Looking for a simple video editor with the possibility to add video effects and audio to your Instagram videos? Check out the comparative analysis of Windows Movie Maker vs Windows Live Movie Maker, and choose the best software for your videos.
Windows Movie Maker is a basic video editing software from Microsoft for create videos and to share them on OneDrive, Facebook, Vimeo, YouTube and Flickr. Like Apple iMovie, it was a hit.
Windows Live Movie Maker is a free, web-based video editing software application by Microsoft. It was part of the Windows Essentials software package and offers the ability to edit short films and to publish them to YouTube, Facebook, Vimeo, Flickr and OnLive, adding color, cinematic effects.
One of the best features offered by Windows Movie Maker is the option to use dragging and dropping functionality. In addition to being able to edit clips, you can also create a document in which you can store your projects and work on.
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Windows Movie Maker Features:
One great feature of Windows Movie Maker is that it includes a transition editor, which enables the user to manually draw, blend and split movie transitions. The different kinds of transitions include the linear movement, animated transitions, clip lightings and special effects.
It’s simple, intuitive interface is easy enough for even first-time editors to master and has a slightly more extensive version of an ordinary video editor's timeline. The built-in editing tools allow you to trim, move, flip, add text, and combine photos and text.
Other features such as the lock/unlock button, fade in/out, duplicate frame, time code and image masking are also present in this software. You can import and save animations and graphics from flash sites like Flicker, Adobe Flash, and Paint Shop.
Windows Live Movie Maker comes free with Windows and is designed to be simple to use and understand. The software allows you to quickly and easily import photos and text and then apply a variety of creative editing techniques that include video and photo retouching, replacing background images, adjusting lighting and color, creating captions, converting text to speech, and more.
The software contains a library of ready-made video clips, as well as a number of pre-made sounds and text effects. It also provides support for third-party applications and plug-ins.
However, the key feature to this software is the fact that it supports the importation and use of many different types of media files. Therefore, you can import your own photos and music, or you can use media files from different sources and merge them together.
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