Features

Being part of the Windows Live Essentials suite, Windows Live Movie Maker has to be installed through the Essentials package installer. Also, bear in mind that this version only works in Windows Vista and Windows 7.

Usability

Windows Live Movie Maker is dead easy to use. All you have to do is import the photos and videos you want to use, select the background music and add some titles and end credits if you want. The program displays extra buttons on the title bar that gives you access to configuration settings for video, music and text respectively. As regards effects, you also have plenty to choose from: transition effects, animations, zoom and pan, and also visual effects that will spice up your images.

Quality

When your video is finished, you can save it in different formats and sizes, depending on where you plan to use it on: computer, high-definition TV screen, mobile device, instant messaging client, etc. Windows Live Movie Maker also includes the option to upload it directly to YouTube, Facebook, SkyDrive and Flickr. The only drawback is that Windows Live Movie Maker saves videos to one single format: WMV.

Conclusion

With Windows Live Movie Maker you'll be able to create nice compositions with your favorite photos and videos, and share them with anyone.

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Every time you celebrate a family meal or hang out with friends you take a hundred photos, but how do you share them afterwards? E-mail? ZIP file? Online gallery? Forget about those boring options and try a far more creative way to share photos and videos: Muvee Reveal

With Muvee Reveal you can create an eye-catching presentation with your favorite photos and videos, adding captions, transition effects, background music and even a voiceover. And all of this without requiring advanced technical skills or having to go through a lengthy learning process.

That's precisely the most outstanding characteristic in Muvee Reveal: it's dead easy to use. The program features a sleek, intuitive interface divided into four main areas: one to add photos and videos, one to select the presentation style, another one to add music and the last one to preview the result. That's all.

Muvee Reveal works with all major media formats and includes some basic editing tools to fix and optimize photos. The program adjusts photo length and background music automatically, so that it fits perfectly, and also lets you add custom titles and end credits.

When your presentation is finished, you can choose to publish it online, burn it to a DVD or save it into different formats, depending on the device you plan to use to watch the video. The only drawback to Muvee Reveal, if any, is that presentation styles don't have many options to tweak, and that the program in general is aimed at novice users - which can make it a bit too simple for a more tech-savvy audience.

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The interface in CyberLink PowerDirector Ultra is divided into four main tabs (Capture, Edit, Produce and Create Disc), all of them pretty self-explanatory. As for the Edit part in CyberLink PowerDirector – the most complex one – it features the standard design in video editing tools, with a library window to browse your media collection, a timeline to drag and drop elements and a preview window to check what your creation looks like when you put all the elements together.

CyberLink PowerDirector Ultra includes all the necessary tools for the whole creative process, from assisting you in with the very first step (capturing video from several different sources) to adding the final touches to your creation, such as a totally customizable DVD-style menu.

When you're done, CyberLink PowerDirector Ultra lets you save your video on your hard drive in different formats, publish it to YouTube straight away, share it on Facebook or output it to a camcorder.

Most recently, CyberLink PowerDirector has been updated to include ways to share your creations via DirectorZone and 3D editing tools to create stunning 3D movies.

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1 Powerful and cool dynamic Flash effect makes your album more vivid. 2. Rich built-in templates greatly simplify your making process. 3. Clean and Clear user interface make the this album maker more easy to use.

Photopixar allows you to make photo albums in steps. Create a stunning album with rich built-in resources. Personalize it by adding various cool effect, text, backgrounds and music. Share photo album with your friends via email and Facebook.

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5. Design professional DVD Title and Chapter Menu, customize anything on DVD menu. 6. Set DVD Playback method, include: Start playback from the DVD Menu, Start playback from DVD Title, Play all titles in a continuous loop, Play all titles then back to DVD Menu, Play selected title in a continuous loop, Play selected title then back to DVD Menu, Stop after all titles playback finished. 7. Put DVD subtitle files on videos/movies. 8. Make/burn Divx/Xvid DVD. 9. Convert any formats video/movie files or piture/photo files to VOB, MPEG-1/2, Divx, Xvid, AVI files. 10. Auto Compress the large/long videos/movies or multiple videos/movies to fit/burn onto one DVD. 11. Built-in the high compatibility DVD Burner.

Provides a Step by step slideshow making wizard. Built-in powerful dvd menu editor, easy to design Dynamic DVD Title and Chapter Menu(main menu and sub menu), customize anything on DVD menu. Auto Compress the large/long videos/movies to fit/burn onto one DVD. can set DVD Playback method. Provides hundreds of 2D/3D transitions/motions.

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Compile your photos from weddings, parties and other great events in your personal photo album. The software offers animations like baloons, sound and annotations.

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For this user-friendly software there is no previous programming knowledge required in order to generate impressing photo albums. Technical features of TurboDemo Album: - Create your photo album in FLASH (*.

SWF). - Personalize description for each picture. - Export Foto-Album as EXE-data. - Support of various image formats (BMP, JPG, JPEG, GIF) - Various transition effects available.

- Choose your individual background music for the album or record your voice - Rotate pictures in 90, 180, as well as 270 degrees. - Play back Foto-Album in your own internal player.

- Send photo album quick and easy per email. - Add a navigation bar to your photo album - Information and Filing from Album creator. - Restrict running time of Foto Album.

- Slide size can be manually or automatically made to fit. - Autorepeat of the Foto-Album Available languages for TurboDemo: - German - English.

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2. Make special DVD giftsBurn DVD by using your footages that you've taken by camcorders even from HD camcorder, or photos from family events or your vacations.

3. Backup Downloaded Videos to DVDsBurn downloaded videos and movies to DVDs and release space from your hard drives and save space for computer or laptop.

