Video has taken the web by storm, spreading everywhere from YouTube to personal blogs. There are many reasons why video as become so popular—inexpensive video cameras, readily available broadband, free video hosting sites, as well as free and easy-to-use video editing software. Video editing is the most technically challenging aspect of video production and publication, but here’s a simple how-to for a popular free video-editing application: Windows Movie Maker.

To get started, you should have a computer with Windows XP or a newer version of Windows, some video footage, and Movie Maker. You may already have Movie Maker on your computer; to find out, just go to your start button, select "Programs", and navigate to "Accessories", then "Entertainment". If you already have it, then Movie Maker will be listed here. If it isn’t, then you can download it for free from Microsoft.com.  Read more.

Ian Smith
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