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    - Does anyone know of a program that will actually do the things WMM Does anyone know of a program that will actually do the things WMM v.2, and previous versions, said they could do? I copied a VHS tape to CD, and now want to edit the approx. 30 min. video into much smaller clips, including deleting some of the blank clips. I feel lucky if I am able to transfer two or three clips before it crashes. I do not have sound on the CD. I can view it just fine as is, in WM Player; I just can't edit it in any way. There is contiguous space that would allow the clips to be saved contiguously, so what is the problem with the crashing, or just freezing up? It sure seems that no one really knows. Has anyone had success with WMM v.2? -- Jo Tag: Effects and Transitions... Tag: 21210
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    - Custom Transitions & Effects I have been trying to figure out the details about a particular portion of the document Microsoft has put together at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnwmt/html/moviemakersfx.asp This mentions an Effect named Filter which has several EffectIDs and some ControlValues to go with each of the ID but nowhere in the article is it explained which ControlValues apply to which EffectID. Does any body know anyhting about these? For MS employees, how can I contact one of the persons who wrote this article? Can you kindly forward this message to either of Josh Cohen, Mike Matsel or Peter Turcan please or send me thier email address Basically the question is that: In the article mentioned above, the Filter Effects specify a set of generic parameters called ControlValue1, ControlValue2, ..., ControlValue8 etc.. Where can I find more details about these parameters and their contextual meanings corresponsing to each type of filter ? Thanks in advance Rehan Tag: Effects and Transitions... Tag: 21207
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    - time date stamp info why does mm2 not record time date info in the wmv file it creates, does wmv not support time date stuff? Or did I do something wrong. thanks tr Tag: Effects and Transitions... Tag: 21199
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    - digital media protection how do i reverse the digital media protector so i can add music from cds to my movie? Tag: Effects and Transitions... Tag: 21193
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    - How to increase DVD capacity Want to convert VHS tapes to DVD. Already captured it in AVI format (320-240 YUY2 25 fps), edited it in Windows Movie Maker, and saved as a project (*.MSWMM). Also saved the movie as a *.wmv file. I'd like to burn the movie (2 hours and 20 minutes) on a single DVD using MyDVD on the *.wmv file, however, according to MyDVD this would take 2 full DVD's. Reducing the bitrate while producing the *.wmv file doesn't help. Is there a way to reduce the file size and burn it on a single DVD? Preferably while maintaining it in the original VHS quality? Thanks for suggestions! Tag: Effects and Transitions... Tag: 21184
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    - MM keeps freezing Whenever I'm trying to edit something in Movie Maker 2 the whole program freezes. Anyone know why it keeps doing that? Or know how to make it stop..? Tag: Effects and Transitions... Tag: 21183
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    - Movie is cut by half by WMM2 When I import a mpeg movie in WMM2, only half of it is played ! I have tried to lengthen the video with the arrows but it's impossible. I only get half of it. It stops after a few seconds. The correct duration is 03:27 but in the collection window, it indicates 0:03 ! It's the same for all my videos. I already used WMM2 in the past to create my movies with the same videos and never faces this problem. I have reinstalled WMM2 but the problem has not disappeared. Please help... Tag: Effects and Transitions... Tag: 21182
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    - Movie maker - recognition of CD-RW I have installed moviemaker but when I come to save to CD it will not recognise my CD-RW drive. I have a LG GCC-4480B drive and can burn the movie using Nero software - but not directly from moviemaker. Any suggestions of how I can get MM to recognise the drive? Tag: Effects and Transitions... Tag: 21180
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    - Removing Audio? How would I go about removing audio from my files? I am making video files for a highlight movie of a game called Socom II and I just add music to it instead of using the sound in the game. Is there a way to remove the sound so that the file is not as big so that its video only. Tag: Effects and Transitions... Tag: 21179
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    - Text Title dll registry error Hello, I can not use the text title feature on my home pc, yet at work it's fine. I have tried to reinstall MM2 and continue to get a registry error. What can I do? Tag: Effects and Transitions... Tag: 21178
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    - Saving Movie Problems I am having trouble saving movies in MM2. It is a intermittent problem. I can capture the audio/video okay and move the clips to the timeline okay. I can also make headers and ending credits okay. However, when it comes time to save the movie, I get a strange message about how I can't save the movie due to invalid source files, inadequate space, and/or a bad saving location. However, none of this is true, as I have plenty of RAM, plenty of hard disk space, the source files are intact and the destination is valid. There basically is NO reason the movies are not saving properly, as I haven't changed the settings from the last time I used MM2 a month ago (it worked fine then). FYI, I have done a Windows re-install since then, but that should not matter, as the most recent project was recorded since then. HELP!!! Tag: Effects and Transitions... Tag: 21177
