Building a Home Digital Movie with Windows XP

Now, the "luxury" desire for personal movie processing is no longer a distant dream for ordinary users. Because in Windows XP, with the enhanced digital media capabilities, you can complete the entire process from production to show movie in the home! The production process of the family film includes two processes: pre-shooting and post-production. The pre-shooting can be done by digital video camera, and the original video material can be obtained by inputting the computer. Audio material can be downloaded from the web or from the disc media library. The material is ready to be produced, and it is mainly related to Windows MovIE Maker, a movie production tool built into Windows XP. This tool is especially easy to use, so it is especially suitable for ordinary users to see how to arrange your own movies. 1. Import material: Run Windows MovIE Maker, press the hot key Ctrl+I to perform the "import" operation, select the prepared material file, and click "Open" to import. If the material file is large, it will take a long time to import. Please be patient. After the import is successful, the video file will be divided into several segments. 2. Select a clip: Click to select a clip, and you can preview the broken content through the window on the right. Drag the broken content to the lower strip movie negative grid to edit it. 3. Edit the clip: Select the "Schedule" command in the right mouse button in the workspace, as shown in the figure below. There will be a triangle label before and after the work area video file. The front is called "Start Editing", the latter is called "End editing", these two tags can be used to "cut the end" and cut out unnecessary parts. 4, the details of processing: use the mouse to face the audio and video files in the work area until the "↑" mark appears, then press the right mouse button to select "split", then the clip will be divided into two small segments, each break can follow the above The method is further processed. 5, add commentary: Click the "recording narration" icon, the "recording audio commentary" window pops up, click the "record" button, then the video will automatically play, so that you can control the progress of the commentary. 6. Preview the movie: Select "Play the entire movie shooting program board /time board" in the "Play" menu. 7. Generate Movie: This is the last step. Select "Save Movie" in the "File" menu, a window appears, select "High Quality" in "Settings", and add a title to the movie. Press the "OK" button again and the movie will be generated! Last reminder: You can use Windows XP's media burning function to burn the generated video to the disc for long-term storage!