Windows Movie Maker For Windows 7

Movie Maker For Windows 7:-

It is in fact being said that Windows Movie Maker is easier than all other movie makers to create and share movies. And bundled with the download of this piece of software are tools for photos, instant messaging, email, and social networking. Others may have also said how easy it is to download Windows Movie Maker for Windows 7 but in all honesty, it is a pain in the ass. No bluff here but I experienced it. I am using a licensed Windows 7 OS but I don’t even see a free Windows Movie Maker featured in my Windows.

Plus their website is full of crap! It says

But when I search for it, there is none, never did I see a Windows Movie Maker. When I tried to download it elsewhere, it requires me lots of process to do before I can download it fully such as, download Microsoft SilverLight. What’s worse is that their movie maker is OS-specific. Say if I am a Vista user, so what only works is Windows Movie Maker 2.6 and no other movie maker version will work. If I am an XP user, I can only download the lowest version of their movie maker. If I am Windows 7, it is the Windows Live Movie Maker….So again, in all honesty, I have to go through lots of complicated process for me to just be able to download their software, which for me is really freakin’ waste of time. And what’s the most frustrating part is when I am able to download the program I got to face lots of technical problems while using it. Other users have experienced this too! In fact, here’s a few of their comments:

Now, why stick with this piece of crap where in fact there are other movie makers that are better and less complicated, right? However, of those movie makers, I happen to only like one and it’sEzvid. Why? Ezvid is by far, the easiest and most convenient way to create video or slideshows and it runs in almost all Windows platform – from XP to Vista to Windows 7. It’s not OS-specific. It lets you create videos in less than 5 minutes with the added functionality of directly uploading finished videos to YouTube with no more conversion of video format needed. Other movie makers require you to convert your video but with Ezvid – no more. It lets you up videos to YouTube with just one click of a button.

So a piece of good advice, use Ezvid instead of Windows Movie Maker if you like to create videos and plan to up it to YouTube. Now there are also limitations with Ezvid like it won’t be able to import mp3 files for some reason – to prevent your videos being muted when you use copyrighted-material such as songs or videos. However, Ezvid provides 20 free music soundtracks you can choose which are all YouTube legal.

You can’t also save Ezvid videos on your hard-drive. However, what it does is it automatically save your videos on its project manager where you can always see that video for future editing or if you want to duplicate your videos and use it for some other video theme you might wanna have in mind. Very cool! You can just tell how awesome Ezvid is for YouTube videos.

Ezvid accepts almost all kinds of video format and image format. Now other movie makers don’t have this feature, making Ezvid a general free movie maker to use.

When it comes to downloading the program, again Ezvid is quite the winner of all. You just go toEzvid.com, then click on the Free Download button and you have your Ezvid on your computer.

Comparing it with the download of Windows Movie Maker where you have to go through that complicated process, so do you think you still have to go for WMM? Not, right? We all need easy download software that works well in a variety of Windows platform. Ezvid is 100% spyware and adware-free and is 100%-freeware, which means you don’t have to pay for the program in order to use it nor you are a in trial period for 30-days, but Ezvid is all yours for FREE, no registration required to download or use it. Hence, with all these features of Ezvid – from usability to installation to features – nothing can ever compare to the simplicity and usefulness of this software

Windows Movie Maker keyboard shortcuts

Shortcut keys are available for many of the commands in Windows Movie Maker. You can quickly accomplish common tasks by using shortcut keys. The general order of the keyboard shortcuts in the table is similar to the order of the menu commands on the Filemenu, then on the Edit menu, and so on. Most keyboard shortcuts have matching menu commands.

You can also use the command line to perform some tasks in Windows Movie Maker. Some command line commands are listed in the second table.

The following table provides the keyboard shortcuts you can use in Windows Movie Maker.

