Apple iMovie HD - Manuals

6 Chapter 1 Welcome to iMovie HD Before You Begin To make it easier to do the tasks in the tutorial, print this document before you start. In many tasks shown here and in iMovie HD Help, you need to choose commands from the menus in the menu bar. Menu commands look like this: Choose Edit > Copy. ...

Chapter 1 Welcome to iMovie HD 7 Did You Know?—Using Magic iMovie to Create a Movie in Minutes Whether this is your first movie or you’ve made many, you can use Magic iMovie to create a complete movie or to get a head start on editing. Magic iMovie can automatically import video from your FireWire c...

8 Chapter 1 Welcome to iMovie HD Finding Out More Your computer comes with a built-in help system for iMovie HD. When iMovie HD is open, choose Help > iMovie HD Help. When iMovie HD Help opens, type a word or phrase in the search field at the top of the page or click one of the topic areas to fin...

2 9 2 iMovie HD Tutorial This chapter takes you step by step through the process of building your own movie in iMovie HD. You can use video from a variety of sources and devices to create a movie in iMovie HD. If you have some digital video in your camcorder or digital video footage on your computer...

10 Chapter 2 iMovie HD Tutorial 4 Click the pop-up menu labeled “Where” and choose a folder to store your movie project.The default location is the Movies folder in your home folder. Saving your movie in this folder will allow other iLife applications, such as iDVD or GarageBand, to find it easily. ...

Chapter 2 iMovie HD Tutorial 13 As you import your video footage from a camcorder connected via FireWire, iMovie HD detects where you made a break in recording and automatically divides the video into separate scenes, or “clips.” Each sequence of recorded video is then made into a video clip that is...

14 Chapter 2 iMovie HD Tutorial You can also drag files from your desktop or from applications like iTunes or iPhoto to the Clips pane. In iMovie HD 6, you can also drag, copy, and paste clips from one iMovie HD project to another. Step Three: Choose the Video You Want to Keep To pare down your vide...

Chapter 2 iMovie HD Tutorial 15 To delete a clip: m Select the clip, then choose Edit > Cut or press the Delete key. The clip disappears from the Clips pane. Notice that the iMovie Trash at the bottom of the window now has something in it—the clip you just cut. It will remain there until you empt...

16 Chapter 2 iMovie HD Tutorial Step Four: Build Your Movie Now that your video footage is transformed into a collection of cropped video clips, you can begin to use them to build your movie. In this step, you’ll move the clips in the Clips pane to the video track in your movie and begin to organize...

Chapter 2 iMovie HD Tutorial 17 Â The timeline viewer, shown below, displays the elements of your movie in more detail, letting you zoom in on sections of the movie. It also displays the movie’s video track and two audio tracks. The three tracks allow you to add and manipulate multiple layers of sou...

18 Chapter 2 iMovie HD Tutorial Did You Know?—Saving While Building Your Movie It’s a good idea to save your work periodically as you make changes. Because iMovie HD saves your original footage even after cropping, you can still retrieve cropped footage after you save. To save your project: m Choose...

Chapter 2 iMovie HD Tutorial 19 Step Five: Add Photos to Your Movie iMovie HD lets you easily add photos from your iPhoto library to your movie. You can add photos as still shots that linger for as long as you like, or you can pan and zoom in or out with the “Ken Burns Effect.” In this step, you’ll ...

20 Chapter 2 iMovie HD Tutorial If the Photo Settings window (shown below) does not appear, click the Show Photo Settings button. You can drag the Photo Settings window anywhere on your computer screen to move it out of the way. 4 Click the Ken Burns Effect checkbox to deselect it and turn off motio...

Chapter 2 iMovie HD Tutorial 21 To pan a photo: 1 Select a photo in your movie or in the Media pane. 2 In the Photo Settings window, select the Ken Burns Effect checkbox. 3 Click Start. 4 Click the image in the iMovie monitor, then press the mouse button and drag the image until you see the place in...

22 Chapter 2 iMovie HD Tutorial Step Six: Add Titles and Text No movie is complete without a title, and all the great movies have credits at the end. You can add titles, credits, and other text to add to the overall polish of your movie. Text doesn’t have to just sit there, either. You might have te...

Chapter 2 iMovie HD Tutorial 23 3 Type the text you want to appear in the text fields below the list of titles.If the title style can have more lines of text, you see a plus sign (+) next to the text field. Click it to add another line of text. You can do this as many times as you need to, or until ...

24 Chapter 2 iMovie HD Tutorial Step Seven: Make Adjustments to Clips Now that you have a movie with video, photos, and a title, you may want to make some adjustments to your video clips. Most of the editing you do in iMovie occurs in the timeline viewer. In this step, you’ll learn how to make small...

Chapter 2 iMovie HD Tutorial 25 You can take advantage of the “ghosted playhead” in iMovie HD to choose the exact frame where you want trimmed video to begin or end, then trim to that spot. To precisely trim a video clip: 1 Click the clip you want to edit in the timeline viewer. 2 Drag the playhead ...

26 Chapter 2 iMovie HD Tutorial Any time you move a clip to the right, a gap is created. You can drag other clips to fill the gap, or you can leave a gap as a handy background for text or to add an extra dimension to a transition or effect. The illustration below shows what a gap looks like in the t...

