Windows Movie Maker is no longer updated and supported by Microsoft. Last version, included in Windows Essentials 2012, can be still downloaded from MajorGeeks. It is fully functional under Windows 10 too.
Windows Movie Maker makes home movies amazingly fun. With Movie Maker, you can create, edit, and share your home movies right on your computer. Build your movie with a few simple drag-and-drops. Delete bad shots and include only the best scenes. Then share your movie via the Web, e-mail, or CD. Using third-party software you can even take movies youve made and turn them into DVDs. You can also save your movie back to the video tape in your camera to play back on a TV or on the camera itself.
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OAKside
Comment • over 5 years ago • 7 users agree • 0 replies
I wish Microsoft would continue development of Movie Maker for Windows 10 and beyond. There are a serious lack of quality, easy-to-use video editing alternatives, most are super simplified (dumbed-down) and stripped of features (Movie Moments must be a terrible joke). Or AviSynth -based GUI's which require too much time to learn for many people, especially for more complicated effects. Movie Maker was a great balance of features and ease of use. It's a shame it has not been updated in years.
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phillipsalf
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• Positive comment • almost 3 years ago • 4 users agree • 0 replies
Classic Movie Maker was simple and easy to use. One thing it did that NO other software I've tried was to SIMPLY import an image sequence and then export as a movie at a frame rate of your choice. Brilliant for stopmotion.
Even the paid-for-apps can't do this simple task. Or if they can - you need to watch a series of tutorials, learn a whole lot of processes and even then, it's hit and miss. Just go and try changing frame rate in Photoshop and see what happens - or better still, surf the Adobe forums for animators struggling to output their animations.
Finally, Moviemaker also did what others can't - allow you to have different frame rates within the same timeline. So if one piece of your work needed to be at a different frame rate - you just selected those frames and changed the speed. All so simple you could do this yourself after 5 minutes play.
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RemovedUser
Comment • about 6 years ago • 2 users agree • 3 replies
Windows Movie Maker was included in Windows XP. But Windows 7 lacks it for some reason and we're forced in download Windows LIVE Movie Maker which is completely different and worse IMO. Luckily, it's still possible to download the classic Movie Maker: (download from Microsoft Download Center)
(officially it's for Vista, but it also works on newer Windows)
phillipsalf
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RemovedUser
Yup, Microsoft removed it. But it's still possible to find it by googling "Windows Movie Maker 2.6".
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phillipsalf
Thanks!
After several hours and lots of frustration on Sunday I used MonkeyJam which can do the basic job I needed which was to make a movie from a series of stopmotion stills - and try different frame rates to get the best result. I'll have a look at MovieMaker 2.6 though.
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Thelle
Comment • almost 9 years ago • 1 users agree • 0 replies
The windows movie maker is good for small and simple home videos.. It is easy to use and have some nice basic features, but it can only export to Windows Media Video (wmv-files) which is quite annoying.
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7Are5ster
Comment • over 3 years ago • 1 users agree • 0 replies
A good video editor that can run on low spec PC's.
Windows Movie Maker was added to AlternativeTo by Mogelfar on Feb 28, 2009 and this page was last updated Sep 16, 2019. Windows Movie Maker is sometimes referred to as Windows Live Movie Maker, Movie Maker.
I wish Microsoft would continue development of Movie Maker for Windows 10 and beyond. There are a serious lack of quality, easy-to-use video editing alternatives, most are super simplified (dumbed-down) and stripped of features (Movie Moments must be a terrible joke). Or AviSynth -based GUI's which require too much time to learn for many people, especially for more complicated effects. Movie Maker was a great balance of features and ease of use. It's a shame it has not been updated in years.
Classic Movie Maker was simple and easy to use. One thing it did that NO other software I've tried was to SIMPLY import an image sequence and then export as a movie at a frame rate of your choice.
Brilliant for stopmotion.
Even the paid-for-apps can't do this simple task. Or if they can - you need to watch a series of tutorials, learn a whole lot of processes and even then, it's hit and miss. Just go and try changing frame rate in Photoshop and see what happens - or better still, surf the Adobe forums for animators struggling to output their animations.
Finally, Moviemaker also did what others can't - allow you to have different frame rates within the same timeline. So if one piece of your work needed to be at a different frame rate - you just selected those frames and changed the speed. All so simple you could do this yourself after 5 minutes play.
Windows Movie Maker was included in Windows XP. But Windows 7 lacks it for some reason and we're forced in download Windows LIVE Movie Maker which is completely different and worse IMO. Luckily, it's still possible to download the classic Movie Maker: (download from Microsoft Download Center)
(officially it's for Vista, but it also works on newer Windows)
No longer available
Reply written almost 3 years ago
Yup, Microsoft removed it. But it's still possible to find it by googling "Windows Movie Maker 2.6".
Reply written almost 3 years ago
Thanks!
After several hours and lots of frustration on Sunday I used MonkeyJam which can do the basic job I needed which was to make a movie from a series of stopmotion stills - and try different frame rates to get the best result. I'll have a look at MovieMaker 2.6 though.
Reply written almost 3 years ago
The windows movie maker is good for small and simple home videos.. It is easy to use and have some nice basic features, but it can only export to Windows Media Video (wmv-files) which is quite annoying.
A good video editor that can run on low spec PC's.