Windows Movie Maker keyboard shortcuts

To do this	Use this keyboard shortcut
Create a new project	CTRL+N
Open an existing project	CTRL+O
Save a project	CTRL+S
Save a project with a new name	F12
Publish a movie	CTRL+P
Import video from a digital video camera	CTRL+R
Import an existing digital media file	CTRL+I
Undo the last action	CTRL+Z
Redo the last undone action	CTRL+Y
Cut	CTRL+X
Copy	CTRL+C
Paste	CTRL+V
Delete	DELETE
Select all clips	CTRL+A
Rename a collection or clip	F2
Clear the storyboard/timeline	CTRL+DELETE
Switch between the storyboard and the timeline	CTRL+T
Zoom in on the timeline	PAGE DOWN
Zoom out on the timeline	PAGE UP
Zoom the timeline to fit on the screen	F9
Expand the Video track when it is selected in the timeline	+
Collapse the Video track when it is selected in the timeline	-
Add selected clips to the storyboard/timeline	CTRL+D
Play video in full screen	ALT+ENTER
Set start trim point	I
Set end trim point	O
Clear trim points	U
Select clip trim handle	ALT+SHIFT+UP/DOWN ARROW
Trim clip edge left	ALT+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW
Trim clip edge right	ALT+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW
Split a clip	M
Combine contiguous clips	N
Nudges clip to the left	CTRL+SHIFT+B
Nudges clip to the right	CTRL+SHIFT+N
Play or pause clip	K
Stop playback on the storyboard/timeline	CTRL+K
Play content on the storyboard/timeline	CTRL+W
Rewind and go to the beginning of the storyboard/timeline	CTRL+Q
Back	CTRL+ALT+LEFT ARROW
Forward	CTRL+ALT+RIGHT ARROW
Previous frame	J
Next frame	L
Display Help topics	F1
Select previous item (on a timeline track, on the storyboard, or in the Contents pane)	LEFT ARROW
Select next item (on a timeline track, on the storyboard, or in the Contents pane)	RIGHT ARROW
Select item above (on a timeline track or in the Contents pane)	UP ARROW
Select item below (on a timeline track or in the Contents pane)	DOWN ARROW
Go to the first item (on a timeline track, on the storyboard, or in the Contents pane)	HOME
Go to the last item (on a timeline track, on the storyboard, or in the Contents pane)	END

 Linux Video Editor Software:-

'm looking for a free video editor similar to - Adobe Premiere Pro, Apple iMovie, Final 
Cut Pro or Microsoft Movie Maker under Linux Desktop operating system.
 My tasks are pretty simple such as cutting, 
filtering, and encoding tasks etc. Can you provide me
 a list of FOSS software which can be used for 
video capture and video editing purposes under Fedora or 
Ubuntu Linux desktop systems?

A non-linear editing system (NLE) is a video editing (NLVE)  
or audio editing (NLAE) system which can
 provide editing method for video clips or frams. 
You will be able to access any frame in a video clip. 
Non-linear editing is done for film and television post-production.
 However, the cost of editing system gone 
down and non-linear editing tools (including software) 
are now within the reach of most home users.

MS-Windows PC included Windows Movie Maker 
and Apple computer comes with iMovie. 
Most Linux based editing software can now be
 downloaded free of charge from the Internet. 
You also need a video capture card and a FireWire 
connection to capture digital video from a DV camera.

Avidemux

Avidemux is a free video editor designed
 for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks
. It supports many file types, including AVI, 
DVD compatible MPEG files, MP4 and ASF, using a variety of codecs. 
Tasks can be automated using projects, job queue and powerful 
scripting capabilities. Avidemux is available for 
Linux, BSD, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows under the GNU GPL license.

Avidemux in Action under Ubuntu (image credit: Wikipedia)

How Do I Install Avidemux Under Debian / Ubuntu Linux Desktop?

Embedding The Subtitles to AVI By Using Avidemux

Cinelerra

Cinelerra is the most advanced non-linear video 
editor and compositor for Linux. Cinelerra also 
includes a video compositing engine, 
allowing the user to perform common compositing
 operations such as keying and mattes.
 Cinelerra includes support for very high-fidelity 
audio and video: it processes audio using 64 bits
 of precision, and can work in both RGBA and YUVA color 
spaces, using floating-point and 16-bit integer representations
, respectively. It is resolution and frame rate-independent,
 meaning that it can support video of any speed and size.

