Apple iMovie HD User Manual download pdf (Page 3)

Editing video is one of the most complex

tasks you will perform in iLife. Not that

it’s technically difﬁcult—iMovie HD,

FireWire, and the latest video formats

have made it easier than ever.

But editing video can be time consum

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ing and labor intensive. Bringing media

into iMovie HD, ﬁne-tuning the length of

clips, timing shots to match a music track,

adding transitions and effects—it all takes

time. But as a creative exercise, video edit

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ing is hard to beat.

If you’re new to video editing, start

small. Create a short movie—between

30 and 90 seconds. Try your hand at a

simple music video: some video, some still

photos from iPhoto, and a music soundtrack

from iTunes. Your ﬁrst effort shouldn’t be

an epic; it should be a short story, or even a

single well-wrought paragraph. That’s the

best way to learn the art and science of edit

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ing—and to appreciate its magic.

The Essentials of Movie Making

Video Editing: The Big Picture

Import Assets

Bring in video from a camcorder and, optionally,

add photos and music from iTunes.

Trim the Fat

Use iMovie HD’s crop markers and Crop command

to discard unwanted portions of clips.

Sequence Clips

Drag clips to the timeline viewer and clip viewer to

add them to your ﬁnal movie. Trim clips as needed

to ﬁne-tune their length.

Add Eye Candy

Create transitions between

clips, and add titles and any

special effects.

Polish

If you’ve added

music or other

audio tracks, you’ll

want to ﬁne-tune

audio levels for

each track.

Export

Record your movie back to tape, send it

to iDVD, GarageBand, or iWeb; or export

it as a QuickTime movie for playback on

an iPod or other device.

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aspect ratio The relationship

of height to width in an image.

A standard-deﬁnition TV image

has an aspect ratio of 4:3—four

units of width for each three

units of height.

clip A piece of video footage or

a still image. A ﬁnished movie

generally contains multiple clips,

sequenced on the timeline.

FireWire The high-speed

interface used to connect video

gear, such as a miniDV cam-

corder, to the Mac. Also used for

other devices, including hard

drives and, of course, the iPod.

frame A single still image in a

movie clip, and the smallest unit

of a movie clip you can work

with. One second of video

contains 30 frames.

HDV Short for high-deﬁnition

DV, an up-and-coming video for

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mat that stores ultra-sharp video

on standard miniDV cassettes.

miniDV Often abbreviated DV,

a video format that stores high-

quality video and stereo audio

on a tiny cassette. The miniDV

format has been a major factor

in the digital-video revolution.

playhead iMovie HD’s equiva

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lent to the blinking cursor in a

word processor. As a clip plays

back, the playhead moves to

show where you are in relation

to the entire movie or video clip.

rendering The process of

creating frames for a transition,

title, or effect.

transition A special effect

that acts as a segue between

two clips.

track An independent stream of

audio or video. iMovie HD lets

you have one video track and

two separate audio tracks.

A Short Glossary of Video Terms

iMovie HD: Making Movies

The Essentials of Movie Making

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