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What’s iMovie? iMovie is an easy-to-use movie-making application that can turn your home videos into polished productions. The tools and effects are very cool and customizable enough to make your productions all your own.

Importing Footage Launch iMovie. If it's not on the Dock, you can find it in your Applications folder, or search for it in Spotlight.

To Import into a Mac Import your video. To make a movie with iMovie, you must first import the video from your camera to your computer. You can import video or photos from the iPhone or the iPad through your USB connector. It is possible to also download from Office 365, but not all files will download – mostly images. Videos must be mp4 or compatible.

To Get Images or Videos off Mobile Devices Connect your ipad or iphone device with the USB cord. Open Finder, click “New Folder” create a folder on the “Desktop” so it’s easier to find items. Your Mac should recognize that an item is connected, but if it doesn’t open iPhoto. Look for the camera at the bottom of your screen.

Import Images and Videos While in iPhoto, click on the Device that is holding your images & videos From the large window, select the images you want Hold Shift and click to select multiple items in a row. Hold Command and click to select multiple items, not in a row. Click “Import” bottom right. Select these images and copy/drag to your folder on the Desktop.

Retrieving Images from Office 365 Go to Safari You might have to log in the RCSD internet Terms of Use Screen (type your userid/password and accept) Go to www.portal.microsoftonline.com or www.login.microsoftonline.com Go to OneDrive – open your image and download to the Mac.

Starting A New Project with iMovie Launch iMovie. Click File in the menu bar, and select New Project... from the drop-down menu or Command N Name your project. In the setup window that appears, enter a name for your project.

Choose an Aspect Ratio - Width/height of movie Choose an aspect ratio. The aspect ratio refers to the width-to-height ratio of your movie, and will affect how it will appear on screens and monitors. Choose an aspect ratio for your movie. The aspect ratio is a dimension describing the height and width ratios. For example, iPads and iPhones before the iPhone 5, standard TV screens, and older computer monitors have a 4:3 aspect ratio. Newer televisions and monitors will use the widescreen 16:9 format.

Set up the Project Theme What will fit the theme of your novel? Set your project theme. You can set a basic template for your movie using Themes. Click on each thumbnail, and in the preview area to the right, you'll see a sample video of how that theme looks in use. Themes will help give your movie an interesting look.

Add Automatic Transitions Select “Automatically add transitions and titles" if you want iMovie to insert standard cross- dissolve transitions with occasional theme-styled transitions between the clips in your project. If you don’t choose this option, you can still add theme-styled transitions to your project manually.

Start Creating Click Create. This will finalize your choices, and take you back to the main iMovie window's Project browser, where you can begin to build your project.

Adding Video to Your Project Select an event. In the Event Library, select an event you would like to use in your project. Note: If you don't see the Event Library, click the Event Library button, normally located in the lower left corner of the iMovie window.

Selecting Clips to include Select the clips you want to include. Once you've defined a new project, you can add video clips into the movie. Select the video clip Click File, Import, Movies If you want to change projects, click on the Project Library button, and choose one from the list.

Creating Events for Videos Select the video Create “New Event” – type the name of the video clip. If you have an “Existing Event” you want to add it to (same group of videos, just click that off, and select from drop down menu). Choose “Copy files” Click Import

Adding Video Clips Add the first clip. Select clip or a range of video frames from the film strips in the Event Library. To select an entire clip, hold down the Shift key, then click once on the clip once, so that it’s outlined in yellow. To select a specific range or section of a clip, click and hold on a section of the clip, then drag across the clip while holding down the button on your mouse or trackpad. Selected frames are outlined in yellow. Drag your video selection to the Project browser in the top left of the screen. A vertical green line, along with a green Add (+) symbol, appears anywhere you can place the clip. Add in all your video. Drag in each clip, or section of a clip, into the Project browser in any order you prefer. You can place the clips sequentially, or place a clip between two others.

How to Select & Edit Video Select your video. In the Event browser, select a range of frames, or the entire video clip. To select an entire video clip, hold down the Shift key and click the clip once. It will be outlined in yellow. To select a portion of a clip (called a frame range), click and hold your mouse button and drag across any clip range. Selected frames are outlined in yellow.

Dragging Video Selection to Project Browser Drag your video selection to the Project browser. You can drag it anywhere: to the beginning or end of the project, or between clips you’ve already added. A vertical green line, along with a green Add (+) symbol, appears anywhere you can place the clip. The image on the right, shows how the Project browser appears when you add your first video clip to a project.

Editing and Enhancing Video Video that’s been added to a project is marked along the bottom with an orange stripe in the Event browser, so that you can see at a glance which video you’ve used. You can add the same video to multiple projects, and you can use it more than once within a project. Continue adding video in this way until you have all the video you want in your project. Next, you can enhance your project by adding music, photos, titles (text that appears onscreen, over your video), and more.

Importing Images Import images from your Camera or download from OneDrive. You can add more than movies to iMovie, and add a documentary feel to your film by adding still photographs. Whether scanned or shot digitally, the process is the same.

Adding Photos to iMovie Open the Photo Browser. Click on the camera icon located on the lower right side of the screen, above the video clips. The Photo Browser will slide in from the right, and lets you choose all the files in your iPhoto library. If you haven't imported you're stills into iPhoto, you can do so, then click on the Last Import button to see only those images. Otherwise, you can simply drag them in from wherever they are located on your hard drive— though keeping all your images together in one folder is best.

Dragging Photos into Your iMovie Drag your photo to its desired location. If you drag it before or after a clip, there will be a green vertical line, indicating that it's safe to place the image in that spot. If the line is red, you are placing the image in the middle of an existing clip, and you'll be asked if you wish to replace the existing clip, insert the clip, or cancel the operation.

