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 Arrow button switches location of gallery and Event Library

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 The processes of stabilization and analyzing video for the presence of people can take a long time.

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 Project browser, select the audio clip you want to give priority, select the “Ducking” checkbox, and then move the slider to reduce the volume of competing audio by a specific percentage.

Editing:Adjusting Original Audio Choose Clip>Edit>Detach Audio Audio track (purple bar) Select & Move Select & Delete Audio Adjustment & Duck For example, if the selected audio is a voiceover clip you’ve recorded in your project, by “ducking” the other audio tracks, the voiceover can be heard clearly above the competing sounds from background music and sound effects.

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 To change the duration of the title, click on the blue icon and drag on one of its edges (a title can span several clips). To delete a title, select it and press the Delete key on your keyboard.

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

And, Voilà! A little movie!

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