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Movie-Maker is divided into three main areas: the panes, the storyboard/timeline and the preview monitor 


**__Plan__** Start by having a plan of what you what to include; what order you want to place the clips and the approximate timing of each clip.

Tip: Hit **Tasks** on the menu bar(1) to bring up the tasks pane(2).


 * Drag and drop** your clips into the contents pane(5) OR use the task pane(2) under the heading **Capture video** click on **Import video** (if you have already loaded footage to your computer) and select your clips; otherwise use **Capture from video device.** If you would like to add some music it will also be imported here (click on **Import audio or music**).

Tip: If you want Movie Maker to divide your clip into smaller clips so they are more manageable, click **Tools** in the menu bar(1), then click **Create Clips.** (This can also be done while importing clips by checking the box **Create clips for video files** at the bottom of the browser).

__**Using storyboard/timeline(3)**__ You can drag your clips in the order you want by using the storyboard view, this function is included in Movie-Maker to simplify this process; then change it to the timeline view as it makes it easier to edit (just click on **Show Storyboard** to change to Timeline view).

storyboard view looks like this: timeline view looks like this:

Tip: use the **space bar** to play or stop a clip

**__To trim a clip__** 
 * You can choose where to begin your clip and also where to stop it, simply click on your clip (in the timeline) and move the curser to the front or end of the clip, depending on what you wish to trim, you should see a red arrow appear prompting you to **click and drag to trim the clip.**

**__To split a clip__**   Tip: Use the **zoom in** icon when you want to overlap clips for smooth transitions, this helps to keep transitions to 1 sec.  []
 * On the storyboard/timeline(3), click the video or audio clip that you want to split
 * When the clip reaches a point where you want to split it, hit the space bar (you can drag the **blue line** across to make this faster)
 * In the menu bar(1) click on **Clip** and then **Split**; this allows you to trim within a clip and also drag other clips in between.
 * __To add an effect__**
 * Simply click on the clip you want the effect added to and then in the tasks pane(2) under the heading **Edit movie** click on **Video effects** then you can drag and drop the effect you want
 * To put a video effect on only part of a clip you can split it but then create a second split that will incase the effect. Once you have the two splits, again **drag and drop** the effect in between.
 * __Transitions__**
 * For a smooth transiton, click on the clip you want to overlap, a hand should appear, then click and drag it across to overlap with the previous clip (no more than 1 sec).
 *  Other transitions are found in the tasks menu(2) click on **View video transitions** (again, **drag and drop** ).
 * Movie-maker tutorial: **

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