The Gr8 Windows Movie Maker

The Gr8 Windows Movie Maker

If you are a frequent and old reader of Crazyblog (which you would definitely not be), you might have noticed that the quote which I have used in many of my posts…

“The best things in the world are free, or make your pockets free”
However Windows Movie Maker fortunately doesn’t belong to latter category.


What the hell Windows Movie Maker (WMM) is:
As the name suggests, Windows Movie Maker is a cool and free utility that allows you to create movies. You can simply say (you can shut your mouth also) that WMM is a video editing software mostly used for creating nice home video e.g.:- Vacation and stuff like that.

Windows Movie Maker is preinstalled on Windows XP and Vista( may be on 98,2000 too) and the version in Windows XP SP2 is much better than that of SP1 as it has multiple transitions and effects which are sufficient for almost everyone.
You need at least 256 MB of RAM for its “good” working.
(I had tried it a 128 MB also… but it results in frequent crashes and video losses)

If you’ll “try to try it” for a little more that half an hour, you will learn its controls and working without even glancing (if an ex 13 years (now 15) student + blogger could do it then why not you)
And it’s damn’ simpler and easier to use than its rivals.

Now I am writing whatever I am typing teach you, or to persuade you (Note: I am not Microsoft’s or its nerd honcho’s servant to use this not often used utility, but simply because I like this software) to use this not often used utility for non-stereotypical purposes… i.e. video editing of marriages and vacation and shit (stuff word already used) like that.

So what the hell you can do via Windows Movie Maker:


1. Download Songs
2. Make an animation
3. Make a Presentation/ Slideshow


1. Download Songs:
You can download the songs running on your P.C. Via the method I had already mentioned in my
First post.


2. Making an Animation:
This one requires a high patience skill (which I don’t possess)

Now what the heck to do:

1. Draw Pictures (I drew on Paint), you can scan the pictures or do whatever so that they are safely in your hard disk.

2. Import these pics. To Windows Movie Maker, from Movie Tasks > Import pictures.

3. Now do the real work, i.e. drag and drop your pics. In order of appearance In the timeline/storyboard view.

4. Animation without sound is better than bullshit… So to put some sound to your animation…switch to the timeline view and Click the mike. Button (Narrate Timeline) and record your sound while the animation runs… such that the sound runs along with the frames. Or if your throat has withered up… and you don’t want to waste your precious voice for such stuff… or you just don’t have a microphone… then you can import the sound you want to run from Movie Tasks > Import audio or music, and drag it at the Audio/Music in the Timeline View. Be sure to click the sound and reduce/increase its size by dragging it with the red resizers, if your sound is too long for the animation, or your animation is too short for the sound.

5.Now, what the hell;;; save it!!!

P.S. This can be applied to the Stop-motion Videos too.

example:

3. Make a Presentation/ Slideshow:
You can also make a Presentation/Slideshow by importing all the pictures captured by you…
Just like it was done in “Making an Animation”.
But for making better slideshows, I suggest you to apply the video transitions between each picture by:
1.Selecting Video Transitions from the drop down menu at the bar below the menu bar (I always forget its name)

2.And then drag and drop the transitions between the pictures in the small boxes in the Storyboard View.

3.Then simply save your stuff.

In a presentation you will need to write your stuff in paint… and then import the pics.

The best thing about making presentations on it is that you can run your presentations/slideshows on a VCD/DVD player.

example:




There may be many other things which can be done via Windows Movie Maker…
It would be great if you will try these things out (and give the credit to me for teaching you how to do it) but it would be greater if you come up with some more things and burp back.


Get lost and start trying.



ver n’ ut

Sprite -the Spoofer is back

Recently while shuffling channels via my tata sky remote control, i paused at something familiarly unfamiliar... and what i paused was some advertisement* resembling over-hyped useless "Pepsi Youngistan" ad*.

