Apple iMovie HD User Manual

iMovie HDGetting Started Includes explanations for importing video, editing footage, adding transitions, effects, titles, and more

10 Chapter 2 iMovie HD at a Glance iMovie HD Project Window When you open iMovie HD, the Project window appears. You can use it to start a new

Chapter 2 iMovie HD at a Glance 11 Main WindowHere’s the main iMovie HD window, your command console for movie editing. Here you can view your m

12 Chapter 2 iMovie HD at a Glance Clip ViewerUse the clip viewer, shown below, to add clips to your movie and arrange them in the order you want t

Chapter 2 iMovie HD at a Glance 13 Timeline ViewerUse the timeline viewer, shown below, to edit your movie’s video and audio clips, and synchronize

14 Chapter 2 iMovie HD at a Glance Clips PaneClick the Clips button to open the Clips pane. The video footage and still images you import into iMov

Chapter 2 iMovie HD at a Glance 15 Photos PaneClick the Photos button to open the Photos pane. Photos, drawings, or images you put in your iPhoto l

16 Chapter 2 iMovie HD at a Glance Audio PaneClick the Audio button to open the Audio pane. You use this pane to add sound effects, record a voiceo

Chapter 2 iMovie HD at a Glance 17 Titles PaneClick the Titles button to open the Titles pane. You can add opening titles, rolling commentary, end

18 Chapter 2 iMovie HD at a Glance Transitions PaneClick the Transitions button to open the Transitions pane. You can add transitions to smoothly c

Chapter 2 iMovie HD at a Glance 19 Effects PaneClick the Effects button to open the Effects pane. Here you can add special effects to change the lo

20 Chapter 2 iMovie HD at a Glance iDVD PaneClick the iDVD button to open the iDVD pane. You can add chapter markers to your movie and export it to

3 213 Creating Your First MovieThis chapter presents the general steps for creating a movie and provides an overview of the major features of iMo

22 Chapter 3 Creating Your First Movie 12 Review the movie and make adjustments.13 Save the movie in a format appropriate for distribution, or expo

Chapter 3 Creating Your First Movie 23 To set up your camera:1 Insert the tape with your video footage, turn on the camera, and switch the camera t

24 Chapter 3 Creating Your First Movie 7 Choose the Magic iMovie options you want.• Enter a title for your movie in the Movie Title box.• Select th

Chapter 3 Creating Your First Movie 25 A Quick Tour of Video Editing With iMovie HDWhen you play your video using the playback controls, the video

26 Chapter 3 Creating Your First Movie You add photos to your movie by clicking the Photos button. The Photos pane appears showing images from your

Chapter 3 Creating Your First Movie 27 Text often appears at the beginning of a movie as the title of the movie, or at the end as credits. You can

28 Chapter 3 Creating Your First Movie After you add video clips, photos, and titles to your movie, you can add transitions between clips so the sc

Chapter 3 Creating Your First Movie 29 You can also display your movie in a slightly different way by clicking the timeline viewer button. The time

3 1 Contents Chapter 1 6 Introduction6 Using This Document 7 What’s New in iMovie HD Chapter 2 9 iMovie HD at a Glance10 iMovie HD Project Win

30 Chapter 3 Creating Your First Movie For example, to add a song from your iTunes library, you drag a song title from the Audio pane into one of t

4 314 Bringing Video Into iMovie HDThis chapter explains how to bring your video into iMovie HD. The process of transferring video from your came

32 Chapter 4 Bringing Video Into iMovie HD • If you have an Apple iSight camera, you can use a FireWire cable to capture live video in an iMovie HD

Chapter 4 Bringing Video Into iMovie HD 33 Follow these instructions to connect your video camera and import your video manually.To import your vid

34 Chapter 4 Bringing Video Into iMovie HD If you have more than one camera or device connected to your computer, click the camera button and choos

