tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-198262242024-03-16T15:57:40.721-07:00Blaine's Movie Maker BlogMovie making for the home video enthusiastBlainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19826224.post-47376239005303957592011-12-29T23:42:00.002-08:002016-11-18T09:18:32.805-08:00Blaine's TV Signal Effects<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Back in the "old" days, we all had analog TVs where the picture was drawn by an electron beam on a cathode ray tube (CRT). The resulting picture often had noise in the signal, visible scan lines and a slight curvature to the screen. Well, now you can relive those days by applying one of my <b>TV Signal Effects</b>. These effects work with <a href="http://goo.gl/B1eRC">Windows Movie Maker 6.0</a> (either under Vista or Windows 7).<br />
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To install the TV Signal Effects into Windows Movie Maker, you have a choice of installers depending on whether you are running WMM 6.0 on a <a href="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/32-bit-and-64-bit-Windows-frequently-asked-questions">64-bit or 32-bit version of Windows</a>. Pick the correct installer and it will put the necessary files into C:\Program Files\Movie Maker\Shared.<br />
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<b>Windows Movie Maker 6.0:</b><br />
<a href="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/BlaineTVSignal-64.msi">Blaine's TV Signal Effects (64-bit) Installer</a><br />
<a href="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/BlaineTVSignal-32.msi">Blaine's TV Signal Effects (32-bit) Installer</a></blockquote>
After restarting Windows Movie Maker, you should have 4 new TV Signal effects with corresponding icons: <br />
<li>TV Signal (All) - all 3 effects applied at once (curvature, noise and scanlines)</li>
<li>TV Signal (Curvature) - distorts the picture to give it a slight curvature.</li>
<li>TV Signal (Noise) - adds some random "dot crawl" to the clip.</li>
<li>TV Signal (Scanlines) - draws the screen in bands of light and dark, with some color fringing.</li>
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You can apply the individual effects, or just use the combined <b>TV Signal (All)</b> effect. You might also want to apply a Blur effect or Grayscale effect, especially if you are simulating a black and white TV, or maybe a surveillance monitor.<br />
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Note: These transitions require the architecture of WMM 6.0 and can't be made to work on versions 2.6 or earlier.Blainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19826224.post-89901243014168874032011-10-08T16:44:00.001-07:002016-11-18T09:18:33.896-08:00Custom Camera Shutter and Letterbox Effects for Windows Movie Maker 6.0 (Updated)<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CB7C4scJHU&list=UUYNyIJd1MvkA3qqHNpnDK7g"><img alt="Preview Blaine's Letterbox Effects" border="0" src="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/letterboxthumb.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: right; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a><b>Updated!</b> This package has been updated with a camera shutter effect and white letterbox bars. Enjoy!<br/><br/>
There have been lots of requests on the forums for a letterbox/widescreen effect which adds bars to the top and bottom of your video. Well, I went one step farther and added a couple more effects that let you have the bars appear and disappear. Here's a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CB7C4scJHU&list=UUYNyIJd1MvkA3qqHNpnDK7g">sample video of the moving letterbox effects</a>.<br />
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<i><b>Note: </b>These effects take advantage of the effects architecture of Windows Movie Maker 6.0 and therefore will not work in XP. There are other solutions for XP such as a letterbox title.</i><br />
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There are two installers depending on whether you are running <a href="http://goo.gl/B1eRC">WMM 6.0</a> on a <a href="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/32-bit-and-64-bit-Windows-frequently-asked-questions">32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows</a>. The installer will put the necessary files into, C:\Program Files\Movie Maker\Shared.<br />
<blockquote><b>Windows Movie Maker 6.0:</b><br />
<a href="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/BlaineLetterbox-32.msi">Blaine's Letterbox Effects (32-bit)</a><br />
<a href="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/BlaineLetterbox-64.msi">Blaine's Letterbox Effects (64-bit)</a></blockquote>After installing, you'll have new effects called:<br />
<li>Camera Shutter - quick in and out <i>(New)</i></li><br />
<li>Letterbox - static letterbox in black</li><br />
<li>Letterbox (In) - adds letterbox in black</li><br />
