Windows Live Movie Maker is a video based software that is offered to users who have Windows 7 or later Operating System. It is a proprietary software and comes as a package with the Windows Operating System. Users have the option to upload the videos directly to YouTube, OneDrive, and Facebook.

What you need to know about Windows Movie Maker:

• How to add videos, images, and captions: The basic function that you can carry out in Windows Movie Maker is to add videos and photos to make a video. This will help you in creating a basic video and hence knowing how to do this will help you create a basic movie.
• Cropping and trimming: Another basic purpose for which you can use Windows Movie Maker is to trim and crop existing videos. Knowing how to use the trimming tool and learning how to set a start and end point to the video is of great use.

How it is used in the industry:

This tool is used in the industry to produce in-house videos for the corporate events and promotional activities. This tool is of great help to documentation teams that helps the rest of the organization is producing training materials.

It is also used by technical writers to produce videos and moving slides for product presentations.

How it is used in the MSTC Program:

This tool is not taught in the MSTC Program but can be of use to students when they work on video editing based assignments.

Where can you learn about Windows Movie Maker:

Microsoft has a forum for teaching beginners how to use the Windows Movie Maker. If you are interested in learning the basics of Windows Movie Maker, check http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/getting-started-with-windows-movie-maker.

If you wish to see some tutorials on Windows Movie Maker, you can subscribe to the Windows Chanel on YouTube or watch the video here.