Although Windows Essentials (which includes Movie Maker) is not supported (won't get any updates) anymore, you still can download the offline installer. During the installation you can choose which programs you want to install. Windows Essentials latest version 16.4.3528.0331: English (United Kingdom).
Windows Essentials (also called Windows Live Essentials) was a suite of desktop applications that included various Microsoft programs, like Messenger, Mail, Movie Maker, Photo Gallery, Writer, and OneDrive.
The last version of the suite was released in 2012, with the final update in 2014, and reached end of support on January 10, 2017. Microsoft removed the pack from its site last year, and while it is officially no longer available for download, you can still get it -- if you know how. And the good news is tools like Movie Maker work fine on Windows 10.
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On Microsoft’s Windows Essentials page, the software giant helpfully points out that:
Any websites offering free downloads of Windows Movie Maker are not offering sanctioned Microsoft products. Be cautious as these products may contain viruses or hidden costs.
This is a valid point, but you can download Microsoft Windows Live Essentials 2012 from the Internet Archive, which is a very safe source.
The suite contains:
- Photo Gallery
- Movie Maker
- Mail (support limited)
- Messenger (no longer functional)
- Writer (newer version available, note: Newer version no longer developed directly by Microsoft)
- OneDrive (newer version available)
It requires you to be running Windows 7, or later, and as you might expect from a suite that hasn’t been updated in 4 years, some programs -- Messenger in particular -- don’t work anymore. However, Movie Maker and Windows Photo Viewer run without problems on Microsoft’s newest OS.
You can download the suite from the Internet Archive here. It’s a 131MB file, and you have the choice of downloading it directly from the site (slow) or as a torrent file (much faster).
While the option to install all of Windows Essentials was the recommended choice back in 2012, you’ll want to select 'Choose the programs you want to install' now and just pick the required tools.
Naturally, running old, unsupported software isn't a great idea, but if you're desperate for one of these programs, this is the safest way to get it.
Note: If it throws up an error during installation, you'll probably find it has installed anyway. If not, make sure you're running English (United States) as your default language.
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Review
Windows Live Movie Maker is a video editor developed by Microsoft. This download is simple, quick and complete, and it enables you to obtain videos with a professional appearance. In just a few steps, you will be able to create your own motion picture, with your own soundtrack, comments, transitions and video effects.
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Add pictures, video clips and music; edit them and create a movie to show it to your friends and family. You can display it on your computer, on a CD or DVD player, or even on a mobile device, and in high quality. You can save and export the final product in suitable formats in order to share it, either via email or through social networks.
How to use
The process of using this software is simple: Import the editable issue, edit it, add effects and transitions, export your movie and if you want, share it. Import process is easy. You can introduce videos from a video or digital camera, from a memory card, from DVDs or from your cell phone and other devices. It will be very simple if you learn how to connect devices to Windows Photo Gallery. It allows you to organize files and add tags.
AutoMovie is an automatic tool to edit by adding themes and effects to your editable items
Select the files to be edited, alter their order, make changes to them, split them, define the Start Point and End Point, adjust the playback speed and add transitions and effects. You have at your disposal a wide range of effects and transitions like wipe transitions, video rotation, sepia effects, brushstrokes effect and bright filters. You can also manage the length of the transitions.
Add music and edit it. Set the fade in/out and its intensity, the Start Time or the End Point, the volume, the balance, etc. While you are editing, you can preview what you are changing in real time. Windows Live Movie Maker counts with an Auto Credit Creator, which is based on pictures and video tags, but you can change the credits according to your needs.
AutoMovie is an automatic tool to edit videos by adding themes and effects to your editable items. It works with a single click. Select the theme and effect you like, add music and save it. Once you have finished your movie, share it online. Show your movie by uploading it on MSN Video or downloading the plug-in you need to upload it vto YouTube, Facebook or send it via email.
Windows Live Movie Maker Windows Essentials 2012 Features
These are some of the features of the latest version of Windows Live Movie Maker:
- This program is a multimedia editor with classic editing tools. You can cut, split, paste, make balance, etc. on your video track
- This software offers AutoMovie, which is a quick editing tool. This tool provides pre-set themes and effects to apply to your pictures and videos.
- It has a graphic timeline. You can administrate all the changes in a visual way, by clicking on a file or on the effect to be changed.
- It provides Auto Credit Creator. This function shows the information on the images’ tags, but created credits are editable.
- Share online. Once the editing process is finished, you can show your film to your friends via social networks or via email, and even on your portable device.
- An extra track to narration. Latest versions allow adding another track to voice over, apart from the music track and the one for the audio from video.
- It offers a wide range of effects and transitions. Windows Live Movie Maker has built-in 60 transitions and 28 video effects to get a movie with a professional look.
- To avoid copyright problems, latest versions have added free music services: Audio Micro, Free Music Archive and Vimeo Music Store.
- It supports multiple video, movies, audio and static images formats. WMV, ASF, GIF, MPEG, JPG, MPEG1, MPG, JPE, MP2, M1V, AIFC, AU, WAV, JFIF, AIF, SND, AIFF, ASF, WM, WMA, BMP, JPEG, AVI and MP3.
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System requirements
The minimum system requirements for a correct download and installation are the following:
- Operating System: Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (32Bit or 64Bit)
- Processor: 2, 4 GHz
- RAM Memory: 1 GB
- Graphic Card: Graphic Card compatible with DirectX 9.0
- Sound Card: Sound Card compatible with DirectX 9.0
- HDD Space: 2 GB of free space
- Others: Internet connection
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Conclusion
Windows Live Movie Maker is the evolution of Windows Movie Maker since it has added more progress and tools, but always respecting its signature: It is still a video editor with precise and simple tools, which gives high-quality results.