<li>Letterbox (Out) - removes letterbox in black</li>
<li>Letterbox White - static letterbox in white <i>(New)</i></li><br />
<li>Letterbox White (In) - adds letterbox in white <i>(New)</i></li><br />
<li>Letterbox White (Out) - removes letterbox in white <i>(New)</i></li>Blainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.com38tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19826224.post-61777802286548323672011-10-08T08:03:00.001-07:002016-11-18T09:18:34.343-08:00Blaine's ASCII Text Effects for Windows Movie Maker 6.0 (Updated!)<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jww-AcDxl4&list=UUYNyIJd1MvkA3qqHNpnDK7g"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/BlaineAsciiText_thumb.gif" border="0" alt="Blaine's ASCII Text Effect" /></a><b>Updated!</b> This package has been updated with 3 different effects (Text, Binary and Japanese). Enjoy!<br/><br/>
Have you heard of ASCII Art? It's a method of drawing pictures using just the characters on your keyboard. How cool would it be if you could apply an effect in Windows Movie Maker to have your photos or videos instantly converted to ASCII Art? Well with my latest <b>ASCII Text</b> effects you can do it very easily. <br />
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<b>A couple notes: </b><br />
These effects require a <b>registered</b> copy of <a href="http://www.rehanfx.org/shader.htm">Rehan's ShaderTFX</a> add-on. It will also work if you are still within the trial period of ShaderTFX. If you've never installed ShaderTFX before, follow the directions on Rehan's website and test that his transitions and effects work first. If you've already installed and registered a copy of ShaderTFX, you can skip these steps.<br />
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For a preview of what these effects look like, check out <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jww-AcDxl4&list=UUYNyIJd1MvkA3qqHNpnDK7g">Blaine's ASCII Text Effects (Updated)</a><br />
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For the new effects, there are two installers depending on whether you are running <a href="http://goo.gl/B1eRC">WMM 6.0</a> on a <a href="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/32-bit-and-64-bit-Windows-frequently-asked-questions">64-bit or 32-bit version of Windows</a>. The installer will put the necessary files into, C:\Program Files\Movie Maker\Shared.<br />
<blockquote>Prerequisite: <a href="http://www.rehanfx.org/shader.htm">Rehan's ShaderTFX</a> add-on (<b>registered or unexpired!</b>).<br />
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<b>Windows Movie Maker 6.0:</b><br />
<a href="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/BlaineAsciiText-64.msi">Blaine's ASCII Text Effects (64-bit) Installer</a><br />
<a href="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/BlaineAsciiText-32.msi">Blaine's ASCII Text Effects (32-bit) Installer</a></blockquote><br />
After restarting Windows Movie Maker, you should have <b>three</b> new effects called:<br />
<li>ASCII Binary - Uses just zeroes and ones</li><br />
<li>ASCII Japanese - Uses Japanese katakana symbols</li><br />
<li>ASCII Text - Uses letters, numbers and symbols</li><br />
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Just apply one of these effects to your video like any other effect. Often you may want to apply a 'Brightness, Increase' once or twice, or a Blur effect to your clip before the ASCII effect. Brightness added afterwards can also help.<br />
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*Note: These effects require the architecture of <a href="http://goo.gl/B1eRC">WMM 6.0</a> and can't be made to work on versions 2.6 or earlier, nor will it work on Windows Live Movie Maker.Blainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19826224.post-71330393905302432762011-04-03T18:45:00.001-07:002016-11-18T09:18:36.689-08:00Custom Pixelate Effects for Windows Movie Maker 6.0<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UUYNyIJd1MvkA3qqHNpnDK7g&v=jE3Vg25r1_A"><img style="float:right; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/BlainePixelate_thumb.png" border="0" alt="Blaine's Pixelate Effects" /></a>The standard pixelate effect changes from no pixelation to full pixelation over time. I had a request of a version of the pixelation effect that has one level of pixelation and doesn't vary over time. So I've provided a set of 5 pixelation effects with sizes of 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50.<blockquote><b>Steps to install:</b><br />
1) Figure out if you are running a <a href="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/32-bit-and-64-bit-Windows-frequently-asked-questions">32-bit or 64-bit version</a> of Windows.<br />
2) Pick the matching installer.<br />
<a href="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/BlainePixelate-32.msi">Blaine's Pixelate Effects (32-bit)</a><br />
