Getting Started with iMovie
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Starting iMovie
Clip Art
1. Start iMovie by clicking on the iMovie icon in the dock
3. Enter a name for your
movie
4. And click “Create”
2. When the iMovie dialog
appears, select “Create
a New Project”
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Interface
Monitor
Clip Viewer
1. Preview Screen
2. Clipboard
1.
3. Scrubber Bar
2.
4. Playhead
5. Clip/Timeline View
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5. 6.
6. Camera/Edit Mode
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7. Video Controls
9.
Time Line Viewer
8. Volume Control
9. Tabs
10. Trashcan
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Importing Video
When you see a scene you want,
Click “Import”
7. As iMovie imports video, it
stores it in the “Clipboard”
8. When a scene changes, it
automatically creates a new
“Clip”
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3.
4.
1. Connect your camera
2. Turn it on
3. Make sure you have the
iMovie switch pointed to
Camera mode
4. Click “Play”
5. Movie will play in Preview Screen
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Viewing your Clips
You can view your
clips in two ways:
1. Select the clip you
want to view and
click the Play icon
OR
2. Place you cursor
over the frame
marker at the
bottom on the
screen and drag
the marker.
3. This is called
“Scrubbing”
2.
Notice the format of the time stamp on the clip.
mm:ss:ff = minutes:seconds:frames
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Naming and Arranging Clips
3. You can rearrange your
clips in any order you
choose
4. Or move clips back to
the clipboard if you decide
you do not want to use them
5. Click the play icon to view
your entire movie
1. Drag and drop your clips
from the Clipboard to the
Clip Viewer
2. To name your clips, click
on the clip number and
enter a new name in the Clip Info
screen
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Removing Portions of Clips
1. Click the TimeLine mode icon
2. Notice that as you placeyour cursor next to a clipit
changes shape
3. You can do this either in front of, or behind a clip
4. You can now push or pull the cursor to shorten or “roll up”
video you do not want in the clip
5. Also notice that the picture scrubs in the preview window
as you do this
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Splitting Clips
1.
1. Use the arrow keys on your
keyboard to move the playhead
one frame at a time
2. Position the marker on the very
LAST frame before your
desired cut
3. Edit > Split Video Clip at Playhead
will create two clips, split at the
frame you indicated
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3.
Using Transitions
3.
4.
5. Drag the transition between
the two clips you selected
to transition
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4.
Click on the Transitions tab
Select the transition you want
A preview appears
Set the duration of the transition
on the sliders
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5.
Adding Effects
1. Click on the Effects tab
2. Select an effect and see
the preview of what it will
look like
3. Choose the effect you want
Click “Apply”
4. You can add more effects
by repeating this process
5. Adjust the scale of the effect
using the Scale slider
6. Set when an effect will
occur and if it will stop with
the Effect In and Effect Out
sliders
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Creating a Title
6.6.
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2.
1. Click on the Title tab
2. Select the type of title you want
3. Select a color if you want the
title to be in color
4. Select Font and Size values
5. Enter your title text
6. You can see a preview in the small
window at the top of the work area
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Positioning the Title
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2.
1. If you want the title to display
over a black background, click
on “Over black”
2. Drag the selected title action
to the Clip View
3. Wait for the red Rendering line
to complete loading the title
4. Click on “Preview” to view the
title
3.
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Adding Photos From iPhoto
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5. You can choose to leave
the “Ken Burns” effect on, or
turn it off
6. Use the sliders to set the size
and how long the picture will stay
on screen
7. Drag your photo between any
two clips to insert it
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5.
6.
1. Click on the Photos tab
2. Select the iPhoto library from
which you will import the photo
3. Select the photo you want to
import
4. A preview appears in the small
window at the top of the screen
7.
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Adding Still Photos From a Clip
1. Move the printhead to
the frame from which you
want to create a still shot
2. Edit > Create Still Frame
3. iMovie will insert a still
shot in the clip board
4. You can save this picture
in an iPhoto library if you
wish to use it elsewhere
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The Ken Burns Effect
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5. Move the sliding knob to End
6. Adjust how you want zoom
and duration to run for
the end of the effect
4.
1. Select the still to which
you want to apply this effect
2. Click the Ken Burn Effect
box
3. Move the sliding knob to Start
4. Adjust zoom and duration of how
you want the effect to start by
moving the sliders
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Inserting Audio
1.
1. Click the Audio tab
(If you want to insert tracks from a CD
insert the CD now.)
2. Choose your Audio source
a) iTunes if the audio is already
in your iTunes library
b) Audio CD
c) iMovie Sound Effects
3. Select the movie clip in the timeline
that you would like to add a sound effect
to.
4. Drag the playhead on the timeline to the
frame where you would like the clip to
play, and click Place at Playhead.
You will see the sound clip in the
movie track.
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4.
Adjusting Audio Volume
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Select the desired clip in the
Timeline.
Go to the clip volume control
Click on the blue sound icon.
Adjust the volume of the clip,
from 0-150%.
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Extracting Audio from your Clip
1. Select the Clip
2. Advanced > Extract
Audio
3. iMovie will extract the
soundand put it in your
Media folder
as a voice Clip
4. You can then edit the
audio as you would any
othersound
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A Final Thought
While FUN! – twirling, bouncing, chopping,
et al tend to cloud the message and distract
your viewer.
Keep it Simple Stupid
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and Straightforward