Chapter 4 Bringing Video Into iMovie HD 35 About Automatic Scene DetectionAs you import your video footage from a standard or high defintion camera

36 Chapter 4 Bringing Video Into iMovie HD Did You Know? — About Video Formats and Frame RatesWhen you create a new project, you can specify whethe

Chapter 4 Bringing Video Into iMovie HD 37 Capturing Live Video With an Apple iSight CameraIf you have an iSight camera connected to your computer,

538 5 Editing BasicsAfter you import your video into iMovie HD, you can preview the clips to see what you have to work with. You can arrange clips in

Chapter 5 Editing Basics 39 Sometimes you may want to use a clip several times in a video. In this case, you can drag a copy of the clip into your

4 Contents 44 Splitting a Video Clip 44 Undoing an Edit 44 About Gaps (Black Clips) 45 Creating Still Images From a Video Clip 45 Copying and Pasting

40 Chapter 5 Editing Basics To play through a clip frame by frame:1 Select the clip in the Clips pane, clip viewer, or timeline viewer.2 Press the

Chapter 5 Editing Basics 41 Editing Clips with Direct TrimmingYou can trim and crop your clips using an editing technique called direct trimming. C

42 Chapter 5 Editing Basics Identifying Full and Cropped ClipsOnce you begin moving clips, you’ll notice a difference in the appearance of clips in

Chapter 5 Editing Basics 43 To trim a video clip:1 Select a clip in the Clips pane, clip viewer, or timeline viewer.2 Position the pointer over the

44 Chapter 5 Editing Basics Splitting a Video ClipWhen you split a video clip, you simply break it into two clips, preserving both parts. You can t

Chapter 5 Editing Basics 45 To create a color clip:1 In the timeline viewer, drag a clip to create a gap.2 Select the black clip in the clip viewer

46 Chapter 5 Editing Basics Saving as You WorkIt’s a good idea to save your work periodically as you make changes. Because iMovie HD saves your ori

6 476 Adding Transitions and PhotosThis chapter explains how to use transitions and place photos from iPhoto into a movie.You’ve arranged your vi

48 Chapter 6 Adding Transitions and Photos You select and set up transitions in the Transitions pane, shown below. When you click a transition in t

Chapter 6 Adding Transitions and Photos 49 5 Drag the title of the transition from the transitions list to the clip viewer, placing it between the

Contents 5 77 Exporting for QuickTime Viewing Formats 79 Sharing Your Movies Via Bluetooth Wireless Technology Appendix 80 Keyboard Shortcuts

50 Chapter 6 Adding Transitions and Photos To select multiple clips:• Hold down the Shift key and select the first and last clips in a range. All t

Chapter 6 Adding Transitions and Photos 51 To add a still photo to your movie:1 Click the Photos button to open the Photos pane.2 Choose an album f

52 Chapter 6 Adding Transitions and Photos Panning a PhotoPanning a photo makes the photo move across the screen. The camera appears to sweep acros

Chapter 6 Adding Transitions and Photos 53 To crop a photo before you add it to your movie:1 Click the Photos button and make sure the Ken Burns Ef

754 7 Using Special Effects There are two general kinds of special effects that you can easily add to your movie: motion effects and video effects.Mo

Chapter 7 Using Special Effects 55 Motion EffectsYou can make a clip play backward, and you can make whole clips or parts of clips play in slow mot

56 Chapter 7 Using Special Effects To adjust the speed of a video clip:1 Click the timeline viewer button (it has a clock on it) to open the timeli

Chapter 7 Using Special Effects 57 4 Drag the Effect In and Effect Out sliders to indicate how quickly you want the effect to fade in and out. Sett

58 Chapter 7 Using Special Effects Applying an Effect to Part of a Clip or Multiple ClipsYou can apply video effects to multiple clips or to parts

8 598 Adding Titles and Chapter MarkersAny text you place in your movie is called a title. You can add titles to introduce and end a movie, ident

