Want to be the next Martin Scorsese? Windows Movie Maker may not allow you to achieve this level of stardom, but if you master the program, you could be the talk of the next family get together.

WASHINGTON — Microsoft has a sometimes undeserved reputation for needing three tries to get a product right, but in the case of Windows Movie Maker that description seems fair. Movie Maker began life ...

I’ve always been a bit intimidated by video editing software. It overwhelms me, offering too many options and not enough explanations to guide a moviemaking novice like me. That’s why I thought ...

Microsoft makes a lot of editing programs -- for words, numbers, presentations and pictures -- but it gives away hardly any of them. Its new Windows Movie Maker 2, however, is a free download for any ...