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Can I use Windows Live Movie Maker in a more efficient way?
Posted on November 22nd, 2009 No commentsYes! Windows Live Movie Maker is a remake of the default Windows component based on much advanced and human technologies. Some new features are especially added in the perspective of a better operability and efficiency. Let’s take a look at how the efficient features can appeal to us.
Firstly, use keyboard shortcuts! Windows Live Movie Maker adopts the same Ribbon design introduced in Office 2007. This "scenic" and magical Ribbon erases the complexity of menus and reduces access time by always putting user’s favorite functions at the front. If you are a keyboard shortcut fanatic, you could find Windows Live Movie Maker embraces familiar keyboard shortcuts as are used in Office 2007. Apart from ordinary shortcuts, here is a table illustrating particular shortcuts in Windows Live Movie Maker.
General keyboard shortcuts
To
Press
Toggle ribbon keytips on and off
Alt
Stop the current task
Esc
View Help for Movie Maker
F1
Close Movie Maker
Alt+F4
Save a project with a new name
F12
Create a new project
Ctrl+N
Open an existing project
Ctrl+O
Save a project
Ctrl+S
Undo the last action
Ctrl+Z
Redo the last action
Ctrl+Y
Previewing and editing keyboard shortcuts
To Press
Play or pause
Space or K
Go to the previous frame
J
Go to the next frame
L
Trim the video so it starts at the current point in the video
I
Trim the video so it ends at the current point in the video
O
Split the video into two items at the current point in the video
M
Storyboard keyboard shortcuts
To Press
Cut the selected item
Ctrl+X
Copy the selected item
Ctrl+C
Paste
Ctrl+V
Delete selected items
Delete
Move the selection one item in the direction of the arrow
Left Arrow, Right Arrow, Up Arrow, Down Arrow
Move the focus one item in the direction of the arrow
Ctrl+Left Arrow, Ctrl+Right Arrow, Ctrl+Up Arrow, Ctrl+Down Arrow
Move the selection up one page
Page Up
Move the selection down one page
Page Down
Select the first item on the storyboard
Home
Select the last item on the storyboard
End
Select all items on the same track of the storyboard
Ctrl+A
Zoom in on the storyboard
Plus Sign (+)
Zoom out on the storyboard
Minus Sign (-)
To name a very special one of the shortcuts, there is a very intuitive way in edit videos on the Storyboard, i.e. use "Ctrl" key and key "A" combination to make a full selection of the videos to batch edit them through one shot. Similar to the scenery in the file browser, you can hold down Ctrl Key and select multiple videos to batch edit, which is very efficient when you want to apply many videos with the same setting.
Secondly, use Quick Access Toolbar! You can self-customize a set of shortcut to your liking. Hover to the function icon and right click to expose a context menu as below. It will add the function to the Quick Access Toolbar and allow you to quick access it with key combinations of "Alt" key and numeral key "0"-"9".
Thirdly, use Multi-monitor span! If you are handling a huge batch of video clips, don’t sigh as your monitor screen is not big enough to give you a full view of them, because Windows Live Movie Maker seamlessly supports multiple monitor display! You can just span the interface to the second monitor to get the video preview and the Storyboard to display separately on the monitors. Would you not prefer a nice and clear view of the work you are doing?
I would like to conclude by saying Windows Live Movie Maker is really a wow to us home video makers. User experience is greatly improved. Novice users will be happy to see not only the bar is lower but they are given more flexibility to use the program in their favorite way. Whether or not you are big on efficiency, you would unlikely resist such appeal.
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