Quickly add photos and footage from your PC or camera into Movie Maker. Then fine tune your movie just the way you want it. You can move things around, speed it up or slow it down—it’s up to you.

Enhance your movie with audio and a theme. Movie Maker adds transitions and effects automatically so your movie looks polished and professional.

To import your photos and videos into Movie Maker, connect the camera to your computer by using a USB cable, and then turn on the camera. Click the Movie Maker button, and then click Import from device. If the Photos and videos will be imported into Photo Gallery message appears, click OK.

Click the device you want to import photos and videos from, and then click Import. On the New photos and videos were found page, click Import all new items now, type a name for all the photos and videos, and then click Import.

In Photo Gallery, select the check box in the upper-left corner for each photo or video you want to use in your movie. On the Create tab, in the Share group, click Movie. When the photos and videos appear in Movie Maker, you’re ready to start making your movie.

Select photos and videos in Photo Gallery to import into Movie Maker.

Get started with making a movie and editing it by first adding any videos that you want to use into Movie Maker.

On the Home tab, in the Add group, click Add videos and photos. Hold down the Ctrl key and click the videos you want to use, and then click Open.

To trim the beginning or end of a video clip so only the part of the video you want appears in your final movie, click the video you want to trim, and then drag the playback indicator on the storyboard to the point where you want the video to start or stop playing in your movie. Do one of the following:

• To set a new start point, under Video Tools, on the Edit tab, in the Editing group, click Set start point.

• To set a new end point, under Video Tools, on the Edit tab, in the Editing group, click Set end point.

You can split a video into two smaller items and then continue editing. For example, after splitting a video, you can move one video in front of the other to change the order in which the videos play in your movie.

To split a video into two items, click the video, and then drag the playback indicator to the point where you want to split the video. Under Video Tools, on the Edit tab, in the Editing group, click Split.

You can change the speed of your video in Movie Maker to make the video play faster or slower in your movie.

To change the speed of a video, click the video. Next, under Video Tools, on the Edit tab, in the Adjust group, click the Speed list, and then click a speed (depending on how much you want to speed the video up or slow it down).

Adjust the video speed in your movie.

You can add music that plays during your movie. After you add music, you can edit it so it plays how you want in your movie.

On the Home tab, in the Add group, click Add music. Click the music file you want to use, and then click Open.

Make the audio fade in nicely at the beginning and fade out smoothly at the end to make a movie that looks and sounds professional.

To make the music fade in or out, click the music. Then, under Music Tools, on the Options tab, in the Audio group, do one or both of the following:

• To make the music fade in, click the Fade in list, and then click the speed for the music to fade in.

• To make the music fade out, click the Fade out list, and then click the speed for the music to fade out.

Trim the beginning or end of the music, so only the part of the song that you want plays in your final movie.

To trim the beginning or end of the music, click the music, and then drag the playback indicator on the storyboard to the point in the music where you want it to start or stop playing in your movie. Do one of the following:

• To set a new start point for the music to start playing at the current point, under Music Tools, on the Options tab, in the Editing group, click Set start point.

• To set a new end point so the music stops playing at the current point, under Music Tools, on the Options tab, in the Editing group, click Set end point.

On the Home tab, in the Add group, click Add videos and photos. Hold down the Ctrl key and click the photos and videos you want to use, and then click Open.

On the Home tab, in the Add group, click Add music. Click the music file you want to use, and then click Open.

On the Home tab, in the Add group, click Add videos and photos. Hold down the Ctrl key and click the photos and videos you want to use, and then click Open.

Edit your project so it appears how you want. This includes adding any music, titles, effects, and transitions, or making other edits that you want.

On the Home tab, in the Sharing group, click the website where you want to publish your movie. Enter your user name and password, and then follow the steps to publish your movie.

After your movie is published on the web, click Watch online to watch your movie on the website. You can then send a link to your movie in an email message to friends and family, so they can watch your movie online.