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2000 - 2017
Windows Movie Maker
“Every home video needed a title and a transition.”
- Birth year
- 2000
- Shutdown year
- 2017
- Lifespan
- 17 years
- Peak era
- 2000–2017
- Company
- Microsoft
- Category
- Software
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What Was It?
Windows Movie Maker made basic video editing accessible on the family computer. Users could arrange clips, add music and titles, and turn home footage into a finished movie without learning a professional editing suite.
The creative process could begin with footage already on the family computer. Arranging clips and adding titles or music let a user turn a loose collection into something with an opening, a sequence, and an ending. The result did not need professional polish to feel like a finished movie.
That accessibility made the editor part of personal media history. Its retirement left memories of both the videos people made and the recognizable workflow through which they first learned that editing could change the way a story was told.
Things You Probably Forgot
- Its first version shipped with Windows Me.
- Later versions used the Windows Live Movie Maker name.
The Story
- 2000 Windows Movie Maker made basic video editing accessible on the family computer.
- 2009 Windows Live Movie Maker introduces a new version of the familiar home-video workflow.
- 2017 Microsoft discontinued Movie Maker with the end of Windows Essentials support in January 2017.
How It Died
Microsoft discontinued Movie Maker with the end of Windows Essentials support in January 2017.
What Replaced It?
Memories
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