Cinelerra Rendering in Action (credit Cinelerra project)

Video editing in Ubuntu Using Cinelerra Part 1

Cinelerra Tutorial Capturing Desktop Screens

Kdenlive

Kdenlive is an intuitive and powerful multi-track video editor
, including most recent video technologies. 
Kdenlive supports all of the formats supported by
 FFmpeg (such as QuickTime, AVI, WMV, MPEG, and Flash Video), 
and also supports 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratios for both 
PAL, NTSC and various HD standards, including HDV. 
Video can also be exported to DV devices, 
or written to a DVD with chapters and a simple menu.
 Kdenlive packages are freely available for GNU/Linux, 
FreeBSD and Mac OS X under the terms of GNU 
General Public License version 2 or any version later.

Kdenlive in Action (credit: Kdenlive project)

How Do I Install Kdenlive Under Debian / Ubuntu Linux Desktop?

$ sudo apt-get install kdenlive

Video Effects & Stacking - Kdenlive 0.7 - Ubuntu 8.10

Kino

Kino is a non-linear DV editor for GNU/Linux. 
It features excellent integration with IEEE-1394 for capture, 
VTR control, and recording back to the camera. 
It captures video to disk in Raw DV and AVI format,
 in both type-1 DV and type-2 DV (separate audio stream) encodings.

 Kino Main Window (image credit - Kino porject)

How Do I Install Kino Under Debian / Ubuntu Linux Desktop?

$ sudo apt-get install kino

LINUX video capture - KINO Tutorial

LiVES

LiVES (LiVES is a Video Editing System) is a free software video editing program and 

VJ tool. LiVES mixes realtime video performance and non-linear editing in one professional 

quality application. It will let you start editing and making video right away, without 

having to worry about formats, frame sizes, or framerates. It is a very flexible tool which is 

used by both professional VJ's and video editors - mix and switch clips from the 

keyboard, use dozens of realtime effects, trim and edit your clips in the clip editor, and 

bring them together using the multitrack timeline. You can even record your performance in

 real time, and then edit it further or render it straight away.

For the more technically minded, the application is frame and sample accurate, and it can 

be controlled remotely or scripted for use as a video server. And it supports all of the latest free 

standards.

 Lives: Linux Video Editing System (Image: Lives project)

Demo made using LiVES Software

Comparison Of Video Editing Software

Feature	Avidemux	Cinelerra	Kdenlive	Kino	LiVES
License	GPL	GPL	GPLv2	GPL	GPLv3+
Cost	Free	Free	Free	Free	Free
Paid Support	N	Y	N	N	N
RAM (min)	?	256M	256M	?	128M
Hard Disk (min)	?	?	1G	?	10G
CPU	?	500Mhz	600Mhz	?	800Mhz
High Definition Video Editing	?	Y	Y	?	Y
Non-destructive Editing	?	Y	Y	Y	Y
Full-screen Playback	?	Y	Y	Y	Y
Storyboard Mode	?	N	Y	Y	N
Video Tracks	Y	Y	Y	?	Y
Audio Tracks	Y	Y	Y	?	Y
Linear Timecode Display	?	Y	Y	?	Y
DVD Output	?	Y	Y	N	Y
HD Output	?	Y	Y	N	Y
Smart Phone Output	?	Y	Y	N	Y
QuickTime Output	?	Y	Y	N	Y
Windows Media Output	?	Y	Y	N	Y
MPEG-4 Output	?	Y	Y	Y	Y
Web Output	?	Y	Y	N	N

Other Open Source Non-linear Video Editing Software For Linux Operating Systems

Blender - 3D animation suite (cross-platform) : Blender is a 3D graphics application. 

It can be used for modeling, UV unwrapping, texturing,

 rigging, water simulations, skinning, animating, 

rendering, particle and other simulations, non-linear editing, 

compositing, and creating interactive 3D applications, 

including games.

 Blender's features include advanced simulation

 tools such as rigid body, fluid, cloth and softbody dynamics, 

modifier based modeling tools, powerful character 

animation tools, a node based material and 

compositing system and Python for embedded scripting.

OpenShot Video Editor : OpenShot Video Editor is an 

open-source program that creates, modifies, and edits video files.

PiTiVi : PiTiVi is a program for video editing based 

on the GStreamer framework. It can - Capture 

and encode audio and video, with formats supported 

by GStreamer, split and trim video clips, split and trim audio, 

render projects in any format supported by the GStreamer framework etc.