Movie Maker, the free video editing tool for Windows, is designed to appeal to beginner audiences. First of all by its simplicity of use, as much by its easy navigation as by its basic functionalities. But also by its playful dimension, through the video effects and transitions available. The development of the Windows Essentials 2012 suite having ceased since the beginning of 2017, it is still possible to download Movie Maker here! Free video editing software from Microsoft
Windows Movie Maker is the free video editing software published by Microsoft and integrated in Windows Me editions to Windows 8. However, Microsoft has stopped developing the Windows Essentials 2012 suite since January 10, 2017. Clubic.com offers the latest version for download. version of this suite with Movie Maker
Its editing functions:
In addition to WMV, Microsoft's proprietary format, Movie Maker can import a large number of formats: AVI, MOV, QT, MPEG4, ASF, MTS, MKV, MP3, JPEG, PNG, GIF, etc. It has a clear interface, consisting of a tab bar, a video player as a preview and a summary editing table.
The timeline consists of a single video/photo track, which can be overlaid with an additional audio track and audio or narration to be recorded directly from your microphone. Movie Maker also lets you capture video directly from your webcam. The imported sequences can thus be moved, fragmented, copied or deleted very easily thanks to the dedicated tools.
User can add blank footage with text or directly insert caption into the videos. The software is based on a large gallery of introductions and stylized transitions, zooms, movements and visual effects that will embellish the video montages.
We regret the reduced number of parameters for each of them. The sound options are also quite poor: volume, fade and speed. This simplified approach is even more troublesome when it comes to exporting. No question here of choosing a codec or even a format but rather a type of use (reading on computer, DVD, etc.), a type of support (iPhone, Windows Phone, Android mobile, etc.), or a platform (OneDrive, Facebook, Youtube, etc). H.264 is imposed anyway.
The latest news:
Note that the version for Windows 8 has some new features, including a stabilizer, an automatic photo collage mode and a better thought out subtitle overlay.