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YouTube Movie Maker v22.08(x64) --- Release Date: 2022.07.29Latest Version)
  • In the all-new Shape Customize module, we can easily customize any shapes to make our video more interesting.
  • Now, we can directly view and change the shapes while we add new shapes.
  • All-new creator library, 100,000+ royalty-free video footage, photos, images, audio, sound, effects, and more. for helping users to create successful videos.
  • Fixed the reported bugs.


  • YouTube Movie Maker v20.11(x64) --- Release Date: 2021.07.27)
  • New program UI, helps the user make video easier.
  • New program UI, supports 4K or above screen well.
  • within the "Media Cutter" UI, the user can directly convert video segments to high quality gif files.
  • Built-in free "typography video maker", the user can easy to make wonderful fast motion typography video within few steps.
  • Now, the user can directly add Transition effect to Overlay Track/Line.
  • Now, the item with predefined Motion effect can be moved directly.
  • More Particle effects.
  • More Motion effects.
  • More stickers.
  • More Program shortcuts.
  • The user can directly import alpha channel mov files for editing.
  • Fixed the bug - failed to upload.
  • Fixed the bug - can't zoom out in dialog of "Input Text".
  • Fixed the bug - the program crash after inserted and moved the Gap in Overlay Track/Line.
  • Fixed all reported bugs


  • YouTube Movie Maker v18.57(x64) --- Release Date: 2021.04.29
  • New 100+ Particle effects.
  • Fixed some minor bugs


  • YouTube Movie Maker v18.56(x64) --- Release Date: 2020.05.22
  • Now, the user could follow the new "Lyric Maker wizard" which helps the beginner make a lyric video quickly and easily to make a lyric video step by step.
  • Now, the user could directly specify the moving steps by using the "Move Left/Right" option to move item in Timeline area.
  • Now, the user could view the total duration when they are using the "Append Clone" option to clone item in Timeline area.
  • Now, the user could quickly set font size and Types of multiple checked/unchecked lyric lines in the "Lyric Maker" UI.
  • Now, the user could disable the lyric layer which he didn't want to be displayed temporarily in the "Lyric Maker" UI.
  • Now, the user could set the "Valid Time Period" of lyric layer in the "Lyric Maker" UI, that helps the user to directly hide some unwanted parts in the lyric video.
  • Now, the user could directly set font size in the interface of Font option of "Text Effect Maker" UI.
  • Now, the user could save all added fonts as a file in the interface of Font option of "Text Effect Maker" UI.
  • New "3D Motion - 360 Rotation " be added to Motion Effect module.
  • Fixed: within "Media Cutter" UI, the program doesn't refresh data in the lower right table when the user clicked "Set as Start" or "Set as End" button.
  • Fixed: within Timeline area, applying "Replace Source" to an item which has "Transition Effect", this item will be shortened.
  • Fixed: within "Lyric Maker" UI, if a lyric sentence contains a Chinese punctuation, it will cause a display disorder.


  • YouTube Movie Maker v18.25(x64) --- Release Date: 2020.01.15
  • Improved the mask effect required data files.
  • Improved some source icon files.
  • Add a new customized motion effect.
  • Fixed: A crash problem when loading some special video files in certain cases.


  • YouTube Movie Maker v18.21(x64) --- Release Date: 2019.09.12
  • Updated the program built-in images.
  • Improve the performance of the Timeline area.
  • Fixed reported bugs.


  • YouTube Movie Maker v18.16(x64) --- Release Date: 2018.08.22
  • More Overlay Lines, now the user can put videos on more Overlay lines, it's easier to mix more videos on the same screen.
  • New "The Highest-priority Text Postion Settings" option is available in "Text Input" window, now the user can quickly place the input text on Screen Center, Screen Right, Screen Left, Screen Top, Screen Bottom, Screen Top Left, Screen Top Right, Screen Bottom Top, Screen Bottom Right.
  • New "Auto Text Aligh" option in the Right-click menu of multiple-select text, now the user can quickly place all selected text on Screen Center, Screen Right, Screen Left, Screen Top, Screen Bottom, Screen Top Left, Screen Top Right, Screen Bottom Top, Screen Bottom Right.
  • Now, the user can directly migrate all Lyric text from the left list to the right list without recording in "Lyric Maker" window.
  • Now, the user can directly preview the recorded Lyrics without music in "Lyric Maker" window.
  • Now, the user can directly specify the Min Timescales of the Timeline area.
  • Now, the user can customize the name of each Timeline's Line.
  • Now, the user can add border to multiple Timeline items at once.
  • Now, the user can change the transparence of multiple Timeline items at once.
  • Now, the user can change the frame size of mulitple Overlay items at once.
  • Now, the user can enable "Reverse Playback" option of multiple Timeline items at once.
  • Now, when the user input text, the "Text Input" window can be fixed to any position on the screen(Don't close the fixed "Text Input" window when input text).
  • Now, the "Motion Effect" module will auto save and load the previous configuration.
  • Fix:
  • Fixed bugs - fixed reported bugs.


