iMovie Basics

Before you Begin…  Make sure you have the photos & Videos you want to use organized!  Import photos & videos into iphoto!

To begin a new project, open iMovie and click File>>New Project

Click on a theme (transitions) that you like for your project (play around with them!). Also, choose a name for your movie (can be changed later). *to change your theme later, click on File>>Change Theme

To add pictures, click on the camera icon, then in the long box, locate the pictures that you want to use from your computer.

Drag the photos you want to use into the dashed boxes in the upper left project building section. You can change the picture order by clicking and dragging their icons to preferred spots within that section. Hover until you see the green line for placement.

To add videos from iphoto, click on the camera icon, then look at the event library and click on “iphoto Videos.”

Drag the videos you want to use into the dashed boxes in the upper left project building section.

Select the video clip you want to use by clicking on the clip and dragging the yellow handle across the clip. Drag selected clips up into the project window. Hover until you see the green line for placement.

To add a title slide, click on the “T” icon, then select your preferred text placement from the options provided. Drag your preferred icon to the project building section. Again, hover until you see the green line for placement.

To add a voiceover, click on the microphone icon, then click on a clip where you want the voiceover to begin. Click again anywhere to stop recording.

Your voiceover recording (purple) and title slide text (blue) will appear around the clip. To delete a voice or title slide text, click to highlight the bar, then press “delete.”

To add music, click on the music note icon. To choose from clips already provided, click on iLife Sound Effects and select an option that pops up (play around with them!).

Click on a music clip that you like and drag it over to the project builder box. A red line will appear, indicating where the clip will be dropped. You can place the clip over a voice recording to have music playing in the background of your voiceover.

To shorten a sound or music clip, click on the appropriate purple sound bar or green music bar to highlight it in yellow. Then, hover the curser at the very beginning or end of the clip until you see a “t,” click there and drag the clip inward. If you delete too much, you can follow the same steps above, only dragging outward instead of inward. You can also change the placement of music or sound clips by clicking to highlight and dragging it to a more preferred spot.

Once your project is refined and ready for publishing, render it into an un-editable movie! Click on Share>>itunes

Create a name for your project and decide where you’d like to save it. Then click “Share with itunes.” Share as a “Medium” file. Your project can be found in iTunes>>movies!

You can locate your rendered file by accessing clicking on “iTunes” and navigating to your “Movies” library.

You can then select the video file for your project and drag it to the desktop of your computer.

The final few steps of the process will allow you to save to a designated file on the “Thunderbird” server. To do so, click on the “Finder” icon in your dock.

If you have the “Thunderbird” server available to you, click on it and then click on the “groups” folder. If not, follow the next few steps.

If you don’t see the “Thunderbird” server, then click on the desktop. At the top of your desktop screen locate the task bar. Click on the “Go” option.

From the options listed in the dropdown menu, click on the “Connect to Server” option.

In the “Connect to Server” window, type the following in the server address field: afp://thunderbird.

Once you have successfully connected to the “Thunderbird” server, click on the “Groups” option.

Locate the “Global Issues – Michalsen” folder. Select this folder by clicking on it.

Locate your class folder and save your video file to the folder by dragging it from the desktop and dropping it into the appropriate class.