Windows Live Movie Maker Says Goodbye to the Timeline

iMovie ’08 took a lot of flack for dispensing with the timeline, the single horizontally scrolling representation of a movie. Instead, your project is organized left to right, top to bottom like you read a paragraph of text.

Microsoft is taking the same approach with its new Windows Live Movie Maker. View the movie on this page to see an overview of the software.

Category: Editing, iMovie, Misc, Third-Party

Published by Jeff Carlson

Author, photographer, and late-nighter Jeff Carlson writes for outlets such as Macworld, DPReview, Creative Pro, and others, and is a contributing editor for TidBITS. He is the author of Take Control of Your Digital Photos; The Photographer's Guide to Luminar, Apple Watch: A Take Control Crash Course; and The iPad for Photographers, among many other titles. View all posts by Jeff Carlson

Anonymous February 23, 2010 at 11:11 am

What is the difference between Windows Live Movie maker and just Windows movie maker?
I have a feeling they are the same thing because im trying to download Windows movie maker (much easier and more features than windows live movie maker) but it says that i already have all my updates installed yet i dont have windows movie maker anywhere in my computer… please help!

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Jeff Carlson February 25, 2010 at 11:15 am

I haven’t used Windows Live Movie maker, but I think it’s basically just the newest version of Windows Movie Maker. If you’re running Windows 7, I don’t think you have a choice; it’s Windows Live Movie Maker only. I’m not currently running Win7, so I can’t be certain, but that’s what the cobwebs in my brain are telling me.

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George May 14, 2010 at 6:36 am

Im just up to Windows Movie maker LOL!
if this is free and better than Windows Movie maker then I have to try it hehehe!
thanks for sharing

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