Using XP Movie Maker for Asteroid Project

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Description: XP Movie Maker can be used to create a slow-motion video.  Follow the directions below carefully.

	Open Windows Movie Maker In the task pane, click Import Video
	Go to where your movie was saved and double-click the file Your video files were probably downloaded to the teacher's S drive during the project and then copied into bupublic/vontroba
Explanation - please read before continuing
	This is your imported video This is the preview pane Play, pause, and stop Back and forward buttons for frame to frame Tool to take picture of a single frame
	Play the video until you get to where the 'action' just starts	then
	Use the to go back or forward frame by frame to where you wish to start
	On the first frame, click It's going to ask you to save the picture.  Make sure it's going to your S drive into My Pictures Click and notice that in the collections area you now have that picture
	Click to get to the next frame and again click .   Again save it. Note that this time the name has changed to 0002.  That's good.  That's what we want
	Continue doing STEP 6 until the end of the action
STOP HERE!  SAVE
	At this point you're actually saving a 'project' Click the Name the file Change it from My Videos to a folder withing your S: drive - maybe My Pictures Click
	Select all the pictures.  Do not select the movie. Best way to do this is to click on the first picture and as you're holding down the SHIFT key, click on the last picture.
	Click, hold, and drag the pictures down to the Timeline
	If you need to see the clips in the timeline better use the
	To edit individual clips: Click on a clip Drag the black triangle at the beginning or end to make the clip last longer or shorter Notice that when you put the cursor over the black triangle, you'll get 2 red arrows.  This is when you can drag
	Use the play controls to continually test what you have. Hit the disc to save what you have so far
	Once you're done, it's time to 'Finish' the movie
	In the Finish Movie part of the Task section, click Save to my computer
	Enter a file name following the conventions given to you by your teacher Make sure the file will be going to your S: Drive If it isn't, use the Browse button Click
	Leave it on Best quality...
	Click and it will get saved to your S drive You can view the finished movie by going into your S drive and double-click on the file name
	If you are asked to 'turn the file in', follow your teacher's instructions carefully

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Author:  Kurt Thonnings