1 6 1 Introduction Welcome to iMovie HD Getting Started. This document will get you on your way to having fun creating great movies that have both p

60 Chapter 8 Adding Titles and Chapter Markers Each title style has a different set of options, and each lets you put different amounts of text on

Chapter 8 Adding Titles and Chapter Markers 61 Placing Titles Over a Black or Colored ClipYou can place titles over movie footage or over a black o

62 Chapter 8 Adding Titles and Chapter Markers To change a title’s background color:1 In the clip or timeline viewer, select a title clip with a ba

Chapter 8 Adding Titles and Chapter Markers 63 Creating Chapter Markers for a DVDIf you’re planning to create a DVD of your movie, you can designat

964 9 Working With Sound Once you have all your video arranged the way you want it, you can then synchronize the audio clips with specific frames in

Chapter 9 Working With Sound 65 Adding Sound EffectsiMovie HD comes with a selection of short sound effects that you can use to enhance your movie.

66 Chapter 9 Working With Sound Adding Music From a CD or iTunesYou can add music to your movie from a CD or from your iTunes library.To add music

Chapter 9 Working With Sound 67 Adding a VoiceoverYou can record sound directly into iMovie HD if you have a built-in microphone or an external mic

68 Chapter 9 Working With Sound Working With Audio ClipsAudio files, which are in MP3, WAV, or AIFF format, appear as audio clips in either of the

Chapter 9 Working With Sound 69 Adjusting Sound VolumeAs you work on a video, you may want to temporarily turn the sound on your computer up or dow

Chapter 1 Introduction 7 • Chapter 6, Adding Transitions and Photos: In this chapter, you’ll learn how to use transitions and place photos fr

70 Chapter 9 Working With Sound To adjust the volume of an audio clip:1 Select the clip, clips, or portion of a clip in the timeline viewer.2 Choos

Chapter 9 Working With Sound 71 2 Click the bar at the point at which you want to begin increasing or decreasing the clip volume.A marker appears.3

72 Chapter 9 Working With Sound To unlock audio from a video clip:1 In the timeline viewer, select the audio clip.2 Choose Advanced > Unlock Aud

Chapter 9 Working With Sound 73 3 Select the clip where you added the audio clip and click Play in the iMovie HD playback controls to preview your

74 Chapter 9 Working With Sound Snapping Audio to VideoWhen snapping is turned on in your movie, you’ll see a yellow snap line (shown in the illust

10 7510 Sharing Your Finished Movie When you finish your iMovie HD project, you can determine how you want to watch your movie and share it with

76 Chapter 10 Sharing Your Finished Movie Tip: If you want to share just part of your movie, you can select the clip or clips you want to share an

Chapter 10 Sharing Your Finished Movie 77 Exporting to iDVDiMovie HD can easily transfer your project to iDVD as a new iDVD project. You can export

78 Chapter 10 Sharing Your Finished Movie 4 Type a name for your movie file and select a destination.5 Click Save.iMovie HD takes a little while to

Chapter 10 Sharing Your Finished Movie 79 • Set the number of key frames next. A low number (such as every 10 frames) creates a better quality movi

8 Chapter 1 Introduction More Special Effects: Enhance your movies with even more choices to add style and excitement to your movie with new

Appendix80 Keyboard ShortcutsYou can use your keyboard to quickly accomplish many tasks in iMovie HD. To find the shortcuts for common commands, look

Appendix Keyboard Shortcuts 81 Move video clip to create ten black frames Click clip in timeline viewer, then Control-Shift-Left Arrow or Right Ar

82 Appendix Keyboard Shortcuts Crop Command-KSplit Video Clip at Playhead Command-TCreate Still Frame Shift-Command-SView menu Switch to Clip View

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2 9 2 iMovie HD at a Glance Welcome to the iMovie HD at a Glance. Here you’ll find a quick presentation of the iMovie HD interface and control