Transcript How to Use Movie Maker

How to Use iMovie with Mac
Create a Storyline
 Use a storyboard to plan the story (beginning, middle, and end)
as well as any dialogue or action comments. Be prepared to
discuss your idea with Mrs. Nichols.
 Are you using video cameras, Photoshop pictures, or stills?
Think about it!
 You must show this to Mrs. Nichols before you may begin
shooting your ideas.
Found on the last page of this
PowerPoint
http://vimeo.com/videoschool/lesson/34/video-101-importing-with-imovie
Importing Your Video to iMovie
 Even though our videos are already on our computer, we still
have to bring them into iMovie. To do this, go to File > Import
> Movies… In the window that appears, we can navigate to
the folder on our desktop where we saved our videos when
we took them off of our camera. Once you locate the videos,
highlight them all. iMovie refers to projects as ‘Events’. Before
you click the ‘Import’ button, be sure to have ‘Create new
Event’ selected and give your Event a title like “5x5”. Then
click ‘Import’. Once iMovie imports your videos, you’re ready
to edit!
http://vimeo.com/videoschool/lesson/33/video-101-editing-with-imovie
Editing with iMovie
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Time to start cutting! In iMovie, you’ll see that the program is made up of three main
windows: the project library, the viewer and the timeline. The project library is where you will
keep your videos while you edit, the viewer is where you will view these videos as you edit
and the timeline is where you will make edits to the videos.
Whenever you click on a clip in your project library, iMovie selects and highlights a four
second portion of that video. To lengthen or shorten the selected portion, drag on the yellow
tabs on either end of the highlighted section. To bring the clip into your timeline, click the
highlighted portion of the clip and drag it into the timeline. Since we’re making a 5x5, each of
the five clips we use should be five seconds long. Once all of your clips are in the timeline
you can re-arrange them by dragging them around. It’s that simple! And be creative! Don’t
worry about making any irreversible mistakes while you edit, though. The videos you edit in
iMovie are only copies of your original videos.
http://vimeo.com/videoschool/lesson/36/video-101-editing-sound-and-music-with-imovie
Editing Sound and Music in iMovie
 Then there’s music. Music does a great job setting the mood you
want for your video. To add music, click the music icon below the
viewer, which will open your Music and Sound Effects libraries
on the right side of the screen. There you can choose from the
iMovie and iLife Sound Effects folders as well as GarageBand
and iTunes. Once you’ve found the piece of music or sound
effect that you’re looking for, drag it into the timeline. Adjusting
the audio clip is similar to adjusting the audio on a video clip.
Simply mouse over the audio in the timeline, and click on the
gear icon and select Audio Adjustments. Trimming audio clips is
also easy. To do so, mouse over the clip and click the gear icon
and select Clip Trimmer. The clip will then open up in the Event
Library window where you can trim the audio by dragging on
either of the highlighted ends.
http://vimeo.com/videoschool/lesson/35/video-101-trimming-and-cutting-with-imovie
Trimming and Cutting
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Whenever you click on a clip in your project library, iMovie selects
and highlights a four second portion of that video. To lengthen or
shorten the selected portion, drag on the yellow tabs on either end of
the highlighted section. To bring the clip into your timeline, click the
highlighted portion of the clip and drag it into the timeline. Since
we’re making a 5x5, each of the five clips we use should be five
seconds long. Once all of your clips are in the timeline you can rearrange them by dragging them around. It’s that simple! And be
creative! Don’t worry about making any irreversible mistakes while
you edit, though. The videos you edit in iMovie are only copies of
your original videos. Pretty nifty, huh?
http://vimeo.com/videoschool/lesson/38/video-101-adding-text-and-titles-with-imovie
Adding Titles and Text to Movie Maker
 To add text to your video, click the text icon, which is a large T
beneath the viewer. iMovie will give you a variety of styles to
choose from. Once you’ve made your choice, you can drag the
text to any point in the timeline. If you drag it to a point in the
timeline where there is no video, iMovie will let you choose a
background for it. Once you drop your text template into the
timeline, you can edit what it will say in the viewer. You will also
be able to choose font, color and size by clicking the ‘Show
Fonts’ button in the top-left of the viewer.
http://vimeo.com/videoschool/lesson/39/video-101-exporting-and-sharing-to-vimeo-with-imovie
How to Save iMovie
 Watch the video, however you will not be uploading to the
internet.
 You will save your iMovie on the technology external hard
drive so that we may share them.