  • YouTube Movie Maker v18.05(x64) --- Release Date: 2018.06.01
  • All-new "Text Effect" module, helps the user to easily add Text with wonderful special effects.
  • Add a notation, mark in the source media bin for each video/image/audio that is added to the Video Line/Overlay Line/Audio Line(display a tinted strip across its top with text, for example, V:1 means be added to the Video Line one time, O1:2 means be added to the Overlay1 Line two times, A1:1 means be added to the Audio1 Line one time).
  • Add a clickable arrow on each side of the Playhead line, the user can click it to make the Playhead line step forward or backward.
  • Add more Text Lines, helps the user to edit complex text video project more easier.
  • Within "Media Cutter" window, now the user can easily cut a video multiple times.
  • Now, The user can directly apply settings from the previous saved Lyric file(.rzlrc) when you making new Lyrics file in "Lyric Maker" window.
  • Now, The user can easily customize the word spacing horizontally and vertically in one Lyric Line's "Word Layout" window, then apply to all other Lyric lines.
  • Now, The user can easily reverse playback video.
  • Now, The user can easily insert the blank gap into the Video Line/Background Line.
  • Now, The user can directly split video at the Playhead line(The default yellow line in Timeline area).
  • The user can driectly set the End Time to the Playhead line.
  • The user can driectly set the Start Time to the Playhead line.
  • The user can directly move item to the Playhead line.
  • The user can directly add the different color blocks into the Background line.
  • The user can rotate multiple Timeline items at once.
  • The user can click on the program taskbar icon to min program window.
  • The user can scale the timeline calibration by integer.
  • The user can directly remove all sucessful items from the list in "Upload Video" module.
  • The user can directly add fade in/out effect to a Particle effect.
  • Add two buttons to quickly move the timeline horizontal cursor to the left most or right most.
  • The user can directly convert a subtitle file item to subtitle texts in Text line.
  • The user can cancel the program exit window.
  • Fix:
  • Fixed bugs - fixed reported bugs.


  • YouTube Movie Maker v17.06(x64) --- Release Date: 2017.08.29
  • Now, the user can Enable/Disable "Scroll the mouse wheel to Zoom In/Out the Timeline view" option.
  • Now, within "Audio Mixer" module, the user can output 16bit/24bit/32bit High-Res Audio.
  • Fix:
  • Fixed bugs - fixed three reported bugs.


  • YouTube Movie Maker v17.01(x64) --- Release Date: 2017.07.12
  • All-new x64 Engine, much more faster, more powerful, and more stable.
  • New Screen/Video/Audio Capture module, more stable and easier.
  • New Video/Audio Cutting module, helps the user to cut video/audio more easily.
  • Now, The user can make and upload 4K/2K Ultra HD videos for YouTube.
  • Now, The user can make and upload 21:9 Wide Screen 4K/2K/HD videos for YouTube.
  • Now, The user can make and upload 60Fps videos for YouTube(supports all Frame rate for YouTube, include 24fps, 25fps, 30fps, 48fps, 50fps, 60fps, etc.)
  • Now, The user can make and upload YouTube videos with 96KHz High-Res Audio.
  • Now, The user can Render/Preview a part of project, that will help the user to make sure everything is OK in this part quickly, then continue to edit other parts.
  • Now, The user can directly remove part of a video in Timeline view.
  • Now, The user can directly set the loop times when making movie credits within "The Credits Maker" module.
  • Now, The user can make YouTube Movie Maker v17 to auto backup the current project,avoid accidental loss of working.
  • Now, YouTube Movie Maker v17 supports magnetic effect in Timeline area and upper right Edit/Preview window, the user can align items more easily.
  • Now, The user can directly add a Motion effect to all items in the same Line.
  • Now, The user can directly add a Mask effect to all items in the same Line.
  • Now, The user can directly right click Timeline item and select "Replace Source" to replace it without losing the previous editing.
  • Now, The user can directly scroll the mouse wheel to Zoom In/Out the Timeline view, that will help the user edit and preview project more easily.
  • Now, The user can directly press "Ctrl" and scroll the mouse wheel to Horizontal scroll the Timeline view.
  • Now, The user can directly press "shift" and scroll the mouse wheel to Vertical scroll the Timeline view.
  • Now, The user can resize the preview window, that will help the user to preview the high video resolution project in small screen more easily.
  • Now, The user can directly select a video as background in Lyric Maker window.
  • Now, The user can add Ready-Flag at the beginning of a Karaoke lyric file in Lyric Maker window.
  • Now, The user can directly export the lyrics video in Lyric Maker window.
  • Now, The user can directly modify the font of all selected texts.
  • Now, Both Motion effect and Transition effect are effective at the same time.
  • Improve the program user interface.
  • Fix:
  • Fixed bugs - fixed all reported bugs.


