3D Movie Maker: Features and Limitations (150490)

SUMMARY

This article describes the features and limitations of 3D Movie Maker. Although the following list is not exhaustive, it gives you a good idea of the things that you can and cannot do in 3D Movie Maker.

(Another source for information about features is the 3D Movie Maker Help Machine.)

This article is broken down into two sections "What you CAN do in 3D Movie Maker," and "What you CANNOT do in 3D Movie Maker."

WHAT YOU CAN DO IN 3D MOVIE MAKER

You can get more information on how to perform most of the following activities by consulting the online Help included with 3D Movie Maker.

Make Movies

For more information on making movies, see 3D Movie Maker online Help.

Import Wave files

For information about importing sounds, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Record Wave Sounds

For information about recording sounds, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Import MIDI Files

For information about importing MIDI files, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Remove Sounds from Movies and/or Actors

Move Sounds from One Movie to Another Movie

For information about moving sounds, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Change Performance Options

For information about changing performance options (by changing the quality of animation and running the program in either full-screen, or window mode), see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Add Frames to Middle of Movie

For information about adding frames to the middle of a movie, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Start Your Search for Talent Book Pages Again

For information on resetting the talent book, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

WHAT YOU CANNOT DO IN 3D MOVIE MAKER

Record MIDI

3D Movie Maker does not provide a way to record MIDI. To record MIDI, you need additional hardware and software.

Export Movies to AVI (Videos)

For more information on this, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Play Movies on Another Computer Without 3D Movie Maker Installed

3D Movie Maker must be installed to play 3D Movie Maker files. There is no run-time version of 3D Movie Maker.

Import or Create Actors, Props, or 3D Objects

3D Movie Maker comes complete with all of the actors, props, 3D objects, and backgrounds it can use. You cannot import other images (for example, .bmp, .wmf files) into your movies.

Remove Frames from Middle of Movie

You cannot remove frames from within a movie with 3D Movie Maker. In other words, you cannot shorten a movie from 100 frames down to 90 frames.

Keep Action Going While Scroll Box Is Scrolling

For more information on this, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: