A_, You can speed up your animation in Windows Movie Maker very easily. Under "view video effects" you have the effect "Speed Up, Double". Just drag that icon to each frame to double the speed rate (note: you can drag/drop it as many times as needed on each frame to increase the speed). You already found the duration settings, so just do the math and set those up for half the speed you need, and then use the video effect to bring it to where you want. SWAMP