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.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19826224.post-35812366555455379822013-09-21T12:20:00.001-07:002016-11-18T09:18:08.241-08:00Fading Logo Overlays for WMM 6.0<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://youtu.be/XUgqGHjNfso" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoSVrtBZ1rFov7xJnNR8rXVrRboI4CWHRCsvskm8kZUXCXZwrklbQVmRpmymdVNvjmZBCm2vpcOIeK9iSGDELq5KUhjxu3RLuoLOGhAa04tFblxzTSheB3fZG8P7pqYLp1-tsDLQ/s320/Logo+Overlay.png" /></a></div>For years people have been asking for custom titles for putting a logo or watermark on their video.<br/><br/>There have been solutions for this in Windows Movie Maker 6.0 previously but it required customization of the XML. It also didn't have an ability to fade the logo in and out. I've decided to create an installer that makes it much easier, doesn't require editing of the XML and also adds a fading version.<br/><br />
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/~movieblog2@astound.net/Downloads/BlaineLogoOverlayTitles-32.msi">Blaine's Logo Overlay Titles (32-bit)</a><br />
<a href="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog2@astound.net/Downloads/BlaineLogoOverlayTitles-64.msi">Blaine's Logo Overlay Titles (64-bit)</a></blockquote>The packaged installer comes with two sample logos in C:\Program Files\Movie Maker\Shared\AddOnTFX\BlaineLogoOverlays. To use your own logo, edit the .png images to replace my logo with your own. In order to create/edit your own, you'll need a program that can create .png images with transparency. Some freeware options are GIMP and Paint.net.<br/><br/>
To use the new title<br />
<li>Go to 'Tools' > 'Titles and Credits' > 'Title <b>on</b> the selected clip'.</li><br />
<li>Click on 'change the title animation'.</li><br />
<li>Under your list of one line titles there will 4 new title animations: <b>Blaine's Logo Overlay (16:9)</b>, <b>Blaine's Logo Overlay (16:9) Fading</b>, <b>Blaine's Logo Overlay (4:3)</b>, <b>Blaine's Logo Overlay (4:3) Fading</b></li><br />
<li>Pick the one that matches the aspect ratio of your project and whether you want it solid or fading. Then click 'Done'.</li><br />
<li>Stretch the title so that it extends for the length of your clip.</li><br />
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If you have any questions, feel free to post them in the <a href="http://windowsmoviemakers.net/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=259771">original forum post that inspired this title</a>.Blainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19826224.post-73911830392410565502013-03-16T08:55:00.001-07:002016-11-18T09:18:09.062-08:00Custom Camera Back Overlay for WMM 6.0<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WN1Q6kBSY7A" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="143" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhedfO5Q_L-UUdxWjoYCnl0kbe9iCX6s-gS-cpzrmM8gahxzFNOmSfvmXSObHtiiV6yB1R1mFYzW59bVd6Rd59pKDNDhjNZjdtL6Fm0iUWUPa-pYqXAzBPpe77p0HFq3m4b2e6DNw/s200/CameraBackOverlay.png" width="200" alt="Camera back overlay"/></a>Following my series of custom Movie Maker <a href="http://movies.blainesville.com/search/label/overlay">image overlays</a>, here's an overlay where your video appears on the back of a digital camera.<br/><br />
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/~movieblog2@astound.net/Downloads/BlaineCameraBack-32.msi">Blaine's Camera Back Overlay (32-bit)</a><br />
<a href="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog2@astound.net/Downloads/BlaineCameraBack-64.msi">Blaine's Camera Back Overlay (64-bit)</a></blockquote>To use the new title<br />
<li>Go to 'Tools' > 'Titles and Credits' > 'Title <b>on</b> the selected clip'.</li><br />
<li>Click on 'change the title animation'.</li><br />
<li>Under your list of one line titles there will a new title animation: <b>Camera Back Overlay (4:3)</b></li><br />
<li>Pick this then click 'Done'.</li><br />
<li>Stretch the title so that it extends for the length of your clip.</li><br />
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If you have any questions, feel free to post them in the <a href="http://windowsmoviemakers.net/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=257242">original forum post that inspired this title</a>.Blainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19826224.post-51406809907273867132013-01-27T19:08:00.002-08:002021-04-10T10:14:30.253-07:00Installing Windows Movie Maker 6.0 on Windows 7, 8, 8.1 or 10<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm1lGODnG27eJrC5vSqlEsL07SEbC68DY4rsD-GgXrmZFkCdc3D1BX8ZGwZjxpSSzacb8Z0AHARCW5PeqVFJRKqbabBJfhkiS8cekpXqn2VzPxZ6CBLGdIwzcHqbrV_ld2ndIc8w/s1600/wmm6_win7.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm1lGODnG27eJrC5vSqlEsL07SEbC68DY4rsD-GgXrmZFkCdc3D1BX8ZGwZjxpSSzacb8Z0AHARCW5PeqVFJRKqbabBJfhkiS8cekpXqn2VzPxZ6CBLGdIwzcHqbrV_ld2ndIc8w/s1600/wmm6_win7.png" data-original-width="179" data-original-height="150" /></a></div>If you are reading this, I'm going to assume you've upgraded or purchased at least one PC with Windows 7, 8, 8.1 or 10 and discovered Windows Movie Maker is no where to be found. In its place, Microsoft offered a set of programs called "Windows Essentials" which included Movie Maker 2011 or 2012.<br />