Be Creative! Ken Burns & Such Use photos creatively. You can intersperse still images in between a clip of an action video for effect. You can set the duration of the still for effect, add captions/titles as well as combine video for more excitement. To Crop or make adjustments… Click on the picture in the project window, it will turn yellow, Click the cogwheel, Choose “Cropping, Ken Burns & Rotation. When “Ken Burns” is selected, which creates a camera move on the photo from green to red box. Move the boxes to change the movement. Have a play with the settings, click “Done” and watch the movie back. You can see how each change affects the view of the photo. Repeat as necessary.

Polishing Your Project “Spiff” it up. Once you have everything in place, you can add elements to your film to really make it look special. You can use (or change) themes, add transitions, music, and titles. Add a project theme. If you didn't choose a theme at the beginning, you can add one now. From the File menu, choose "Project Theme…" or press Shift- Command-J.

Selecting Themes (if You Haven’t Already) Select a theme. Fine one of the thumbnails that you like (you can preview them by clicking them), and choose whether or not to include the automatic transitions. When you select a theme, you will see a 30-second sample video so you know what to expect. If you're new to iMovie, use the automatic transitions and titles option. It will help you get a feel for how they work, and you can always change or edit them later. Make your choice by selecting or un-selecting the "Automatically add transitions and titles" checkbox. Click OK. iMovie will work through your project, adding transitions between clips, and titles at the end.

Adding Transitions Add your own transitions. You can add transitions between clips by opening the Transitions browser on the iMovie toolbar. Select the desired transition, then drag it between two clips. iMovie will automatically manage the transition. You can easily change transitions by double clicking on the transition icon in your movie, and selecting a new one from the popup menu.

Add Music for Mood and Tone Add music. A movie without music is what they used to call a "slide show." Nobody liked to sit through those back when that was the only way to see those vacation pics, let alone now, when it's so easy to do. Royalty Free Music: www.jamendo.com www.freemusicarchive.org http://freemusicarchive.org/genre/In strumental/

Adding Music and Sound Effects Click on the "Music and Sound Effects" button (the musical notes icon) on the iTunes toolbar. This will switch the browser from your photo library to your iTunes library, as well as your Garage Band folder and Sound Effects folders. Look through your list of music until you find the song you want to add. When you find an appropriate selection, click on the song, and drag it to the end of the video clips in the Project browser. Don't drag it over a particular clip. When you see the green vertical line, release the mouse, and your clip will be placed into the movie.

Adjusting Music The background behind the movie clips will be shaded green for the duration of the music clip, beginning at the first clip in your movie, and ending at the end of the music. Note that this may end before your video track, or go beyond your video track. If the music is too short, you can always add another clip at the end of the project. If it's too long, you can fade it out at the end.

Adding Titles Add text to your movie. You can add text anywhere within the movie, and at the beginning or end as credits. Open the Titles browser by clicking on the T icon in the iMovie toolbar on the right. A series of different text treatments appear. To add those to your movie, click and drag one to the relevant clip.

Titles – Entering Test and Adjusting Enter the text. Replace the temporary text with words of your own, as necessary. To alter the font, right click on the text and select "Show Fonts" from the menu. Choose from the available list or click "System Font Panel" at the bottom left of the window, and choose from your available fonts. There are 9 different color options in the basic panel, but you can set any desired color in the System font panel. Trim the title length. Select the title clip in the Project browser, and adjust the length as desired by clicking on the side, and dragging in necessary direction. To view the Title inspector, double click on the title clip.

Add Credits Add credits. If you didn't use a stock theme, you can add credits at the end by dragging the Scrolling Credits title to the end of the movie, and filling in the correct credits. This is where you will cite your sources, such as creative commons images and music. Steps: Click Window > Titles Choose the scrolling credits option. Drag it to the end of your movie.

Royalty Free Images Images Creative Commons Search - Search many sites at once *Our Favorite! StockVault.net – Free images from photographers around the world Kozzi.com – One free photo per day FindIcons.com – Huge resource for avatars or small images Flickr Advanced Search – Use advanced search filters to show only CC licensed images Morguefile – Free stock photos Open Clipart Library – Public domain clipart

Attribution Format for Images "Creative Commons 10th Birthday Celebration San Francisco" by tvol is licensed under CC BY 2.0 Use TASL – the acronym for citing… Title? "Creative Commons 10th Birthday Celebration San Francisco" Author? "tvol" - linked to his profile page Source? "Creative Commons 10th Birthday Celebration San Francisco" - linked to original Flickr page License? "CC BY 2.0" - linked to license deed

Attribution for Music To attribute Royalty-Free or CC music include: I used imagecodr.org for this image… To attribute Royalty-Free or CC music include: “Song title” Singer/musician/composer “Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0” Source of music                                                                                                              by  rosipaw 

Rendering the Final Project Click to select a project in the Project Library, or open a project so that it’s showing in the Project browser. You should finalize only projects you consider to be complete because if you make further changes to a movie you’ve finalized, iMovie discards the finalized versions. Choose “File - Finalize Project”. The File menu appears in a light gray bar across the top of your computer screen. Depending on the size of your project, it can take a while to render all of the sizes. You might want to finalize your project when you’ll be away from your computer. The process is complete when the finalizing dialog disappears. The File menu appears in a light gray bar across the top of your computer screen. Depending on the size of your project, it can take a while to render all of the sizes. You might want to finalize your project when you’ll be away from your computer. The process is complete when the finalizing dialog disappears.

Teacher Resources See TL Edcamp http://tledcamp.weebly.com/copyleft-in-the-21st- century.html LiveBinder for iMovie http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=976124 Learning in Hand – iMovie resources and tips http://learninginhand.com/blog/2014/8/6/plan-a-better-imovie- trailer-with-these-pdfs