  • YouTube Movie Maker v16.21 --- Release Date: 2017.01.06
  • New "Audio Shake Effect" module, helps the user easy to make wonderful music video with Rhythmic 'Beat-shake' effect, put popping text and screen shake/zoom effect on your video, video to bounce to the bass in the beat like the audio waves do.
  • Now within "The Credits Maker" module, the user can directly import the Credtis text from a text file(.txt), helps the user to make the Credtis video easier and faster.
  • Now within "Lyric Maker" module, the user can set the different 3D Layout effect for each Lyrics line, helps the user to make wonderful 3D lyrics video.
  • Now within "Lyric Maker" module, the user can start to match the lyrics text and music from any time point, helps the user easy to resume the previous working(just need to right click a lyrics line in the right lyrics list, and select "Start to re-record after this line").
  • Now, within "Lyric Maker" module, the user can save the recorded lyrics as a standard lyrics file(*.lrc) or subtitle file(*.srt) directly.
  • Now, within "Lyric Maker" module, the user can set the bouncing ball highlighting all words.
  • New "Video Uploading" module, helps the user upload videos onto YouTube easier and more quickly (Required Microsoft .Net Framework 4.5.2, Win8 or above windows version alreay built-in above version Microsoft .Net Framework, but if you are using win7 or lower windows version, please install Microsoft .Net Framework 4.5.2 first.)
  • Improve the program user interface.
  • Fix:
  • Fixed bugs - fiexed all reported bugs.


  • YouTube Movie Maker v16.02 --- Release Date: 2016.09.29
  • New program user interface, more friendly and easy to use.
  • All-new "Audio Shake Effect" module, now the user can easy to put Shake/Zoom effect on the videos, images, lyric, text, credits, etc. let them to bounce to the bass in the beat like the audio waves do.
  • The "Particle Effect" supports "Emit density controlled by audio" option, now the user can right click the Particle Effect in Overlay Line to check this option, let the density of Particle be controlled by audio.
  • New "Big Font" mode, helps the old user see the program more clearly, and more comfortable to use.
  • New "Audio VU Meter" module, provided more types and options, helps the user easy to get wonderful audio visualizer waves.
  • New "Font Option" module, provided more font types and options, helps the user easy to change the type and color of the font.
  • Now, within "Lyric Maker" module, the user can directly create multiple-layer lyric file, that will help the user easy to create the lyrics video of the duo, trio, and ensemble, etc.
  • Now, the program will auto save all previous configuration within REC Module.
  • Now, the user can directly select the Reference Line when saving the Template.
  • Fix:
  • Fixed bugs - fiexed all reported bugs.


  • YouTube Movie Maker v15.06 --- Release Date: 2016.06.29
    Fix:
  • Fixed bug - it has a problem to rotate Overlay Line's video(only "Flip" and "Reverse" option).
  • Fixed bug - it has a little problem to adjust Playback Speed of Overlay video.
  • Fixed bug - it may has a problem to Save WAV file within Audio Mixer module.


  • YouTube Movie Maker v15.05 --- Release Date: 2016.05.18
  • All-new powerful "Particle Effect" module, provided hundreds of wonderful Particle Effects, and even can customize the Particle Effect. with this module, the user can add Particle Effect into videos, images, pics, lyrics, credits, texts, etc.
  • All-new powerful "The Movie Credits" module, helps the user create the scrolling texts video or the movie credits easier.
  • All-new powerful "Audio Mixer" module, helps the user mix multiple audios/musics together easier.
  • Now, within "Take Snapshots" module, the user can save the taked snapshots as picture files directly.
  • Now, within "Lyric Maker" module, the user can set the bouncing ball highlighting only one word at a time.
  • Now, within "Lyric Maker" module, the user can directly save the Particle Effect and Background in the lyrics file.
  • Now, supports "Fill Blur for Keep Ratio" mode, blurred background instead of annoying black bars, makes your video looks like better.
  • Now, the user can drag multiple items down the Timeline area directly.
  • Now, the user can directly copy all items from one Overlay line into another Overlay line.
  • New Image/Video Engine, the more stable and faster.
  • Fix:
  • Fixed bugs - fiexed all reported bugs.


