Tip: The 5 Building Blocks of MM2

> John and other helpful people, It seems that when I import a new movie it
> takes the other move out of the collections area... there are times it
> would be nice to have the contents of the two movies to grab stuff from
> and also the still I have placed in the collections area. Is this they
> way it is supposed to behave or am I doing something wrong?
>
> many thanks ed sharpe
> "PapaJohn (MVP)" <PapaJohn@CharterMI.net> wrote in message
> news:%23JI2jsEBFHA.1264@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

>>A good understanding of the 5 basic building blocks you use when working
>>with Movie Maker is needed. Here's my personal summary of what they are:
>>
>> 1 - Source files - the video clips, still pictures and music/audio files
>> that you 'import' into Movie Maker to use in your movie projects. The
>> word 'import' confuses some, as copies of the source files are not
>> actually brought into Movie Maker; the source files are 'linked to' and
>> need to stay on your computer or you'll get a big red X in the collection
>> indicating a missing source file.
>>
>> If you have 10,000 music files on your hard drive, they are all
>> 'potential source files'; those you've actually imported (linked to) are
>> your source files.
>>
>> 2 - Collections - folders (or the older name of subdirectories) of clips.
>> There are two basic special collections, for Video Effects and Video
>> Transitions. You get to create, rename, delete, or move all the rest of
>> them.
>>
>> When you import a video source file, Movie Maker automatically creates a
>> new collection for the clip(s).... other source files (music and still
>> pix) go into the collection that is currently selected when you do the
>> importing.
>>
>> The info about all the Collections in Movie Maker, and their contents, is
>> stored in a single file, a database of collection info.... it's a file
>> that ends with .DAT.
>>
>> 3 - Clips - the contents of the collections are the clips (before they go
>> into the project timeline/storyboard)... for still pix there is one clip
>> for each imported source file, at least in the beginning. The same with
>> an imported audio/music file. A video file can be imported as a single
>> clip, or automatically subdivided by Movie Maker into smaller clips of
>> individual scenes.
>>
>> Once the clips are in a collection, they can be copied or moved from one
>> collection to another. The audio/music and video clips can be subdivided
>> manually into smaller clips or sub-clips.
>>
>> All the info about the clips in the collections is stored in the
>> collection database...
>>
>> Are the clips related to the source files that were imported? Yes, delete
>> or move a source file after it's imported (linked), and you'll have a big
>> red-X the next time you start Movie Maker.
>>
>> 4 - Projects - the movie you are working on, represented by the
>> timeline/storyboard and whatever you have in it, is your project. You
>> save the project as an .MSWMM file and reopen it when you want to have
>> another editing session with it.
>>
>> Unlike the collection database, which is a single file with all the
>> collection info in it, and stored in a particular place on your hard
>> drive, you are free to have as many project files as you want, and store
>> them in any folders. Put it on a thumb drive if you want to and work with
>> it from there.
>>
>> Are the clips in the collections related to the clips in the projects??
>> No.... although a clip in a collection and a project might be linked to
>> the same source file, there is no relationship between the clip in the
>> collection and the one in a project. Once you have a project with all the
>> clips it needs, you could erase your collection database without
>> effecting the project... and also discard all your project files without
>> effecting your collections.
>>
>> Are the clips in a project related to the source files? Yes, delete or
>> move one of the source files and you'll have a big red X to deal with the
>> next time you open the project.
>>
>> 5 - Saved Movies - whenever you want to, you can render a draft or final
>> movie from any of your projects.... Movie Makers supports only two file
>> types, WMV and DV-AVI.... Once you have rendered a movie, you can start
>> the cycle over again, using the movie as a new source file...
>>
>> ... or like many, you can take your saved movie to your DVD software and
>> burn a disc to watch on TV.
>>
>> --
>> PapaJohn
>>
>> Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 - www.papajohn.org
>> Photo Story 2 - www.photostory.papajohn.org
>> .
>>

>
>

> Hi Ed,
>
> It's working like it's supposed to.... let it create the new collection
> (you can't stop it) and then move the clip(s) from it to the collection
> you want them in, and delete the new and now empty collection.
> --
> PapaJohn
>
> Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 - www.papajohn.org
> Photo Story 2 - www.photostory.papajohn.org
> .
> "ed sharpe" <esharpe@uswest.net> wrote in message
> news:%23H0KjwIBFHA.2460@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...

>> John and other helpful people, It seems that when I import a new movie it
>> takes the other move out of the collections area... there are times it
>> would be nice to have the contents of the two movies to grab stuff from
>> and also the still I have placed in the collections area. Is this they
>> way it is supposed to behave or am I doing something wrong?
>>
>> many thanks ed sharpe
>> "PapaJohn (MVP)" <PapaJohn@CharterMI.net> wrote in message
>> news:%23JI2jsEBFHA.1264@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