Part 2: Wide range of DVD disk support1. Various DVD disk SupportDVD5, DVD9; DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD+R DL, DVD-R DL, DVD-RAM2. Video to DVD Folder, ISO or dvd mediaConvert and backup media files to DVD Folder, dvd media or ISO so that you can play them like a real DVD or save for later burning.

Part 3: Magic DVD Editor1. Diversified Animated DVD Menu TemplatesRich varity of stylish free DVD menu templates helps you save time and avoid trouble of selecting.

2. a Cool Slideshow MakerEasily build a cool slideshow and burn a disc with your photos either were taken from vacation or from family events and share happiness with family and friends.

3. High CustomizationCustomize background, menu template and slideshow transition effect. Add your favorite background music and set the frame, button and text of DVD movie at your own will.

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With Auora Website you get 4 Flash website templates with 3 themes each, that is 12 different styles! plus you get an easy-to-use software where you can change background and wipe colors, change the music or record a voice over, replace images with your own or use the special screen capture feature.

Change main text font, color, size and much more. Easily create PayPal e-commerce links and be selling your products online in minutes. It is as simple as point and click.

Create and manage multiple projects. No programming knowledge required. You can also use the Theme Editor to change the look-and-feel of the templates to suite your needs.

Templates are used as websites but they can also be used as online electronic brochures, e-commercials, presentations, newsletters, resumes, photo albums, the list goes on.

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With WizardAlbum, you can quickly and easily produce professional-looking wedding photo slideshow Even if you know nothing about art. WizardAlbum can export AVI, VCD, DVD, TV, phone call, Ipod, Computer's Album files very simple.

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Just show off your precious memories anywhere! The features are followed: 1. Support virtually almost all photo/video and audio formats;2. Tons of transition and ken burns-styled effects bring your digital photo and video into life;3.

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Shozam Advanced Edition comes with a Personal Use license. A software tool, not a Web service, Shozam galleries are "portable" among PCs, Web hosts and social networks.

This flexibility provides offline -- and online -- immediacy and impact. Galleries, complete with slideshow and background music, can be created and updated offline, moved easily from Web host to Web host, or even burned to CD and shared with friends and family on the spot.

Shozam includes image protection with watermarks and right-click disable and geo-tagging with Google Maps. To extend online presence on photo-blogs and social networks, Shozam widgets extend gallery reach to other Web sites and social networks, and provide an eye-catching, sticky method for grabbing attention.

Shozam users control image compression and protection, the look and feel of the gallery and where it is hosted. They can get their own high-end results at a fraction of the time and cost of using Web design services.

Galleries with thousands of images can be generated in minutes, not months. Gallery themes feature a Flash animated intro, standard static HTML code, and can be further personalized with the built-in Theme Editor.

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With MPEG Video Wizard DVD you’ll be able to edit your own videos in a very simple way: split and join video clips, add background music, insert titles and spice everything up with a bunch of special effects. Nothing really outstanding, but easy enough for the novice video editor.

The interface in MPEG Video Wizard DVD is not the best one I’ve seen, but it features the classic video editor structure: a sidebar to browse media content, double screen to play selected videos and preview your work, and a timeline at the bottom of the window where you can add videos, photos, titles and background music. Even if this is the first time you use a video editor, it won’t take you long to come to grips with it.

Once you’re done with your video editing, you’ll be able to export your creation to DVD right from within MPEG Video Wizard DVD, using any of the templates included to create a professional DVD menu.

MPEG Video Wizard DVD is a simple, easy-to-use video editor, mainly aimed at video editing amateurs but with a handful of nice features and special effects.

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If you're looking for an easy-to-use video and photo editor, Pinnacle VideoSpin is definitely a good choice.

Don't be mistaken: this is no replacement for big shots like Adobe Premier or Sony Vegas. However Pinnacle VideoSpin works perfectly well for the average user who wants to create an easy video presentation including video clips, photos, sound effects and background music.

The program features support for the most popular file formats, plus a nicely designed interface that divides the working area into three main sections: the list of material you can add to your presentation, a preview window and a timeline – together with a slightly annoying banner.

The timeline is a handy tool that lets you to organize every element in your video in terms of the position they occupy in the presentation, the amount of time they take and the transition effects between them, among other settings.

Pinnacle VideoSpin also features a special tool to create and edit title screens, along with some ready-made material like sample titles and audio effects. However I still missed more advanced functionality, such as adding fading to sound or replacing the video's original soundtrack – despite reading the Help section from end to end, I didn't manage to make it work.

Once your presentation is ready, Pinnacle VideoSpin allows you to save it into a variety of formats and support, including AVI, DivX, iPod compatible video or MPEG.

Pinnacle VideoSpin is an intuitive presentation tool with which average users can easily create their own photo and video shows.

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The simplest way to breathe new life into your desktop is to give it a decent wallpaper but even a static paper can get boring after a while.

Adolix Wallpaper Changer is a free tool which helps configure your desktop wallpaper easily to change automatically. You can use any image as long as it's in JPG, GIF, PNG or BMP format. Adolix Wallpaper Changer comes with a simple and intuitive control panel to customize your desktop wallpaper allowing you to change the size, position, transition style and other little tweaks.

The Adolix Wallpaper Changer control panel itself is user friendly and there's not much to it. One particularly useful feature in Adolix Wallpaper Changer is a "playlist" editor which allows you to create playlists for your wallpapers in much the same way as you would for a music application. This is great depending on your mood or who is using the computer allowing you to set up different profiles for each. The time period of changes in Adolix Wallpaper Changer is entirely up to you and you can add a few snazzy background images for your photos. In Adolix Wallpaper Changer, everything can also be controlled from a system tray icon rather than having to go through your control panel.

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