<a href="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/BlainePixelate-64.msi">Blaine's Pixelate Effects (64-bit)</a></blockquote>The effects will get installed in C:\Program Files\Movie Maker. After restarting WMM 6.0, you'll have five new effects in various pixelation sizes.<br />
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<i>Note: </i> These effects will not work with the older 2.x versions of Movie Maker.Blainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19826224.post-6484583673328515792011-04-02T20:12:00.001-07:002016-11-18T09:18:37.085-08:00Custom Resize Effects for Windows Movie Maker 6.0<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UUYNyIJd1MvkA3qqHNpnDK7g&v=mQwrdL8RyXI"><img style="float:right; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/resizethumb.jpg" border="0" alt="Blaine's Resize Effects" /></a><i>I'm rereleasing these effects with a <b>pair</b> of installers, in case you have a 64-bit version of Windows</i><br />
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When dealing with pictures and videos in different sizes, it's often useful to be able to stretch or squash the clips to fit within the screen. You might also want to crop the edges or add a border. The following package of 'Resize' effects lets you do all those things. Preview a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UUYNyIJd1MvkA3qqHNpnDK7g&v=mQwrdL8RyXI">video of the 'Resize' effects</a><blockquote><b>Steps to install:</b><br />
1) Figure out if you are running a <a href="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/32-bit-and-64-bit-Windows-frequently-asked-questions">32-bit or 64-bit version</a> of Windows.<br />
2) Pick the matching installer.<br />
<a href="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/BlaineResize-32.msi">Blaine's Resizer Effects (32-bit)</a><br />
<a href="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/BlaineResize-64.msi">Blaine's Resizer Effects (64-bit)</a></blockquote>The effects will get installed in C:\Program Files\Movie Maker. After restarting WMM 6.0, you'll have a several new effects for adding borders (black or white), cropping, stretching, squashing and fitting to screen.<br />
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If you have any questions on these effects, feel free to <a href="http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?&PostID=140056">post in the forum topic on the Resize Effects</a><br />
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<i>Note: </i> These effects will not work with the older 2.x versions of Movie Maker.Blainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19826224.post-1788830432745707542011-02-27T01:10:00.001-08:002016-11-18T09:18:39.394-08:00Blaine's Custom Cartoon Effects<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UUYNyIJd1MvkA3qqHNpnDK7g&v=lQtyruMdEvU"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/BlaineCartoon_thumb.png" border="0" alt="Blaine's Cartoon Effects" /></a>The following effects can be used to give your photos and videos a cartoon look. There are 3 different "cartoonify" effects plus an additional "half tone" effect which can be applied as well. These effects work with Windows Movie Maker 6.0 (either under Vista or Windows 7).<br />
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To see an example of the effects, check out the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UUYNyIJd1MvkA3qqHNpnDK7g&v=lQtyruMdEvU">Sample Video of Blaine's Cartoon Effects</a><br />
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To install the Cartoon Effects into Windows Movie Maker, you have a choice of installers depending on whether you are running WMM 6.0 on a <a href="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/32-bit-and-64-bit-Windows-frequently-asked-questions">64-bit or 32-bit version of Windows</a>. Pick the correct installer and it will put the necessary files into C:\Program Files\Movie Maker\Shared.<br />
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<blockquote><b>Windows Movie Maker 6.0:</b><br />
<a href="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/BlaineCartoon-64.msi">Blaine's Cartoon Effects (64-bit) Installer</a><br />
<a href="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/BlaineCartoon-32.msi">Blaine's Cartoon Effects (32-bit) Installer</a></blockquote><br />
After restarting Windows Movie Maker, you should have 4 new Cartoonify effects with corresponding icons:<br />
<li>Cartoonify, #1 through #3 - The colors are flattened and edges are highlighted in black.</li><br />
<li>Cartoonify, Half Tone - This gives an additional effect similar to a comic book printing</li><br />
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For a clip or image, pick one of the 3 cartoonify effects (#1, #2 or #3). If you like the half tone effect, apply that next to the same clip. Sometimes you may find that you need to brighten the clip or add a little blurring first. Play around with the effects until you get something you like.<br />