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Many people have tried these versions of Movie Maker 2011 or 2012 and complained about the lack of a traditional timeline, issues with crashing, long times to prepare video files and the inability to customize the transitions, effects and titles. If you have been building up a library of <a href="http://goo.gl/jLyuG">custom titles, transitions and effects under Windows Movie Maker 6.0</a>, none of these can be used in the newest Movie Maker because the rendering architecture has changed and Microsoft has no API for customizing things.<br />
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The good news is you can still use the latest version of Windows Movie Maker 6.0 from Vista. You can do this manually by copying the files from a Vista machine, registering some DLLs and creating a shortcut in your start menu. Or you can just use the installers I created below:<blockquote><a href="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog2@astound.net/wmm6_win7_64bit.msi">Movie Maker 6.0 for Windows 7/8/8.1/10 (64-bit)</a><br />
<a href="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog2@astound.net/wmm6_win7_32bit.msi">Movie Maker 6.0 for Windows 7/8/8.1/10 (32-bit)</a></blockquote>There are two versions (64-bit or 32-bit) depending on the version of Windows you are running. If you are unsure, go to your 'Start' menu, right-click on 'Computer' and choose 'Properties'. System type should show 64-bit or 32-bit operating system. Pick the installer that matches. After that, don't forget to start previewing <a href="http://goo.gl/jLyuG">all the cool add-ons</a> that you can have with this version.<br/><br/><i>Note: I'm turning off comments on this thread since there are more than 200.</i><blockquote><b>Update: </b>Newer browsers have started blocking (MSI) installer files. If you are having this problem, right-click on the link and choose "Open in new window". You'll see the URL ending in .MSI at the top of your browser. Highlight that name and press Enter until the file downloads. After that you should be able to see the download at the bottom and then click the little arrow and choose "Open". That should then start the installation process.</blockquote>Blainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.com206tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19826224.post-71077079278479549072012-08-23T23:22:00.001-07:002016-11-18T09:18:10.508-08:00Custom iPhone Overlay Title for WMM 6.0<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UUYNyIJd1MvkA3qqHNpnDK7g&v=Rqeg20hlW30" imageanchor="1" style="clear:right; float:right; margin-left:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="112" width="200" alt="iPhone Overlay" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5UYf63ZPQbfUrjdZiXslmKbpmcN0ipzgLqK64DfFknAL18omdaBunycoJyh2JkszyP36zfZFpUIW1gy2KwoUeE0eon66JaB8ELXmESn7v1S8y4PSmzmkphkMdlBT6soZ-7ss6HQ/s200/iPhoneOverlay.jpg" /></a>Following my series of custom Movie Maker <a href="http://movies.blainesville.com/search/label/overlay">image overlays</a>, here's an overlay where your video appears on the screen of a iPhone.<br/><br />
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/~movieblog2@astound.net/Downloads/BlaineiPhoneOverlayTitle32.msi">Blaine's iPhone Overlay Title (32-bit)</a><br />
<a href="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog2@astound.net/Downloads/BlaineiPhoneOverlayTitle64.msi">Blaine's iPhone Overlay Title (64-bit)</a></blockquote>To use the new title<br />
<li>Go to 'Tools' > 'Titles and Credits' > 'Title <b>on</b> the selected clip'.</li><br />
<li>Click on 'change the title animation'.</li><br />
<li>Under your list of one line titles there will be two new titles: <b>iPhone Overlay FS (4:3)</b> or <b>iPhone Overlay WS (16:9)</b></li><br />
<li>Pick the one that matches your aspect ratio then click 'Done'.</li><br />
<li>Stretch the title so that it extends for the length of your clip.</li><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=254668">original forum post that inspired this title</a>.Blainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19826224.post-87484177733926913522012-07-27T17:53:00.001-07:002016-11-18T09:18:30.152-08:00Wow! Title Variations for Movie Maker<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LJ9ZN6cYXU&list=UUYNyIJd1MvkA3qqHNpnDK7g" imageanchor="1" style="clear:right; float:right; margin-left:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="200" width="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_NVN3966QtUl0vE8YdIgGfO_z_7Cd_5w13hQFcv9IwTiOyx00FSkDDvxoc7t9Z8Oz_NUBXDD5_JKIGKWd83ZZLROTPHTHeZQoe9yHabUVELQ0yWJNADoQMGswLJLjCYL2ShEI5Q/s200/Wow%2521.png" /></a>It was recently brought to my attention that the "Wow!" title animation in Windows Movie Maker will randomly choose the angle of the words. After a bit of snooping, I discovered there is a parameter to control this angle. As a result I decided to create this pack of Wow! Title variations so you can decide the angle (even upside down!)<br /><br/>
