AutoMovie helps you quickly create a movie by automatically creating a movie based on the selected clips or collection. This helps you quickly create a movie automatically. AutoMovie analyzes the current video, pictures, and music, and combines the different elements to make one movie based on the automatic editing style you choose.
To use AutoMovie, the following must be true:
* A collection or multiple clips must be selected in the Collections pane or Contents pane respectively.
* The current selection must contain video and/or pictures that have a combined duration of at least 30 seconds. Each picture has a duration of 6 seconds.
* An audio clip must be at least 30 seconds long.
After you create an AutoMovie, you can choose to save it as a movie using the Save Movie Wizard or you can choose to make further edits to your movie, just as you would when creating a project and movie on your own in Windows Movie Maker.
When you choose to create a movie automatically, AutoMovie proceeds as follows:
- Select an AutoMovie editing style you want to use for your movie. For more information about selecting an AutoMovie editing style, see Selecting an AutoMovie editing style.
- Enter text for the title of your movie. For more information about entering title text, see Entering title text.
- Select an audio or music file to be used as the background music for your movie. For more information about selecting music for your movie, see Selecting background music.
Selecting an AutoMovie editing style
This page lets you choose the AutoMovie editing style you want to use for the movie you are creating. For each AutoMovie style, different algorithms are used by Windows Movie Maker to create your AutoMovie based on the selected collection or clips.
The following options appear on this page.
AutoMovie editing styles - Specifies the AutoMovie editing style you want to use. The Name of the AutoMovie editing style is displayed in the Name column while a short description of the AutoMovie editing style is displayed in the Description column.
Enter a title for the movie - Click to go to the Enter Text for Title page, and then type the new text for the title.
Select audio or background music - Click to go to the Add Audio or Background Music page, and then select music and adjust the audio levels for your movie.
Entering title text
This page provides a space where you can enter the text for your title or credits. This page is similar to the page that is displayed when you are adding a title and entering text for the title as you normally would in Windows Movie Maker when adding a title and creating a movie on your own.
The following appears on this page.
Enter Text for Title - The text area provides a space for you to enter the text for your title. As you type more text, the text font size is appears smaller to accommodate larger amounts of text. To add a title to the storyboard/timeline, you must enter at least one character.
Select an AutoMovie editing style - Click to go to the Select an AutoMovie Editing Style page, and then choose an AutoMovie editing style for your movie.
Select audio or background music - Click to go to the Add Audio or Background Music page, and then select music and adjust the audio levels for your movie.
Selecting background music
This page lets you choose the background music or other audio for your AutoMovie. You can choose to music that has been imported into Windows Movie Maker, or you can choose to import existing music from another location accessible from your computer.
The following options appear on this page.
Audio or music files - Specifies the audio or music you want to use for your AutoMovie. The audio or music that appears in the list depends on the music that was in the collection or selection when starting to create an AutoMovie. If you do not see the music you want to use in your movie in the list of available audio or music files, you can click Browse to import an audio or music file from another location to use in your movie.
Audio levels - Adjusts the audio levels between the Audio and Audio/Music tracks (the audio that was captured as part of a video clip on the Audio track, and the audio that was captured or imported and added to the Audio/Music track). Adjusting the audio levels determines which audio plays louder than the other in your movie.
Enter a title for the movie - Click to go to the Enter Text for Title page, and then type the new text for the title.
Select an AutoMovie editing style - Click to go to the Select an AutoMovie Editing Style page, and then choose an AutoMovie editing style for your movie.
