Editing Windows Movie Maker (section)

===Windows Live===
A new version of the software, renamed Windows Live Movie Maker 2009, was released as a beta on September 17, 2008, and officially released as a standalone product through [[Windows Live Essentials]] suite on August 19, 2009. This was effectively a completely new application, as it could not read projects created by earlier versions and did not support custom XML transitions written for the previous versions. In addition, many features were removed.

Also, Movie Maker's interface was redesigned in the Windows Live version to use a [[Ribbon (computing)|ribbon toolbar]] similar to [[Microsoft Office 2007|Office 2007]]; it also added features such as "Auto Movie" and the ability to export videos directly to DVDs and [[YouTube]].<ref name=pcw-moviemaker2009>{{cite web|title=Windows Live Movie Maker: Awesome Slideshows Made Simple|url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/170409/Windows_Live_Movie_Maker_Slideshows_for_the_Simpleton.html|work=PC World|access-date=July 10, 2013}}</ref> Certain advanced features were also removed from the software, such as image stabilization and the ability to record voice-overs.<ref name=pcmag-mm2011/>

Movie Maker 2009 supported both Windows Vista and [[Windows 7]]. As the previous version of Windows Movie Maker was no longer included with the operating system, the only way to obtain Movie Maker on Windows 7 and later was through the Windows Live Essentials suite,<ref name="liveside" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Windows Live Wave 3: Microsoft's kinder and simpler consumer services strategy?|url=http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/windows-live-wave-3-microsofts-kinder-and-simpler-consumer-services-strategy/1714|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100515054305/http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/windows-live-wave-3-microsofts-kinder-and-simpler-consumer-services-strategy/1714|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 15, 2010|work=[[ZDNet]]|date=November 12, 2008|access-date=June 23, 2013}}</ref> although some manufacturers pre-installed the application on new PCs.

An updated version, Windows Live Movie Maker 2011, was released on August 17, 2010, adding features such as [[webcam]] capture, support for high-definition video, the ability to upload videos directly to [[OneDrive|SkyDrive]], [[Facebook]], and [[YouTube]] through their respective [[web API]]s, and the ability to add media files stored on network shares to projects.<ref name="pcmag-mm2011">{{cite web|title=Windows Live Movie Maker 2011 review|url=https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2366352,00.asp|work=PC Magazine|access-date=July 10, 2013}}</ref>