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Create, edit and design beautiful movies using video clips and photographs right on your own computer

Create, edit and design beautiful movies using video clips and photographs right on your own computer

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What is Windows Movie Maker

Windows Movie Maker is a software tool that is packaged with some versions of Microsoft Windows. It allows the user to create a DVD media disc with various video files on their computer. The end result is a nicely polished film that can be watched in almost any DVD player.

There are various versions of this Movie Maker software, the first of which was simply called Windows Movie Maker and was packaged with Windows Vista. Many people found it to be essential when creating DVDs to revisit old memories. There are a few options where the user can customize the layout of the disc. They can add a beach scene on the opening menu of the DVD if they would like. The layout could also feature an audio file to play in the background.

The next version to come out was called Windows Movie Maker 2012. This version has a little more features that can customize a DVD. It has more restrictions on the file size and file format though than the first version. This is to protect the user from copyright infringement.

The last version to come out is Windows Live Movie Maker. This version is integrated into several Windows 7 and 8 platforms. However, the user might have to pay extra to download this software when they are using Windows 8. It comes along with the Windows Live package available at an extra cost to some Windows 8 holders.

Pros

  • Free
  • Easy way to create fast DVDs
  • Stylish menus make viewing videos better

Cons

  • Certain file formats are not supported
  • It can crash if the PC is not fast enough
  • It takes a while to create the DVD