Dean Rowe's WebLog
Expression Encoder with little bits of MovieMaker and DVD Maker.
Xbox games in 720p
We've announced the initial list of original Xbox games that will be playable on the Xbox 360....
Author: Dean Rowe Date: 11/14/2005
Medipad
Thought some of you might be interested in an extremely early shot of "MediaPad", before it came...
Author: Dean Rowe Date: 10/25/2005
And Windows Movie Maker was called?
Mediapad. If you used notepad to edit notes, wouldn't you use Mediapad to edit media? This was just...
Author: Dean Rowe Date: 09/02/2005
Windows Movie Maker's first name?
Back in 1999, when we first started writing a video application we didn't begin by calling it...
Author: Dean Rowe Date: 09/01/2005
Virtual Earth
Virtual Earth is now live. I'd have to say it's pretty darn cool. The Channel 9 guys have a video up...
Author: Dean Rowe Date: 07/25/2005
New Microsoft Pro Photo Website
For the professional photographers out there (and I know a bunch of them use Windows Movie Maker)...
Author: Dean Rowe Date: 06/21/2005
TechEd 2005 Podcasts
You may have already caught this but Microsoft did a whole bunch of Podcasts from TechEd this year...
Author: Dean Rowe Date: 06/21/2005
Get a Life
A bunch of us from Microsoft went to see the new Star Wars movie the other day. On the drive back to...
Author: Dean Rowe Date: 05/24/2005
New Windows Desktop Search released
Looks like we've released the MSN Search Toolbar with Windows Desktop Search today. I've installed...
Author: Dean Rowe Date: 05/16/2005
Where are the posts?
I know I haven't been posting as much as I was hoping to recently. Unfortunately we're in a bit of a...
Author: Dean Rowe Date: 05/16/2005
Images and Windows Movie Maker
[Article updated Apr 26th 04 to show how to create a video file that is more than one frame] A few...
Author: Dean Rowe Date: 04/19/2005
Windows Media Developer Center
The Windows Media Developer Center has just been launched on MSDN. It's goal is to provide a single...
Author: Dean Rowe Date: 04/13/2005
Earthquake Effect
Someone over on the WindowsMovie Maker.NET forums wanted an Earthquake effect. Link - Earth Quake...
Author: Dean Rowe Date: 04/03/2005
Do you want a job on the MovieMaker test team?
Do you want an opportunity to directly affect the quality of the MovieMaker? Well then the test team...
Author: Dean Rowe Date: 02/01/2005
Do you want a job on the MovieMaker team?
If you're interested, we currently have an opening on the development team for a Software...
Author: Dean Rowe Date: 01/30/2005
What does a more complicated Movie Maker timeline look like?
In my previous articles Collection Preview vs. Timeline Preview, Transitions on the timeline, and...
Author: Dean Rowe Date: 01/21/2005
What can I do if I upgrade to Windows XP SP2 and Windows Movie Maker 2.1 is not installed successfully?
[EDIT - 06/28/05: Added information of extra folder location in Step 6 below] Well first of all you...
Author: Dean Rowe Date: 01/18/2005
Off to CES in Las Vegas
I'm off to the Consumer Electronic's Show in Las Vegas. I've never been to Las Vegas before so I'm...
Author: Dean Rowe Date: 01/05/2005
A Sad Day
I’ve just noticed that Syon Bhattacharya passed away yesterday after fighting stomach cancer through...
Author: Dean Rowe Date: 12/17/2004
Effects on the timeline
As promised on my post about transitions, here is how effects work. Effects are very similar to...
Author: Dean Rowe Date: 12/07/2004
Transitions on the timeline
On my Collections vs Timeline Preview post rehan asked an interesting question about where...
Author: Dean Rowe Date: 12/07/2004
Collection Preview vs. Timeline Preview
If you drag one clip to the timeline within Windows Movie Maker and preview it you may think that...
Author: Dean Rowe Date: 11/28/2004
Learning to Fly
Saw this link on Mikehall's blog. It's a video teaching people how to fly in Halo 2 by using the...
Author: Dean Rowe Date: 11/27/2004
Halo 2
Halo 2 has been out for almost a week now and I haven’t mentioned it on my blog? What kind of...
Author: Dean Rowe Date: 11/15/2004
Improving your movie's sound
Want to make your home movie sound like a Hollywood movie, then you need to check out...
Author: Dean Rowe Date: 11/08/2004
PhotoStory 3 is released today
PhotoStory 3 is released today and the great news is that it's free for verified Windows XP owners....
Author: Dean Rowe Date: 10/27/2004
DVD Burning with Movie Maker in Media Center 2005
I thought some of you might be interested in more details on how the Save to DVD option works in...
Author: Dean Rowe Date: 10/19/2004
Intelligent Software
Most times I love what software can do and sometimes I just sit in wonder. Just the other day on one...
Author: Dean Rowe Date: 10/15/2004
High Definition Movies Coming to the Internet
Cool story I happened to see on IMDB’s News page. CinemaNow said that they’re going to start making...
Author: Dean Rowe Date: 10/14/2004
Windows XP Media Center 2005 is launched
There are a lot of new features in this release, not least of which is Windows Movie Maker 2.1 with...
Author: Dean Rowe Date: 10/12/2004
Hooray for Visa Enhancement Services
I bought a laptop back in December 2002. I didn’t opt for the extended warrantee as it wasn’t that...
Author: Dean Rowe Date: 10/08/2004
MovieMaker Timeline Preview
The topic of video and especially photos on the timeline looking “blurry” in the preview window is a...
Author: Dean Rowe Date: 10/05/2004
Where can you get GraphEdit?
For those that are interested in checking out the DirectShow GraphEdit tool as talked about in the...
Author: Dean Rowe Date: 09/25/2004
So what’s the difference between a filter and a codec?
These are two words that are probably used more than most on the Movie Maker newsgroups and...
Author: Dean Rowe Date: 09/24/2004
Capturing Video in Windows Movie Maker 2.1 by Using DV Pass-Through
In a previous post I wrote about how we've now fixed DV Pass-Through in Movie Maker 2.1. Subsequent...
Author: Dean Rowe Date: 09/17/2004
Creating Custom Effects and Transitions in Windows Movie Maker
Not quite happy with the supplied transitions and effects in Movie Maker? Well for all you...
Author: Dean Rowe Date: 09/16/2004
Welcome Eric Gunnerson
Eric Gunnerson starts with the Movie Maker team today and I'd like to give him a warm welcome to our...
Author: Dean Rowe Date: 09/13/2004
Disappearing for a while
Just wanted to let you all know that I have to go back to England for a while for family reasons so...
Author: Dean Rowe Date: 08/25/2004
DV Pass-through
DV pass-through is a feature that some DV cameras have which allow you to connect an analog signal...
Author: Dean Rowe Date: 08/23/2004
That nice new Compatibilty tab in Windows Movie Maker 2.1
One of my favourite features in Windows Movie Maker 2.1 is something that we internally called...
Author: Dean Rowe Date: 08/22/2004
Movie Maker 2.1
As I said in my introduction we've just released Windows XP SP2. This contains Version 2.1 of...
Author: Dean Rowe Date: 08/21/2004