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The first step to making a movie in Windows Live Movie Maker is to add videos and photos. After that, you're ready to start editing your project.
When you make changes in Movie Maker, the original video files and photos aren't changed. Go ahead and try different things when you're making your movie—your source videos and photos are won't be affected.
Here are a few different ways to add videos and photos to Movie Maker.
On the Home tab, in the Add group, click Add videos and photos.
In the Add Videos and Photos dialog box, open the folder that contains the photos or videos that you want to add, select the video files and photos, and then click Open.
To select multiple photos and videos, press and hold the Ctrl key, and then click each photo and video you want.
In Photo Gallery, select the videos and photos that you want to use in your movie.
To select multiple photos and videos, select the check box in the upper-left corner for each photo and video you want.
On the Create tab, in the Share group, click Movie.
Movie Maker opens automatically and the selected photos and videos are added to the storyboard.
You can quickly add photos and videos files to Movie Maker by dragging them from Windows Explorer to Movie Maker.
If you have digital photos or short videos on a digital camera, you'll need to import the photos and videos to your computer before you can add them to Movie Maker.
If you have video on a videotape in a digital video (DV) camera, you'll need to import the video from the tape onto your computer before you can use that video footage in Movie Maker.
Please respect copyright and be careful what you share online. Copying or sharing unauthorized materials violates the Microsoft service agreement .
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