Movie Maker Task 5

Task #5- Adding Titles, Subtitles, and Text to Your Movie

On screen text can also be addend to your movie. In this task we will learn how to add narraoration in the form of text to your movie. If you perfer adding your own voice narroration please skip to task

Adding a Title:

1. While in Timeline view, Click the "Titles and Credits" link in the taskpane
2. Click "Title at Begining"
3. Enter the text "Ancient Egypt" in the text box, when done, click "add title"

-note-  You can check the current status of your movie by pressing play in the task screen.  Your new title slide should appear first

Adding Text to Your Slides

1. (still in timeline view) Click the "Titles and Credits" link in the taskpane
2. Click "Title on the selected clip"
3. Click on the first picture (in the timeline)
4. Add your desired text in the text bar (if your image is a mummy, for now, just type "mummy"
5. Click "Add Title"
6. Repeat the process for the remaining 4 slides

    -hint-  You can use the same process to add end credits to your movie and to insert text panes in bewteen your images or video clips.  You can also add animations as well as change the font and color 

Adding End Credits Follow the same steps as above

1. Click "Titles and Credits"
2. Click "Credits at the end"
3. Enter the text "By, Your Name" in the text box, when done, click "add title"

-note-  You can check the current status of your movie by pressing play in the task screen.  Your movie should now be 1 minute in legnth with 5 subtitles images, a title, and an end credit.

The YouTube link below may be helpful:

YouTube Video Link- Adding Text

Move on to Task #6

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