Custom Speed Effects for Movie Maker (XP & Vista)

Movie Maker comes with a couple standard effects to speed up or slow down your video. If you find that you need more control over the speed, you can download these custom Speed Effects with different incremental speeds.

Note: These effects have been designed to work with either the XP version or the Vista version of Movie Maker.

Click on the picture of the tortoise and the hare above which will download the custom speed effects. Run the installer (CustomSpeedEffects) and it will install the custom XML code you'll need.

After installing, you'll have new custom speed effects for

Slow Down in increments of 25%, 50%, 66%, x3, x4, x6, x8

Speed Up in increments of 25%, 50%, 66%, x3, x4, x6, x8

Custom TV Ratings Titles updated for Vista

Are you using Windows Movie Maker to edit your home videos? Have you ever wanted to add the TV Ratings to the top of your home videos? I created a set of custom titles that can be used in Windows Movie Maker to add the various TV Ratings (Y, Y7, G, PG, 14, MA) to the top left corner of your video.

Note: These titles have been designed to work with either the XP version or the Vista version of Movie Maker.

Click on the rating logo above which will download the custom titles for TV Ratings. Run the installer (CustomTVRatings) and it will install the custom XML code and the image files you'll need.

To use the new titles, go to 'Tools' > 'Titles and Credits' > 'Title on the selected clip' > 'change the title animation'. Under your list of one line titles should be 6 new ones called:

TV Rating (Y)

TV Rating (Y7)

TV Rating (G)

TV Rating (PG)

TV Rating (14)

TV Rating (MA)

If you want an additional subtitle, type it into the text fields, otherwise just type a single space. Click 'Done'.

Vista is here!

I'm up and running with Vista Home Premium. I like the new Aero glass look and have been playing all the new games (Inkball, Chess Titans, Mahjong Titan). My latest task, though, is to get heavily into Movie Maker. Movie projects appear to import fine into Vista, but it's going to require time to get replacements for all my custom titles, transitions and effects. Bit by bit I'll be updating my site with versions that will work on XP or Vista, so keep your eyes open.