Sorry. No such feature on Windows Live Movie Maker (the Essentials version for Windows 7). Even earlier versions of Windows Movie Maker do not offer time-lapse options.
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You can add GIFS to both the 2.6 version of Windows Movie Maker and Windows Live Movie Maker. What you have to remember is that you must stretch the GIF file out on the time-line to see it in action.
The Time-line tracks themselves can't be merged together in Windows Movie Maker. They are displayed separately for ease of editing.
Windows Movie Maker v2.6 is exclusively for Windows Vista (and Windows 7). You need version 2.1 for your Xp operating system. Click on the download link for Windows Movie Maker v2.1 that I've posted below in the Related Links section. You can find a reliable download there.
There isn't a 'Now Playing' tab in Windows Movie Maker. Simply click on the > button under the preview pane to play the movie. Only one project at a time can be played in Movie Maker. Are you perhaps talking about Windows Media Player?
You can't have more than one clip in use at a time on the Video track in Windows Movie Maker.
To add anything to Windows Movie Maker, you first have to Import the media into the program. Once you have imported it, drag it down into the Time-line or Storyboard.
You can't.
You can open any version Movie Maker file in Windows Live Movie Maker (Windows 7) as long as you have ALL of the original source files used to create the project available on your hard drive. If the source files are not accessible, then you will find RED X's through the clips on the Time-line.In other words, it is better to Publish (or in the case of Movie Maker 2.1 version - Finish the Movie) before opening it in Windows Live Movie Maker.
Windows Movie Maker imports .gif files is the original format size. You will have to stretch the gif out on the time-line to see its total animation.
Unfortunately, no. You can't do that with Windows Movie Maker.
The Time-line is a the workspace in Windows Movie Maker. The Storyboard also has its place, but the time-line is the actual work area.