You can see from the introduction that we really start from ground zero - we quickly review the fundamentals and only then do we put our foot on the gas to get you to understanding making sure you are keeping up every step of the way. So if you can follow the one minute introduction you can be sure you can follow the more advanced material and by the way, learning where to find the icon to start a program is simple but fundamental. A few years ago, my company hosted a public video editing seminar to assist a nonprofit learning center. The comments from this seminar were surprising to say the least and came from people from every walk of life. After twenty years helping people use technology, I had never seen ordinary people so actively participate and retain the knowledge. Even seniors and young children who could barely type on the computer were able to create their own multimedia masterpieces with little effort and no manuals. Many wanted follow on classes and wanted to their loved ones to participate in future seminars. Using the base of material from this seminar, my company recorded this video training to help others around the world learn the magic of video editing on their home computers. Why does the training work? Even with a master’s degree with a concentration in instructional design and technology, I really don't have all the answers. I just know from the many comments that I received is that many people thought these tools were too complicated or too expensive to learn - and it's a heck of a lot more interesting to be working with video and special effects for an hour than sitting in a day long class on the basics of word processing. The truth is that only a few years ago you had to buy special software and hardware to make videos since computers were slow, but today computers are faster and Microsoft has made Movie Maker a free program already included on your Windows XP computer. That's right free. You just need someone to help you use it. For les...