<i><b>Note: </b>These titles will work in WMM 2.1 (XP) and <a href="http://goo.gl/B1eRC">WMM 6.0</a> (Vista/Win7). I've provided XML for both versions in the installers.</i><br />
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Here's a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LJ9ZN6cYXU&list=UUYNyIJd1MvkA3qqHNpnDK7g">sample video</a> to help you visualize the titles.<br /><br/>
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.<br />
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<a href="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/BlaineWowTitles-32.msi">Blaine's Wow Titles (32-bit)</a><br />
<a href="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/BlaineWowTitles-64.msi">Blaine's Wow Titles (64-bit)</a></blockquote>
There are 4 different variations, but feel free to examine to XML to make your own variants.
To use one of the new titles:<br />
Go to 'Tools' > 'Titles and Credits' > 'Title <b>on</b> the selected clip'.<br />
Type your text in the first box.<br />
Click on 'change the title animation'.<br />
Under your list of one line titles, pick the desired variant:<br />
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<li>Wow! Tilt Up</li>
<li>Wow! Tilt Down</li>
<li>Wow! Straight</li>
<li>Wow! Upside-down</li>
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As with other titles, you can change the font, background color and other styling attributes. Finally, click 'Done'.<br />
Adjust the title duration by shrinking/stretching the rectangle on the Title Overlay track.Blainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19826224.post-82878842442830172872012-05-02T15:23:00.000-07:002015-03-01T08:57:29.222-08:00How to fix error 80004003 in Windows Live Movie Maker<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Error 80004003</td></tr>
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A number of people have been reporting corruption issues (error 80004003) when trying to reopen a Windows Live Movie Maker project. It happens after a person has made changes to a WLMM project then he/she tries to reopen the project. WLMM displays an error (80004003) saying that it is unable to open the file.<br/><br/>
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Sorry, Movie Maker can't open this project file. The file might not be compatible with Windows Live Movie Maker or be corrupted.</blockquote>
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If you are willing to wait, <a href="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-ZA/windows-live/movie-maker-fix-project-file">Microsoft will fix a corrupted file for you</a> and if you aren't very technically savvy, that's what I would suggest. Completely follow the instructions at that link, especially the last step where you submit a <i><b>private</b></i> request for support on this issue. If you don't receive any follow-up, post a question in the <a href="http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windowslive/forum/moviemaker?tab=Threads">Microsoft Community Forums for Movie Maker</a>.<br />
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This post is for anyone that wants to know what is happening behind the scenes, or that wants to try to fix the problem on their own. It requires some PC knowledge.<br />
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The first step is to make a copy of the file so you aren't working with the original. You do this by copying the file in Windows Explorer then pasting it back into the same folder with a new name. You'll want to use the copy, not the original. Right-click on the copy of the project file and choose 'Open With' and pick the Notepad application. The file is text in the form of XML tags. It's just a hierarchical mark-up similar to HTML.<br />
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Scroll to the bottom of the file to find a <BoundPlaceHolders> section. It says that the "Text" section has an extentID of 4. Looking just above that you should see a section that starts with <ExtentSelector ExtentID="4" which lists all the added titles and captions by number. Make a note of all these because you'll need them later. You might want to select and print just this section, or paste that list into another window so you can refer back to it.<br />
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Now search further up for each section starting with <TitleClip. Ignore any sections that have a complete section between the <Effects> and </Effects> tags. Eventually you'll hit a few that just have <Effects/> (an empty Effects section).<br />
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Check if that ExtentID is in the list of ExtentIDs in the Text section from before (the ones you made a note of). If it isn't you can ignore this, but if you find that it has an empty Effects section *and* it is listed in that block of text ExtentIDs, that's a problem.<br />