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*Note: These transitions require the architecture of WMM 6.0 and can't be made to work on versions 2.6 or earlier.Blainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19826224.post-31681427009483504092011-02-01T01:10:00.002-08:002020-10-14T08:14:46.083-07:00Custom Spin and Zoom Effects<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UUYNyIJd1MvkA3qqHNpnDK7g&v=x2A_a7rQ4Ow"><img style="float:right; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/spinzoom_thumb.jpg" border="0" alt="'Spin and Zoom Effects' Video Sample"/></a>There was a request on the forums for variations on some of the standard Windows Movie Maker effects for spinning and zooming.<br />
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Take a look at the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UUYNyIJd1MvkA3qqHNpnDK7g&v=x2A_a7rQ4Ow">video</a> and if that is something you would like, click through to the post for the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171024084723/http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=238883">Custom Spin and Zoom Effects</a>. Incidentally these are only for Windows Movie Maker 6.0 and won't work on WMM 2.x or Windows Live Movie Maker (WLMM).Blainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19826224.post-83409433566958761252011-01-29T21:38:00.001-08:002016-11-18T09:18:40.143-08:00Blaine's Film Looks Effects for Windows Movie Maker<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UUYNyIJd1MvkA3qqHNpnDK7g&v=_Ibqos8RgMo"><img style="float:right; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/BlaineFilmLooks_thumb.jpg" border="0" alt="Blaine's Film Looks Effects" /></a>The following effects can be used to give your video more of a "film look". There are 9 different film looks available. These effects work with Windows Movie Maker 6.0 (either under Vista or Windows 7).<br />
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To see a side-by-side comparison of each of the effects, check out <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UUYNyIJd1MvkA3qqHNpnDK7g&v=_Ibqos8RgMo">Sample Video of Blaine's Film Look Effects</a><br />
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To add the Film Looks Effects to Windows Movie Maker, there are two installers depending on whether you are running WMM 6.0 on a <a href="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/32-bit-and-64-bit-Windows-frequently-asked-questions">64-bit or 32-bit version of Windows</a>. The installer will put the necessary files into C:\Program Files\Movie Maker\Shared.<br />
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<blockquote><b>Windows Movie Maker 6.0:</b><br />
<a href="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/BlaineFilmLooks-64.msi">Blaine's Film Looks (64-bit) Installer</a><br />
<a href="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/BlaineFilmLooks-32.msi">Blaine's Film Looks (32-bit) Installer</a></blockquote><br />
After restarting Windows Movie Maker, you should have 9 new Film Look effects with corresponding icons:<br />
<li>Film Look - Bleach Bypass - simulates a common film printing process that results in higher contrast, lower saturation.</li><br />
<li>Film Look - Contrast - a higher contrast film look.</li><br />
<li>Film Look - Desaturation - a lower saturation film look.</li><br />
<li>Film Look - Enhance Colors - 6 color profile enhancements.</li><br />
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*Note: These transitions require the architecture of WMM 6.0 and can't be made to work on versions 2.6 or earlier.Blainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19826224.post-6523114301183165432007-11-15T00:40:00.001-08:002016-11-18T09:18:46.125-08:00Negative and Bloom Effects for Windows Movie Maker 6.0<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UUYNyIJd1MvkA3qqHNpnDK7g&v=ttpTWWth47I"><img style="float:right; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/bloomthumb.jpg" border="0" alt="Blaine's Bloom/Negative Effects" /></a>Here's a couple new effects for the Vista version of Movie Maker. The first two effects are called 'Bloom In' and 'Bloom Out'. They create a bright glare to come from lighter items in the video. If you use Bloom Out at the end of a clip, and Bloom In at the beginning of the next, you can get a cool transition, that you've probably seen a lot on TV. The other effect is a Negative effect which reverses all the color values. Preview a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UUYNyIJd1MvkA3qqHNpnDK7g&v=ttpTWWth47I">video of the Bloom and Negative effects</a><br />
