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iMovie Basics
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iMovie is the video editing application included in the iLife suite. iMovie allows you to import video from a
digital video camera or your iSight to create engaging video projects that incorporate animated titles, still
photos, transitions, and a number of other effects. iMovie allows you to add a music soundtrack to your
project (using your iTunes library), or your own narration. iMovie ‘06 also includes a number of themes
you can use to create professional looking movies in a matter of minutes.

Capturing Video 5. Click on Create. capturing video from your
The ﬁrst step in creating a 6. Set iMovie to capture mode camera.
movie is to capture video from by using the Camera/Edit 10. To preview any of the clips
your digital video camera as switch below the preview created by iMovie during
follows: area. the capture, select it in the
clips pane and clic on the
1. Connect your camcorder to Play button below the pre-
your computer using a To use an iSight as the view area.
Firewire cable and make capture device, click on the 11. Save your project once you
sure it is turned on and in camera icon to the left of have captured your video
the correct mode for trans- the switch and select Built- by selecting File > Save
ferring video (this will de- in iSight. Project.
pend on your model but is 7. Use the controls below the 12. Start building your movie
usually Play/VCR). preview area to play, re- by dragging the clips cap-
2. Launch iMovie by clicking wind, and fast forward the tured by iMovie to the tim-
on its icon in the Dock. contents of the tape until line at the bottom of the
iMovie will start up and you ﬁnd the footage you window. iMovie will switch
open the last project you want to capture. to edit mode as you drag
worked on. your ﬁrst clip to the time-
3. Select File > New to create line.
a new project (or click on
the Create a New
Project button in 8. Once you ﬁnd what you
the iMovie splash need on the tape, click on Working with Clips
screen). the Import button (Record It is easier to work with clips in
4. In the Create Project dialog with iSight if you’re using the timeline when it is in Clip
box, provide a name for an iSight) or press the View (click on the Film Strip
your project ﬁle, choose the Spacebar on your key- button).
location where you want to board and iMovie will cre-
save it, and select a video ate clips in the clips pane
format (DV is recom- based on each time you • Adding:
mended). started and stopped re- To add a clip to the timeline,
cording with your camera. drag it from the Clips pane
(on the right hand side of the
iMovie window) and drop it
on the timeline at the bottom
9. When you’re ﬁnished cap- of the window.
turing, click on the Import • Previewing:
button again (or press the To preview a clip in the pre-
Spacebar on your key- view area, click on it once to
board) and iMovie will stop select it and press the Play
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button in the preview area. To with your mouse to change the 6. Most theme clips allow you
preview your entire movie, duration of the clip. to add one or more titles.
ﬁrst make sure no clip is se- To add a title, type your text
lected in the timeline by click- Themes in the ﬁelds available in the
ing outside of it, then click on The latest version of iMovie Themes pane.
the Play button in the preview includes a number of Apple- 7. To add a theme clip to the
area. designed themes that can be timeline once you’ve set all
• Reordering: used to add a professional look your options, click on the
To change the order of a clip to your movies. Apply button (you can also
in the timeline, select it (it will click on the check mark
have a blue background) and To use a theme in your movie: displayed on the toolbar
drag it to a new location. 1. Click on the Themes pane. below the preview).
• Splitting: 8. You can move the theme
To split a clip, ﬁrst select it clip to another location on
and use the playhead in the the timeline by dragging
preview area to select where and dropping, just as you
you want the split to occur. would with a regular clip.
Nex, select Edit > Split Video
Clip at Playhead (or press Photos
Command + T). To add a photo to a movie:
• Cropping: 1. Switch to the Media pane,
To crop a clip, ﬁrst select it so then click on the Photos
that it is displayed in the pre- tab at the top.
view area. Next, place the
2. Select one of the ﬁve cate-
playhead where you want
gories using the drop-down
your video to begin once it is
menu at the top of the
cropped. Place your cursor
pane.
underneath the playhead,
3. Use the scroll bar to navi-
and drag to create a selec-
gate through the theme
tion (it is displayed in a gold
clips available in each
color). The portion of video 2. Select the iPhoto library or
category. Each time you
that is outside the selection one of the albums you
select a theme clip, a pre-
will be removed once you have created, then choose
view will be displayed on
select Edit > Crop (or press a photo you want to insert
the preview area. Click
Command + K). to your movie.
Show Preview if you don’t
3. Before you add your photo
see it.
to the movie, you can add
4. Make sure the Drop Zone
a “Ken Burns” effect. This
Editor is visible. Click on
• Removing: adds a panning and zoom-
Show Drop Zones to dis-
To remove a clip from the ing effect to a still image.
play it if it is hidden.
timeline so it is not part of
5. Begin dragging your video
your movie, drag it from the To add a Ken Burns effect,
clips into the drop zones
timeline to the Clips pane. click on the Show Photo
marked 1, 2, etc. The pre-
Settings button. This will
view will update to show
Once you have set the order of open up a window with a
how the theme clip will dis-
your clips on the timeline, you number of options.
play your video clips once it
can switch the timeline view by
has been inserted into your
clicking on the Clock
movie.
icon. You can then
change the length of a
clip by moving the pointer to
the beginning or end of a clip
until a bar with an arrow is dis-
played. You can then drag in
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To turn off the effect for an Clock icon.
individual photo, select it 4. Add an audio clip to the
and uncheck the box next timeline by dragging it to
to Ken Burns Effect. To either the second or third
change the zoom level, use timeline (you can also
the switch to select either place the playhead where
Start or End, then move the you want your sound effect
3. Select a transition from the
top slider until you ﬁnd a or music to start, then click
list and watch the preview
zoom level you like. on the Place at Playhead
window to see if it is the
button). If you are adding
one you want to use.
narration, place the play-
4. Set the options for the
head where you want to
transition (such as its dura-
start your narration and
To change the speed of the tion, or the direction in
then click on the red record
effect, use the bottom which it is applied) using
button.
slider. When you’re ﬁn- the sliders and other con-
ished setting your options, trols in the Transitions
click on Apply to add the pane.
effect to your photo. 5. Add 5. Drag the transition you
audio effects by selecting want to use from the Tran-
the Audio FX tab in the Ed- sitions pane to an area be-
iting panel. To apply an tween two video clips in the
effect, select it from the list, timeline. The transition will
4. To add the photo to your
use the sliders to change be added to the timeline.
movie, drag it from the Me-
dia pane to the timeline. its options, and click on the
Apply button. You can change a transition
Once the photo is in the
6. To change when the sound after you have added it to the
timeline you can move it
clip will play, select it (it will timeline. Select the transition
around just as you would
turn blue when you click on in the timeline, then change its
any other clip.
it) and drag it to a new lo- options or select a different
cation on the timeline. transition and click on the Up-
Audio
7. To trim the audio clip, posi- date button.
To add background music to a
movie: tion your pointer at the be-
ginning or end of the clip Video Effects
1. Switch to the Media pane,
until a bar with arrow ap- Video effects allow you to
then make sure the Audio
pears. If you click and drag change the appearance of the
tab is selected at the top.
while the arrow is visible, footage itself. iMovie ships
you can change the length with a number of effects, in-
of the audio clip. cluding some that allow you to
8. To adjust the volume of the recreate the look of aged ﬁlm
audio clip, click on the or give a sepia tone to your
speaker button below the clips.
timeline and use the slider
2. At the top of the window, To add a video effect:
to adjust the volume level.
select music or audio ﬁles 1. Select the clip you want to
from your iTunes library, apply the effect to.
audio ﬁles created in Ga- 2. Select a video effect from
rageband, or one of the the Video FX tab of the
Transitions
three categories of sound Editing pane.
Transitions allow you to ease
effects (Standard, Sky- 3. Set the options for the ef-
the viewer from one clip to the
walker, and iLife). fect you want to apply to
next. To add a transition:
3. Before adding your audio the selected clip using the
1. Switch to Clip View.
clips, switch the timeline sliders and other controls in
2. Select the Transitions tab
view by clicking on the the Video FX pane.
in the Editing pane.

