Editing Windows Movie Maker (section)

===Editing and output===
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After capture, any clip can be dragged and dropped anywhere on the timeline. Once on the timeline, clips can be duplicated, split, repositioned or edited. An ''AutoMovie'' feature offers predefined editing styles (titles, effects and transitions) for quickly creating movies.

The original camera file on the hard drive is not modified; the project file is just a list of instructions for reproducing a final output video file from the original file. Thus, several different versions of the same video can be simultaneously made from the original camera footage.

Earlier versions of Windows Movie Maker could only export video in [[Windows Media Video]] or [[DV (video format)#Application software support|DV AVI]] formats.<ref>{{cite web|title=What kind of files can I use in Movie Maker? - Windows Help|url=http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308464|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061027230423/http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308464|archive-date=October 27, 2006|access-date=June 15, 2016}}</ref> It includes some predefined profiles, but users can also create custom profiles.<ref>{{cite web|title=Create custom movie settings for Windows Movie Maker|url=http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Create-custom-movie-settings-for-Windows-Movie-Maker|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091118091526/http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Create-custom-movie-settings-for-Windows-Movie-Maker|archive-date=November 18, 2009|access-date=February 28, 2014|work=Windows Vista Help|publisher=[[Microsoft]]}}</ref> [[Windows XP Media Center Edition]] bundled Sonic DVD Burning engine, licensed from [[Sonic Solutions]], allowing video editors to burn their project in [[DVD-Video]] format on a [[DVD]]. In Windows Vista, Windows Movie Maker passes the video project to [[Windows DVD Maker]].

Windows Movie Maker 2012 introduced the default ability to export in [[H.264]] [[MP4]] format.

Video can be exported back to the video camera if supported by the camera. Movie Maker also allows users to publish a finished video on [[video hosting]] websites.

Windows Movie Maker can also be used to edit and publish audio tracks. If no video or image is present, Movie Maker allows exporting the sound clips in [[Windows Media Audio]] format.