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To download Windows Live Movie Maker (free, remember), go to the
Windows Live Essentials website (explore.live.com/windows-live-essentials/).

Like more expensive programs, Windows Live Movie Maker enables you to import
videos in a variety of formats, edit your videos on a scene-by-scene basis, and add
elements such as scene transitions, static or animated titles and credits, secondary
audio tracks, and other special effects. The latest version of this program also han-
dles HD video, in either 720p or 1080p formats.

As shown in Figure 11.1, Windows Live Movie Maker makes it easy to add titles,
credits, and onscreen text overlays. You can save your video in Windows Media
(WMV) format, burn it to DVD, or publish it directly to YouTube.

Figure 11.1 Windows Live Movie Maker—a free video editor ideal for YouTube use.

In short, Windows Live Movie Maker is an easy-to-use, completely free program
and is available to anyone running Microsoft Windows. It’s an ideal solution for
those with modest editing needs—like most YouTube content creators.

Apple iMovie

Windows Movie Maker is exclusively for Windows users, but if you’re a Macintosh
user, you have a similar preinstalled solution. Apple includes its iLife software with
all Macs, and the iLife suite includes the iMovie video-editing program. Like
Windows Movie Maker, iMovie is a surprisingly full-featured video-editing pro-
gram, quite easy to use, and completely free.