Steps:
1. Compiling files
- Picture files - .jpg (joint photographic expert group)
- Video –
• .mpeg (Motion Picture Experts Group (MPEG or MPEG2)
• .avi (Audio Video Interleave)
• .wmv,
• .vob,
- Sound – .mp2, .mp3 (MPEG1-Audio layer 3), .wav, .wma (windows media audio)
2. Importing Files
3. Using the timeline view (tracks)
- Sequencing videos/pictures
- Adjusting exposure length
- Getting familiar with tracks
- Adding and editing videos/splitting or splicing
- Adding and adjusting sounds
- Adding titles, credits and title overlays
4. Using the storyboard view
- Adding effects on pictures
- Adding transitions
5. Incorporating narrations
6. Publishing the movie