Chapter 2 iMovie HD Tutorial 27 Step Eight: Add Transitions You’ve arranged your video clips in the order you want them. But the change from one scene to the next is abrupt, and you’d like to smooth things out. You can do this using transitions. Transitions blend the ends of clips together in a vari...

28 Chapter 2 iMovie HD Tutorial 3 Click a transition style in the list to select it. 4 Set the duration of the transition using the Speed slider. 5 Make any other settings specific to the transition you chose.For example, if you select Push, you can use the arrow buttons next to the Speed slider to ...

Chapter 2 iMovie HD Tutorial 29 Step Nine: Add a Soundtrack A soundtrack adds a lot to a movie. It can help set the tone for the movie and add depth to it. When you import video into an iMovie HD project, the video automatically includes the sound that was recorded with it. You can turn down the sou...

30 Chapter 2 iMovie HD Tutorial 4 Click “Place at Playhead.” The audio file appears as an audio clip in the second audio track. If the audio doesn’t start in the right place, simply drag the audio clip along the track until you see the frame where you want it to start in the iMovie monitor. Make sur...

Chapter 2 iMovie HD Tutorial 31 ∏ Tip: If you need to lengthen a particular audio clip (for example, a sound effect), you can duplicate the audio clip and add it to the end of the previous clip. Then trim the new clip to keep just the part that you need. Adjusting the Volume of Audio Clips The volum...

32 Chapter 2 iMovie HD Tutorial If you make an adjustment to the volume while you are playing a clip, iMovie HD pauses playback and then immediately plays the clip with your adjustment. This makes it easier to get the results you want. Step Ten: Share Your Movie A great movie must be shared. With iM...

Chapter 2 iMovie HD Tutorial 33 To share your movies with friends and family: m Choose Share and then choose how you want to share your movie.If you choose the standard export options, iMovie HD sets up the movie with the appropriate format automatically. ∏ Tip: If you want to share just part of you...

3 34 3 iMovie HD at a Glance Welcome to iMovie HD at a Glance. Here you’ll find a quick overview of the iMovie HD interface and controls. Take a look at these pages to familiarize yourself with iMovie HD features and terminology. Learning the names of the iMovie HD controls will help you follow the ...

Chapter 3 iMovie HD at a Glance 35 Main Window The main iMovie HD window is your command console for movie editing. Here you can view your movie, arrange scenes, edit clips, and add professional polish to your movie. A iMovie monitor: View your footage and the effects of all your edits here. B Scrub...

36 Chapter 3 iMovie HD at a Glance Clip Viewer The bottom part of the iMovie window has two views: the clip viewer and the timeline viewer. The clip viewer, shown below, is a simplified view where you can add clips to your movie and arrange them in the order you want them to appear. G iMovie Trash: ...

Chapter 3 iMovie HD at a Glance 37 Timeline Viewer Use the timeline viewer, shown below, to edit the video and audio clips in your movie, and synchronize your audio and video. A Timeline viewer button: Click to switch from the clip viewer to the timeline viewer. B Video track: Select clips in this t...

38 Chapter 3 iMovie HD at a Glance Clips Pane Click the Clips button to open the Clips pane. The video footage and still images you import into iMovie HD first appear here. You can drag a clip from the Clips pane to the clip viewer, the timeline viewer, to your desktop, into other applications, to d...

Chapter 3 iMovie HD at a Glance 39 Themes Pane You can use the Themes pane to add a theme to your movie. Click the Themes button to open the Themes pane. A Theme menu: Click the pop-up menu to choose a theme. B Theme Elements: Select an item in this list to view and edit it in the iMovie monitor. C ...

40 Chapter 3 iMovie HD at a Glance Media Pane The Media pane provides easy access to your photos in iPhoto and audio content in iTunes and GarageBand. Click the buttons at the top to switch between Audio and Photos. Audio Click the Audio button at the top of the Media pane to see the audio sources a...

Chapter 3 iMovie HD at a Glance 41 Photos Images in your iPhoto library automatically appear in this pane. Use the Photo Settings window to add motion to your still images using the Ken Burns Effect. Click the Photos button at the top of the Media pane to see the Photos window. When you select an im...

42 Chapter 3 iMovie HD at a Glance Editing Pane You can add titles, transitions, video effects, and audio effects to your movie in the Editing pane. Buttons across the top of the pane provide easy access to high-quality editing tools. Click the Editing button to open the Editing pane. Titles You can...

Chapter 3 iMovie HD at a Glance 43 Transitions You can add transitions to smoothly change scenes in your movie. To see transition settings, click Transitions at the top of the Editing pane. A Transitions list: Select a transition style in this list. B Arrow buttons: For some transitions, you can cli...

44 Chapter 3 iMovie HD at a Glance Video Effects You can add special effects to change the look of your movie clips. For example, you can change color video to black and white, adjust the image brightness and contrast, or add playful effects like fairy dust. To see video effects settings, click Vide...

Chapter 3 iMovie HD at a Glance 45 Audio Effects You can use audio effects to manipulate the sound in your movie. To see audio effects settings, click Audio FX at the top of the Editing pane. A Effects list: Select an effect in this list to change the sound of audio in your movie. B Effects controls...

46 Chapter 3 iMovie HD at a Glance Chapters Pane You can add chapter markers to your movie and export it to iDVD or as a video podcast. In iDVD, the chapters will appear in a scene selection menu so that viewers can skip to a particular scene. In a video podcast, chapters can include a URL and a URL...