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6. Click on the Add button to DVD player. To add a Chap-
add a title clip to the time- ter, click on the Chapters
line. pane, then place the play-
head at each point where you
You can change a title after want to add a Chapter
you’ve added it to your movie marker and click on the Add
4. Click on the Apply button. by selecting the title clip in the Marker button.
Unlike transitions, you do timeline, changing its options in • iPod: this option will convert
not have to drag video ef- the Ttiles pane, and clicking on your movie into the .m4v
fects to the timeline. the Update button. format supported by the
video iPod. Your movie will
Some of the new effects in- Sharing Your Movie be resized to 320 X 240 so
cluded in iMovie 06 allow you iMovie makes it easy to share that it ﬁts the iPod’s screen.
to preview and update them in your movies. You can burn • iWeb: this option will export
real time. These are listed in them to a DVD, carry them your movie and open up
the Quartz Composer category. around on your iPod, or post iWeb so that you can select a
them to an Internet site. Use template for the web page
Titles the Share pane to access all that will be used to display
Titles allow you to add addi- the ways to share your iMovie your movie online.
tional information to your projects.
clips. Once you have set the options
You can access the Share for the format you have se-
To add a title: pane in two ways: lected, you can export your
1. Select a clip in the timeline. • choose Share from the menu movie in the appropriate format
2. Select a title style from the bar, or by clicking on the Share button.
list in the Titles tab of the • select File > Export.
Editing pane. Useful Keyboard Shortcuts
In the Share pane, you can • Command + T (split a clip)
select one of these options to • Arrow Keys (move the play
change how your movie is head one frame at a time in
compressed for sharing: the preview area)
• Shift + Arrow Keys (move the
play head 10 frames in the
preview area)
• Space Bar (Play/Pause)
3. Enter your own text for the
title using the ﬁelds in teh Other Resources:
Titles pane. • Apple Learning Interchange:
4. Once you select a title Videography for Educators
• Email: the movie will be (http://ali.apple.com/ali_sites/
style, you can set a number
compressed and Mail will ali/exhibits/1000019/INTROD
of options before you add it
open up automatically so you UCTION.html)
to the timeline. You can
can address and send your This tutorial includes videos
change the font family,
message discussing the entire process
color, typeface, and size.
• iDVD: this will create a DVD of planning, shooting, and
5. Select Over Black if you
that you can play on your TV editing video.
want your title on a solid
or computer. The DVD can • The Unofﬁcial iMovie FAQ
background, which is use-
include menus. You can also (http://www.danslagle.com/m
ful for introduction titles or
include Chapters in your ac/iMovie/index.shtml)
credits. If you don’t select
movie before you export it to This site covers the most
this option, your title will
iDVD. These Chapters can commonly asked questions
display as an overlay on
be used to skip through the about iMovie.
top of your video.
different sections of your
movie when it is played on a

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