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Creating Movies with Windows Movie Maker (part 4) - Adding Narration, Music, and Other Audio & Adding Titles, Credits, and Overlays

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7. Adding Narration, Music, and Other Audio

You can add narration, music, and other audio to your videos. To add narration, you will need a sound card with a microphone jack and a microphone. You will then need to connect the microphone to the microphone jack on your computer. Once you do this, you can narrate the video by completing these steps:

  1. In Windows Movie Maker, display the timeline instead of the storyboard by clicking View and then selecting Timeline. Alternatively, you can press Ctrl-T to toggle between the storyboard and the timeline.

  2. Click Tools→Narrate Timeline to display the Narrate Timeline pane, as shown in Figure 18.

  3. Click the “Show options” link to display the additional options for narration.

  4. To mute your computer’s speakers, click the “Mute speakers” checkbox.

  5. On the “Audio device” list, select the microphone or audio source you are using as the audio input device.

  6. On the timeline, click a media item to set the start position of the narration. If you want to insert the narration starting at the beginning of the video, click the first media item.

  7. Click Start Narration to begin recording and then speak into your microphone. As you narrate, the timeline moves to show you the current position in the video. Note also that the “Narration captured” value shows you the total length of your narration.

  8. Click Stop Narration to stop recording your narration.

  9. You can then play back the video to see and hear the results.

Figure 18. Narrating your movie


NOTE

You can record input from other audio sources using the Line In jack on your computer’s audio card. After you connect an audio cable from the alternative audio source to your computer’s Line In jack, select Line In as the audio source in the “Audio device” list. When you start playback on the alternative audio source and then click the Start Narration button, the audio from the alternative source is recorded and inserted into your movie. To stop recording audio from the alternative source, click the Stop Narration button.

To add music or other audio to your video, complete the following steps:

  1. In Windows Movie Maker, display the timeline instead of the storyboard by clicking View and then selecting Timeline. Alternatively, you can press Ctrl-T to toggle between the storyboard and the timeline.

  2. If the Collections pane isn’t displayed, display it by clicking View→Collections.

  3. On the standard toolbar, click Import Media. Use the Import Media Items dialog box to select one or more audio files to work with, and then click Import. The audio files will be added to the Collections pane.

  4. On the timeline, click a media item to set the start position for the music you are adding. If you want to insert the music starting at the beginning of the video, click the first media item.

  5. Right-click the audio file you want to insert at the current position, and then select Add to Timeline.

  6. In the timeline, scroll left and right to check the placement of the audio file. You can also click Play to play the video from the current position.

  7. Repeat steps 4–6 to add other audio files to the video.

You can manage audio files you inserted into the timeline using the following techniques:

  • To trim the beginning of the audio file, position the pointer over the beginning of the audio clip, click, and then drag to the right.

  • To trim the ending of the audio file, position the pointer over the end of the audio clip, click, and then drag to the left.

  • To move an audio clip to a different position in the timeline, move the pointer left or right over the audio clip until the selection pointer is displayed. Click and then drag the audio file to the desired position in the timeline.

If the playback volume of the audio is too soft or too loud, you should right-click the entry for the audio in the timeline and then select Volume. In the Adjust Clip Volume dialog box, shown in Figure 19, use the “Adjust volume level” slider to adjust the volume of the audio clip, and then click OK.

Figure 19. Adjusting the volume level of an audio clip


NOTE

While you are editing the video, you might sometimes want to mute an audio track temporarily. In the Adjust Clip Volume dialog box, you can mute the audio volume completely by selecting the “Mute clip” checkbox.

By default, the audio levels are set to mix the audio from the video clip and the audio/music you’ve added at equal levels of volume. You can control whether the audio from video clips or the audio/music you’ve added should have precedence by clicking Tools and then clicking Audio Levels. This displays the Audio Levels dialog box shown in Figure 20.

Figure 20. Setting the balance between audio from video and audio/music


To play your audio/music without hearing the audio from the video, move the slider all the way to the right. To mix the audio from the video back in, move the slider to the left. The more you move the slider to the left, the more prevalent the audio from the video will be. When you are finished setting the volume levels, click the Close button in the Audio Levels dialog box.

8. Adding Titles, Credits, and Overlays

Your videos can have title frames, credits, and title overlays. You can add title frames at the beginning of the video or before a selected clip. You can add credits to the end of the video. Title overlays are title frames displayed over the top of a selected media item.

You can add titles to your video by completing these steps:

  1. In Windows Movie Maker, click Tools and then click Titles and Credits.

  2. In the Titles pane, click one of the following links:

    • Title at the Beginning

    • Title Before the Selected Clip

    • Title on the Selected Clip

  3. If you are inserting a title before or on a clip, select the clip to use in the timeline.

  4. As shown in Figure 21, enter the primary title in the first text box provided and any subtitle in the second text box provided.

Figure 21. Adding a title to the movie


  1. Click the “Change the title animation” link.

  2. Choose the title animation. Different animations are provided for one-line titles and two-line titles. Use a two-line title animation if you entered a subtitle.

  3. Click the “Change the text font and color” link.

  4. Use the options provided to set the title font and color.

  5. Click Add Title to add the title to a new frame at the beginning of the video.

You can add credits to the end of the video by completing these steps:

Figure 22. Adding credits to the movie


  1. In Windows Movie Maker, click Tools and then click Titles and Credits.

  2. In the Titles pane, click the “Credits at the End” link.

  3. As shown in Figure 22, enter the primary end credit or video title in the first text box provided.

  4. In the subsequent rows, you can enter video credits by role/title and name. Enter a role/title in the first column and the associated name in the second column.

  5. Click the “Change the title animation” link.

  6. Choose the credits animation. Different animations are provided for credits than for titles.

  7. Click the “Change the text font and color” link.

  8. Use the options provided to set the title font and color.

  9. Click Add Title to add the credits to a new frame at the end of the video.

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