1. Seminar One: Professor Davis November 29, 2011
iMovie Tutorial
Amanda Favia
ITF, Macaulay Honors College at Baruch College

2. iMovie
Import Video
Start New Project
iMovie Tools
Basic Editing

3. Import Video File>Import>Movie
Import formats that directly import into iMovie—3gp, m4v, avchd, mp4, mov, h.264, dv

4. 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”

5. 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

6. New Project: Getting Started
Choose File > New Project
Project Themes>Select Theme (or No Theme)
Themes automatically insert titles & transitions

7. 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

8. iMovie Workspace Project Library View Video Build your Project
iMovie Toolbar
Event Library
Browse your Source Video/Music

9. 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

10. iMovie Toolbar: Import & Edit
Music
Video & Photos
Titles
Transitions
Backgrounds

11. iMovie Toolbar: Editing
Voiceover
Crop Video
Inspector: Edit Clips, Video & Audio*

12. 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

13. 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

14. Inspector: Clip Adjustment
Video Effect
Speed & Direction of Footage
Stabilize Footage

15. 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.

16. 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

17. 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.

18. 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.

19. 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

20. 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.

21. 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

22. And, Voilà! A little movie!

23. Troubleshooting iMovie Tutorials: http://www.apple.com/support/imovie/
Contact me!

24. Thank you! Amanda Favia amanda.favia@macaulay.cuny.edu
ITF, Macaulay Honors College at Baruch College