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Importing from Google album

My son sends pics via email using Google, and I can't find a way to save them in Photo Gallery. Anyone know how this is done? I don't want to join Google, however, because they begin forcing usage of their stuff. Thanks …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Nov 22, 2014

Importing from Google album to Windows photo gallery

My son sends pics via email using Google, and I can't find a way to save them in Photo Gallery. Anyone know how this is done? I don't want to join Google, however, because they begin forcing usage of their stuff. Thanks …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Nov 22, 2014

why is movie maker 2012 blurring my photos?

I am just starting to use Movie Maker 2012 on my computer. At this point I am doing simple movies with just one or two photos displayed with a music soundtrack, no video clips added. My problem is that when I download th …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Nov 22, 2014

Movie Maker Scene transition animations and timing

I'd like to understand the logic behind how Movie Maker implements scene transition animations. Consider the following: I have a movie that consists of two scenes, each scene is 10 seconds in length. That means the total …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Nov 20, 2014

Can not get video.

I just downloaded the latest version of Live Movie Maker. I also downloaded from my camcorder several videos which I viewed after download. My operating system is Windows 8.1. After closing out the program yesterday and …

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Unable to play video on Windows Live Movie Maker

Original*** Can not get video. I just downloaded the latest version of Live Movie Maker. I also downloaded from my camcorder several videos which I viewed after download. My operating system is Windows 8.1. After closing …

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Video and Audio appear out of sync when they are not

Ok ok... I know the title probably has you wondering "what the heck is this guy talking about?". I literally just started using Windows Live Movie Maker to make lyric videos for some of my favorite songs that I just coul …

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Future of Photo Gallery? Modern UI?

Will there ever be a version of Photo Gallery with the Modern UI? I'm desperately looking for a touch friendly gallery with the same ease of use and feature set as Photo Gallery. I can't find any app that works with the …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Nov 19, 2014

Does MovieMaker allow rotation?

It seems to me I have rotated a video in the past using Movie Maker. I have a video that was shot sideways and is annoying to view that way. Anybody know? Thanks in advance. You can send private answers to bouncer5550-de …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Nov 19, 2014

Live Movie Maker (error message)

Hey, I've got some trouble with Live Movie Maker... My film is completely ready to be created, there is no exclamation mark on any of the clips! But when the film is being created, it stops at 50%. Then I get an error me …

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Windows Live Movie Maker stops at 50%

Original*** Live Movie Maker (error message) Hey, I've got some trouble with Live Movie Maker... My film is completely ready to be created, there is no exclamation mark on any of the clips! But when the film is being cre …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Nov 19, 2014

audio in Movie Maker 2012 using Windows 8.1

Have a red circle, with a hash through it, next to the left speaker icon in the video volume setting pull down (Edit menu). How do I turn the audio back on? The sound was working. I must have changed a setting but have b …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Nov 18, 2014

Microsoft Picture Manager

Hello, While I am not happy that the Picture Manger is no longer available with Windows 8, I am getting used to Photo Gallery. One feature that I miss in particular is the ability to rename large amounts of pictures at a …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Nov 18, 2014

Microsoft Windows Live Essentials

I uninstalled Windows Live Essentials because Photo Gallery wouldn't open. Then when I tried to reinstall it told me it was already installed but it doesn't show up in my programs or in Control Panel Remove Programs.. No …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Nov 18, 2014

Error 80004003 in Movie Maker

Please help me fix my file!!! https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=D892CE1242D99A0E%21141 Someone please help me. It's corrupted or something and can't be opened :((( And when I click on the support link page, nothing s …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Nov 18, 2014