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Chapter 1: Introduction
to Digital Video
- Introduction
(2:14 minutes 1.60 meg file)
A short introduction to MM2 and what the program can do.
- The
interface (2:35
minutes 1.99 meg file)
Description of how the program is layed out.
- Viewing
collections
(3:39 minutes 2.68 meg file)
How to view your different movie collections.
- Saving
(6:35 minutes 5.02 meg file)
The best way to save your MM2 project, and pitfalls to avoid.
Chapter 2: Capturing
Video
- Video
formats (6:22
minutes 4.48 meg file)
The two formats you can capture to, and how to choose between
them.
- Capturing
video (5:51
minutes 5.41 meg file)
How to capture video from your digital camcorder.
- Improving
capture performance
(4:00 minutes 2.83 meg file)
Increase your capture performance by tweaking your system.
- Importing
files (4:47
minutes 4.30 meg file)
Learn to import picture and video files into your project.
- Organizing
(2:27 minutes 1.90 meg file)
How to organize your clips into different collections.
Chapter 3: Working
with clips
- Adding
clips (6:02
minutes 5.38 meg file)
How to add clips to the storyboard and cut them in half.
- Trimming
clips (4:16
minutes 3.46 meg file)
How to trim the beginnings and endings of video clips.
- Video
effects
(5:39 minutes 4.71 meg file)
How to add video special effects to your video clips.
- Transitions
(2:59 minutes 2.53 meg file)
Place attractive transitions between your video clips.
Chapter 4: Adding
Titles
- Basic
intro-title
(5:33 minutes 4.40 meg file)
How to create a basic introductory starting title for your
movie.
- Advanced
intro-title(5:11
minutes 4.34 meg file)
Create more advanced intro titles using a title overlay.
- Subtitles
(6:35 minutes 5.51 meg file)
Make subtitle labels throughout your movie.
- End
credits (4:29
minutes 3.73 meg file)
Make a standard scrolling end-credits at the end of your movie.
- Blooper-reel
credits
(3:41 minutes 3.41 meg file)
Create end-credits that also contain video.
Chapter 5: Sound
- Music
(5:41 minutes 4.48 meg file)
Import a song and add music to your video.
- Voice
track (5:13
minutes 4.64 meg file)
How to narrate a voice-over track onto your movie.
- Fine-tune
volume levels
(4:14 minutes 3.26 meg file)
Change the volume level clip-by-clip.
- Sound
effects (3:47
minutes 3.38 meg file)
How to add short sound effects onto your timeline.
- Music
AND voice
(5:07
minutes 3.66 meg file)
The work-around for using both music and voicetrack at the same time.
Chapter 6: Photos
- Take
snapshots
(3:32 minutes 2.84 meg file)
How to take photo shapshots from your video that you can save
and email.
- Picture
slideshow (5:50
minutes 5.00 meg file)
Import a batch of pictures, and create a "video slideshow."
- Slideshow
options
(4:43 minutes 3.53 meg file)
Change the volume level clip-by-clip.
Chapter 7: Exporting
final movie
- Saving
movie to computer
(7:45 minutes 6.09 meg file)
How to save your final movie to your computer, and which format
to use.
- Save
your movie on a CD
(6:49 minutes 5.19 meg file)
The best way to save your movie to CD (not the built in method)
- E-mailing
a movie (6:13
minutes 4.81 meg file)
The quality is not great, but here is how you do it.
- Exporting
to camcorder
(3:00 minutes 2.14 meg file)
A great way to backup your movie and show it on a TV
- Backup
a finished project
(2:04 minutes 1.82 meg file)
Proper way to archive your project for the future.
Bonus Chapter:
Using Sonic MyDVD
- Intro
to Sonic MyDVD
(1:58 minutes 1.34 meg file)
About Sonic DVD and how you can use it with MovieMaker 2
- What
is a VCD? (2:04
minutes 2.49 meg file)
Description of the video cd format, and why you might want
to use it.
- Create
and burn a VCD
(6:43 minutes 5.28 meg file)
How to make a video cd that will play in your DVD player
- About
making DVDs
(3:14 minutes 2.13 meg file)
Important information about DVDs, formats, and compatibility.
- Create
and burn a DVD
(6:35 minutes 5.10 meg file)
How to burn a DVD with menu, that will play on most DVD players.