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The quickest fix is to then go to the ExtentIDs section and remove that problem ExtentID. It will remove that one problem caption and that will usually fix it, so you might be able to stop here. However, you should check all <TitleClip sections to be sure. After removing any problem ExtentIDs, you can save the file.<br />
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You should now be able to open the project in Movie Maker just like before. You may need to recheck your captions and add back any that were removed, but at least you won't have a completely corrupted project.<br />
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As a final step, I'd recommend <a href="http://download.live.com/">downloading the latest version of Movie Maker</a> to avoid corruption in the future. That won't fix broken projects, but at least it will stop you from having this problem going forward.<br/>
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It's really not all that magical and can be done easily, if you are careful and only work in a copy.<br/><br/>
<I><b>Edit: </b>Since posting this, I've seen other corruptions unrelated to the captions. The newest corruption will still let you open the project, but you'll see nothing in the storyboard project area. Whenever I have encountered this, the cause was a VideoClip that had a start point (inTime) <b>after</b> the ending point (outTime). To fix this, you have to find the duration of the media item at the top and use that in place of the outTime for any clips that are set incorrectly. Again, always work in a copy, not the original.</I>Blainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.com136tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19826224.post-23043682357997056072012-04-16T00:47:00.001-07:002016-11-18T09:18:30.852-08:00Blaine's Custom Transition Pack 4 (Twists)<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qn3et8fVCVA&list=UUYNyIJd1MvkA3qqHNpnDK7g"><img alt="Blaine's Transition Pack 4" border="0" src="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/BlaineTransPack4_thumb.png" style="cursor: hand; float: right; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a>I've been meaning to release another transition pack for awhile now. If you watch the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qn3et8fVCVA&list=UUYNyIJd1MvkA3qqHNpnDK7g">Transition Pack 4 - Sample Video</a> you'll see they are a series of cool twist transitions.<br />
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These transitions require the use of <a href="http://www.rehanfx.org/shader.htm">Rehan's ShaderTFX</a> add-on. If you've never installed this before, follow the directions on his website and test they work first. If you've already installed a copy of ShaderTFX (registered or unregistered), you can skip these steps. <br/><br/>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.<br />
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<b>Windows Movie Maker 6.0:</b><br />
<a href="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/BlaineTransPack4-64.msi">Blaine's Transition Pack 4 (64-bit) Installer</a><br />
<a href="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/BlaineTransPack4-32.msi">Blaine's Transition Pack 4 (32-bit) Installer</a></blockquote><br />
After restarting Windows Movie Maker, you should have 28 new <b>Twist</b> transitions with corresponding icons. There are 4 twist directions and 7 different background colors.<br /><br />
*Note: These transitions require the architecture of WMM 6.0 and can't be made to work on the earlier WMM 2.6 or the later WLMM. For anyone that wants to customize the background color, check the .xml.Blainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19826224.post-15613609952951392542012-04-04T06:51:00.003-07:002016-11-18T09:18:31.318-08:00Blaine's Paint Splat Titles<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an9bZvnSuRs&list=UUYNyIJd1MvkA3qqHNpnDK7g"><img alt="Preview Paint Splat Titles" border="0" src="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/paintsplatthumb.png" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px;" /></a>I had a request in the forums for titles on top of paint splats. Here's a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an9bZvnSuRs&list=UUYNyIJd1MvkA3qqHNpnDK7g">sample video</a> to help you visualize the titles.<br />
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<i><b>Note: </b>These titles will work in WMM 2.1 (XP) and <a href="http://goo.gl/B1eRC">WMM 6.0</a> (Vista/Win7). I've provided XML for both versions in the installers.</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.<br />
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<a href="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/BlainePaintSplatTitles-32.msi">Blaine's Paint Splat Titles (32-bit)</a><br />
<a href="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/BlainePaintSplatTitles-64.msi">Blaine's Paint Splat Titles (64-bit)</a></blockquote>
<b>There are 4 different colored paint splats.</b>
