Basic tutorial how to use imovie

HOW TO USE
IMOVIE 9.0.4
VERSION?

Overview
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iMovie 09
is consumer-level
digital video editing
software for Macintosh.

You can use to
edit the footage
you film

with digital video
cameras
and HD video
cameras.

The sections
will
help you use

iMovie
to edit your
video efficiently.

01. Project Library - where all movie
projects on computer are displayed

02. iMovie Project - shows current
position in clip and for editing

03. Monitor Window - views clips or
your final iMovie project

04. Play Project -

play selected movie project
either in viewer or full screen

05. New Project - allows you to start a
new movie project

06. Frame Adjustment - allows you to
see

thumbnails of clips by amount of
frames per thumbnail

07. Import -

where you import footage from
your webcam or video camera

08. Flip Switch - swaps the

Source Video and the iMovie
Project from top to bottom

09. Adjusts size of thumbnails
used in iMovie

10. Event Library - where

all the events (groups of clips) on
computer are displayed

11. Add selection – allows to add clips
to your project

12. Favorites Tab - allows you to
select

favorite clips, parts of clips, or
remove clips all together.

13. Options Tab – where you can
work on

voiceovers, cropping images, to
adjust audio, or adjust video

14. Turns on/off Audio Skimmer

15. Edit browsers - Different editing
browsers such as

adding music, photos, text,
transitions, and animations.

16. Source Video - shows all events
from

a particular source that can be
used for editing

To begin adding photos,

you will need to create a new
project.

To do this,

Click Applications folder on your
dock screen

Click on the iMovie icon

When the iMovie screen appears,

Click “File” on the menu bar

Click “New Project”

The screen appear like this:

Enter the title of the new project on
the box

Select the “Aspect ratio” for your
project, either :

4:3 Standard or 16:9 widescreen

Fullscreen footage
is
shaped more like a square.

Widescreen footage
is
shaped more a like a rectangle.

You can select also the Frame rate
you want

Either :
30 fps – NTS
25 fps – PAL
24 fps - Cinema

By clicking the “Frame Rate” box

Once you done entering and
selecting the :

Name of Project
Aspect Ratio
Frame Rate

Click the “Create” button

Select photo on your file

And drag them to this area

After dragging all the photos you
want,

The screen will appear like this:

Click “Play” button to view the output
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Click the “File” from Menu bar

Click the “Import”

Click the “Movies”

Find the video / movie in your folder

I choose from the “Desktop folder”

Then I choose “preteens activity.mp4”

Click “ Create new event”

Click “Optimize video”

Click or Choose Full-Original Size

Click “Copy files”

Click “Import”

Rename the new event by double
click “new event”

Then I Rename “new event” to
“Popping balloon”

The output will be like this”
Name of the event

Click play under the Event Library
to preview entire movie

Click on any of the clips within the
“Event Library”

A yellow box will appear on the
thumbnail

Adjust the edges of the box so
that all of

the footage you want to add to
your project is

within the yellow box.

After you have done, your mouse
pointer appear as hand.

Grab the thumbnail within the yellow
box and drag it

to the Project Browser to add it to
your movie.

A confirmation box appear, click “OK”

The clip adjustment bar
alters how many frames of each

clip appear as a thumbnail.
Adjusting this can

make selecting larger or smaller
portions of clips easier.

Before adjusting
After adjusting

Once you have placed a photo into
your project..

You have a variety of options for
adjusting the clip.

These options include:
TRIM
CROP

To TRIM a photo:

Click the clock icon
that appears when you hover

your mouse over a clip in your
project

Just like when inserting a clip, just
drag the sides

of the yellow box to manipulate
what portion of the

video is included in your project.

A confirmation box appear, click “OK”

Press the play button to preview
your clip;

To CROP a clip:

Click on the cropping icon in the
thumbnail of clip

 On the option tab, click on the
clip you’d like to crop.

You can then resize the green box
that appears on

the clip to control how much of the
footage will be visible.

 Click “Crop” button

 Click “Done”

To add a sound file click the music
note icon

Then simply browse for the sound
file that you would

like too add and drag it into your
project.

The output should be like this:

To add an image file, click the camera
icon,

browse for the photo,

and then drag it into your project.

The output should be like this

Adding Titles
 To add titles to a clip,

Click the “T” icon on the Edit
Browser

Select the type of title you would
like to add

Drag the title on top of the clip
you would

like to add it to.

Select background you want

Type the title text you want in
the box

Click the play button to preview

Click “Done ” once finish

Adding transitions
To add transitions to your
project,

Click the “Transition” icon on
right of the Edit Browser

Select “Theme” from the
Transitions box

Then drag the type of transition
you would like to

the place in the timeline that you
choose.

Adding Animations
To add animations to your
project,

Click the Animation icon on far
right of the Edit Browser

Select from the animation themes

Then drag it into the timeline in the
appropriate area.

After you have made the finishing
touches to your video

it is time to share it with the
World.

iMovie gives you different
options for
exporting your video.

Click the “Share” tab

Then choose from the following:

Saving in iMovie is very different.

The program automatically saves your
project to the

computers hard drive as you are
working.

To see where it saves
automatically,

Click “Finder” on your computer
dock

Click the “Movie” folder

In the “Movies” folder, you should see
2 folder :

iMovie Projects
iMovie Events

GO AHEAD
AND MAKE YOUR
FIRST IMOVIE PROJECT

IT’S FUN ….
ENJOY ! !

Basic tutorial how to use imovie

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