1. Seminar One: Professor Davis
November 29, 2011
Amanda Favia
ITF, Macaulay Honors College at Baruch College
amanda.favia@macaulay.cuny.edu

2.  Import Video
 Start New Project
 iMovie Tools
 Basic Editing

3.  File>Import>Movie
 Import formats that directly import into
iMovie—3gp, m4v, avchd, mp4, mov, h.264,
dv

4.  Connect camera to computer
 Turn camera on & set to “PC Connect mode”
 Select video clips to import:
 For all clips: “Automatic” & Click “Import All”
 For specific clips: “Manual”, Deselect the clips you
don’t want to import & Click “Import Checked”

5.  Event Library—iMovie generates Events in
the same way as iPhoto does—this is the
footage you use to create movie projects
 Allows you to group video into useful named
categories

6.  Choose File > New Project
 Project Themes>Select Theme (or No
Theme)
 Themes automatically insert titles & transitions

7.  Name your project
 Aspect Ratio (width & height of your movie)
 Widescreen (16:9)
 Standard (4:3)
 Frame Rate>same used to shoot video (30fps)
 Click Create

8. Project Library View Video
Build your Project
iMovie Toolbar
Event Library
Browse your Source Video/Music

9.  Import Video
 Project Window Zoom: increases thumbnail
size & decreases length of the time
increments to edit more precisely, frame by
frame

10.  Music
 Video & Photos
 Titles
 Transitions
 Backgrounds

11.  Voiceover
 Crop Video
 Inspector: Edit Clips, Video & Audio*

12.  Select portion of clip: click
once on clip to display yellow
selection area
 Expand or contract
selection: click on edge of
the selection area>cursor
changes to a bar with a
double arrow>drag & drop
into project area

13.  Allows you to change
the duration of a clip by
removing unwanted
frames
 Adjust by dragging on
the edges of the
selection
 Click on Done

14.  Video
Effect
 Speed &
Direction of
Footage
 Stabilize
Footage

15.  Smooth the shaky portions of your video
 Marks the footage that contains people
 For best results, use when project is complete

16.  iMovie & iLife Sound
Effects
 GarageBand
 iTunes
 Drag & drop audio file into
Project Area
 Trim sound>drag on edges
of the green icon to resize

17.  Adjust Volume
 Ducking: gives the
selected audio
priority over other
audio tracks
 Fade
 Normalize: brings
loudest part of audio
clip to 100% w/o
distortion

18.  Choose Clip>Edit>Detach
Audio
 Audio track (purple bar)
 Select & Move
 Select & Delete
 Audio Adjustment & Duck

19.  Adjust image quality
 Levels: B&W levels
 Exposure: shadows & highlights
 Brightness: overall light level
 Contrast: relative contrast of light &
dark tones
 Saturation: color intensity

20.  Choose Title style> Drag & drop
into video clip
 Edit Title>Select blue bar above
clip
 Viewer>Click on placeholder
text>Enter your own text
 Click on Done

21.  Choose Transition>Drag &
drop between two clips
 Transition will display as a
gray box between the two
clips
 Change duration> Transition
Adjustments>Enter the
desired duration>Click OK

23.  iMovie Tutorials:
http://www.apple.com/support/imovie/
 Contact me!
amanda.favia@macaulay.cuny.edu

24. Amanda Favia
amanda.favia@macaulay.cuny.edu
ITF, Macaulay Honors College at Baruch College