Windows Movie Maker Review

A product by Microsoft

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Overview

This application is offered for free for Windows users, Windows Movie Maker being included in Windows Live Essential package. So, if you do not have it, install this package from Microsoft.

Windows Movie Maker support drag and drop and has a basic timeline. It is designed for quick editing operations and not for professional or commercial production because has a limited set of templates and options.

You can add videos and photos, webcam video, record microphone over video, add titles, captions, effects, credits, animations, visual effects. You can split, trim, change the speed, change the start and end points of a video.

It allows to burn the video to DVD or save it to different formats suitable for Youtube, Vimeo, Facebook etc.

Editing Features
8.50/10

One of the best free programs for video editing.

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9.50

8.50

* Windows Movie Maker in not included in the above chart because is weaker than these competitors

Ease of Use
7/10

It is very is to use, if we compare it with other similar tools.

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Windows Movie Maker

9.75

9.50

7.25

6.75

Pro

intuitive interface

Cons

basic timeline

Conclusion
7.83/10

For a free program, this tool can be used to produce nice videos , but without the quality of a professional one because does not include such effects and themes.