To use one of the new titles:<br />
Go to 'Tools' > 'Titles and Credits' > 'Title <b>on</b> the selected clip'.<br />
Type your text in the first box.<br />
Click on 'change the title animation'.<br />
Under your list of one line titles, find the new animation in the desired color:<br />
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<li>Paint Splat (Blue)</li>
<li>Paint Splat (Green)</li>
<li>Paint Splat (Purple)</li>
<li>Paint Splat (Red)</li>
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As with other titles, you can change the font and other styling attributes. Finally, click 'Done'.<br />
Adjust the title duration by shrinking/stretching the rectangle on the Title Overlay track.Blainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19826224.post-8351573856701853422012-01-21T14:40:00.000-08:002012-06-23T07:40:45.897-07:00Blaine's Video with Scrolling Text<iframe width="480" height="270" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/oJDAjPWm6o0?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowFullScreen=""></iframe><br />
In response to a query on the <a href="
http://windowsmoviemakers.net/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=250413#250503
">Windows Movie Makers forums</a>, I created this custom title animation. It shrinks the current video and shows it on the left. You can then type a lot of text (credits, notes, disclaimers, copyrights, etc.) and have it scroll by on the right.<br />
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For instructions on how to add this custom title and use it in <a href="http://goo.gl/B1eRC">Windows Movie Maker 6.0</a>, please check the <a href="
http://windowsmoviemakers.net/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=250413#250503
">WMM forums</a>. Please post there if you have further questions.Blainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.com9tag: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;">
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bM5xGtWYCY&list=UUYNyIJd1MvkA3qqHNpnDK7g" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Blaine's TV Signal Effects" border="0" height="120" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigC8cuol-g13zBA3OyPTNQUIz4MXEmBpFXzD1gBETtABn6zvRUVrly6FR-iCANaRRQ5RsLV8Xnki5oB2ZzxfpI0hh2x-jWSLV9O2pzKw36LDa1a2n9yyjDJk1ZCt4Lwp-yFJPbhw/s200/TVSignal.jpg" width="160" /></a></div>
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-27506737007753482632011-12-12T09:59:00.001-08:002016-11-18T09:18:33.214-08:00Blaine's Custom Transition Pack 3 (Paper Fold)<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmC2cBsr0QA&list=UUYNyIJd1MvkA3qqHNpnDK7g"><img alt="Blaine's Transition Pack 3" border="0" src="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/BlaineTransPack3_thumb.png" style="cursor: hand; float: right; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a>Before the end of the year, I wanted to publish another set of transitions for Windows Movie Maker 6.0*. These are called "Paper Fold" transitions which will be obvious if you watch the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmC2cBsr0QA&list=UUYNyIJd1MvkA3qqHNpnDK7g">Transition Pack 3 - Sample Video</a>.<br />
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These transitions require the use of <a href="http://www.rehanfx.org/shader.htm">Rehan's ShaderTFX</a> add-on. If you've never installed this before, follow the directions on his website and test they work first. If you've already installed a copy of ShaderTFX (registered or unregistered), you can skip these steps. <br/><br/>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.<br />
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<b>Windows Movie Maker 6.0:</b><br />
<a href="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/BlaineTransPack3-64.msi">Blaine's Transition Pack 3 (64-bit) Installer</a><br />
<a href="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/BlaineTransPack3-32.msi">Blaine's Transition Pack 3 (32-bit) Installer</a></blockquote><br />
After restarting Windows Movie Maker, you should have 7 new <b>Paper Fold</b> transitions with corresponding icons. They all look like the screen is being folded down the middle and then it opens up to the new clip. The only difference between the clips is the color background that appears. <br /><br />
*Note: These transitions require the architecture of WMM 6.0 and can't be made to work on versions 2.6 or earlier. For anyone that wants to customize the background color, check the .xml.Blainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.com6tag: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-91617391388063240812011-08-02T06:19:00.002-07:002016-11-18T09:18:34.937-08:00Blaine's Custom Transition Pack 2 (MultiSlide)<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1oldP2okOU&list=UUYNyIJd1MvkA3qqHNpnDK7g"><img alt="Blaine's Transition Pack 2" border="0" src="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/BlaineTransPack2_thumb.png" style="cursor: hand; float: right; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a>Time for another pack of transitions for Windows Movie Maker 6.0*. I call these "MultiSlide" transitions. Check out the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1oldP2okOU&list=UUYNyIJd1MvkA3qqHNpnDK7g">Transition Pack 2 - Sample Video</a> and you'll see why.<br />
