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Friday, December 23, 2016

Add Images into Video with synced sound in Movie Maker

Sometimes, you import an audiovisual video into Movie Maker. Let us say, the visual includes a man reading behind a desk. He is describing conceptsand people that the can be more relatable with their own visual representation. Movie Maker will allow you to run the sound of his voice continuously throughout your presentation, while switching the visual presentation between him behind his desk and images of people and diagrams.

This involves uploading the same movie into Movie Maker twice. The first and second versions will be visual-only and audio-only respectively. This method assumes that you only have one file, the movie file.

1. Upload the first version into Movie Maker

Mute the video

Select the 'edit' tab
Double click the speaker icon
Change the volume slider to the mute position

Save the project in Movie Maker

2. Upload the second version

Go into the 'home' tab
Select 'add music ...'
When you go into the folder, the video will not appear as a audio file. To see it, change the file format in the bottom right corner above the 'Open' and 'Cancel' buttons of the 'Add music' dialog box. Specifically, change the format to 'vdeos (*wmv ....). The video will appear.
Select the video. It will insert itself as a perfectly aligned audio track into the project.

3. Insert images

This step involves removing the video from the original cut and then replacing it with the image for precisely the same amount of time.

Find the location within the video where the image must be inserted
Right click and select the option to 'split' the video.
Note the precise time within the video
Find the location where the image should no longer be displayed
Right click and select 'split. Like before, note the precise time of the split
Click the segment to be removed and click 'delete'
In 'home', select 'insert photos'. Choose the image to be inserted
Drag the image into the slot where you have created a space.
Calculate the time of the now missing visual of the man at his desk. Apply this time to the image being used as a replacement. To do this, double click the image and enter the duration.