  • YouTube Movie Maker New Version --- April.2016
  • We plan to release new version of YouTube Movie Maker in this month, if you have any suggestion about this update, please Mail To Us !


  • YouTube Movie Maker v12.26 --- Release Date: 2015.12.18
  • Fixed a bug - maybe it's no audio to play the created mp4 video file on Apple device(iPad, iPhone, iPod, etc.)


  • YouTube Movie Maker v12.25 --- Release Date: 2015.11.18
  • Fixed a bug in version v12.23.


  • YouTube Movie Maker v12.23 --- Release Date: 2015.11.02
    New Features:
  • Added "Split" function, now the user can Split videos or audios easier.
  • Added "Intelligent Target Name Editor" module, the user can quickly customize the file name for a batch of target files, or directly load file name of all target files from a txt file.
  • Added "Zoom line height" option in "Lyric Maker" module, now the user can Zoom in/out the recorded lyrics list.
  • Added the "Retime recorded" option In "Lyric Maker" module, if checked this option, the left panel will be synchronised to the right assign lyrics panel, now the user can fix mistake of recorded lyrics easier.
  • In "Lyric Maker" module, now the user can directly insert a new line after the selected line.
  • In "Lyric Maker" module, added buttons(Pervious, Next) to scroll to other Paragraph directly when setting the layout of a Paragraph.
  • Now the Audio Line will auto displays the "Audio Waveform data" view when add audio files. If add an video file in Audio Line, the user also can right click it and select "Create Waveform data" to get this view.
  • Now the user can edit Audio Channel Data, such as, only keep left channel, only keep right channel, mix audio channels, exchange audio channel, move left channel to right, move right channel to left, etc.
  • Now the user can directly rotate the Overlay Videos or Images in the right upper preview window.
  • Now the user can directly Crop image files(jpg, jpeg, gif, png, bmp, etc.) in the Overlay line.
  • Improve the "Timeline" view, now the user can adjust the size of Timeline, and the height of each Line.
  • Improve the editing menu, now the user can find out the right function easier and faster.
  • Now, by default the program will use "Keep Ratio" mode when add videos or images.
  • Fix:
  • Fixed bug - some special circumstances, the previous image will overlap the next image in the Overlay or Video Line.
  • Fixed bug - some special circumstances, the Crop module has problem, that will create wrong Crop effect.
  • Fixed bug - some special circumstances, the Mask Effect has problem.


  • YouTube Movie Maker v12.12 --- Release Date: 2015.07.27
    New Features:
  • Added "Limit Area" option in Lyric Maker module, now the user can limit the display area of all lyrics.
  • Added four "Ex" mode for "Paragraphs" style in Lyric Maker module.
  • Fix:
  • Fixed bug - some special circumstances, the video and audio out of sync.
  • Fixed bug - some special circumstances, the chroma key function be unavailable.
  • Fixed bug - some special images be blurred after converted them.


  • YouTube Movie Maker v12.09 --- Release Date: 2015.06.30
    New Features:
  • New examples in Lyric Maker, help you easy to create wonderful Lyric video or Karaoke video.
  • Now, you can add "Bouncing Object" when using "Paragraphs" style.
  • Now, you can customize the layout of each word or sentence of lyrics when using "Paragraphs" style.
  • Fix:
  • Fixed bug - some special circumstances, the output MP4 video no image.


  • YouTube Movie Maker v12.06 --- Release Date: 2015.06.02
    v12.06 New Features:
  • Now, you can directly set the number of P and B frames of H.264 Encoder. An H264 video stream is comprised of I Frames, B Frames and P Frames. To increase the compression of H264, more B and P frames should be set.
  • v12 New Features:
  • Entirely new Decode/Encode Engine, more stable and faster.
  • Now, Supports MAX 12 Overlay lines, MAX 4 Audio lines, and MAX 6 Text lines, that's the most powerful.
  • New "Overlay Layout" module, you can easily and quickly put each Overlay video or image to right position.
  • New Styles in Lyrics Maker, "Paragraphs" and "3D Paragraphs".
  • Now, you can directly change the Key Frame of each face within "3D Group Effect" module.
  • Now, you can double click Overlay Line to add "Audio VU Meter", that will helps you to create cool music video or lyric video.
  • Now, you can save the created video as WMV format.
  • Now, the program built-in a simple media player, that will helps you to enjoy the created video easier.
  • Fix:
  • Fixed bug - the program no responsive when using "Fine Adjustment" in Lyric Maker without setting a Font.


