windows movie maker 2012 full version free download

I often use Windows Movie Maker to quickly open a video, cut some unwanted elements and perhaps add a simple text card to start or end. Various effects, animations and transitions are available.

You can put together video clips, add captions, audio, titles and end credits. Microsoft now has ClipChampwith more ‘bells and whistles’ for making and editing videos.Īs a simple video editor, Windows Movie Maker (WMM) is great. Most of them are either defunct (Messenger) or superceded (Editor), only Movie Maker still has a place. Movie Maker was part of Windows Essentials, a package of free programs from Microsoft. We’ve explained how to get the much-loved Office Picture Manager even though it’s been officially removed from Office. Officially it’s no longer available but it’s still available if you know the magic spell. It should be no surprise, then, that we can't recommend this freeware for any user.Windows Movie Maker is a simple and free video editor from Microsoft that still works in modern Windows. What's more, uninstalling the program was even more tedious than installing it. There were so many hurdles to creating a short video that no editing seemed preferable to using this software. On the rare occasion that our testers made it to the storyboard, the program would freeze when adding one of the numerous effects. If importing worked, Movie Maker 2 would quit responding when clips were placed on the storyboard. The program typically froze while importing MPG video files. The plain interface promises simplicity with drag-and-drop storyboard options, though during testing, it was more like drag and freeze. It gives the user no input on program location or other options.

From the get-go, you get the feeling that this isn't going to be an easy program to like Microsoft's installer doesn't play nice. Windows Movie Maker 2 is so easy a child could use it-an incredibly patient child born to filmmaker parents who didn't mind restarting this application every few minutes.

Windows movie maker 2012 full version free download