I know this has nothing to do with Scrapbooks, but I made this for my Grandparents to help them learn how to use this program and this was the only way I could get it to them!
HOW TO CREAT A SLIDESHOW WITH WINDOWS MOVIE MAKER:
Step 1: Make sure you have Windows Live Movie Maker It looks like this:
Yours may look a little different across the top because I have recently downloaded the most current version..but they work exactly the same.
Step 2: We are going to Add some Pictures to our slideshow!
To do this, click on the button that says “Add Videos and Photos”. It should be one of the icons across the top of your screen. If you don’t see it there, you should be able to find it in the “File” Menu at the top of your screen.
Step 3: Selecting Pictures
Okay, now a pop window should come up that looks something like this:
This is your documents folder. Find the folder that contains your pictures that you want to add to the slideshow. This is what mine looks like:
If you can’t find your folder, make sure that on the left hand side, you have your pictures library selected and not another library like music or documents…unless of course, you keep your pictures in documents…then I would go there! J
Okay….let’s move on!
Step 4: Selecting Multiple Pictures
Since you are making a slideshow, I am assuming you would like to use more than one picture. So….we are going to select several pictures at one time. Click on your very first picture. Now, with that one highlighted, hold down your “CTRL” key and select another picture. Continue holding down your “CTRL” key until you have selected all the pictures that you want. You don’t know have to select them in sequence…you can skip some pictures if you want to. If you need to scroll down the page, simply let go of the “CTRL” key and scroll down until you get to more pictures that you would like to select. DON’T FORGET TO HOLD DOWN YOUR “CTRL” KEY AGAIN OR YOU WILL HAVE TO START OVER FROM THE BEGINNING!
This is what my screen looks like when everything has been highlighted:
Note: If you accidently select a picture that you did not want, just simply re-click on the picture (DO NOT LET GO OF YOUR CTRL KEY), and the blue highlighted border with go away.
After you have selected all of the pictures that you want, let go of the “CTRL” key and click on “Open” in the bottom right hand corner of the screen. Now, your pictures should be in the storyboard of the slideshow program like this:
Step 5: Creating your slideshow: Okay, I am going to keep this pretty simple. You can add title pages and credit pages and music if you want to, however, for the sake of keeping this simple we are just going to make an Auto Movie with no sound or title pages. Feel free to play around with it if you want to though J
Alrighty, so……on my program, it give you on option at the top of the page, to just create an Auto Movie. This will already add different transitions to make your slideshow come to life. If you can’t find this at the top of your screen, try your menu tabs at the top, such as file, edit, tools…..it should be in one of those. I’m pretty sure that it is on your top screen though somewhere. ;)
Step 6: Preview your Movie: Notice that you have a small screen on the left-hand side of your storyboard. This will allow you to preview the movie you have made. Press Play and Make sure you like the movie! J
Step 7: Burning your movie to a DVD: Now, we are going to burn the dvd. There should be an option at the top of your screen that says DVD. If should be a in small window at the top of the screen next to what looks like a tv and there also may be a you tube option. Click on the DVD. It will prompt you to save your DVD, so go ahead and save it.
A pop-up window will appear and it will save your movie for you . Two more pop-ups should come up when you are done..it will ask you if you want to play the movie now or open the folder that it is in….you can just click close. Now, the next pop-up should be the DVD Burning program on your computer…Mine looks like this:
Click Next.
Here you can pick a Menu for your movie….just pick one that you like and then click burn..BE SURE YOU HAVE A DVD IN YOUR DRIVE!! J Wait for you drive to pop open on its own and then your DVD should be complete!! J GOOD LUCK!!!!!