  • YouTube Movie Maker v12.05 --- Release Date: 2015.05.19(The Latest Version)
    New Features:
  • Entirely new Decode/Encode Engine, more stable and faster.
  • Now, Supports MAX 12 Overlay lines, MAX 4 Audio lines, and MAX 6 Text lines, that's the most powerful.
  • New "Overlay Layout" module, you can easily and quickly put each Overlay video or image to right position.
  • New Styles in Lyrics Maker, "Paragraphs" and "3D Paragraphs".
  • Now, you can directly change the Key Frame of each face within "3D Group Effect" module.
  • Now, you can double click Overlay Line to add "Audio VU Meter", that will helps you to create cool music video or lyric video.
  • Now, you can save the created video as WMV format.
  • Now, the program built-in a simple media player, that will helps you to enjoy the created video easier.
  • Fix:
  • Fixed bug - the program no responsive on some special circumstances.
  • Fixed other previous reported bugs.


  • YouTube Movie Maker v11.02 --- Release Date: 2015.02.12
    New Features:
  • New "Take Snapshots" module, simply add video clip into Timeline, then right click it and select "Take Snapshots" to select your favorite moments with just few clicks.
  • New "3D Group Effect" module, you can make multiple video clips or images as a Group, then add cool 3D Group Effects onto this Group, that will help you easy to create cool 3D videos.
  • The better "Color Adjust" module, it's easy to adjust color, hue, saturation, brightness, contrast, etc. That will help you beautify your videos and images easier.
  • Improved 3D Video Algorithm, now provides the better 3D smoothing.
  • Now, you can directly keep all Overlay Lines's audios.
  • Now, you can save the created video as FLV format video.
  • Now, you can set Audio Bitrate, Sample Rate, Audio Channels for the created video.
  • Fix:
  • Fixed bug - the conversion progress stops at 100% on some special circumstances.
  • Fixed other previous reported bugs.


  • YouTube Movie Maker v10.59 --- Release Date: 2014.11.6
    New Features:
  • New "Draw Graffiti" function, simply click on Graffiti line, easy to draw cool static or dynamic Graffiti on video.
  • Lyric Maker module supports "Hand writing", easy to make unique Lyrics Video with yourself handwriting.
  • Lyric Maker module supports "Mask Effect", easy to add wonderful Mask Effects(light and shadow effects) onto Lyrics video.
  • Now, we can simply click "Eye" before a Line to hide all the content in this Line directly, like hide layer in the Photoshop.
  • Improved Lyric words Algorithm, now the program can recognize all languages characters.
  • Fix:
  • Fixed bug - the created video has black line in 3D mode with some special circumstances.
  • Fixed bug - can't import lyric texts from a txt file, if the file name or file directory of this txt file has special unicode characteres.
  • Fixed other previous reported bugs.


  • YouTube Movie Maker v10.28 --- Release Date: 2014.8.23
    New Features:
  • New Lyric maker, now we can easy to make the best 3D lyric or karaoke video, and provides more animations and special effects.
  • Entirely new 3D mode, now we can easy to make cool 3D video, and supports multiple cameras.
  • New video mask effect module, now we can easy to add cool mask effects(light and shadow effects, etc.) onto video clips, images, or Texts.
  • Improved Lyric words Algorithm, now the program can recognize all languages characters.
  • Fix:
  • Fixed bug - The program conversion progress stops on some special circumstances.
  • Fixed previous reported bugs.


    YouTube Movie Maker v9.36 --- Release Date: 2014.5.6
    New Features:
  • More powerful Lyric maker, provides more animations and special effects, and we can easy to set font size/font styles/colors/position/animation for each lyric word, each lyric sentence, each lyric line or all lines, that will help you easy to make the best Lyric videos or Karaoke videos for YouTube.
  • Now, we can add a cool sign when making Karaoke Lyric video, like a Bouncing ball, etc.
  • Supported video Deinterlacing, now provides the better quality when editing Interlaced video, like sony MTS video, etc.
  • Improved the Audio Mixing Algorithm, now provides the better quaity when mix multiple audios.
  • Directly preview the transition effect in the list.
  • Supports Unicode Lyric words well.
  • Fix:
  • Fixed bug - The program will crash when import single line lyrics(for example, single line karaoke mode) onto Text line.


  • YouTube Movie Maker v9.06 --- Release Date: 2014.3.6
    New Features:
  • More powerful Lyric maker, provides more animations and special effects, and we can easy to set font styles/colors for each lyric word, each lyric sentence, each lyric line or all lines, that will help you easy to make the best Lyric videos or Karaoke videos for YouTube.
  • Now, we can save any project as Template, then we can always starting to make videos from the same objects, the program will auto keep or adjust object’s duration, position and effect, etc.
  • Now, we can easy to quickly mass make videos and upload onto YouTube in batch, like use the same background video/ picture, but change musics, texts, etc. or use the same logo, title texts, description texts, but change videos, musics, etc. and so on.
  • Now, we can directly zoom out/in the Time Line area.
  • Improve many functionality, significantly improve the program usability.
  • Fix:
  • Fixed all previous reported bugs, significantly improve the program stability.


