Windows Live Essentials – The perfect complement to Windows 7.
Communication and sharing services are fundamental to your Windows experience. In Windows 7, certain functionality that was included in previous versions of Windows is not included in the operating system. But through Windows Live Essentials, a set of free applications available for your PC and supported by Windows 7, you can download Windows Live Mail, Windows Live Photo Gallery, Windows Live Writer, Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live Movie Maker and more.
For more information, check out our Windows Live Essentials fact sheet on our press materials page.
On Aug. 19, Microsoft Corp. released its new Windows Live Movie Maker application globally. As the first application within the Windows Live Essentials suite optimized for Windows 7, this free download — available at http://download.live.com — makes it easy for Windows 7 and Windows Vista users to create beautiful movies from their photos and videos and share them with friends and family.
With Windows Live Movie Maker, people can do the following:
- Use Auto Movie to create a great-looking video in under one minute that includes transitions, a title, captions and a music soundtrack.
- Share movies across TV, PC and mobile device.
- Publish directly to YouTube — with other online sharing sites to come.
- Save their creations in high definition (supported in Windows 7).
- Import and edit content from Flip Video and iPhone (supported in Windows 7).
