Chapter 14. Working with Automovie

As much as we like to think that video is about storytelling, sometimes there just isn't a story to tell. Maybe it's a day at the beach that's loaded with fun shots but no real story. How do you edit this into something watchable? Consider creating a music video with AutoMovie.

AutoMovie is a feature of Movie Maker that creates movies automatically. You select the clips to convert into a movie and, if desired, a background music track. Movie Maker analyzes the clip and background music, cuts the most relevant footage into scenes between four and six seconds long, inserts transitions and special effects, and synchronizes the clips to the background music, inserting the result on the Timeline for rendering or ...

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