Apple iMovie User Manual download pdf (Page 9)

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Luanne Eris Fose, Ph.D.

When the icon switch is set toward the scissors icon, you are in Editing Mode; when the icon

switch is set toward the movie camera icon, you are in Camera Mode, which allows you to

capture video footage from your camcorder.

1. Move the iMovie mode button so the switch is set in Camera Mode.

2. If no camera is attached to your Firewire or USB drive, iMovie will tell you that “No

camera is attached.” When you plug your camcorder into your Macintosh and turn

your camera on, iMovie will recognize that a movie camera is connected and tell you

so by saying “Camera Connected.”

3. To import footage, make sure you have the tape in your camcorder and then switch

the camera to VTR mode.

4. Click on the Import button at the bottom of the iMovie screen

6. Figure 4: Play Controls

7. If you don’t want to import the footage immediately, but wish to just review it or

want to only import some of it, you can use the Play, Rewind, Forward, Stop, and

Pause buttons that appear at the bottom of the iMovie screen. You can rewind the

tape to a few seconds before the point at which you want to start importing and then

click on the Play button and then immediately clip on the Import button at the

location of footage you wish to import. Click Stop to stop importing footage.

8. Note: If in the Preferences menu earlier, you chose for the clips to go to the Clips

Pane when importing new footage, then iMovie will take each scene break and divide

it up as a new shot and place them in your Clips Pane.

Capturing Live Video From Your iSight Camera

(New in iMovie 4)

Did you know that you can capture live video from your iSight camera directly into iMovie? This

is a new feature in iMovie 4. iMovie automatically converts the video from YUV format to digital

video (DV) so you can use it to create your movie.

If your computer specs allow you to use iChat A/V then you can also use iSight with iMovie. If

you can't use iChat A/V, then your computer doesn’t support IIDC cameras such as iSight.

To use your iSight camera to import live footage into iMovie, follow the steps below:

Rewind

Stop

Play

Forward

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