The moviemaker is a nice program (plus it's free) except for the fact it's not the most complete. I'm new as well in the area of clip/movie making. I just started playing around with it and I've realized that it's very straightforward the more you use it. However, it doesn't seem to work well with certain video formats. I'd recommend using primarily AVI video files. It does accept MPEGs as well but it causes some kind of conflict when you try to play the timeline.
I'm using it to create an Alizee tribute video. It's my first video of any kind. I'll post it here when it's done which should be soon. I'm about 2/3 of the way finished.
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