Course Title: Making Movies with Windows XP
Hours required: 24
Price: $99
Length course offered: 6 Weeks
Instructor: Alan Simpson [Bio]
Description:
If you have Windows XP, you already have Microsoft Movie Maker, the program that makes creating professional-quality movies fun and easy. In this six week course you'll learn to edit out the not-so-good content, and organize the good content into great, entertaining movies. You'll learn how to add titles and credits to movies just like the pros.
This course will take you through all the basics with easy step-by-step instructions and plenty of illustrations and hands-on exercises. Once you have the basics down pat, you'll discover how to add still photos to your movies, and how to make still photos from your favorite video scenes. You'll learn all about adding special effects, background music, sound effects, voice narration, and more. Finally, you'll learn how to share your cinematic masterpiece with family and friends by e-mail, the Web, CD, and DVD.
Goals:
You can edit your existing video to show only the best parts, and leave out the not-so-good parts. Add special effects, titles, credits, photos, background music, sound effects, and more to turn your home video into truly entertaining digital movies.
Grading System:
Confirmation of Completion awarded with passing score.
School Description:
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Instructor Bio: Alan Simpson
With over 100 published books to his name, award-winning author Alan Simpson is widely regarded as a PC and Internet guru. His books have been published throughout the world in over a dozen languages. As a seasoned veteran of the computer industry, Alan's books and online courses cover virtually all aspects of the computer industry, including Web development, operating systems, word processing, spreadsheets, databases, programming, networking, and security.
