie Maker


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Save Early, Save Often

Almost anyone with experience editing video on computers has lost work due to a crash. Save your work early and continually save at regular intervals. Trust us here.

How Did You Shoot Your Videos?

After you have watched the video (above), read on below.

The first step to editing video on a computer is digitizing your footage and saving it to your hard disk. This process differs, depending on how you recorded your video — choose one of the options below.


Digital Camera
DV Camcorder (DV Tape)
A File

I can't find Windows Movie Maker!

If you cannot find the Movie Maker application (it should be in the Start Menu > All Programs section). you might need to update Windows XP.

To update XP, visit http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ in Internet Explorer and run all the updates.

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