How To Use Moviemaker To Create A Stop

How to Use MovieMaker to Create a Stop-Action Movie 1. Open Windows MovieMaker. 2. Change the duration setting for the photos (you must do this before adding

photos to the timeline) Go to Tools—Options—Advanced. Make the changes below. 1. Picture duration: 0.125 2. Transition: 0.25

3. Make sure the Task window on the left is visible. If not, click on Tasks on the

toolbar at the top of the window.

4. Under Capture Video, click on Import Pictures. The Import File window will

open. Navigate to the folder where your stop action photos are located. Select all the pictures by pressing Control A, then click on Import. All pictures will be imported into the collections area in the middle of the screen.

5. Delete any photos you don’t want by clicking on the photo and pressing the

delete key on the keyboard.

6. Select all of the photos (Control-A) and drag the photos down to the Storyboard

area at the bottom. The pictures will appear in the Storyboard boxes. 7. Change the view to Timeline and zoom in using the magnification glass with the

plus sign so that you can see the individual pictures.

8. To change the duration of a specific pictures, click on the picture that you want to

adjust and point to the right border. Your cursor will change to a red doubleheaded arrow, then you can drag the border to decrease or increase your time.

9. Now add a title and credits to the movie. In the Task Bar under Edit Movie,

choose Make titles or credits.

10. Type in the title and subtitle then click on Done, this will add the title to movie.

You can change the background color, font, and animation if desired.

11. Follow the same procedure for adding the credits. Students can also add text at

the bottom of photos or between photos to add dialogue (like old movies).

Adding Music From Freeplaymusic.com

12. Go to www.freeplaymusic.com 13. Click on the type or mood of music you want to hear (rock, sad, etc.)

14. Look at the titles and the section that says “preview”.

15. Right click on 30 and hit “open” to preview the song. Find the song you want and

then click on the mp3 option with the time you want and save it in the “My Music” folder. (Check the length of your movie to pick a piece of music the correct length.)

16. Import your music file into Movie Maker by going to Capture Video and choosing

Import audio or music. When the Import File window appears, find the location of the music file you want to add and click on Import.

17. Drag the music file down to the Audio/Music Line. If the music clip is too long

you can go to the end of the clip and drag in toward the beginning of the movie. You can also right click and adjust the fade in and fade out of the music.

18. The last step is to finalize the movie. In the task bar go to Finish Movie and

choose Save to my Computer. Enter a file name and Browse to where you would like to save the movie. Select the best setting for playback on my computer option. Click on Next and the movie will be saved for playback as a .wmv file.

If you have any problems, you can always use Help located in MovieMaker or hit F1.

Options for resizing photos (use 640x480 resolution) Blue Armadillo – formally on the tech4learning.com site. ImageResizer – a “Power Toy” by Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx Fotosizer - shareware http://www.fotosizer.com/

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Student Directions for Creating Stop Action Animation Students: Don’t forget to save often. 1. Change the time setting for your photos: Tools—Options—Advanced

1. Picture duration: 0.125 2. Transition: 0.25

2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Import your photos Delete any photos you don’t want Select all of the photos (Control-A) Drag the photos to the timeline Add Title Page and Credits to the end Add any other words that you need 8. Add music (freeplaymusic.com) – see direction sheet 9. Finalize your movie choose Save to my computer.