Windows Live Movie Maker
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When we set out to build Windows Live Movie Maker, we heard loud and clear that people wanted their movies to simply look better with less effort. So we’ve designed the all new Movie Maker to be the best way for everyday people to create stunning short movies with minimal time investment and share them online immediately.
Key Benefits
- Easy to create beautiful videos and slide shows
Innovative features such as Auto Movie help you generate a polished movie from your videos, photos and music or choose from a variety of transitions and effects to customise your creation and make it really stand out.
- Easy to share
Windows Live Movie Maker allows you to share your movie across a TV, PC and mobile device.
- Works great on Windows
Windows and Office users will find Movie Maker familiar and easy to use and will love the way it works well with other Windows Live Essentials applications such as Windows Live Photo Gallery.
Watch this introductory movie
Features
Live Preview -

It’s hard to know how transitions and effects will look before adding them. Live Preview gives you a brief glimpse as you mouse over them, so you can quickly choose the best one.
Fit content to music length -
No more tinkering to get your content to match your soundtrack — with Windows Live Movie Maker, you just make one click and they match up perfectly.
Video editing -
We all know that not all the moments you film should make the final cut, but editing your video is daunting to many consumers. Windows Live Movie Maker makes video editing easy so you can find and include the sweet spot of each video clip.
Content transitions -
You want your video to look professional, but without hiring an editing crew. Transitions make your video flow seamlessly between photos and videos and add more action to your creation.
Auto Movie -
You want to create polished movies with your photos and videos that you can share, but you don’t have a lot of time. Auto Movie can create a beautiful video for you in under one minute that includes transitions, a title, captions and a music soundtrack.
Titles, captions and credits -
Use text captions overlaid onto your video to tell your story, and give credit where it’s due by adding title screens and end credits.
Visual effects -
Make your photos even more interesting with rich effects that add variety to your video.
| Slide show creation -
If you’re not a video enthusiast, Windows Live Movie Maker is still a great way to create the coolest photo slide shows with fun transitions and effects that make your photos come to life.
Intuitive user interface -
If you use Windows or Office, you’ll be right at home with Windows Live Movie Maker because it uses the same user interface (UI).
Storyboard -
Lay out your movie just like the pros do. Storyboard view makes it easy to drag and drop elements to different places and add and edit new elements including audio and transitions.
Photo animations -
Make your video an action flick by adding panning and zooming to photos in your movie.
Save in HD 480, 720 and 1080p* -
Create a great viewing experience by saving your movie in high-definition format.
Audio editing -
Tailor your movie’s soundtrack to set the right mood with easy audio editing.
Publish to YouTube -
 Video is for sharing, so we make it easy to publish your creation to YouTube, with the extensibility to add plug-ins for Facebook and, soon, other online sharing sites.
Import photos and videos -
Windows 7 and Windows Live Movie Maker make it easy to get your photos and videos off your devices and into a beautiful movie that you can share. Just plug in your device, and we’ll walk you through it.
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