![]() You have now learned how to capture a picture, and add a formatted text frame. I picked center format under ‘Position.’ Please make your selections and when you are done, click on ‘Done, add title to movie.’īecause we asked for that clip to be in front of our author picture, it placed it at the beginning of our video in the storyboard area. You can click on ‘B’ for bold, and ‘I’ for italics. Pick your desired font from the drop down list. When you click on either of the two areas under ‘Color,’ the small rectangle under the A is for text color, and the rectangle to its right is for background screen color selection. I want my text to display in white with a blue background. So, click “Change the text font and color.” You will get the new screen, below. We are just going to change the title font color and background color. This screen also gives you the ability to change text font and color, and/or the title animation. As you type, it appears in the large picture frame area on the right. Please type your name as it appears on your book’s cover page. The next screen gives you an area to type your text. ![]() We could select ‘title at the beginning,’ but I want you to select ‘title before the selected clip.’ Edit Movie.’ Click on ‘Make titles or credits.’ You should see the screen shown below next. In the ‘Movie Tasks’ area, the second task listed is ‘2. So, we are going to do something to add that video. I purposely did not start with the first video clip so you could see how to insert frames out of order. If yours has your picture, we are ready for the next step. Here’s a snapshot of my picture on that line. When you let go of the button, your picture should now be shown on this line. To do that, click on your thumbnail picture, holding the left mouse button down, drag it to the ‘Video’ line in the storyboard area. Right now there is nothing other than a white text that reads “Drag media to the timeline to begin making a movie.” That area is what is called the ‘Storyboard’ and it represents what your video file has in it. You have almost made your first video frame!īefore we do anything with your picture, I want you to look at the very bottom of your screen. My picture did not break my computer, and your picture should have been added to the ‘Collections:” area, along with being displayed in the large picture frame area. Highlight your author picture file, and then click ‘Import.’ Capture Video.’Ĭlick on ‘Import pictures.’ Look for your author picture. That will give you an area called ‘Movie Tasks.’ The first one listed is ‘1. The first thing we are going to do is to bring your author picture into WMM. It looks complicated, but please don’t run away. You should see the screen below (I’m using version 2.1). You should see WINDOWS MOVIE MAKER listed. To get started click START, and then click ALL PROGRAMS. To make your very basic trailer, you will need to have the following information handy: I used Animoto first, and then tried Windows Movie Maker (WMM). If your computer (Windows-based) did not come with Windows Movie Maker (or Windows Live Movie Maker on newer machines), you might want to check out these other posts using Animoto and xtranormal. In my next post, we will add music to what we created, and upload it to the world. The following will guide you in creating a book trailer in less than thirty minutes. Every opportunity counts – read Lynne Cantwell’s post on Effective Frequency to see why. A video trailer accomplishes all these things in a very short amount of time while displaying your book’s information. Not sure what a book trailer video is? Or not sure you need one? If you are still trying to get noticed as an author, a video trailer can help. If you follow the steps below, in less than thirty minutes, you can have a good start on a very basic video trailer for one of your books. If you have not already made a video book trailer because you thought it would take an expert, don’t worry.
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