  • YouTube Movie Maker v8.06 --- Release Date: 2013.8.22
    New Features:
  • Now, could save the created lyrics as a standard .lrc file.
  • Fix:
  • Fixed some compatible problems on windows7 and windows 8.
  • Fixed a previous bug - The recorded video is wrong when record screen area on some special circumstances.
  • Fixed a previous bug - The program stops when cut video on some special circumstances.
  • Fixed a previous bug - The program can't import some special formats videos on windows7 or windows8.
  • Fixed a previous bug - The program can't play some special formats videos on windows7 or windows8.


  • YouTube Movie Maker v8.05 --- Release Date: 2013.8.11
    New Features:
  • Improve "video screen capture" module, now we can direcly specify a recording area on screen by using mouse.
  • Improve "Set Start/End time of video" module, now we can preview the video in the "Set the Start/End time of video" windows.
  • Fix:
  • Fixed a previous bug - The program will reports error when quit the program on some special circumstances.
  • Fixed a previous bug - The program will stops at 0.00% when converting videos on some special circumstances.


  • YouTube Movie Maker v8.02 --- Release Date: 2013.8.6
    New Features:
  • Entire new program interface, provides many cool skins, and also can customize the program skin by yourself.
  • Entire new capture module, better quality, higher performance, and more functions.
  • Now can Capture/Record videos from screen, capture card, cameras, etc.
  • Now can Capture/Record audios from any selected audio device, selected audio input pin, etc. for example, online streaming audio, radio, audio players, game playing audio, Line In , Microphone, Stereo Mix, Mono Mix, Aux, Video, CD Audio, Phone Line, etc.
  • Now can directly add many effects when Capture/Record videos/audios, easy to adjust lightness, saturation, contrast, darkness, greyscale, invert color, audio pitch, audio volume, and many audio effects, etc.
  • Entire new Motion Effect module, easy to customize the cool motion effect.
  • Entire new encode engine, supports Intel processors with Quick Sync Video capabilities, provide 4x encode speed when using Intel Core i5 or above processor.
  • Add a new simple Timeline Editing Mode.
  • Fix:
  • Fixed all previous bugs.


  • YouTube Movie Maker v6.35 --- Release Date: 2013.1.22
    New Features:
  • Add new 5 Karaoke Effects.
  • Now, the user can reverse the Highlight words when use default Karaoke effect.
  • Now, the user can adjust the position of subtitles.
  • Improve the program performance.
  • Fix:
  • Fixed previous bugs - can't display transition effects correctly on some special circumstances.
  • Fixed previous bugs - the first picture will become black on some special circumstances.
  • Fixed previous bugs - can't remove shapes from the shape list.


  • YouTube Movie Maker v6.29 --- Release Date: 2012.12.4
    New Features:
  • Add mouse right click menu on video preview windows for editing video/picture easier.
  • Fix:
  • Fixed previous bugs - can't startup the program on some special circumstances.


  • YouTube Movie Maker v6.28 --- Release Date: 2012.11.6
    New Features:
  • Add Six program shortcut: add motion effect, add video shape, add border, cut, crop, rotate. please view program About for further info.
  • Now, the user can directly preview the customized motion effect when set customized motion effect.
  • Now, the user can directly set position of the overlay items.
  • Now, allow the user to keep video aspect ratio, by default, the program will stretch the video to fit YouTube's requirement(no black bars around the video when playing on YouTube).
  • Fix:
  • Fixed previous bugs - can't display some transition effects correctly on some special circumstances.


  • YouTube Movie Maker v6.26 --- Release Date: 2012.9.6
    New Features:
  • Add "Karaoke Effect Show (2 lines)" in "Lyrics Maker".
  • Fix:
  • Fixed previous bugs - Can not adjust the lyrics margins on some special circumstances.


  • YouTube Movie Maker v6.25 --- Release Date: 2012.9.1
    New Features:
  • 1. Add "Lyrics Maker", now we can easy and fast to make cool Lyrics video.
  • 2. Improve program stability.
  • Fix:
  • Fixed previous bugs - The program will report error when quit the program on some special circumstances.
  • Fixed previous bugs - Can't add transition effects on some special circumstances.


