Windows Movie Maker 2012: How to Add Picture Overlay Over Video While Retaining Audio

Anonymous
2012-12-02T04:44:38+00:00

Hey Community,

I'm currently making a Youtube video with Windows Movie Maker 2012 on Windows 8, and I wish to add Pictures here and there in my Video Track while retaining the symmetry of my Voice to Video from the Audio connected to my Video Track. Would really appreciate an answer because all other answers I have searched are very outdated (2007-2010).

Thanks for your time :)

Windows for home | Other | Music, photos, and video

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Anonymous
2012-12-03T06:24:46+00:00

Hi fredtoossi,

You can't directly overlay a photo to a video in Movie Maker, but you can achieve what you are trying to do by importing the audio for the video separately, and splitting the parts of the videos. Please follow these steps:

  1. Add the video to your Movie Maker project using the Add videos and photos button.
  2. Under Video Tools, set Video volume to none.
  3. Click the Add music button. On the right side of the File name box, set it to videos and located the video itself. 
  4. Go to the specific time where you want to put the photo.
  5. Under Video Tools, click Split.
  6. Go to the part where you want the photo to end, then click Split again.
  7. Please take note the length of the part where you want to put the photo, then delete that part of the video.
  8. Add the photo to the project, and move it to the part where you split the video.
  9. Click the photo, then under Video Tools, set the Duration equal to the length of the previously deleted part.
  10. Do this for the other parts of the video, you may need to adjust the videos to properly sync it with the audio.

Please let us know if you need more help.

Thanks!

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Anonymous
2014-10-15T05:25:35+00:00

Transitions subtract from the duration.  So you have to account for that.  If you were to add 5 photos, for example, each 7 seconds long that would be 35 seconds.  But if you then put 4 transitions in between them each 1.25 seconds, that's a total of 5 seconds that would be subtracted.  So you would need to only trim 30 seconds of video out to still match up.

Another option is to try and view the waveforms and see if you can match the waveform of the video track and the waveform of the sound track and make sure they are exactly the same.  But that is a bit of trial and error.

A better option would be if Movie Maker allowed for a separate (additional) video track so you could add pictures on that track and they would not affect the original audio at all and there wouldn't be a need to do all this math to try and calculate the amount of video to trim out and replace.  :)

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-12-22T15:27:50+00:00

    Thanks very much for your reply to my issue Glenda. But the bottom line is that you cannot overlay a photo(s) to an audio project that is set up as video( with no motion )  track with Movie Maker , without deleting a like portion of your original sound/video track.

    So I just created breaks in the clip and inserted a photo without interrupting the continuity of the project. So there is no audio in the portions where I have inserted the photos.

    I have just purchased the latest version of Pinnacle Studio Plus from Corel to work with transferring VHS to my computer using Dazzle.  This software appears to offer more options than Movie Maker so I will give it a try and see if it can be done successfully with the Pinnacle program.

    Thanks again for your information  Glenda.

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-12-06T05:22:25+00:00

    Hello amber,

    Welcome to Microsoft Community Forum. I understand that you want the audio to continuously play even when you have inserted a photo within the video. You can check the information provided by moderator Glenda_A on October 28, 2013.

    Let us know the results afterwards.

    Thank you.

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-12-06T04:06:18+00:00

    oh my gosh i'm about to go insane with freaking windows 8 movie maker.  

    I'm trying to make a movie montage using a video I imported (with sound).  I want to add pictures on top of the video, so you can still hear the sound.

    I see your tutorial about adding video, putting it to mute and then adding the music, but like the other person, that is not an option for me.

    I seriously couldn't be more dissatisfied with windows 8...now this on top of it.  UHG!!

    PLEASE redeem windows for me....help me add pictures to my video with sound in tact throughout.

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