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These transitions require the use of <a href="http://www.rehanfx.org/shader.htm">Rehan's ShaderTFX</a> add-on. If you've never installed this before, follow the directions on his website and test they work first. If you've already installed a copy of ShaderTFX (registered or unregistered), you can skip these steps. 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.<br />
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<b>Windows Movie Maker 6.0:</b><br />
<a href="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/BlaineTransPack2-64.msi">Blaine's Transition Pack 2 (64-bit) Installer</a><br />
<a href="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/BlaineTransPack2-32.msi">Blaine's Transition Pack 2 (32-bit) Installer</a></blockquote><br />
After restarting Windows Movie Maker, you should have 7 new transitions with corresponding icons:<br />
<li>MultiSlide (2 columns) - Each column slides in opposite directions</li><br />
<li>MultiSlide (2 rows) - Each row slides in opposite directions</li><br />
<li>MultiSlide (many columns) - Each column slides in opposite directions</li><br />
<li>MultiSlide (many rows) - Each row slides in opposite directions</li><br />
<li>MultiSlide (quad diagonal) - Each corner moves in a different diagonal direction</li><br />
<li>MultiSlide (quad orthogonal) - Each corner moves in a different compass direction</li><br />
<li>MultiSlide (weaving) - Lines and columns appear to weave in and out.</li><br />
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*Note: These transitions 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.Blainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19826224.post-27295372057722657322011-07-25T00:37:00.001-07:002016-11-18T09:18:35.530-08:00Alias (or Simpsons) Title for Windows Movie Maker<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSPK6yryaX0&list=UUYNyIJd1MvkA3qqHNpnDK7g"><img alt="Preview Alias Title" border="0" src="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/BlaineAliasTitle_thumb.png" style="cursor: hand; float: right; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px;" /></a>If you have ever watched the TV show <i>Alias</i> or <i>The Simpsons</i>, you've seen this title. It starts with a solid background and a title (such as the name of the location, or the words "The Simpsons"). Through that you can see the video, after a few seconds the words expand toward the screen and you can see the full video behind. Here's a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSPK6yryaX0&list=UUYNyIJd1MvkA3qqHNpnDK7g">sample video</a> to help you visualize it.<br />
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<i><b>Note: </b>This title will work in WMM 2.1 (XP) and <a href="http://goo.gl/B1eRC">WMM 6.0</a> (Vista/Win7). I've provided XML for both versions in the installers.</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.<br />
<blockquote><a href="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/BlaineAliasTitle-32.msi">Blaine's Alias Title (32-bit)</a><br />
<a href="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/BlaineAliasTitle-64.msi">Blaine's Alias Title (64-bit)</a></blockquote><b>To use the new title:</b><br />
Go to 'Tools' > 'Titles and Credits' > 'Title <b>on</b> the selected clip'.<br />
Type your text in the first box.<br />
Click on 'change the title animation'.<br />
Under your list of one line titles, find the new animation:<br />
<li>Alias Title</li><br />
As with other titles, you can change the font and other styling attributes. For the best results, pick a big, bold font like Arial Black. Note: the color you choose for the font will actually be the color of the background, since the video and text are reversed.<br />
Finally, click 'Done'.<br />
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A couple additional things you might want to do. If you want the title to take longer, stretch it to the right. I added the 'Fade In from White' effect to the video so that the text would start white.<br/>
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<i><b>Note: </b>The latest versions of Movie Maker do not allow customization, so this does require a classic version of Windows Movie Maker. If you are on Windows 7, you can install <a href="http://goo.gl/B1eRC">WMM 6.0</a>.</i>Blainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19826224.post-52551388648947233572011-06-19T16:34:00.001-07:002016-11-18T09:18:35.912-08:00Custom Camcorder Overlay Title for Windows Movie Maker<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UUYNyIJd1MvkA3qqHNpnDK7g&v=eQvlXxhqSwY"><img alt="Preview Camcorder Title Overlay" border="0" src="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/camcorderthumb.gif" style="cursor: hand; float: right; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px;" /></a>I thought it would be fun to create an <a href="http://movies.blainesville.com/search/label/overlay">overlay</a> that would look like you were recording through a camcorder. The overlay has a battery icon, a red recording symbol and the word 'REC' which flashes in the corner. As you can see from the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UUYNyIJd1MvkA3qqHNpnDK7g&v=eQvlXxhqSwY">sample video</a>, I've created widescreen (16:9) and fullscreen (4:3) versions.<br />
