Windows Movie Maker Project to Premiere Pro or Resolve (Beta)

Move a Windows Movie Maker edit to Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve or Final Cut Pro instead of rebuilding it by hand.

Opens: WLMP, MSWMM, ZIP, MP4, WMV, JPG, PNG, MP3, WMA
Saves: MP4, XML (Premiere Pro), FCPXML, EDL, OTIO, SRT, VTT, CSV, PNG

Convert

Movie Maker project
Choose files… or drop them here
.wlmp, .mswmm, .zip · up to 200 MB each, 10 files max
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    The .wlmp file Windows Movie Maker 2011 or 2012 saved, or the .MSWMM file of the Windows XP and Vista Movie Maker, or a .zip of the project with its videos, pictures and music.

    Media files (for the MP4) (optional)
    Choose files… or drop them here
    .mp4, .m4v, .mov, .avi, .wmv, .asf, .mpg, .mpeg, .mts, .m2ts, .3gp, .mkv, .webm, .mod, .dv, .vob, .flv, .png, .jpg, .jpeg, .jfif, .bmp, .gif, .tif, .tiff, .wdp, .jxr, .heic, .mp3, .wma, .wav, .m4a, .aac, .aif, .aiff, .flac, .ogg, .mid, .midi, .zip · up to 200 MB each, 500 files max
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      The videos, pictures and music the project uses, as they are on your computer (any folder; they are matched by file name). Without them you still get the files for other editors, but no MP4.

      Options
      Make the MP4

      When the project's media files are uploaded, the movie is made as MP4. Choose "Editor files only" to skip it.

      As Movie Maker would choose from the media (1080p for HD videos and pictures, otherwise 720p or 480 lines for 4:3), or a fixed height.

      More options

      Older .MSWMM projects keep a small picture of every clip. Show it in place of a file that was not uploaded (and make a small version of the movie from the project alone), or show a card with the file's name.

      Where the videos, pictures and music will be on the computer you edit on, for example D:\Videos\Holiday or /Users/me/Movies/Holiday. The editor files then point there instead of to the paths Movie Maker had.

      Your files are deleted after processing.

      Windows Movie Maker project to Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve or Final Cut Pro

      Moving a Windows Movie Maker edit to a full editor means rebuilding it by hand: Movie Maker cannot export its timeline. Upload the .wlmp project instead and import the edit.

      Which file to use

      • Premiere Pro: the -Premiere.xml file (File > Import). DaVinci Resolve and Avid Media Composer import it too.
      • Final Cut Pro: the .fcpxml file (File > Import > XML). DaVinci Resolve reads it as well.
      • Other editors: the EDLs (one per track) or the OpenTimelineIO file.

      The storyboard comes across with its cuts, speed and transitions, title cards as a colour clip with a title above it, captions as titles at their place, and music and narration on their own audio tracks with their volume and fades. The captions also come as SRT and WebVTT files.

      Relinking the media

      The editor files point to the paths the videos, pictures and music had on the PC where the project was made. If the files are elsewhere now, give their folder under "Media folder on the editing computer", or relink them in the editor. The media list shows every file and its original path.

      Privacy

      Results are deleted automatically after 30 minutes, or straight away with "Delete now".

      More about what this tool reads and writes: Windows Movie Maker Project Converter (WLMP, MSWMM to MP4).