WINDOWS MOVIE MAKER

ADRIANO A. DIAZ JR.

Teacher, Computer for Grade 8
WINDOWS MOVIE
MAKER - VERSION 1.0
Year of release: 2000

Operating System:
Windows Me

Initial release of the

Windows Movie Maker that
comes with very basic and
standard features for
editing videos. It will only
save videos in the ASF file
format.
WINDOWS MOVIE
MAKER - VERSION 1.1
Year of release: 2001

Operating System:
Windows XP

Details: Ability to create

DV, AVI and WMV files on
top of the existing list of
supported output file
formats.
WINDOWS MOVIE
MAKER - VERSION 2.0
Year of release: 2002

Operating System:
Windows XP

Details: Added a few

extra features apart from
a redesigned of user
interface and some of the
navigation buttons.
WINDOWS MOVIE
MAKER - VERSION 2.1
Year of release: 2004

Operating System:
Windows XP SP2

Details: Some minor

updates on the
patches and fixes as
well as better
compatibility with
other programs.
WINDOWS MOVIE
MAKER - VERSION 2.5
Year of release: 2004

Operating System:
Windows XP Media Center
Edition 2005

Details: There are more

variety of built-in
transitions and effects,
apart from the introduction
of DVD burning/creation
capability.
WINDOWS MOVIE
MAKER - VERSION 2.6
Year of release: 2006

Operating System: Windows

Vista (also works with
Windows 7)

Details: An updated version of

Windows Movie Maker
(similar to features offered in
version 2.1, but without the
ability to capture video) for
the older Windows system.
WINDOWS MOVIE
MAKER - VERSION 6.0
Year of release: 2007

Operating System:
Windows Vista

Details: Comes with the

new or additional effects
and transitions as well as
support for the DVR-MS
file format.
WINDOWS MOVIE
MAKER - VERSION
14.0
Year of release: 2008

Operating System: Windows

Vista and Windows 7

Details: Renamed as the

Windows Live Movie Maker
2009 with a major redesign
on the interface and certain
features (i.e. exporting videos
onto YouTube), together with
the support for additional file
formats such as QT, avchd and
MPEG4.
WINDOWS MOVIE
MAKER - VERSION
15.4
Year of release: 2011

Operating System: Windows

7, Server 2008 R2 and
Windows XP SP2

Details: Added extra features

such as direct recording using
a webcam, HD video support,
direct uploads onto OneDrive,
sharing and publishing onto
Facebook, and also other
social media platforms.
WINDOWS MOVIE
MAKER - VERSION
16.4
Year of release: 2012

Operating System: Windows 7,

Windows 8 and Server 2008 R2

Details: More flexibility in terms

of importing files from devices
as well as output for playback
with specific type of devices,
sharing on various social media
platforms (i.e. Vimeo), free
music resources, editing features
and built-in themes.
Is Windows Movie Maker Worthy?

•It is free.
•It is easy.
•It is a perfect tool for photo slideshows
•It offers several special effects.
•It supports various OS.
Disadvantage of

•It is crash-prone.
• It has no unlimited video or audio
tracks.
• It does not offer all the amount of
editing tools that it could.
•JPEG - Joint Photographic Experts Group