Publishing a Movie

After you preview the final project using the monitor, you can publish the project file as a movie file. Using the Publish Wizard, you can publish the movie file to your computer or a recordable CD, send it as an attachment in an e-mail message, or save and send it to the web. If you have a digital video camera connected to your computer, you can also record your movie to a tape. After you save the movie in the .wmv format, you can play it in a media player, such as Windows Media Player, or in a web browser. If you want to create a DVD, Movie Maker connects you with Windows DVD Maker (New!) and imports your movie where you can customize it, and burn the movie to a DVD.

Publish a Movie to Your Computer or Recordable CD

Click the Tasks button, if necessary.

In the Task pane, click This computer or Recordable CD.

Type a file name for the movie.

Select a save location or insert a recordable CD.

Click Next to continue.

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Click the movie quality option you want: Best quality, Compress, or More settings.

Click Publish.

Wait while Movie Maker saves the movie file.

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Click Finish.

Did You Know? You can save a movie to a digital video camera. Turn on your digital camera, and connect it to your computer. In Movie Maker, click the Tasks button, click Digital video camera in the Tasks pane, select your digital camera, click Next, use your video camera controls to cue the tape, click Next, click Yes, and then click Finish.

Publish a Movie to a DVD with Windows DVD Maker

Insert a blank DVD into your DVD-R or DVD-RW drive.

In Movie Maker, click the Tasks button if necessary, click DVD, and then click OK to burn your movie to a DVD.

Click the Add items button, locate and select the media you want to insert, and then click Import.

Select a media item, and then click the Move up or Move down button to arrange the media on the DVD.

Click DVD Burner list arrow, and then select a DVD burner.

To set options, click the Options button, specify the options you want, and then click OK.

Type a disc title, and then click Next to continue.

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Click the Menu text button, specify the text you want, and then click Change Text.

Click a menu style in the right pane.

Click Burn.

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Click the File menu, click Save, specify a location and name, and then click Save.

Did You Know? You can send a movie in e-mail. Click the Tasks button, if necessary, click E-mail in the Tasks pane, click Attach Movie to open a new e-mail message with the attached movie file, type an address and message, and then click Send.