Apple iMovie HD User Manual download pdf (Page 32)

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 project. You use the same procedure for importing video as you do

with DV and HDV cameras, except your video is captured live.

• If you have an MPEG-4 video camera or device, you can use a USB cable to connect

your camera or device to your Macintosh. Your MPEG-4 device will appear as a hard

disk on your desktop and you can open it and drag the video into an iMovie HD

project or onto your hard disk for later importing. When you import footage by

dragging it into your project , the footage is brought in as a single clip which you can

edit and break up into smaller clips later.

Before You Begin

In many tasks shown in these chapters and in iMovie HD Help, you are asked to choose

menu commands, which look like this:

Choose Edit > Clear.

This type of command means “Click the Edit menu in the iMovie HD menu bar and

choose the Clear command.”

Importing Video From a Digital Video (DV) or High

Definition Video (HDV) Camera

iMovie HD uses the same procedure to import video from many different types of

cameras and in different video formats, including standard definition DV cameras

(including those that support widescreen) and high definition (HDV) cameras. In most

cases, you’ll find iMovie HD can automatically recognize and import the video you’re

using, so you don’t have to pay attention to video formats.

Note: You can also use the Make a Magic iMovie feature to automatically import your

footage and create a complete movie that you can edit and change later. You’ll find it

provides a fast head start to creating any movie.

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Apple iMovie HD User Manual Page 32