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There are two installers depending on whether you are running WMM 6.0 on a <a href="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/32-bit-and-64-bit-Windows-frequently-asked-questions">32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows</a>. The installer will put the necessary files into, C:\Program Files\Movie Maker\Shared.<br />
<blockquote><b>Windows Movie Maker 6.0:</b><br />
<a href="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/BlaineBloom-32.msi">Blaine's Bloom and Negative Effects (32-bit)</a><br />
<a href="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/BlaineBloom-64.msi">Blaine's Bloom and Negative Effects (64-bit)</a></blockquote>After installing, you'll have the new effects the next time you start up Movie Maker.<br />
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If you have any questions on these effects, feel free to <a href="http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?&PostID=149563">post in the forum topic on the Bloom and Negative Effects</a>Blainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.com49tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19826224.post-36036471418436737352007-08-30T22:50:00.001-07:002016-11-18T09:18:47.742-08:00Custom Contrast Effects For Windows Movie Maker 6.0<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UUYNyIJd1MvkA3qqHNpnDK7g&v=_Ibqos8RgMo"><img style="float:right; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/contrastthumb.jpg" border="0" alt="Preview Blaine's Contrast Effects" /></a>Windows Movie Maker should have come with some standard effects to decrease/increase the contrast of your video. However, since it doesn't, I had to create some of my own.<br />
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<i><b>Note: </b>These effects take advantage of the effects architecture of Windows Movie Maker 6.0 and therefore will not work in XP.</i><br />
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There are two installers depending on whether you are running WMM 6.0 on a <a href="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/32-bit-and-64-bit-Windows-frequently-asked-questions">32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows</a>. The installer will put the necessary files into, C:\Program Files\Movie Maker\Shared.<br />
<blockquote><b>Windows Movie Maker 6.0:</b><br />
<a href="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/BlaineContrast-32.msi">Blaine's Contrast Effects (32-bit)</a><br />
<a href="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/BlaineContrast-64.msi">Blaine's Contrast Effects (64-bit)</a></blockquote>After installing, you'll have a couple new effects for decreasing contrast and a couple for increasing contrast. If you need a stronger effect, apply the effect several times. You can also customize the .xml if you want other contrast settings. Enjoy!<br />
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If you have any questions, feel free to post them in the <a href="http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=135312">original forum post that inspired these effects</a>.Blainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19826224.post-43141437796775809182007-06-04T22:52:00.001-07:002016-11-18T09:18:49.861-08:00Custom Bubble Warp Effect for WMM 6.0<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UUYNyIJd1MvkA3qqHNpnDK7g&v=gSM9b9pFjQM"><img style="float:right; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/bubblewarpthumb.jpg" border="0" alt="Preview Blaine's Bubble Warp Effect" /></a>I was playing around with Windows Movie Maker 6.0 and came up with this custom <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UUYNyIJd1MvkA3qqHNpnDK7g&v=gSM9b9pFjQM">"Bubble Warp" effect</a>. It's rather subtle and looks best when applied to pictures with short durations. If you apply it to video or to longer duration photos, you may not even notice the effect.<br />
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<i><b>Note: </b>This effect takes advantage of the effects architecture of Windows Movie Maker 6.0 and therefore will not work in XP.</i><br />
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There are two installers depending on whether you are running WMM 6.0 on a <a href="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/32-bit-and-64-bit-Windows-frequently-asked-questions">32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows</a>. The installer will put the necessary files into, C:\Program Files\Movie Maker\Shared.<br />
<blockquote><b>Windows Movie Maker 6.0:</b><br />
<a href="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/BlaineBubbleWarp-32.msi">Blaine's Bubble Warp Effect (32-bit)</a><br />
