![]() It could also not only capture video from DV cameras, but also from webcams and from analog video capture devices, thus allowing one to import VHS tapes into the program and such! But you still only had one video and audio track to work with, really limiting things. You could work with storyboard and timeline views, and it came with a decent text/title utility, 60 transitions (including the classic dissolve) and 28 video effects. With the Windows XP Service Pack 1 update in 2003, Windows Movie Maker was upgraded to version 2.0 (and then 2.1, with minimal difference), and got a redesigned interface and some new features. Look at that! You only got one video track and one audio track to work with, your only transition was a dissolve, you couldn't add titles or effects, you had reduced export options, and exporting the video was often in lousy quality. But back then, Windows Movie Maker was very different: ![]() It came with Windows XP when we installed it on the family Dell PC in late 2001. But to be fair, Windows Movie Maker WAS the first video-editing software I used when I first got into video production in my early teens. Windows Movie Maker wasn't the best video-editing software out there, and was initially just Microsoft trying to duplicate the success of Apple with iMovie. Microsoft's old video-editing program, Windows Movie Maker, is officially dead! Several are grieving it, but I say good riddance. Help Desk class about using computers for video production. ![]() OK, this happened way back in January, but since I am more Mac-oriented and don't really keep up with the latest Windows stuff (except for when I am working on the Windows 10 Boot Camp drive for my Mac Mini), I didn't find out until last week when doing research for my, er, research paper for my college's I.T.
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