Save your movie for e-mail
Published: August 8, 2006
An easy way to share a short movie with friends and family is to e-mail it to them directly from Windows Movie Maker. The quality won’t be as good as a DVD or CD, but you can’t beat the speed of delivery. In a few easy steps, Movie Maker can create a new e-mail message for you with a lower-resolution version of your movie attached to the message. Then, all you have to do is add a recipient and click Send.
To save and send your movie as an e-mail message
1. | Open your project in Movie Maker. |
2. | In the Movie Tasks pane, under Finish Movie, click Send in e-mail. 
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3. | The Save Movie Wizard opens, and Movie Maker creates a lower-resolution version of your movie that can be attached to an e-mail message. On the Ready to Send By E-mail page, click Next. 
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4. | The Save Movie Wizard creates a blank e-mail message for you with the movie attached. In the To box, type the recipient’s e-mail address. In the Subject box, type a message to introduce the attached movie, such as “A video of my puppy.” If you want to preview the movie before you send it, you can double-click the attachment and the movie will open in a new window. When you’re ready, click Send. 
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Recipients of your e-mail message can double-click the attachment to watch the movie.
Note: Messages with video attachments can take a few minutes to send and receive because of the large file size of the attachment.
Sharing higher-resolution video
Movie Maker automatically reduces the file size of your movie for you to make it easy to send through e-mail. Reducing file size also reduces video resolution. You may want to have more control over the file size. For example, if you are sending your movie to a friend who can receive larger files in e-mail, you might want to send a higher-resolution video, which will be better quality.
To adjust the file size of your movie in Movie Maker
1. | In Movie Maker, click the Tools
menu, and then click Options. 
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2. | In the Options dialog box, click the Advanced tab. In the E-mail group, click the up arrow to increase the maximum attachment size. Then click OK. 
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Note: Many mail servers will allow attachments of 4 MB or larger, but others have lower size limits. If you have trouble sending—or your recipient has trouble receiving—a message, try reducing the file size of your video attachment and re-sending the message.