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    - MM to Pinnacle Expression Help I have completed a Windows Movie Maker project and want to burn it to a DVD using Pinnacle Expression. I cannot figure how to proceed. Any help is appreciated! Tag: Effects and Transitions... Tag: 21176
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    - HELP ME! I have spent 4 hours tearing my hair out trying to save a movie in WMM2 - then I came on here checked out all the posts and PapaJohn's website - and I appear to have all the symptoms of the error message being wrong.... so I checked my QASF file and I have version 10, not 6.5 (the old one) or the reccommended 9 - yet I still cannot save to WMV - any clues what to do before I go complete stark raving bonkers! Your help would be much much much appreciated P.S. please dont just refer me to papajohns website cos i have looked through that and it didnt provide me with any answers because I have version ten of the qasf file!!! Thankyou xxxx Tag: Effects and Transitions... Tag: 21171
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    - Some Questions Hello I am new here. I am making a movie and I have some questions. Is it possible for you to have a movie clip with the audio, then shorten the clip, but leave the audio going and put in another clip. Does that make sense?? Also reading these boards people are saying that when they put it to a dvd it comes out bad, how do I save it as a AVI? Thanks a lot :) Tag: Effects and Transitions... Tag: 21170
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    - captured video quality I captured the video with MM2 from my Sony camcorder with firewire. Why are the clips grainy/fuzzy? How can I improve the quality to match what I see on my TV when I play from the camera? Is there another program that will capture better quality video? I also have Roxio & MyDVD programs that came with my PC & DVD burner. Tag: Effects and Transitions... Tag: 21169
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    - Captured video too dark I am trying to download some video from my camcorder. I use firewire to downloard but when I preview it on my computer it is too dark. If I hook the camcorder up to my vcr, it shows up fine. I realize that clip was made in a dark room but why does it show up fine on the vcr but so dark on my computer? Tag: Effects and Transitions... Tag: 21167
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    - MM2 sound problem (16 bits or 12 bits) Hi, I'm capturing video from camcorder Panasonic PVDV53 using firewire and MM2 as capturing software in Windows XP. If I'm selecting WMV as target format in MM2 and later convert to MPEG2 and burn to DVD everything OK (but quality of video isn't so good and looks overcompressed a bit like VCD or bad DIVx). If I'm selecting AVI-DV format as target in MM2 and later convert huge avi file to MPEG2 and burn to DVD video quality is excellent and much better then in previous case but sound plays about octave lower. Strange that synchronization of sound with video still presents. I have noticed that problem presents if I'm using 16 bits sound mode in camcorder. For 12 bits recorded on camcorder sound everything OK. I have several films with 16 bits sound. Any suggestions how to fix it and convert to DVD (MPEG-2)? Problem exists for different MPEG-2 encoder software (Canopus, Nero). Thanks. Lady_Logic Tag: Effects and Transitions... Tag: 21166
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    - capturing video/dvd rather than audio I have windows movie maker but it only records audio...audio is the only "device" recognised, it says I have no video device...I am new to this, what does it mean?? It came preloaded with Windows XP so why doesn't it allow me to load a dvd or anything else to edit...not much point calling it movie maker if all you can do is record audio..please help! Cheers A Tag: Effects and Transitions... Tag: 21160
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    - Good Title Effects I have MM2 and would like to know where I can find good title effects such as "Feature Presentation" or "The End" or different holiday and occasion pages. Does anyone know of a good website that I can go to find these things? Thanks for your help. KC Tag: Effects and Transitions... Tag: 21159
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    - AVI 9200/128, MM2 does not see video device I have installed AVI 9200/128 but MM2 does not see the device, any help out there, I have RCA PRO881 Hi 8 video camera that I want to install video into computer and help ?? Tag: Effects and Transitions... Tag: 21151
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    - revisiting old movie maker project - media offline Not being fully aware of how the collection folders worked, I deleted the collection associated with a project. I would like to now open the project again and save it as a larger file. Even when I re-imported the original files with no name changes, the timeline clips have "x"'s on them but still hold the original clip names. How can I reassociate the clips with the project? -- Alison Tag: Effects and Transitions... Tag: 21146
