Windows Movie Maker 2: Zero to Hero

Cash'n'Carrion You've seen the promises in the advertising: Microsoft's free Movie Maker 2 will make it simple to capture, edit and share your home movies. We agree, but how do you know where to start, or where you're going?

Windows Movie Maker 2 Zero to Hero shows you how to produce professional looking films, with effects and transitions like those you see on TV, and how to show them off. Send them by email, post them to websites, copy them to a CD, or make your own DVD. With a Zero to Hero book you can choose how you learn - work through the book from start to finish, or dive straight in to the inspirational 'hero' chapters and refer back when you need. Then later, the book is easily used as a reference tool.

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