There is a primer, and I'm going to give you a link to it with the following caveat: DON'T PANIC. There is a lot of information here, however it really and truly isn't as scary as it looks. Swear. It was written for anime videos, and uses examples from them, but everything there applies to live action as well.
Or, if you are on information overload, and just want to get in and play to see what it feels like first (or for motivation), you can do that quick and dirty if you've got some avi or wmv files lying around on your computer. Open up WMM and import your file(s), including a song for kicks. Select the avi and then tools-->create clips, which will break it down into smaller chunks (you can also trim them down further using the split tool in the window, and further once it's on the timline itself by clicking either edge and dragging). Drag your song down to the audio/music track. Go back up to tools-->audio levels and slide the thingie all the way all the way over to 'audio/music'. Grab one of your clips, drag it to the video track and fiddle with it's length. Grab another one and do the same. Hit play and watch your clips to music. Is that not awesome? :D
Now you can go back to the guide and get more detail on how to rip your movies off DVDs and what is this avisynth doohicky, and who cares about aspect ratio *anyway*?
One note that may be useful later, WMM can be kinda limited, both in how you trim and in that it is linear (clips must be laid in order end to end, no jumping around on the timeline) so if you want more control (but a higher learning curve) then you'll probably want to *coughcoughahem* a copy of Premiere or other non linear editing software.
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Or, if you are on information overload, and just want to get in and play to see what it feels like first (or for motivation), you can do that quick and dirty if you've got some avi or wmv files lying around on your computer. Open up WMM and import your file(s), including a song for kicks. Select the avi and then tools-->create clips, which will break it down into smaller chunks (you can also trim them down further using the split tool in the window, and further once it's on the timline itself by clicking either edge and dragging). Drag your song down to the audio/music track. Go back up to tools-->audio levels and slide the thingie all the way all the way over to 'audio/music'. Grab one of your clips, drag it to the video track and fiddle with it's length. Grab another one and do the same. Hit play and watch your clips to music. Is that not awesome? :D
Now you can go back to the guide and get more detail on how to rip your movies off DVDs and what is this avisynth doohicky, and who cares about aspect ratio *anyway*?
One note that may be useful later, WMM can be kinda limited, both in how you trim and in that it is linear (clips must be laid in order end to end, no jumping around on the timeline) so if you want more control (but a higher learning curve) then you'll probably want to *coughcoughahem* a copy of Premiere or other non linear editing software.