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    - audio - video sync problems - PLEASE FIX THIS begin state: - using Windows XP Professional, Service Pack 2, v.2149 - using movie maker, version 2.1.4025.0 - large avi file... plays without flaws using media player my actions: - import the large avi into movie maker - save the movie to wmv format (highest quality) - play back the wmv video file via media player the problem: - the audio gradually looses sync with the video (runs slightly slower) my request: - please fix this or provide a workaround. Tag: Effects and Transitions... Tag: 21144
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    - poor quality on DVD I finished my first movie with MM2 & the quality is terrible. It's grainy & jumpy. I transferred from my Sony video camera with firewire using iLink following the standard steps in MM2. The video when played on the PC is perfect. Something is lost when I transfer to DVD. I have tried several programs to transfer the movie to DVD including Sonic & Roxio. I've saved the movie as AVI (37 min movie won't fit on DVD!), NTSC (DVD player won't read disc), & the standard format used by MM2 program, whatever that is. Nothing has improved the quality. What can I do to capture the same quality on the DVD as on my PC? I'm not real PC savvy...I've read all the posts here & several other sites, but nothing has changed the end result of a DVD so poor I might as well not bother. Can anyone help? Sheryl Tag: Effects and Transitions... Tag: 21142
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    - USB 2.0 vs Firewire video capture Is there a difference in the quality of the imported video if it is brought in by firewire or usb 2.0 video capture device? Is it easier with one vs. the other? TIA Mark Tag: Effects and Transitions... Tag: 21141
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    - How to save preview monitor settings Every time I start up WMM2 I have to change the preview monitor size from small (320*240) to large (640*480). Is there any way to save this setting, eventually via a registry setting? -- eb Tag: Effects and Transitions... Tag: 21140
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    - Recordable CD not detected Okay..Trying to burn my first movie. Saved a few clips on story board then clicked to 'Save to CD' under Finish Movie. Receive msg ' a recordable CD was not found' . Am running a DVD + RW/+R on my new DELL 4600C. Don't understand why MM2 version 5.1 can't see my DVD burner. Am I missing some sort of setup? Appreciate any advice. cheers, -- JohnEcc Tag: Effects and Transitions... Tag: 21139
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    - ATT PAPA John I was just looking at your Grand canyon Vid What is the Credit transition at te start where the title rolls and flips up the page. Or is that a Papa Special Could you let me know Thanks Doug Tag: Effects and Transitions... Tag: 21135
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    - movie maker closes Hi I was using my movie maker that came with my system and all of a sudden after I created a file now it closes when ever i open a file and try to do work, what could be the problem Tag: Effects and Transitions... Tag: 21131
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    - Windows Movie maker 2 vs old movie maker (1) Got a problem I want old mmovie maker back because it allowed me to record audio. also Have it on other equip and need to back up that equipment. Video and audio editing is not a problem as I know you are high on th bene's of WMM2 since I use Premiere Pro for that. Please help? I know this is problem a silly q but it is mine -- --Will Tag: Effects and Transitions... Tag: 21129
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    - Can't Save to CD After spending months scanning pictures, importing them into MM2 and adding an assortment of digital photos and MP3 files, my movie was finally complete. Now, when I try to save the movie to CD, it doesn't work. It gets to 95% complete and then the CD auto-ejects. There is absolutely nothing on the CD. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. I just need to get this movie onto a CD. Thank you Tag: Effects and Transitions... Tag: 21128
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    - AVI versus Quicktime I am shopping for my first digital camera and was wondering if anyone would mind giving me some advice? I am looking at the Cannon A75 and the Kodax DX7440. The Cannon records video in AVI and the Kodax records in Quicktime. I borrowed a friends Cannon and took a bunch of short videos and put them all together using Movie Maker and it came out pretty good. So what I am wondering is, can anyone tell me which movie format is better AVI or Quicktime? Is one better quality then the other? Thanks, Val Tag: Effects and Transitions... Tag: 21125
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    - direct to disk and then back to WWm2 Hi I have an istant dvd analogue capture device. It can transfer (burn) the video from a vcr directly to a disk. I think it saves it as a "vob". Is there a way that I can import this into WWM2 to edit it at a later date.-if I can I will be able to add transitions, titles, and effects, cut out portions --all the good stuff. Have tried and it's not able to import into WWm2 Thanks in advance Diane Tag: Effects and Transitions... Tag: 21123