<a href="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/BlaineBubbleWarp-64.msi">Blaine's Bubble Warp Effect (64-bit)</a></blockquote>After installing, you'll have a new effect called "Blaine's Bubble Warp". Enjoy!Blainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19826224.post-83258296159706856852007-05-26T19:23:00.001-07:002016-11-18T09:18:50.220-08:00Custom Color Fade Effects for Windows Movie Maker 6.0<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UUYNyIJd1MvkA3qqHNpnDK7g&v=_cbgsTnhuZs"><img style="float:right; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/colorfadethumb.jpg" border="0" alt="Preview Blaine's Color Fade Effects" /></a>Windows Movie Maker comes with standard effects to apply a grayscale or sepia tone effect to your pictures or video, but one thing it lacks is an easy way to have video gradually fade to or from grayscale or sepia to full color. I've created a package of custom effects that let you add this ability to Windows Movie Maker 6.0.<br />
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There are two installers depending on whether you are running WMM 6.0 on a <a href="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/32-bit-and-64-bit-Windows-frequently-asked-questions">32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows</a>. The installer will put the necessary files into, C:\Program Files\Movie Maker\Shared.<br />
<blockquote><b>Windows Movie Maker 6.0:</b><br />
<a href="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/BlaineColorFade-32.msi">Blaine's Color Fade Effects (32-bit)</a><br />
<a href="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/BlaineColorFade-64.msi">Blaine's Color Fade Effects (64-bit)</a></blockquote>After installing, you'll have the following new color fade effects:<br />
<li>Grayscale (Color In)</li><br />
<li>Grayscale (Color Out)</li><br />
<li>Sepia (Color In)</li><br />
<li>Sepia (Color Out)</li><br />
<i><b>Note: </b>These effects take advantage of the effects architecture of Windows Movie Maker 6.0 and therefore will not work in WMM 2.x. For users of XP, you can achieve this same look manually: <a href="http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?&PostID=115894">Fading between grayscale and color in XP Movie Maker</a></i>Blainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19826224.post-58060719259167031302007-02-18T17:43:00.001-08:002016-11-18T09:18:51.780-08:00Custom Speed Effects for Movie Maker (XP & Vista)<a href="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/speedfx.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/speedfxthumb.gif" border="0" alt="Preview Speed Effects" /></a>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.<br />
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<i><b>Note: </b>These effects have been designed to work with either WMM 2.1 (XP) or WMM 6.0 (Vista) version of Movie Maker.</i><br />
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There are two installers depending on whether you are running on a <a href="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/32-bit-and-64-bit-Windows-frequently-asked-questions">32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows</a>. The installer will put the necessary files into, C:\Program Files\Movie Maker\Shared.<blockquote><a href="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/BlaineSpeedFX-32.msi">Blaine's Custom Speed Effects (32-bit)</a><br />
<a href="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/BlaineSpeedFX-64.msi">Blaine's Custom Speed Effects (64-bit)</a></blockquote>After installing, you'll have new custom speed effects for<br />
<li>Slow Down in increments of 25%, 50%, 66%, x3, x4, x6, x8</li><br />
<li>Speed Up in increments of 25%, 50%, 66%, x3, x4, x6, x8</li>Blainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.com182tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19826224.post-1149537816485764412006-06-05T12:59:00.001-07:002016-11-18T09:18:53.357-08:00Windows Movie Maker 2.x - Effects IconsIf you are creating your own custom effects in Windows Movie Maker 2.x, you need to specify an icon number. Rather than guessing, you can use the following images to figure out which of the standard 36 icons (0 through 35) you want to use. Click on a thumbnail to see the full image.<br />
<a href="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/uploaded_images/FX Icons 1.gif"><img style="left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/uploaded_images/FX Icons 1 thumb.gif" border="0" alt="Effects Icons 00-11" /></a>Effects Icons 0-11<br />
<a href="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/uploaded_images/FX Icons 2.gif"><img style="left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/uploaded_images/FX Icons 2 thumb.gif" border="0" alt="Effects Icons 12-23" /></a>Effects Icons 12-23<br />
<a href="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/uploaded_images/FX Icons 3.gif"><img style="left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/uploaded_images/FX Icons 3 thumb.gif" border="0" alt="Effects Icons 24-35" /></a>Effects Icons 24-35Blainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.com7