  • YouTube Movie Maker v6.15 --- Release Date: 2012.8.2
    New Features:
  • 1. Improve the software interface, more convenient, easier to use.
  • 2. Now, the user can customize the video shapes, that will help you easy to make cool videos for YouTube.
  • 3. Improve the "Remove Video Key Color" function, achieve the better effect.
  • 4. Improve the "Auto adjust pictures to fill Video Line" function, now will auto match the longest line(Audio/Music, Text, Overlay lines, etc.)
  • 5. Improve the program performance.
    Fix:
  • Fixed previous bug - The .PNG and .ICO files on Overlay lines are invalid.


  • YouTube Movie Maker v6.05 --- Release Date: 2012.7.5
    New Features:
  • 1. Improve the software interface, more convenient, easier to use.
  • 2. Now, the user can adjust the video quality through video Hue, Saturation, Brightness, Contrast, color, gamma, etc.
  • 3. Now, the user can add more special effects onto videos or pictures, for example, Video Deblocking, Aging, Bumpmap, Edge Enhance, Dizzy, Fire, Glass Tile, Hologram, Lens, Lighting, Maze, Motion Blur/Emboss/Mosaic, Particles, Streak, Wave, Video Emboss, Unsharp Mask, etc.
  • 4. Now, the user can rotate video.
  • 5. Now, the user can directly cut out middle part of a video.
  • 6. Now, the user can directly set background color for the created video.
  • 7. Now, the user can let the software to auto adjust pictures to fill Video Line.
  • 8. Add "Split all checked videos" function on "Video Upload Module".
  • Fix:
  • Fixed previous bugs - Can't directly publish video to YouTube on some special circumstances.
  • Fixed previous bugs - The created video's audio quality is bad on some special circumstances.
  • Fixed previous bugs - Can't set special effects area correctly.


  • YouTube Movie Maker v5.61 --- Release Date: 2012.5.13(v5 Stable Version)
    Fix:
  • Fixed a bug in v5.59, please upgrade v5.59 to v5.61.


  • YouTube Movie Maker v5.59 --- Release Date: 2012.5.1
    New Features:
  • 1. Add a ceative "Views Switch System" into YouTube Movie Maker v5.59, Now the user can use YouTube Movie Maker to promote the uploaded YouTube videos, easy to get more real views.
  • 2. Update the user manual for the newest version.


  • YouTube Movie Maker v5.19 --- Release Date: 2012.4.6
    New Features:
  • 1. Now, the user can directly crop videos when upload them onto YouTube(Upload Videos Modules).
  • 2. Now, the user can directly add logo/watermark on videos when upload them onto YouTube(Upload Videos Modules).
  • 3. Now, the user can directly join video clips together when upload them onto YouTube(Upload Videos Modules).
  • Fix:
  • Fixed previous bug - The program report "cmdtype.xml" error on some special circumstances(Enable "Run this program as an administrator" on windows7).


  • YouTube Movie Maker v5.08 --- Release Date: 2012.3.20
    New Features:
  • 1. New software interface, more convenient, easier to use.
  • 2. Now, the user can add Audio Fade In/Out effect for videos or audios.
  • 3. Now, the user can directly split videos when upload them onto YouTube.
  • Fix:
  • Fixed previous bugs - Can't adjust volume on some special circumstances.
  • Fixed previous bugs - The video settings(video bitrate, video quality factor, video file size) are invalid when upload videos onto YouTube.


  • YouTube Movie Maker v4.50 --- Release Date: 2011.10.30(Previous Stable Version)
    New Features:
  • 1. Now, the user can directly import subtitles from *.ssa, *.ass files.
  • 2. Now, the user can click one button to auto set transition effects for all items.
  • 3. Now, the user can batch set duration for each picture/photo/image.
  • Fix:
  • Fixed previous bugs - Can't compress video files on some special circumstances.(video bitrate, quality factor, file size options)
  • Fixed previous bugs - Can't copy and paste when input the texts on Title and Subtitle lines.


  • YouTube Movie Maker v4.36 --- Release Date: 2011.9.16
    New Features:
  • 1. Now the user can remove key color from Overlay Videos, that can help the user to remove the background color in the video and add new background videos or pictures, for example, remove the green color from the recorded videos in green screen.
  • Fix:
  • Fixed previous bugs - Texts display error within TimeLine mouse right-click menu.
  • Fixed previous bugs - Can't press "Set effect of selected video item" button.


  • YouTube Movie Maker v4.29 --- Release Date: 2011.7.18
    Fix:
  • Fixed previous bugs - Program won't auto shutdown computer when process complete on some special circumstances.
  • Fixed previous bugs - Program create wrong transition effect on some special circumstances.
  • Fixed previous bugs - TimeLine display error when open closed lines on some special circumstances.