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    - If Movie Maker crashes on you Hello there, A very common problem when using Movie Maker version 2 is that it crashes when adding an effect or a transition and sometimes when adding text. The one stop solution for that is a program called Rename Codecs and it is available from my web site. To get your copy you have to join the Rename Codec Forum and then request it. A copy will then be sent to you. Make sure you check out the FAQ on what it does and how to run it (That will take about one minute of your time!!) All the info you need is on the web site. Be warned that unregistering any file and doing it wrong will more than likely stop the program from working all together and may cause your entire XP system to fail. This is true whether you make a mistake using the Registry editor or the registration program itself....one mistake and you are potentially in deep trouble. You should think about this, if you make a mistake because you typed something incorrectly, how will you reverse that situation? Do you have enough knowledge to know why it failed and then enough knowledge to reverse that situation before continuing on to fix the actual problem? This reassuringly safe to use program requires no knowledge on your part about what it is doing or how it is doing it or what it is doing it too!!! neither do you need to know where any of these files are or whether it is safe to rename them or not.....and best of all, ITS FREE !!! So far from feedback, it seems there is around an 80% chance this program will solve your problem if it is one of those described above and around half of the remaining 20% found there solution in the following alternative approach.... 1) Download the full version of DirectX Ver 9.0b, Media Player 9 and Movie Maker 2. 2) Reboot you computer and Install DirectX 3) Reboot again and install Windows Media Player 9 4) Reboot yet again and install Movie Maker 2 5) Reboot one more time Yes it sounds very tedious, but if you want to be certain all file locks are removed so that the correct files can be installed this is the way you have to go. It is very important that you only download the full versions of these programs and that you DO NOT attempt an install over the internet. It is also important that you DO NOT do a "lets see if that's fixed it" half way through the procedure...to do so could result in you having to go all the way back to the beginning and starting again!! --- Best Wishes.....John Kelly www.the-kellys.org www.the-kellys.co.uk --- All material gained from other sources is duly acknowledged. No Value is obtained by publishing in any format other peoples work Tag: Effects and Transitions... Tag: 21122
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    - ordinal 466 could not be located in WMMUtil.dll My Movie Maker cannot start. I get an error: The ordinal 466 could not be located in the dynamic link library WMMUtil.dll Anyone know how I can fix this? Tag: Effects and Transitions... Tag: 21119
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    - Automovie When I attempt to create a slide show with sound using the Automovie feature, everything works great except it always chops off the end of the song. Anybody out there have any ideas as to why or what I'm doing wrong? Automovie appears to be fairly easy with few options. Tag: Effects and Transitions... Tag: 21107
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    - Ever since I installed MM v. 2... ... I haven't been able to watch my wmv videos through Windows Media Player. This has been VERY annoying and I don't know how to fix it. Can anyone help me? Thanks. Tag: Effects and Transitions... Tag: 21106
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    - Converted MPEG2 movie bitrate to high (PAL)? After converting an AVI file (created by Windows Movie Maker) to MPEG2 using Blaze Media Pro converter to get the fil in the PAL format to burn on a DVD using TMPGEnc DVD Author I get an message that the combined bitrate is to high (9992 kbps instead of the maximum 9848 kbps). Any suggestion what might be wrong since I can't find any options to reduce the bitrate enogh to get below 9848 without totaly destroying the videoquality. Perhaps Blaze Media Pro isn't a suitable program to convert to MPEG2 or I should start of in Windows Movie Maker with another format instead of AVI...? Tag: Effects and Transitions... Tag: 21103
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    - No sound on DVD player I am a total novice on movie making and editing, so please bear with me. I have recently purchased a Sony DCR HC 30. Using Windows movie maker, I have downloaded a movie onto a CD-R, which works fine when played back on the computer. However it doesnt play in the DVD player. I have downloaded the same movie onto another CD-R using Sony picture package, this shows visual images but no sound on the DVD player. Any suggestions?? as simple as possible please!! Tag: Effects and Transitions... Tag: 21100
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    - Adding title to clip Does anyone know if there is a way to extend the time that a title stays visible on a clip? I would like the title I add to a specific clip to last longer than the standard 2 or 3 seconds? Any suggestions? Tag: Effects and Transitions... Tag: 21095
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    - MSWMM to MPEG 1. Is there a utility to save MSWMM to mpeg format directly? 2. Also can this be done in batch process? (or is there a batch saving process from MSWMM to WMV)? Tag: Effects and Transitions... Tag: 21094
