“I took several videos from my Kodak digital camera. I want to put them to Windows Movie Maker and put them all together and edit them to show my best friend. I know how to import videos to WMM ,but these are not the right format, I guess and I need some help, how do I put videos from my Kodak camera into Windows Movie Maker?” someone asked from Yahoo answer.
Yes, up to now, the problem confused many people, known as easy-to-use and versatile video camera features, Kodak cameras(Kodak Zi6, Kodak Zi8, Kodak Easyshare, Kodak PlaySport, Kodak Zi10 PlayTouch and newly announced Kodak Playfull) gradually have gained their popularities, however, Kodak cameras exports MOV footage which can’t be recognized by Windows Movie Maker.
Windows Movie Maker is mainly working well with AVI, WMV video files, Any other file format like Kodak Mov video won’t be accepted by Windows Movie Maker, therefore, you need a professional tool for you who haven’t too much knowledge about codec and program, this is what Kodak video to Windows Movie Maker converter can do.
What can Kodak video to Widows Movie Maker converter do?
Kodak video to Windows Movie Maker converter is a comprehensive conversion tool designed for Kodak fans on Windows 2000/Windows XP/Windows Vista/Windows 7 that can convert Kodak Mov video to AVI,WMV in high conversion speed and HD quality ,and then import/edit Kodak video to Windows Movie Maker.
Kodak video to Windows Movie Maker converter supports converting multiple videos and audios in batches to save your precious time. You may free to adjust video resolution, frame rate, bitrate, encoder, audio channel, encoder, sample rate, bitrate and aspect ratio (full screen, 4:3 and 16:9) to get a better vision.
In Addition, Kodak video to Windows Movie Maker converter empowers you to convert Kodak video to all popular formats such as MPG, MP4, FLV, SWF, RM, RMVB, DV, H.264, 3GP and HD videos so that you can enjoy Kodak videos on portable devices, iPod, iPhone, PSP, Creative Zen, Zune, iPad, BlackBerry, iRiver, Apple TV and various Mobile Phones.
Related tips: Kodak zi8 to windows Movie Maker, Kodak Easyshare video to Windows Movie Maker, Kodak Playsport video to Windows Movie Maker, Kodak PlayTouch video to Windows Movie Maker
Part one: How to import/convert/edit Kodak HD video to Windows Movie Maker?
Step1: Download and install Kodak video to Windows Movie Maker converter.
The Kodak video to Windows Movie Maker converter software is guaranteed clean without virus, download and run a test, the main interface is as follows:
Step2: import Kodak video
Open the captured Kodak video files from your hard disk, and Click “Add” button to load video to Kodak video to Windows Movie Maker Converter, you can load one or more Kodak video files or the whole video folder in the info list at one time. of course, you are allowed to merge several Kodak video into a signal one before converting, and then in batches to convert Kodak video.
Step3: Set output format and path
Click the drop drown menu next to the “Profile” field, select avi/wmv format for Windows Movie Maker.
Click the drop drown menu next to the “Output” field, chose the folder to save the converted Kodak video.
Step4: Kodak video editing
Click “Edit” button to carry out corresponding editing .
Crop: adjust the aspect ratio from the Zoom list, such as 16:9,4:3, Full screen, and remove the unwanted area like black side.
Effect: customize the parameters to get the best video by setting brightness, Contrast and Saturation, and apply special effects for your video, you can chose any of them like Old film, Emboss, and Gray.
Trim: specify the length of the video you want to transform.
Step5:Convert Kodak video to Windows Movie Maker
Start to convert Kodak videos to Windows Movie Maker, after conversion, open the folder you have saved and import the converted Kodak video to Windows Movie Maker
Part two: Edit Kodak video with Windows Movie Maker
Here’s the magic of the Windows Movie Maker. You’ll enjoy making your movie, and you’ll finally be making that movie that you’ve wanted to make forever!
Step1:Open your file or movie, Then click “Import video”; it will take a few moments to import, depending on the file size and how long that clip is.
Step2: Click and drag the different sets of clips you’ve shot down to the Storyboard, which is located at the bottom of the window.
Step3: Add video effects. Click “Video Effects” on the left side of the window. Drag what effect you want and put it the star in the corner of the Clip.
Step4: Add transitions. Select the “View Video Transitions” from the left panel. Drag them down to the “Storyboard”, but put them in the middle box. You can view the transitions by clicking on them and watching them on the screen to the left.
Step5: Add music or cut short the clips by clicking the “Timeline” also at the bottom of the screen.
Step6: When you want to cut some time from the Clip, click the half triangle at the side of the clip, and then you can move how long you want the scene.
Step7: Mute the camera if you’re going to make a music video; you don’t want anyone to hear that part, just the music. Then, go to “Import Audio or Music” select a song. Then drag it down to the “TimeLine” You can also cut time or make a short sound from clicking the triangle and dragging to make it as long as you want, you can have just one word, chorus or just the whole song.
Step8: Add title or credits by clicking on the appropriate link on the left panel. To add credits, there is a big empty bar on the form; you should put either the title of the movie, or credits. The left side of the form should go positions, like Director, or Producer, or the character. Then, the right side, will be the names of the people that play or direct in their position.
Step9: Click the view “timeline” and you should see the time line with the song, the title, the clips, and the effects and transitions. Then, you can view the movie that you have created by pressing play on the left panel with the screen.
Step10: If you are satisfied, click “Save to my computer” or if you have a CD/DVD you could also save it to that, and it should again, take a few moments to save, then you are done with your movie.