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<i><b>Note: </b>These titles will work in WMM 2.1 (XP) and WMM 6.0 (Vista). I've provided XML for both versions in the installers.</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.<br />
<blockquote><a href="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/BlaineCamcorderOverlay-32.msi">Blaine's Camcorder Overlay Title (32-bit)</a><br />
<a href="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/BlaineCamcorderOverlay-64.msi">Blaine's Camcorder Overlay Title (64-bit)</a></blockquote><b>To use the new title:</b><br />
Go to 'Tools' > 'Titles and Credits' > 'Title <b>on</b> the selected clip'.<br />
Click on 'change the title animation'.<br />
Under your list of one line titles should be two titles:<br />
<li>Camcorder Overlay (16:9)</li><br />
<li>Camcorder Overlay (4:3)</li><br />
Choose the one that matches your project, then click 'Done'.<br />
Stretch the title so that it extends for the length of your video.Blainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19826224.post-41207265155721438162011-05-26T03:40:00.001-07:002016-11-18T09:18:36.283-08:00Custom Flash Transitions for Windows Movie Maker 6.0<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UUYNyIJd1MvkA3qqHNpnDK7g&v=Gj3nlgINioI"><img style="float:right; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/BlaineFlash_thumb.gif" border="0" alt="Blaine's Flash Transitions" /></a>I had a request recently in the forums for a Flash transition that would rapidly flash between two clips. These transitions come with a choice of 3 different flash speeds (fast, medium and slow). <br />
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The transitions require the use of <a href="http://www.rehanfx.org/shader.htm">Rehan's ShaderTFX</a> add-on. If you've never installed this before, follow the directions on his website and test they work first. If you've already installed a copy of ShaderTFX (registered or unregistered), you can skip these steps.<br />
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For a preview of what the flash transition looks like, check out this <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UUYNyIJd1MvkA3qqHNpnDK7g&v=Gj3nlgINioI">Blaine's Flash Transitions in Action</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">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.<br />
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<b>Windows Movie Maker 6.0:</b><br />
<a href="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/BlaineFlash-64.msi">Blaine's Flash Transitions (64-bit) Installer</a><br />
<a href="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/BlaineFlash-32.msi">Blaine's Flash Transitions (32-bit) Installer</a></blockquote><br />
After restarting Windows Movie Maker, you should have 3 new transitions with corresponding icons:<br />
<li>Flash (Fast)</li><br />
<li>Flash (Medium)</li><br />
<li>Flash (Slow)</li>Blainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.com0tag: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-48488257638796139722011-01-01T11:42:00.001-08:002016-11-18T09:18:40.902-08:00Blaine's Custom Transitions Pack 1 Released (Windows Movie Maker 6.0 only)<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UUYNyIJd1MvkA3qqHNpnDK7g&v=9qOTRsVXvd4"><img style="float:right; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/BlaineTransPack1_thumb.png" border="0" alt="Blaine's Transition Pack 1" /></a>As a gift to you, I'm releasing a pack of new transitions for Windows Movie Maker 6.0*. These transitions require the use of <a href="http://www.rehanfx.org/shader.htm">Rehan's ShaderTFX</a> add-on. If you've never installed this before, follow the directions on his website and test they work first. If you've already installed a copy of ShaderTFX (registered or unregistered), you can skip these steps.<br />
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For a preview of what is included in the transition pack, check out this <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UUYNyIJd1MvkA3qqHNpnDK7g&v=9qOTRsVXvd4">Transition Pack 1 - Sample Video</a><br />
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For the new transitions pack, 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 />
<blockquote>Prerequisite: <a href="http://www.rehanfx.org/shader.htm">Rehan's ShaderTFX</a> add-on.<br />
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<b>Windows Movie Maker 6.0:</b><br />
<a href="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/BlaineTransPack1-64.msi">Blaine's Transition Pack 1 (64-bit) Installer</a><br />
