Microsoft KB Archive/150490

= 3D Movie Maker: Features and Limitations =

Article ID: 150490

Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft 3D Movie Maker
 * Microsoft Nickelodeon 3D Movie Maker

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This article was previously published under Q150490



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:

150487 3D Movie Maker: How to Import Sounds

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

150488 3D Movie Maker: How to Record Sounds and/or Dialog

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

150487 3D Movie Maker: How to Import Sounds

Remove Sounds from Movies and/or Actors
For information about removing sounds, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

145825 3D Movie Maker: How to Remove Recorded/Imported...

Move Sounds from One Movie to Another Movie
For information about moving sounds, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

143365 3D Movie Maker: How to Move Sounds Between Movies

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:

141821 3D Movie Maker: How to Improve Performance

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:

143369 3D Movie Maker: How to Add Frames While Freezing...

Start Your Search for Talent Book Pages Again
For information on resetting the talent book, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

139495 3D Movie Maker: How to Reset the Talent Book

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:

143230 3D Movie Maker: Movies Cannot be Saved in AVI...

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:

142108 3D Movie Maker: Animation Stops While Credits...

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