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Seminar One: Professor Davis November 29, 2011. iMovie Tutorial. Amanda Favia ITF, Macaulay Honors College at Baruch College amanda.favia@macaulay.cuny.edu. iMovie. Import Video Start New Project iMovie Tools Basic Editing. Import Video. File>Import>Movie
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Seminar One: Professor Davis November 29, 2011 iMovie Tutorial Amanda Favia ITF, Macaulay Honors College at Baruch College amanda.favia@macaulay.cuny.edu
iMovie • Import Video • Start New Project • iMovie Tools • Basic Editing
Import Video • File>Import>Movie • Import formats that directly import into iMovie—3gp, m4v, avchd, mp4, mov, h.264, dv
Import Video: Camera • Connect camera to computer • Turn camera on & set to “PC Connect mode” • Select video clips to import: • For all clips: “Automatic” & Click “Import All” • For specific clips: “Manual”, Deselect the clips you don’t want to import & Click “Import Checked”
Import Video: Event Library • Event Library—iMovie generates Events in the same way as iPhoto does—this is the footage you use to create movie projects • Allows you to group video into useful named categories
New Project: Getting Started • Choose File > New Project • Project Themes>Select Theme (or No Theme) • Themes automatically insert titles & transitions
New Project • Name your project • Aspect Ratio (width & height of your movie) • Widescreen (16:9) • Standard (4:3) • Frame Rate>same used to shoot video (30fps) • Click Create
iMovie Workspace Project Library View Video Build your Project iMovie Toolbar Event Library Browse your Source Video/Music
iMovie Toolbar: Import & Edit • Import Video • Project Window Zoom: increases thumbnail size & decreases length of the time increments to edit more precisely, frame by frame
iMovie Toolbar: Import & Edit • Music • Video & Photos • Titles • Transitions • Backgrounds
iMovie Toolbar: Editing • Voiceover • Crop Video • Inspector: Edit Clips, Video & Audio*
Editing: Selecting a Clip • Select portion of clip: click once on clip to display yellow selection area • Expand or contract selection: click on edge of the selection area>cursor changes to a bar with a double arrow>drag & drop into project area
Editing: Clip Trimmer • Allows you to change the duration of a clip by removing unwanted frames • Adjust by dragging on the edges of the selection • Click on Done
Inspector: Clip Adjustment • Video Effect • Speed & Direction of Footage • Stabilize Footage
Inspector: Clip Adjustment: Stabilization • Smooth the shaky portions of your video • Marks the footage that contains people • For best results, use when project is complete
Editing: Selecting Audio • iMovie & iLife Sound Effects • GarageBand • iTunes • Drag & drop audio file into Project Area • Trim sound>drag on edges of the green icon to resize
Inspector: Audio Adjustment • Adjust Volume • Ducking: gives the selected audio priority over other audio tracks • Fade • Normalize: brings loudest part of audio clip to 100% w/o distortion
Editing:Adjusting Original Audio • Choose Clip>Edit>Detach Audio • Audio track (purple bar) • Select & Move • Select & Delete • Audio Adjustment & Duck
Inspector: Video Adjustment • Adjust image quality • Levels: B&W levels • Exposure: shadows & highlights • Brightness: overall light level • Contrast: relative contrast of light & dark tones • Saturation: color intensity
Editing: Adding Titles • Choose Title style> Drag & drop into video clip • Edit Title>Select blue bar above clip • Viewer>Click on placeholder text>Enter your own text • Click on Done
Editing: Adding Transitions • Choose Transition>Drag & drop between two clips • Transition will display as a gray box between the two clips • Change duration> Transition Adjustments>Enter the desired duration>Click OK
Troubleshooting • iMovie Tutorials: http://www.apple.com/support/imovie/ • Contact me! amanda.favia@macaulay.cuny.edu
Thank you! Amanda Favia amanda.favia@macaulay.cuny.edu ITF, Macaulay Honors College at Baruch College