  • YouTube Movie Maker v4.28 --- Release Date: 2011.7.9
    New Features:
  • 1. Now the user can add videos to Overlay Lines, so that can display multiple videos simultaneously on the same screen.
  • 2. Now the user can add border for videos, pictures, texts, etc.
  • 3. Now built-in 80+ high-definition picture materials, the user can select "ADD ICON" to view these materials, and the user can add these pictures onto the Overlay Lines to personalize the created video.
  • 4. We add 5 Overlay Lines to help the user to mix multiple videos or pictures.
  • 5. Now the user can close unused lines temporarily, that can expand the timeline area, help the user to edit materials easier in timeline area
  • Fix:
  • Fixed previous bugs - Program stop responding when mix some audio files on some special circumstances.
  • Optimize program performance on 64bit windows.
  • Optimize program engine- Improve the program robustness, stability and performance.


  • YouTube Movie Maker v4.12 --- Release Date: 2011.5.18
    New Features:
  • Add 50+ cool predefined Action - Help the user to Add Action easier.
  • Fix:
  • Fixed previous bug - Can't preview the created movie on some special circumstances.


  • YouTube Movie Maker v4.00 --- Release Date: 2011.5.6
    New Features:
  • Add Video Crop Function, crop video like an image.
  • Add a font effect, now can use a picture to fill font area.
  • Add a parameter - Maximize Duration, now within platinum edition we can make a video which be longer than 15mins.
  • Add display borderline when record the screen region.
  • Add two expand buttons, click these buttons can expand the timeline area to let the video making more convenient.
  • Fix:
  • Optimize program engine- Improve greatly the program robustness, stability and performance.
  • Fixed previous bug - Program stop responding when right click the timeline area on some special circumstances.


  • YouTube Movie Maker v3.50 --- Release Date: 2011.2.26
    New Features:
  • Provide a Step by Step Movie Making Wizzard, help the newbie to make youtube video easier.
  • Can add many pictures as a group in the timeline video line.
  • Can add icons into timeline overlay line.
  • Fix:
  • Fixed two bugs in the Screen Record Module.


  • YouTube Movie Maker v3.31 --- Release Date: 2010.12.23
    New Features:
  • Add many font special effects, such as font outline, font shine, font shadow, 3D font, etc.
  • Add a "Auto Split Long Video" on "Upload Video" module, now can easy to split long video to shorter video clips then upload onto YouTube.
  • Fix:
  • Fixed previous bug: Can't connect multiple videos together without transition effect on some special circumstances.


  • YouTube Movie Maker v3.20 --- Release Date: 2010.12.1
    New Features:
  • Add a "Common Intelligent Editor" on "Upload Video" module, now can easy to set Titles, Tags, Descriptions, Comments, etc, parameters for lots of videos at the same time.
  • Fix:
  • Improve the screen region record method.
  • Fixed v3.00 bug: Stop responding when first run program on some special circumstances.


  • YouTube Movie Maker v3.00 --- Release Date: 2010.11.8
    New Features:
  • Record/Capture Screen Videos, high efficiency with lossless quality.
  • Record/Capture audios from WaveIn device, such as microphone, etc.
  • Add action to the videos, pictures, texts, lyrics, subtitles, easy to make cool animation videos for YouTube.
  • Customize the video and audio playback speed, easy to make fast motion and slow motion effect.
  • Add background pictures, now can place videos on pictures.
  • Provide more youtube configuration, such as comment, rate, videoRespond, commentVote, embed, syndicate, etc.
  • Add video especial effects.
  • Save working project.
  • Fix:
  • All reported bugs in v2.x.
  • Optimize the performance, now can fast add transitions effects between scenes.


  • YouTube Movie Maker v2.20 --- Release Date: 2009.9.8
    Fix:
  • Fixed v2.18 bug: Can't mix audios on TimeLine Zone.
  • Fixed v2.18 bug: Can't add audios and texts when select "Publish to YouTube".
  • Performance optimization.


  • YouTube Movie Maker v2.18 --- Release Date: 2009.8.18
    Fix:
  • Fixed v2.11 bug: Can't import videos on windows7.
  • Fixed v2.11 bug: Can't import 1080P HD videos.


  • YouTube Movie Maker v2.11 --- Release Date: 2009.8.6
    New Features:
  • New Function: Batch upload various formats videos onto youtube.
  • New Function: HD YouTube Videos Profiles support.
  • New Function: Can add dubbing.
  • Fix:
  • Fixed all v1.xx Bugs.


  • YouTube Movie Maker v1.01 --- Release Date: 2008.6.10

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