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Luanne Eris Fose, Ph.D.

Adding Music from Your iTunes Library

You can add music to your movie from your iTunes Library.

1. Select the video clip in the Timeline Viewer where you want the audio track to begin.

2. Click the Audio button to open the Audio Pane and then choose iTunes Library

from the pop-up menu and a list of tracks from your iTunes library will appear.

3. Move the playhead to the frame where you want the music to begin.

4. Select the track you want from the iTunes library or search for a track by typing

some words of the title in the Search field.

5. Click the Play button within the Audio Pane to listen to the track.

6. When you have found the desired track, click the Place at Playhead button and the

audio file will appear as an audio clip in the second audio track.

7. Preview your work by selecting the clip where you added the track and click Play in

the iMovie playback controls.

8. Make sure that the checkmark next to the second audio track is selected or the

music will be muted.

9. Adjust the position of the audio clip until you get it synchronized as you want it.

Note: To better position your audio clip, watch the frames play in the iMovie

monitor as you drag the audio clip along the track.

Adding a Voiceover

You can record sound directly into your iMovie if you have a built-in microphone or an external

microphone connected to your computer. This allows you to record your own voiceover

narrations or commentaries.

1. In the Timeline Viewer, drag the playhead until you see the frame where you want

the voiceover to begin.

2. Click the Audio button to open the Audio Pane.

3. Click the Record button.

FIGURE 21: IMOVIE MICROPHONE/AUDIO RECORDING

4. Speak clearly into the microphone and watch the input meter. The input meter

should be yellow. If it turns red, you are speaking too loudly.

Record Button

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