<a href="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/BlaineTransPack1-32.msi">Blaine's Transition Pack 1 (32-bit) Installer</a></blockquote><br />
After restarting Windows Movie Maker, you should have 13 new transitions with corresponding icons:<br />
<li>Circle Stretch - The second clip appears in a circle and stretches out to replace the first clip.</li><br />
<li>Push Slide - These transitions push the existing clip out of the way. They can go in any of the 8 compass directions.</li><br />
<li>Wiggle In/Out - Either or both of the clips will transition in a wavy, wiggly pattern.</li><br />
<li>Zoom Blur - The first clip zooms toward the viewer and blurs to reveal the second clip.</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.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19826224.post-15686670943655842802010-12-12T18:58:00.001-08:002016-11-18T09:18:41.305-08:00Compositing and Translucency Transitions for Windows Movie Maker (Re-released)<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UUYNyIJd1MvkA3qqHNpnDK7g&v=B9dd2r4cHpA"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/BlaineBlends_thumb.png" border="0" alt="Blaine's Custom Blends" /></a>I'm rereleasing my Compositing and Translucency transitions. These new installers will work for either 32-bit or 64-bit versions of WMM 6.0 (Vista) as well as WMM 2.x under XP. The Vista versions require you to download <a href="http://www.rehanfx.org/shader.htm">Rehan's ShaderTFX</a> add-on; XP does not. Please follow the instructions for your specific version of Movie Maker.<br />
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Click here, for a sample video of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UUYNyIJd1MvkA3qqHNpnDK7g&v=B9dd2r4cHpA">Compositing and Translucency Transitions</a>.<blockquote><b>Windows Movie Maker 6.0 (64-bit):</b><br />
You must first install the latest <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=2DA43D38-DB71-4C1B-BC6A-9B6652CD92A3">Direct X Runtimes</a> and then <a href="http://www.rehanfx.org/shader.htm">Rehan's ShaderTFX (64-bit)</a>. You don't need a registered copy, just the trial will work. Verify that those new transitions are working as expected.<br />
Next, run the <a href="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/BlaineBlends64.msi">Blaine Blends (64-bit) Installer</a></blockquote><br />
<blockquote><b>Windows Movie Maker 6.0 (32-bit):</b><br />
The instructions are similar to the 64-bit version. You must first install the latest <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=2DA43D38-DB71-4C1B-BC6A-9B6652CD92A3">Direct X Runtimes</a> and then <a href="http://www.rehanfx.org/shader.htm">Rehan's ShaderTFX (32-bit)</a>. Verify that those new transitions are working as expected.<br />
Next, run the <a href="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/BlaineBlends32.msi">Blaine Blends (32-bit) Installer</a></blockquote><br />
<blockquote><b>Windows Movie Maker 2.x (XP):</b><br />
If you have Windows Movie Maker 2.x, ShaderTFX is not needed. Just run the <a href="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/Downloads/BlaineBlends32.msi">Blaine Blends (32-bit) Installer</a></blockquote><br />
After restarting Windows Movie Maker, you should have 12 new transitions with corresponding icons:<br />
<li>Compositing (A add B) - for best results, one clip should be on a black background. Things like explosions, flames, snow fall, raindrops, etc. work best.</li><br />
<li>Show A, Show B - these just show clip A or clip B respectively. These are useful when you want to cut away to another clip without affecting the overall timing of your main clip.</li><br />
<li>Translucency 10% through 90% - these blend the two clips so you can see both at the same time.</li>Blainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.com133tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19826224.post-6266882991189205002009-11-06T14:10:00.001-08:002016-11-18T09:18:41.731-08:00Windows Live Movie Maker – What changed in the new version, and why...<a href="http://windowslivewire.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!2F7EB29B42641D59!42882.entry"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 137px;" src="http://home.wavecable.com/~movieblog@astound.net/wlmm_thumb.gif" border="0" alt="Windows Live Movie Maker"/></a>On the Windows Live Team Blog, Cheryl White (a Program Manager for Windows Live Movie Maker), has detailed some of the new features in WLMM along with the rationale for changing the way things are done compared to Windows Movie Maker.<br />
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Take a look at <a href="http://windowslivewire.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!2F7EB29B42641D59!42882.entry">Windows Live Movie Maker – What changed in the new version, and why</a>. For the time being the post is open for your feedback. Should it later be closed to commenting, feel free to post your constructive thoughts here.Blainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.com14