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    - No audio in DV Firewire data stream? Using MM2.0 to capture video vie IEEE 1384/Firewire from DV camcorder Samsung SCD67 to my WinXP system. No audio! Do I need a secondary audio analog input? I had assumed that the digital data stream had everything but there is no audio on playback of captured files! I scanned search results on this but didnt see this addressed tho many similar topics... HELP? Tag: Effects and Transitions... Tag: 21091
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    - video picture quality I have a Sony trv260 digital camcorder and when I try to capture video from it, the picutre quality is poor in windows movie maker. Here's the kicker though, a couple of weeks ago I captured video from it and the picture quality was perfect, now all of a sudden, the picture quality is poor. Anyone know what I'm doing wrong? Tag: Effects and Transitions... Tag: 21090
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    - burning a dvd I saved MM file as a DV-AVI(NTSC) file, and used Nero to burn it onto a 4.7 GB DVD+RW. It was a 30 minute slide show with music. About 20 minutes into the movie, the video stopped and the audio continued to the end. When I went back to view the file in Nero, that is how it played also. What do I need to do to get the entire movied burned onto 1 DVD? Tag: Effects and Transitions... Tag: 21088
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    - Sound issues from A Samsung DVI recorder SCD103 Im using the MM2, video comes in scratchy but no audio. When I use the Samsung recorder software, the sound works but I cant import the file to MM2 for editing. I have tried for a week now, and I finally gave up. Also does anyone know if once the movie is edited in MM2 then transfered to DVD, will the video qulaity improve once played on my home DVD? Thank you Tag: Effects and Transitions... Tag: 21079
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    - dv-avi movie too large to fit on DVD? I have finally finished making my first MM2 movie. Burned to DVD with Sonic & it is very low quality video when played on DVD player (choppy, fuzzy, etc.) Source video is clear when viewed straight from camcorder to TV. I read this site & Papa John's site & decided to save movie as dv-avi since info seems to suggest that will improve quality on the DVD. I have just finished saving as dv-avi & now the 37 minute movie won't fit on the 4.7GB DVD+R. Message says I need to "remove 3300GB from project". Posting this is last resort since I have been struggling with this for weeks! Can anyone help? Tag: Effects and Transitions... Tag: 21078
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    - Getting Viedo from Kodak EasyShare DX6340 camra I can not get a .mov file from my camra to the movie maker program HELP! -- Tpalen Tag: Effects and Transitions... Tag: 21077
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    - Trying to Use My JVC Compact When I try to use Movie Maker 2 I keep getting the following message: "Being used by another person or program. Close any programs that might be using the file and try again." What am I doing wrong? Any help would be appreciated. Joe, golbrick7@yahoo.com Tag: Effects and Transitions... Tag: 21074
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    - can't type titles.... everytime i try to type a title for a clip or movie right when i type something it always closes..anybody know what the problem is? Tag: Effects and Transitions... Tag: 21073
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    - MM2 Help w Install and Save Can't get MM2 to install. Same three dll failures as everyone else here. If I try to register them from the command line I get DllRegisterServer in C:\Program Files\Movie Maker\whatever dll I tried failed. Return code was: 0x8007007e. A search for this yeilded nothing. When in MM after I add a clip the app crashes EVERYTIME. Couldn't find anything on Papa John's site to help. Any help would be appreciated. Tag: Effects and Transitions... Tag: 21069
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    - Title's Don't Show On Screen I type the title that I want in the title text and everything but it doesn't show in the box to the right all I see is just gray what is a solution to this I've been looking everywhere for one. THANK YOU! XXX Tag: Effects and Transitions... Tag: 21068

My friends and I are making movies using MM2, but I'm finding I'd like a few more effects, transitions, and perhaps title options. I've found a few websites that sell transition packs, but we are on quite a low budget. Anyone know of a site that offers these kinds of things for free? Maybe a message board where people share their own creations?

Thanks in advance.

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Re: Effects and Transitions... by PapaJohn

PapaJohn
Tue Jul 06 13:32:29 CDT 2004

check the 'Share Your Transitions and Effects!' forum at Windows Movie
Makers :

http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/forums/

You don't need money, but you might need to do some learning and work.
--
PapaJohn
Movie Maker 2: www.papajohn.org
PhotoStory 2: www.photostory.papajohn.org
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"(cutaia)" <(cutaia)@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C5C2259D-A478-4A11-990C-DE22DBCEFDC4@microsoft.com...
> My friends and I are making movies using MM2, but I'm finding I'd like a
few more effects, transitions, and perhaps title options. I've found a few
websites that sell transition packs, but we are on quite a low budget.
Anyone know of a site that offers these kinds of things for free? Maybe a
message board where people share their own creations?
>
> Thanks in advance.

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