iMovie

Introduction

• iMovie is a MAC product
• iMovie 11: Make sure you know what version you have when watching tutorials. This tutorial is for '11 edition. When you open iMovie and click iMovie, click about, you will see the edition.

Tutorials iMovie 11

Basic Video Editing in iMovie: Part 1 (15 min)

• It provides a short intro first, if you are unfamiliar with iMovie, you will want to watch the whole video!
• It explains how you import your videos - it is good for you to have all your videos you want to use in one folder so you know the ones you need. It shows how you create a new event, make sure you optimize video and choose large (NOT FULL!)
• Next it will show how you start creating your movie, how you can preview your video, how to select a portion or full video, and how you drag and drop clips in your storyboard

Basic Video Editing in iMovie: Part 2 (15 min)

• Video carries on from what he did in the first tutorial
• In this video, he will show how you can crop the clips. You want to make sure to make a "short" video of 2 to 3 minutes.
• He will show you how to use a theme which will help you to create an introduction and add the credits. You use a drag and drop technique. The themes are pretty cool and you can try different themes to see which one fits better for your film.
• You can add captions to clips so you can show what is going on in text with the picture if you don't have actors talking
• He shows how to change fonts and size
• Explore the different options like pull focus, pixie dust ending
• He also talks about transitions so every clip goes smoothly into the next. Make sure you add transitions to make your movie flow.
• He shows how you add text in between clips
• You may also use photo's so in the end he shows how to insert a photo

Basic Video Editing in iMovie: the End (4:20 min)

• In this short ending he shares with you how to add music
• Choose an appropriate sound to input so you keep yourself save with copy right laws! You can't really add an original song to your movie unless you have the right to do so.
• iMovie can sync the music with your movie which is pretty cool! It does it automatic.
• When you are done, you will need to save, share and export the movie: Export movie - name your movie and use appropriate size. Exporting a picture can take awhile.

iMovie Advanced Tutorial

• iMovie has many options, this tutorial shares some of its secrets

Special Effects with iMovie

• If you want to get fancy, you can use various effects using iMovie
• Check out this video!

iMovie apps

• Introduction: You can make your movie from your iPad or iPhone!
• $4.99
• iTunes Link

Your Turn!