>>>A good understanding of the 5 basic building blocks you use when working
>>>with Movie Maker is needed. Here's my personal summary of what they are:
>>>
>>> 1 - Source files - the video clips, still pictures and music/audio files
>>> that you 'import' into Movie Maker to use in your movie projects. The
>>> word 'import' confuses some, as copies of the source files are not
>>> actually brought into Movie Maker; the source files are 'linked to' and
>>> need to stay on your computer or you'll get a big red X in the
>>> collection indicating a missing source file.
>>>
>>> If you have 10,000 music files on your hard drive, they are all
>>> 'potential source files'; those you've actually imported (linked to) are
>>> your source files.
>>>
>>> 2 - Collections - folders (or the older name of subdirectories) of
>>> clips. There are two basic special collections, for Video Effects and
>>> Video Transitions. You get to create, rename, delete, or move all the
>>> rest of them.
>>>
>>> When you import a video source file, Movie Maker automatically creates a
>>> new collection for the clip(s).... other source files (music and still
>>> pix) go into the collection that is currently selected when you do the
>>> importing.
>>>
>>> The info about all the Collections in Movie Maker, and their contents,
>>> is stored in a single file, a database of collection info.... it's a
>>> file that ends with .DAT.
>>>
>>> 3 - Clips - the contents of the collections are the clips (before they
>>> go into the project timeline/storyboard)... for still pix there is one
>>> clip for each imported source file, at least in the beginning. The same
>>> with an imported audio/music file. A video file can be imported as a
>>> single clip, or automatically subdivided by Movie Maker into smaller
>>> clips of individual scenes.
>>>
>>> Once the clips are in a collection, they can be copied or moved from one
>>> collection to another. The audio/music and video clips can be subdivided
>>> manually into smaller clips or sub-clips.
>>>
>>> All the info about the clips in the collections is stored in the
>>> collection database...
>>>
>>> Are the clips related to the source files that were imported? Yes,
>>> delete or move a source file after it's imported (linked), and you'll
>>> have a big red-X the next time you start Movie Maker.
>>>
>>> 4 - Projects - the movie you are working on, represented by the
>>> timeline/storyboard and whatever you have in it, is your project. You
>>> save the project as an .MSWMM file and reopen it when you want to have
>>> another editing session with it.
>>>
>>> Unlike the collection database, which is a single file with all the
>>> collection info in it, and stored in a particular place on your hard
>>> drive, you are free to have as many project files as you want, and store
>>> them in any folders. Put it on a thumb drive if you want to and work
>>> with it from there.
>>>
>>> Are the clips in the collections related to the clips in the projects??
>>> No.... although a clip in a collection and a project might be linked to
>>> the same source file, there is no relationship between the clip in the
>>> collection and the one in a project. Once you have a project with all
>>> the clips it needs, you could erase your collection database without
>>> effecting the project... and also discard all your project files without
>>> effecting your collections.
>>>
>>> Are the clips in a project related to the source files? Yes, delete or
>>> move one of the source files and you'll have a big red X to deal with
>>> the next time you open the project.
>>>
>>> 5 - Saved Movies - whenever you want to, you can render a draft or final
>>> movie from any of your projects.... Movie Makers supports only two file
>>> types, WMV and DV-AVI.... Once you have rendered a movie, you can
>>> start the cycle over again, using the movie as a new source file...
>>>
>>> ... or like many, you can take your saved movie to your DVD software and
>>> burn a disc to watch on TV.
>>>
>>> --
>>> PapaJohn
>>>
>>> Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 - www.papajohn.org
>>> Photo Story 2 - www.photostory.papajohn.org
>>> .
>>>

>>
>>

>
>

> John do you mean move it from the collection down onto the timeline or the
> story board? I can not seem to have 2 collections open at the same
> time....

> "ed sharpe" <esharpe@uswest.net> wrote
>

>> John do you mean move it from the collection down onto the timeline or
>> the story board? I can not seem to have 2 collections open at the same
>> time....

>
> No; what he means is what works in Windows Explorer
> works in your MM2 collections.
>
> For example:
>
> Select a file. Use either Cut/Copy (ctrl-c) from your
> context menu (right mouse button), navigate to the
> desired location, and paste (ctrl-v).
>
> More than one file? All in a directory? ctrl-a selects
> all. Cut/Paste.
>
> Not all in a directory? ctrl-click.
> .
>

> Ed,
>
> Jeffraham has it right... forget about the timeline when organizing your
> collections and the clips in them. The Cut and copy process will work, and
> so does the drag and drop. Drag a clip from the collection pane in the
> middle and drop it on another collection in the tree at the left....
> you'll see that it moved from one collection to the other. And once the
> collection is empty, select it and press the Delete key.
> --
> PapaJohn
>
> Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 - www.papajohn.org
> Photo Story 2 - www.photostory.papajohn.org
> .
> "Jeffraham Prestonian" <jeffraham@com-diddley-castaway.net> wrote in
> message news5CdnbzhNY2_I2TcRVn-iw@comcast.com...

>> "ed sharpe" <esharpe@uswest.net> wrote
>>

>>> John do you mean move it from the collection down onto the timeline or
>>> the story board? I can not seem to have 2 collections open at the same
>>> time....

>>
>> No; what he means is what works in Windows Explorer
>> works in your MM2 collections.
>>
>> For example:
>>
>> Select a file. Use either Cut/Copy (ctrl-c) from your
>> context menu (right mouse button), navigate to the
>> desired location, and paste (ctrl-v).
>>
>> More than one file? All in a directory? ctrl-a selects
>> all. Cut/Paste.
>>
>> Not all in a directory? ctrl-click.
>> .
>>

>
>