And hell it was a crazy ad indeed replacing youngistan with jungleeistan, firangeeisatan, kabrisatan and finally pados.
Then rolled yeh hai hindustan
Finally i came to knew that this ad/commercial was the latest ad from sprite.
And then i tracked down my memory lane... and remembered that few years ago Sprite had spoofed Mountain Dew in a "Peelarious" way.
Though Mountain Dew answered back, but it wasnt as impactful and as humorous as the Sprite's ad.
(Who cares... the ads are there to increase sales not to make people laugh)
Then Sprite came with ridiculous ads, featuring 3d crows and sania(s) (both are the same) but both of them didnt lasted long and didnt left any impact.
(May be even this wont, but i wish to write and i will write)
And a few months ago Sprite brought the truthly boring ad.
(Well i actually hate their slogan or whatever it is... Clear hai...Pyaas Bujaao and stuff like that...
arre pyaas hi bujani hai to saalon pani piyo sprite mein moo marney se ghanta milega)

The spoof war between the similar coloured and similar flavoured cold drinks is not really new...
it often takes place, but nothing doenst really gets out of control as it should have been.
The first ad i saw in which a coldrink was being spoofed was may be of thumsup many years ago.
But i dont understand why its the beverage companies that ofter quarell.
Returning Back...
May be Pepsi will fight back, may be it wont, but what we can do is watch these commercials stroll between our eyes...and those pestiscide drops flow through our stomach.

Though my post wouldnt do any shit, but as soon as news channels like India TV exist... there might be some news for sure popping in their special reports and breaking news.


So watch out and drink in

Win Xbox 360 and GTA IV!!!

Well lemme straight away tell u that i am doing this shit for getting an Xbox 360(Elite Edition*) and Gta IV!!!

Those who dont know what the heck the heck these two things are, let me tell you that Xbox 360 is a gaming console developed by Microsoft and Gta IV as per as the trailors and expectations is one of the grand games of the year, developed by none other than rockstar games.

So to waste a post on such stuff is not really a shit, but if i lose(99.99999%) then hell yeah its a deal full of shit.

So Mr. John Cow, with the famous blog John Cow- make mooney online is giving away free Xbox 360 ee* and GTA IV,

only if someone indirectly promotes his blog and the domain on which he runs his blog.


All you have to do is to link back @ http://www.johncow.com/win-an-xbox360-elite-and-a-copy-of-gta4/
and http://www.johncow.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-affiliate-pro.php?id=32
or you could do what they say.
Here's what they want from you:-
"The winner will be picked via a lottery and you can choose how many tickets that you have in the draw! The more tickets that you have, the greater chance of winning! Here’s how to get your tickets:
250 tickets - Write a small blurb about this contest on your blog, 100 words minimum. Please make sure you linkback to our sponsor and to this post so your readers can find it.
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So if you wanna try it...
get your fingers going over all the damn' links mentioned here...
and watch the opportunity smooch you or kick your asss.

Spacebar Breakers

Spacebar the longest key, apart from being used to provide spaces in a word processor, or in ur blog is also targetted by the game makers, and especially gamers.
Though my space bar key, is not broken yet... but i like seeing other people's broken keyboards.
Well not really.
After the arrow keys, w,s,a,d and enter "space bar" is used...
and i am going to mention some games... that require extreme pressing of your space bar key, that may even lead to its breaking.

1.Gully Cricket:
This is an online version of reformed cricket that is often seen in the streets of india( mostly on sundays and curfews).
You can play it just below

even this game, has a point when, you will have to continuosly press the space bar, and keep it hitting...if you keep it hitting you survive and if you dont, your game is over... its just like a local street panga.

see the screen shot:-

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2.GTA San Andreas

Another one in my list of spacebar breakers is GTA San Andreas.

Though the whole game wont break your space bars , but workkout in the gym surely needs pissing off on your space bar keys.

It gives a very little experience of lifting those bloody dumbbells.

Checkout its screenshot below:-

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3. Shrek 2

Though this one is not as popular as GTA but this is more tougher, freakier and tenser...

I am not talking about the whole game Shrek 2, at first sight you'll think it as game of kids...

But later when you reach the "Puss in Boots" level, you will rightly feel the pain.

Satisfy yourself by viewing the screenshot below:-

Beware along with space bar many other keys are at a risk.

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And last but not the least

4. Panja Fight( Arm Wrestling)

This one is something that can kill your arm and spacebar.

This game has real visuals whi will arm wrestle with you.

This one is a must-play game if you want to break your spacebar.

Click the screenshot below to experience the game.

Examination Ends!!!

Finally, the day which i wanted is here!!!

Examination is finally clear!!!

But the scars of pain... of the unpredictable, challenging, disastrous examination war are still here

So checkout this voilently new cartoon that i have to share:-

On this ocassion i would like to share my quote on examination:-

" In an Examination, There is no winner, no loser. There is only depression and destruction"