Article: On your computer, you will need to open or install video editing software if you want to alter the video. Most computers have video editing software already installed. You will use this software to complete the video transfer process. For example, Windows has basic video editing software already installed. It's called Windows Movie Maker. If you have a Mac, you won't be able to use Windows Movie Maker. Instead, Macs have the iMovie video editing program installed in them. You will be able to use Windows Movie Maker or iMovie to edit the video. You could purchase more professional video editing software if you wanted to but it will not be necessary for most edits. Editing software can usually direct you to the correct spot to import videos from a connected device. Open your OS's native software and find the Import function to begin. Windows typically comes with Movie Maker already installed but if not you can download it online for free. The videos will be in either MOV or .AVI format. You can simply drag the files into a folder in your computer. The program will give you an option to import video. Give it a name. Either import the entire video, which will rewind it, and import it all into the file, or you could choose parts of the video to import. For example, you could import 30 minutes at a time. The screen allows you to select the amount of minutes you want it to stop importing after. You can rewind or forward. Then click import. Click review, organize and group items to import. Click next. Click import all new items now if you want to do so at once. Type a name for the videos, and click import. Handle photos the same way. All of the photos and videos will be imported. Select groups of videos to import. If you want to select several videos to import but not others, you can check the box next to the groups of videos you want to import. Do not check the boxes next to the videos you do not. You can view all of the videos in a group of videos, by clicking view all items next to the group. Go to photo gallery. Select the check box in the upper left corner for each video you want to use in your movie. On the create tab, in the share group, click movie. This will add selected videos to the storyboard in Movie Maker. In Movie Maker, for instance, you will want to connect your digital video (DV) camera to the PC using a FireWire or IEEE 1394 cable. Switch your digital video camera to Playback/VCR mode. Click the Movie Maker button, and then click import from device. If the photos and videos will be imported into photo gallery message appears, click OK. In the import photos and videos window, select the DC camera and then click import. On the import video page, click more options. Select a file name. If the videotape contains several different scenes, you can import each scene as a different file by choosing the Import videos as multiple files (unavailable for HD video) check box. On the import video page, type a name of the video you want to import, and then click import the entire video to import it all or choose parts of the video to import.

What is a summary?
Install video editing software if necessary. Import your video files. Download Movie Maker. Review organize and select imported videos. Import video from a videotape in a DV camera.