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WHERE IS THE STORY BOARD IN MOVIE MAKER

IN THE WINDOWS MOVIE MAKER IN VISTA THERE WAS A STORYBOARD WHERE YOU COULD DRAG ELEMENTS OF YOUR MOVIE ONTO THE STORYBOARD. IN THE NEW MOVIEMAKER THIS SEEMS TO NO LONGER EXIST COULD YOU PLEASE TELL ME WHY. GARY KIDMAN

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I’ve got a black screen too.

This is my first attempt at using the Movie Maker that came with my Windows 8 computer. I have a .mpg file that I created using a video capture device to get the file from a VHS machine. The file is visible with other so …

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.mov no sound in movie maker

i imported one of my .mov files so that i can trim a part of the video. i was able to trim it nicely, but i can't hear any sound. i saved the result of the trimming hoping that the new file includes the sound (was thinki …

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Movie Maker black screen/audio only problem

Hi there, I went through pretty much all threads related to this issue and couldn't find an answer to my problem. I am trying to create a movie with Movie Maker using archives with the extension .WMV. When I convert to f …

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Movie Maker 2012 did work; now it won’t start

Sorry Movie maker can't start! Is the response I get when I try to open Movie maker or open Movie Maker Project (.wlmp) which I previously created no problem? I have Lenovo G560 ,Intel core i3 CPU *** Email address is re …

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.avi file acting strange

I recorded a clip from bandicam which saves as a .avi file, and in movie maker it plays fine except for when i try to use the split or trim tools to edit the .avi file at all please help thanks.

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Blurred Movies

When I import a video clip into moviemaker the first few seconds are clear then it goes pixillated and blurry for the remainder. This has only happened in the last few weeks and I can't seem to fix it. Solutions Please?? …

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photo gallery

Photo gallery takes 30 minutes to load. It has been doing this for about two weeks. What can I do to speed it up?

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Movie maker video not showing

I can make a movie with movie maker, everything works great. I save the movie but do not upload as I want to get some audio to add to it. When I reopen it although it shows all the video, photos and text on the working s …

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Windows Essentials for Windows 8.1

When will a new installer for Windows Essentials for Windows 8.1 be released? The current installer comes with Messenger which is no longer supported and Skydrive which is already integrated with Windows 8.1. If I do a d …

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Family Safety blocks Internet Explorer

I'm trying to turn on app blocking for an account. The only application I'm blocking is Skype; but the user cannot launch Internet Explorer. He clicks "ask a parent" and I try typing in a password there too, but still no …

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gopro video files

Move Maker will not recognize or play the mp4's I load to the storyboard, saying corrupted etc. I have tried reloading it. It plays from the windows picture viewer but not in movie maker.How do I fix this?

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windows live movie maker

i have windows 32bit and a very good custom gaming pc, i am wanting to edit my youtube gaming videos with a good free software such as windows live movie maker but i get an error every time. i got 2 errors this time: 0x8 …

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Problem with Timing and Snapshots

I'm experiencing what seems to be a bug but maybe you can help if I'm doing something wrong. I am trying to "pause" my clip and switch to a snapshot, then continue with the clip. The issue is that the first part of the c …

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